Working to catalogue and transcribe Cornelius Van Til’s letters to make them accessible to a wider readership.
The Montgomery Library of Westminster Theological Seminary curates a special collection of letters and other archival material pertaining to former professor of apologetics, Cornelius Van Til (1895–1987). Several scholars have browsed these archives over the years, including John Muether, who worked through them extensively during his research for Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman (P&R Publishing, 2008). But to this point, access has been restricted to a limited number of people on campus by virtue of the nature and location of the collection.
In 2008, a majority of the archive was photographed with the permission of the Van Til Committee and the archivist with the plan to publish an edited volume of Van Til’s letters. The vision for this project has since expanded to include a fully structured digital archive that would allow scholars to browse and search the archives by a variety of metadata, including topic, date, and person.
Presently, a small group of scholars, who serve as advisors to the project, have access to this archive. While letters are transcribed and catalogued, they offer counsel as to how and when to proceed toward publication of a selection of the letters and the opening of our archive.