Billy Graham Center

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Archives

The American Historical Association maintains a wiki on archival resources around the world. The information on it is largely about archives in the United States.

Archival Grid is an excellent site to search for information on particular collections at specific repositories in the United States that have information on your topic.

Select List of Manuscript Collections with Information about Billy Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

The following are links to various archival web sites which include material that will probably be of interest to people studying the history of Evangelicalism.


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• Abilene Christian University
• Africa in German Mission Archives
• Agnes Scott College Archives, including the papers of Peter and Catherine Marshal.
• Akofri-Christaller Instititue of Theology, Mission and Culture, Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana.
• The Alan Paton Centre & Struggle Archives at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg This archives has the records of African Enterprise, a very significant South African ministry started by Michael Cassidy. The collection is not listed at the web site, but through the web site you can contact the archives staff for more information.
• American Baptist Historical Society
• American Converts Database
• American Religion Data Archives
• Amistad Research Center
• Andrews University, Adventist Heritage Center
• University of Hull, England - Anglican Evangelical Group Movement
• Archives Hub This is a searchable database to the collections in the United Kingdom's college and university archives and manuscript repositories.
• Archives of Appalachia
• Archives of the History of Christianity in China (Hong Kong Baptist University)
• Asia Pacific Research Center (Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, Baguio City Philippines)
• Association of American religious Data Archives
• Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center of the Assemblies of God
• Centre for the Study of Christian Thought and Expereince, Macquarie University
• Azusa Pacific University Special Collections
  
  
• American Baptist Historical Society
• Canadian Baptist Archives
• Links to Baptist Archives in Canada and the United States
• Ouachita Baptist University Special Collections
• Woman's Missionary Union Archives (Southern Baptist)
• Regent Park College of Oxford University, custodian of the Baptist Missionary Society Records.
• Basel Mission Archives - Photographs
• Bible College of New Zealand - Les Rushbrook Archive, Waitakere, New Zealand
• Billy Sunday Home and Vistor's Center.
• Bishop Museum Archives
• Bizzell Bible Collection, University of Oklahoma
• Black Metropolitian Research Consortium Survey
• Bob Jones University Archives
• Bob Jones University - Fundamentalism File
• Brethern in Christ Historical Library and Archives at Messiah College
  
  
• Calvin College
• Canadian Baptist Archives
• Archival sources for the study of the life of William Carey
• Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Fresno
• Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Winnipeg
• Center for Evangelical United Brethren Heritage
• Centre for the Study of Christian Thought and Expereince, Macquarie University
• Christian and Missionary Alliance Archives, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• List of Christian and Missionary Alliance Archives around the United States
• The Christian Century Foundation Archives at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
• Church Archives
• The Hall of Church History This is not an archival site in the sense that the other sites on this page are. But it contains many, many useful links to sites on church history, particularly the Protestant, Catholic and Eastern orthodox traditions.
• Church of the Nazarene Archives
• Concordia Historical Institute
• Congregational Library and Archives
• The Cyber Hymnal This is not a link to an archival site, but an excellent source for hymns and hymn information, particularly about Protestant Evangelical hymns.
  
  
• Dallas Baptist University (Corrie ten Boom Collection)
• Dallas Theological Seminary Special Collections
• Denominational Archives in the United States
• Dictionary of African Christian Biography.
• The Digital Jewish Missions History Project
• Disciples of Christ Historical Society
• Hal Bernard Dixon Jr. Pentecostal Research Center
• Donald Gee Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Research
• DuPlessis Center - Fuller Theological Seminary
• DuPree African-American Pentecostal and Holiness Collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
  
  
• Evadoc - Evangelcial Protestant Archives and Documentation Center of Belgium
• The Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society
• The Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin (EZA)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives
• Evangelical Synod of North America Archives
• Center for Evangelical United Brethren Heritage
  
  
• Faith Outreach Archives of John Carver Ministries (special emphasis on Pentecostal and healing evangelists)
• A Feast of fragments: The Papers of R.A. Torrey Sr.
• Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center of the Assemblies of God
• Fuller Theological Seminary
• Furman University - Special Collections
  
