Documentary Sources in the United States for Foreign Missions Research: A Select Bibliography and Checklist

Allison William H. Inventory of Unpublished Material for American Religious History in Protestant Church Archives and Other Repositories. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1910.

Anderson Gerald H. “Research Libraries in New York City Specializing in Christian Missions.” Journal of Asian Studies 25 (August 1966):733–36. Descriptions of the Missionary Research Library and of the American Bible Society Library.

Ash Lee . Subject Collections. 5th ed. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1978. Contains five columns of entries about mission collections, most of which consist of published material but some are archives or manuscript repositories.

Author and Added Entry Catalog of the American Missionary Association Archives. 3 vols. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Co., [1970?]. This collection, and the entire Amistead Research Center, is now in New Orleans. A microfilm copy of the material described in this catalog is available at the Center for Research Libraries.

Bannon John Francis . “The Saint Louis University Collection of Jesuitca Americana.” Hispanic American History Review 37 (February 1957): 82–88.

Bantin Philip C. Thiel Mark G. , Guide to Catholic Indian Mission and School Records in Midwest Repositories. Milwaukee, Wis.: Marquette Univ. Library, 1984.

Barrow John Graves . A Bibliography of Bibliographies in Religion. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1955. Contains several pages describing the surveys of church records in a number of states done by the Works Progress (after 1939, Work Projects) Administration in the 1930s and 1940s.

Beers Henry Putney . Spanish and Mexican Records in the American Southwest: A Bibliographic Guide to Archives and Manuscript Sources. Tucson: Univ. of Arizona Press, 1979. Includes extensive descriptions of existing document sources for the study of Catholic missions in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.

Bellamy V. Nelle . “Library and Archives of the Church Historical Society: Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, Liberia Papers 1822–c1911.” Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 37 (March 1968): 77–82.

Bellamy V. Nelle . “Library and Archives of the Church Historical Society: Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, Mexico Papers 1878–1911.” Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 37 (June 1968): 155–63.

Benedetto Robert . The Hawaii Journals of the New England Missionaries 1813–1894: A Guide to the Holdings of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library. Honolulu: Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, 1982.

Binsfield Edmund L. “Church Archives in the United States and Canada: A Bibliography.” American Archivist 21 (July 1958): 311–32.

Blosser Susan Sokal Wilson Clyde Norman Jr. The Southern Historical Collection: A Guide to Manuscripts. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Univ. of North Carolina, 1970. Descriptions of missionaries' papers.

Booth Karen Marshall . “The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society Papers: The Constantinople Papers: 1835–1850.” Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 40 (March 1971): 104–8. Materials in the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, in Austin, Texas.

Booth Karen Marshall . “The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society Papers: The Puerto Rico Papers, 1870–1952.” Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 42 (September 1973): 341–43. Materials in the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, in Austin, Texas.

Breton Arthur J. A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the New-York Historical Society. 2 vols. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1972. Includes information on missionaries in British colonies, Canada, Greece, Hawaii, New York, West Indies, and among various tribes of American Indians.

Burnette O. Lawrence Jr. Beneath the Footnote: A Guide to the Use and Preservation of American Historical Sources. Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1969. Several pages on denominational archives.

Burr Nelson R. “Sources for the Study of American Church History in the Library of Congress.” Church History 22 (September 1953): 227–38. The sections in the article concerning mission documents are mainly concerned with the materials of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and of Spanish missions. The SPG materials mentioned here are on microfilm. For a description of the total holdings of the SPG, which are in England, see Brenda Hough's article, “The Archives of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel,” in the September 1977 issue of Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Cammack Eleanore , comp. Indiana Methodism: A Bibliography of Printed and Archival Sources in the Archives of DePauw University and Indiana Methodism. Greencastle, Ind: DePauw Univ. and the Conference of Indiana Methodism, 1964. Includes information on the private papers of foreign missionaries as well as the records of mission organizations based in, or with branches in, Indiana.

Carman Harry James Thompson Arthur W. , A Guide to the Principal Sources for American Civilization, 1800–1900, in the City of New York: Manuscripts. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1960. Consists of a classified listing of document collections. The guide includes thirty pages of materials about religious history including, for example, descriptions of the holdings of the American Bible Society and the General Theological Society.

Chaff Sandra L. “Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania.” Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 66 (January 1978): 55–57. Includes information on materials in the archives about alumnae who were missionaries.

Chepesiuk Ron Shankman Arnold , comps. American Indian Archival Material: A Guide to Holdings in the Southeast. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982. A guide to relevant repositories in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Included is information on missionary work among the Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole Indians by the Moravians and Presbyterians, among others.

