Wilbur Rare Book Collection

Starr King School for the Ministry houses a 1,300-volume library covering the history of Unitarian Universalism from the early 16th century to the Rev. Thomas Starr King’s San Francisco ministry during the Civil War.

The collection was named for Earl Morse Wilbur, the school’s first president (1904 to 1931) and the author of “A History of Unitarianism, Vol. 1 & II,” the first comprehensive chronicle of the movement since the 16th century, as well as “Our Unitarian Heritage,” available online.

These works appear in eight languages and are priceless treasures of Unitarian Universalist history. Visitors can search the collection by author, date, language, and title.

• List of books sorted by author’s name
• List of books sorted by date and place of publication

The list by author offers a rich cast of characters who have pieced together a tapestry of our Unitarian history.