  
• The Gamble Library of the Union Theological College in Belfast, Ireland
• MUNDUS - Gateway to Missionary Collections in the United Kingdom
• Donald Gee Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Research
• German Church Archives
• Goshen College - Mennonite Historical Library
• Grace College and Theological Seminary (Winona Lake, Indiana - has the papers of evangelist Billy Sunday)
• Greek Historical Evangelical Archives
• Graduate Theological Union Archives, California
• University of Guam. Micronesian Area Research Center - Manuscript Collections
  
  
• Hal Bernard Dixon Jr. Pentecostal Research Center
• The Hall of Church History This is not an archival site in the sense that the other sites on this page are. But it contains many, many useful links to sites on church history, particularly the Protestant, Catholic and Eastern orthodox traditions.
• The Harold Turner Collection of the University of Birmingham
• Harvard Theology Library
• The Historical Documentation Centre for Dutch Protestantism, Amsterdam
• Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
• Holy Spirit Research Center of Oral Roberts University
• Archives of the History of Christianity in China (Hong Kong Baptist University)
• Hope College
• Houghton College
• University of Hull, England - Anglican Evangelical Group Movement
  
  
• International Association for Mission Studies' (IAMS) page on mission archives
• International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
• International Pentecostal Holiness Church Archives
  
  
• The Digital Jewish Missions History Project
• John Brown University
• John Stott Papers in the Lambeth Palace Library in London, England
• Joint Archives of Holland (MI)
• John Ryland University Library - Methodist Archives and Research Centre
  
• Kenyon College Special Collections and Archives
• Online letters between Billy Graham and Martin Luther King.
  
  
• Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
• Lewis Wilson Institute for Pentecostal Studies
• Liberty University Archives
• Library of Congress - Recorded Sound Reference Center This site includes recordings of evangelists such as Billy Graham, Aimee Semple McPherson, and of religious radio programs, among other items.
• Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room This site includes many photos and prints of all aspects of American religious history.
• Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs Online Catalog This catalog includes 1 million images, some of them religious; for example, search catalog for "evangelists".
• Library of Congress: Manuscript Division
• Luther Seminary Special Collections
  
  
• Papers of Peter and Catherine Marshall at Agnes Scott College Archives
• William Martin's Religious Right Collection at Rice University. Martin wrote one of the major biogrpahies on Billy Graham and his papers documents his research for that book as well as his other studies of American religion.
• Maryland State Archives Religious Records Program
• Mennonite Historical Library
• Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
• Mennonite Library and Archives
• United Methodist Archives and History Center
• Southern Methodist University, Center for Methodist Studies
• The Archives of Edmond Michelet, Brive, france. Michelet was a prominent Christian leader in post-World War II France (Finding aid is in French.)
• Yale Divinity School Library's list of major mission agency archives and repositories
• Directory of Mission Archives Housed at Mission Schools
• The Missionary Research Collection - Union Theological Seminary
• Moody Bible Institute Archives
• Moore Theological College - The Samuel Marsden Archives [Australia]
• Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• MUNDUS - Gateway to Missionary Collections in the United Kingdom
  
  
• National Screen and Sound Archives of Wales - This includes the only known audio recording of evangelist Evan Roberts.
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
• Archives of the Netherlands Billy Graham Committee (1948-1955), kept at Amsterdam Municipal Archives, Netherlands. This site is in Dutch. (added 5/07)
• Richard Nixon Birthplace and Library
• Northfield Mt. Hermon School Archives" This site includes material on the school's founder, Dwight L. Moody.
• Nuer Field Notes A site that includes information on American missions to Sudan and Bible translation work.
• Nyack College Archives and Special Collections
  
• Oberlin College
• Oral Roberts University Archives
• Ouachita Baptist University Special Collections
  
• Payap University Archives
• DuPree African-American Pentecostal and Holiness Collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
• Faith Outreach Archives of John Carver Ministries (special emphasis on Pentecostal and healing evangelists)
• Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center of the Assemblies of God
• Donald Gee Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Research
• Hal Bernard Dixon Jr. Pentecostal Research Center
• Lewis Wilson Institute for Pentecostal Studies
• Pentecostal History Research Centers
• Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Archives
• Swedish Pentecostal Research and Information Center This site is in Swedish.
• Pitts Theological Library, Emory University
• Presbyterian Church Archives of Aotearoa New Zealand
• Historical Center of the Presbyterian Church in America
• Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
• Presbyterian Historical Society (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Public Moving Image Archives and Research Center
  