Clendennen Gary W. Cunningham I. C. , David Livingstone: A Catalogue of Documents. Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, 1979. Includes a list of the locations of known Livingstone documents. Several United States institutions are on the list.

Clendennen Gary W. Casada James A. , “The Livingstone Documentation Project.” History in Africa 8 (1981): 309–17.

Clouse Mose C. Colby Doris K. , “The Aurora College Archives.” Illinois Libraries 63 (April 1981): 304–7. Description of the college's collection of materials dealing with Adventist history, including the private papers of missionaries.

Coursey W. Tony Dohanan Robert . “Guides to Manuscript Collections in the Southeast: A Bibliography.” Provenance 2 (Spring 1984): 79–93. Provenance is the journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists. Many of the entries in this bibliography describe repositories with missionary holdings, such as the Southern Historical Collection at Chapel Hill, N.C. The states covered by the bibliography are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. There is also a section on regional guides.

Craig Tracey Linton , ed. and comp. Directory of Historical Societies and Agencies in the United States and Canada. 12th ed. Nashville, Tenn.: American Association for State and Local History, [1982]. Gives basic information on most historical societies, such as hours open, collecting policy, and so forth. Has a number of specialized indexes, including one labeled “Ethnic, Race, Religion.”

Crosson David . “The Philippine Papers: 1901–1968.” Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 43 (March 1974): 65–68. Materials in the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, in Austin, Texas.

Crouch Archie R. Scholar's Guide to China Mission Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States.(Pennsylvania Fascicle). Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 1983. Describes over one million documents and books in forty two repositories in Pennsylvania. Volumes on other areas of the country are planned.

Daly Lowrie J. “Microfilmed African Materials from the Archives of the Sacred Congregation ‘De Propaganda Fide.’” History in Africa 5 (1978): 361–64. Description of material relating to Africa in the Vatican Film Library of Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.

Daly Lowrie J. “Microfilmed Materials from the Archives of the Sacred Congregation ‘De Propaganda Fide.’” Manuscripta 10 (November 1966): 139–44. A description of some of the holdings of the Vatican Film Library of Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.

Darnay Brigitte , ed. Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers in the United States and Canada. 8th ed. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1983. Includes dozens of entries on mission libraries and archives.

Davis Richard C. Miller Linda Angle . Guide to the Catalogued Collections in the Manuscript Department of the William R. Perkins Library, Duke University. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Books, 1980. Includes descriptions of material relating to Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal and Protestant Episcopal, Methodist, Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian, missionaries in Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Colony, China, Ecuador, Formosa, Georgia, Guatemala, India, Iowa, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Liberia, Macao, Malaya, Mexico, Mississippi, Mozambique, Natal, Nigeria, North Carolina, Palestine, Persia, Santo Domingo, Sarawak, Shetland Islands, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, South Sea Islands, Tanganyika, Texas, Thailand, Tunis, Turkey, and United States.

Dean, David M., and staff. “The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society Papers: The China Papers: 1835–1951.” Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 39 (March 1970): 90–94. Materials in the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, in Austin, Texas.

Dean David M. “The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society Papers: The Greece Papers, 1829–1909.” Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 40 (March 1971): 101–4. Materials in the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, in Austin, Texas.

Dean David M. “The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society: The Haiti Papers: 1855–1939.” Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 39 (March 1970): 94–95. Materials in the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, in Austin, Texas.

Deutrich Mabel E. “American Church Archives—An Overview.” American Archivist 24 (October 1961): 387–402.

Deutrich Mabel E. “Supplement to Church Archives in the United States and Canada, a Bibliography.” Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1964.

Dictionary Catalog of the Missionary Research Library. 17 vols. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1968.

Dojka John . “The Yale-China Collection.” Yale University Library Gazette 53 (April 1979): 211–16.

Donat Nafi . The Archives of the Case Memorial Library. Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1975. Includes brief mention of records of the Kennedy School of Missions as well as the private papers of missionaries who graduated from, or had some connection with, Hartford Seminary.

Dove Kay L. “Resources on China, Japan, and Korea within the Presbyterian Historical Archives in Philadelphia.” Ch'ing-shih Wen-t'i 4 (1980): 130–34. This journal, based in Washington, D.C., publishes studies of the Ch'ing (or Manchu) dynasty.

Downs Robert B. Resources of North Carolina Libraries. N.p.: Governor's Commission on North Carolina Libraries, 1967. Includes description of repositories with material on church history.

