Baptist History Resources

These resources were gathered from Taffey Hall's article, "Saving Grace: Baptist Archives and Historical Collections in North America," in the Baptist History and Heritage journal, volume 44, no. 2, 2009. This blog post was prepared in conjunction with Telling the Old, Old Story: Research Opportunities for Minority Baptist Groups, presented at ALABI 2011.


Links to a Variety of Baptist Institutions and Repositories

ALABI: http://alabi.org/related-links/

BaptistHeritage.com (includes Starr bibliography): http://www.baptistheritage.com/resources/resources.htm

BHHS: http://www.baptisthistory.org/bhhs/

BaptistLife.com: http://baptistlife.com/

Baptist Studies Online: http://baptiststudiesonline.com/links/

SBHLA: http://sbhla.org/links.htm


Specific Baptist Groups

Baptist General Conference Archives
http://www.bethel.edu/bgc-archives/

Conservative Baptists
http://www.westernseminary.edu/Library/PDX/index.htm
http://www.denverseminary.edu
http://www.worldventure.com

Free Will Baptists
http://abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/
http://www.fwbbc.edu/
http://www.moc.edu/?freewillbaptisthistoricalcollection

General Association of General Baptists
http://oak.oak.edu/

General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
http://www.garbc.org/

Independent Baptists
http://bbfimissions.com/
http://www.gobbc.edu/library/
http://centralseminary.edu/

Landmark Missionary Baptists
http://www.mb-seminary.net/
http://www.bmats.edu/library.htm

Neo-Calvinists
http://www.arbca.com/
http://founders.org/library/
http://www.reformedreader.org/
http://www.reformed.org/documents/index.html
http://www.reformed.org/documents/index.html

North American Baptist Conference (former German Baptist Conference)
http://www.nabarchives.org/

Primitive Baptists
http://www.mountzionpbc.org/
http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/pbl.html
http://www.elon.edu/e-web/library/
http://www.pb.org/

Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society
http://www.sdbhistory.org/


Print Sources

Hall, Taffey. "Saving Grace: Baptist Archives and Historical Collections in North America." Baptist History and Heritage 44, no. 2 (2009): 31-46.

May, Lynn E., Jr. International Directory of Baptist Archives/Libraries. McLean, VA: Baptist World Alliance Commission on Baptist Heritage, 1990.

Sumners, Bill. "Baptist Archives." In Baptist History Celebration, 2007: A Symposium on Our History, Theology, and Hymnody, 244-251. Springfield, MO: Baptist History Celebration Steering Committee, Particular Baptist Press, 2008.