• Reformed Church in America Archives
• Regent Park College of Oxford University, custodian of the Baptist Missionary Society Records.
• Regent University Special Collections and Archives
• Regent University Christian Film Collection
• The Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society
• Religion Collections in Libraries and Archives: A Guide to Resources in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
• Religious Archives Special Interest Section of the Association of Canadian Archivists
• Religious Archivists Group (of the Society of Archivists of the United Kingdom)
• Reneker Museum of Winona History This archives includes the Homer A. Rodeheaver papers. Rodeheaver was Billy Sunday's song leader and a major publisher of Protestant Fundamentalist and Evangelical hymnals.
• Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History This link leads to the database, which is an excellent source for information on archives with information about foreign missions, including Evangelical missions, to China.
• Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
  
• Salvation Army Historical Center (Southern region of the United States)
• Salvation Army International Heritage Centre (United Kingdom)
• List of Salvation Army history centers
• Salvation Army Territorial Archives of New Zealand
• SaRang Korean Mission Center of Westminister Theological Seminary
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London
• Agnes Scott College Archives, including the papers of Peter and Catherine Marshal.
• Sermon Index Includes thousands of audio files and text files of sermons in English by mostly American and British ministers and evangelists.
• Singapore Bible College Archives
• Social Welfare Archives
• Southern Asia Bible College, Pentecostal Study Centre. Kothanur, India
• Southern Baptist. International Mission Board, Archives and Records Service.
• Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives
• Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (includes a Billy Graham Collection)
• Southern Methodist University, Center for Methodist Studies
• The Stebbins Collections at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (American hymnody)
• Publications of the missions of SIM International, including Bolivian Indian Mission, Andes Evangelical Mission, Cape General Mission, South Africa General Mission, Africa Evangelical Fellowship, Ceylon and India General Mission, Poona and Indian Village Mission, International Christian Fellowship, and Sudan Interior Mission.
• John Stott Papers in the Lambeth Palace Library in London, England
• Sunday School Books: Shaping the Value of Youth in Nineteenth-Century America / drawn from the collections of Michigan State University Libraries and the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University Libraries
• Swedish Pentecostal Research and Information Center This site is in Swedish,
• Carol F. Swinehart's Church Archives Index
  
• Taylor University Archives and Special Collections.
• A Feast of fragments: The Papers of R.A. Torrey Sr.
• Trinity University Special Collections, San Antonio, Texas - Online scrapbook of material from the July 25, 1958 Billy Graham rally in Alamo Stadium
• Tyndale College and Seminary (J. William Horesy Library)
  
  
• The Gamble Library of the Union Theological College in Belfast, Ireland
• Union Theological Seminary - The Missionary Research Collection
• United Church of Canada Archives
• United Methodist Archives and History Center
• MUNDUS - Gateway to Missionary Collections in the United Kingdom
• The Harold Turner Collection of the University of Birmingham
• University of Hull, England - Anglican Evangelical Group Movement
• The Alan Paton Centre & Struggle Archives at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg This archives has the records of African Enterprise, a very significant South African ministry started by Michael Cassidy. The collection is not listed at the web site, but through the web site you can contact the archives staff for more information.
• University of Southern Mississippi Libraries' Special Collections exhibit, "Will D. Campbell: A Man of the Word"
  
  
• Wake Forest University - North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection
• SaRang Korean Mission Center of Westminster Theological Seminary
• Western Theological Seminary, Michigan
• Whelan Research Academy for Religion, Culture and Society, Owerri, Nigeria
• Woman's Missionary Union Library (Southern Baptist)
• Whitman College, Washington
• Lewis Wilson Institute for Pentecostal Studies
  
  
• Special Collections, Yale Divinity School
• Yale Divinity School Library's list of major mission agency archives and repositories
• Yale Divinty School Library - Papers of Dwight L. Moody
• The Kautz Family YMCA Archives (University of Minnesota)

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