Duignan Peter . Handbook of American Resources for African Studies. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 1967. Refers to several mission-related document collections.

Durrill Wayne K. “African Papers in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library at Chapel Hill.” History in Africa 7 (1980):337–42. Papers of nineteenth-century missionaries to Liberia are among those described.

Ellis John Tracy Trisco Robert . Guide to American Catholic History. 2nd ed., rev. and enl. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC–Clio, 1982. Includes annotated entries on several guides to Catholic document collections, as well as a listing of Catholic historical societies.

Ericson Jack T. , ed. Missionary Society of Connecticut Papers, 1759–1948, a Guide to the Microfilm Edition. Glen Rock, N.J.: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1976.

Evans Frank B. Modern Archives and Manuscripts: A Select Bibliography. Washington, D.C.: Society of American Archivists, 1975. The section on church archives contains some reference to books and articles describing collections relevant to mission studies.

Geiger Maynard J. Calendar of Documents in the Santa Barbara Mission Archives. Washington, D.C.: Academy of Franciscan History, 1947.

Gillette Gerald W. “Piety, Papers and Print—The Presbyterian Historical Society.” Drexel Library Quarterly 6 (January 1970): 44–52.

Gingerich Melvin . “The Archives of the Mennonite Church.” Mennonite Historical Bulletin 25 (October 1964): 4–6.

Canedo Lino Gomez . Los Archivos Históricos de la Historia de America. Mexico: Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia, 1961. Includes information on the library and manuscripts of the Academy of American Franciscan History, in Potomac, Maryland.

Canedo Lino Gomez . “Some Franciscan Sources in the Archives and Libraries of America.” Americas 13 (October 1956): 141–74.

Grace Michael . “Loyola University of Chicago Archives.” Illinois Libraries (April 1981): 307–8. Has a brief mention of the research files of the Institute of Jesuit History, including copies of documents dealing with Jesuit activities in New France (French Canada), South America, and eastern United States.

Guide to Albert Schweitzer Collections in the United States. New York: Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, 1981. Contains descriptions of Schweitzer documents in institutional and private collections.

Guide to the Records of the Moravian Mission among the Indians of North America from the Archives of the Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. New Haven, Conn.: Research Publications, 1970.

Hafstad Margaret R. , ed. Guide to the McCormick Collection of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1973. Contains several pages describing the correspondence of Nettie Fowler McCormick with such prominent missionary statesmen as John R. Mott and Robert E. Speer.

Hamer Philip M. , ed. A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Univ. Press, 1961. Has been largely replaced by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission's Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories, but still contains descriptions of some collections that cannot be found elsewhere.

Hamilton Kenneth G. “The Moravian Archives at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.” American Archivist 24 (October 1961): 415–23.

Harper Josephine L. Guide to the Manuscripts of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Supplement Number Two. Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1966. Various materials relating to missionaries are described, including personal narratives of people confined as enemy aliens by the Japanese during World War II, Lutheran Women's Missionary Federation, and missionary activity in Wisconsin.

Harper Josephine L. Smith Sharon C. , Guide to the Manuscripts of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Supplement Number One. Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1957. Information on various missionary societies with branches in Wisconsin as well as papers of missionaries in Hawaii, Illinois, Japan, Michigan, West Africa, and Wisconsin.

Haywood Dolores C. Davis Patricia L. , “The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society Papers: The Liberia Papers: 1822–1939.” Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 39 (March 1970): 90–94. Materials in the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, in Austin, Texas.

Hefner Loretta L. The WPA Historical Records Survey: A Guide to the Unpublished Inventories, Indexes, and Transcripts. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1980. This valuable finding aid includes a chart showing the location of many unpublished 1930s and 1940s inventories of church records. Many of these records include information on congregation-level attitudes toward, and support of, foreign missions.

Heuser Frederick . “Archival Resources.” Journal of Presbyterian History. A feature that has begun to appear periodically in recent issues of the Journal. It consists of several page-length descriptions of record groups in the holdings of the Presbyterian Historical Society, including important mission documents. For example, the spring 1984 issue had a description of the secretarial files of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the USA.

Hinding Andrea . Women's History Sources: A Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States. 2 vols. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1979. Numerous descriptions of mission-related collections. Most collections described are the private papers of woman missionaries, although institutional collections are also described. Index includes the names of various denominations as well as entries for different kinds of missionaries, such as “Missionaries, medical,” and “Missionaries' spouses.”

History in Africa. Every issue of HIA, which is published in Madison, Wisconsin, has not one but several articles about document collections with information about Africa. Usually these collections are in Africa, but some are in the United States.

Horn Jason . “Seventh Day Adventist Archives.” American Archivist 17 (July 1954): 221–24.

Horvath David G. , ed. A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Papers of the American Home Missionary Society. Glen Rock, N.J.: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1975.

International Bulletin of Missionary Research 9 (April 1985). Special issue on “China Mission History,” with articles on eleven research projects utilizing specialized collections of documentation.

Jacquet Constant H. Jr. , ed. Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, 1984. Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon, 1984. Contains a brief listing of the major denominational archives.

Johnson Kurt , comp. Guide to the Midwest China Oral History Collection. St. Paul, Minn.: The Midwest China Center, 1983. Indexed guide to interviews with 112 midwestern Americans who lived in China prior to 1952. Several of those interviewed were missionaries.

Jones Charles Edwin . A Guide to the Study of the Holiness Movement. Metchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press and the American Theological libraries Association, 1974. There is no direct information on document repositories in this or the following entry. However, in both cases, the acknowledgments include the names of most major libraries where there are documents on the Holiness or Pentecostal movements, including documents on their mission efforts. Also, both guides give very valuable background information on denominations and mission societies and bibliographic data on missions history and biography, among other topics.

Jones Charles Edwin . A Guide to the Study of the Pentecostal Movement. 2 vols. Metchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press and the American Theological Libraries Association, 1983.

Journal of American History. Each issue usually contains brief reports on archives/manuscript collections opened to the pubic. Occasionally some of these relate to missions.

Journal of Pacific History. This journal, which is published in Australia, regularly has a feature called “From the Archives,” which consists of brief descriptions of little-known document collections relevant to the history of the Pacific area. The repositories described are usually either in Australia, the United Kingdom, or a Pacific island nation. Many of the collections described are of missionary documents.

Kenneally Finbar , ed. United States Documents in the Propaganda Fide Archives; A Calendar. First series, 7 vols. Washington, D.C.: Academy of American Franciscan History, 1971.

Kim Hong K. Scholar's Guide to Washington D.C. for East Asian Studies (China, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. Includes description of the American Red Cross Archives, the Library of Congress (including missionaries' papers).

Kirkham E. Kay . A Survey of American Church Records. 4th ed., rev. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1978. Although this book is intended as an aid to genealogists, it contains some useful bibliographic references to books and articles describing religious archival collections.

Klassen Abram John , ed. The Seminary Story, Twenty Years of Education and Ministry, 1955–1975. N.p.: Pacific Printing Press, 1975. Contains information on the Center for Mennonite Studies located on the campus of the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary.

Knubel Helen M. , ed. An Introductory Guide to Lutheran Archives and Collections. New York: Lutheran Council in the USA, 1981.

Larson David R. Honhart Fred Myers William , eds. Guide to Manuscript Collections & Institutional Records in Ohio. N.p.: Society of Ohio Archivists, 1974. Detailed listing of the holdings of individual congregations, including in many cases their mission-society records. Seemingly every institution in Ohio with some kind of collection is included. Thus, for example, the holdings of Oberlin College are described, including the papers of some missionaries.

Library of Congress. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1959–1961. Ann Arbor, Mich.: J. W. Edwards, 1962. This and the volumes published subsequently consist of brief descriptions of collections reported to NUCMC staff by institutions throughout the United States. The NUCMC is the closest thing to a detailed, comprehensive description of United States document holdings. Indexes to the entries are very detailed and contain many references to topics.

Library of Congress. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1962. Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String Press, 1964.

Library of Congress. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, Index 1959–1962. Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String Press, 1964.

Library of Congress. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1963–1964. Washington D.C.: Library of Congress, 1965. All following volumes published by the Library of Congress. As of this writing, volumes published for years up to 1982.

Lind William . “Methodist Archives in the United States.” American Archivist 24 (October 1961): 435–44.

Lundeen Joel . “The Lutheran Church in America's Archives.” Illinois Libraries 63 (April 1981): 315–19.

Lundeen Joel . Preserving Yesterday for Tomorrow: A Guide to the Archives of the Lutheran Church in America. Chicago: Archives of the Lutheran Church in America, 1977.

Lynch James R. “Brethren Historical Library and Archives.” Illinois Libraries 63 (April 1981): 319–22.

Mason Elizabeth B. Starr Louis M. , The Oral History Collection of Columbia University. New York: Oral History Research Office, 1979. Brief description of interviews with missionaries to China, eastern Europe, India, and the Middle East.

McAvoy Thomas T. “Catholic Archives and Manuscript Collections.” American Archivist 24 (October 1961): 409–14.

McGarth Thomas B. “The Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library.” Journal of Pacific History 16 (January 1981): 53–56.

McLean Cynthia . “The Protestant Endeavor in Chinese Society, 1890–1950: Gleanings from the Manuscripts of M. Searle Bates.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 8 (July 1984): 108–11. Reprint from China Notes 21, no. 4 (Autumn 1983). Description and analysis of the manuscripts of Bates, historian and missionary to China, in the Yale Divinity School Library.

McMillan Christine . “The Past Is Being Found.” The War Cry, (Feb. 23, 1980), pp. 10–11. A brief description of the Salvation Army Archives.

Missionary Chronicles: Photographic Documentation of the Human Condition Preserved in the Historical Photo Collection of the United Methodist Church, c1900–1925. Philadelpia: Philadelphia College of Art, 1982.

National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories: 1978. Washington, D.C.: National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1978. The basic brief guide to document collections in the United States. Contains information such as address, phone number, collecting policy, holdings, hours, and so forth. Has a list of religious repositories in back of volume.

“New United Methodist Archives Center.” College and Research Libraries News, no. 2 (February 1982): 50–51.

Novotny Ann Eakins Rosemary , eds. Picture Sources 3: Collections of Prints and Photographs in the U.S. and Canada. New York: Special Libraries Association, 1975. Brief descriptions of the picture holdings of such groups as the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, National Catholic News Service, Religious News Service, and Wycliffe Bible Translators.

O'Brien Elmer J. “The Methodist Collections at Garrett Theological Seminary.” Methodist History 8 (July 1967): 28–37.

Official Catholic Directory. New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1983. Includes directory of Catholic orders involved in foreign missions and other useful information.

Oregon Historical Society. Union Guide to Photograph Collections in the Pacific Northwest. Portland, Ore.: Oregon Historical Society, 1978. Contains brief descriptions of two mission-related photo collections, that of the Oregon Province Archives of the Society of Jesus, at Gonzaga University, which contains images of the Jesuits' work among Indians of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and that of the Eastern Washington State Historical Society.

Palm Charles G. Reed Dale . Guide to the Hoover Institution Archives. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 1980. Description of the papers of nineteenth- and twentieth-century missionaries to California, Cameroon, China, Japan, and Nigeria. Baptist, Catholic, and Methodist missionaries are included, as well as workers of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the YMCA, and the YWCA.

Pierson Roscoe M. “A Survey of the Manuscript Holdings of the Seminary Library.” Lexington Theological Quarterly 3 (January 1968): 1–11. This description of the records of the Disciples of Christ denomination at the Lexington, Kentucky, school includes information on both the records of its mission organizations and the papers of various missionaries.

Price Frank W. “Specialized Research Libraries in Missions.” Library Trends 9 (October 1960): 175–85. Much of this article is now out of date, but it does have brief descriptions of the holdings of the American Bible Society Library, the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions material at Harvard University, the Case Memorial Library of Hartford Seminary Foundation, the Day Missions Library at Yale University Divinity School, the Missionary Research Library, and the Speer Library of Princeton Seminary Library. Although the emphasis of the article is on published materials, it also contains descriptions of archival and manuscript collections.

Reeck D. L. Ness J. H. , “Sierra Leone Holdings in the United Methodist Archives.” Methodist History 10 (April 1972): 48–53.

Richman Irwin , comp. Historical Manuscript Repositories in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pa.: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1965. Descriptions of the Moravian Archives, and the Presbyterian Historical Society, among others.

Riggs John Beverly . A Guide to the Manuscripts in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library: Accessions through the Year 1965. Greenville, Del.: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 1970. Correspondence between the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and members of the DuPont family. Also information on the foreign missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church and correspondence with missionaries in Africa, California, China, Hawaii, and Japan.

Saito Shiro , comp. and ed. Philippine-American Relations: A Guide to Manuscript Sources in the United States. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982. Gives brief descriptions of relevant manuscript and archival collections of almost 150 institutions in forty two states and the District of Columbia. Also has an excellent bibliography of guides to document collections.

Sanders James . “The Vernon Anderson Papers.” History in Africa 8 (1981): 361–64. Description of the papers of a missionary to Central Africa, held by the Africana division of Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois.

Shuster Robert . “Library and Archival Resources of the Billy Graham Center.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 5 (July 1981): 124–26.

Shuster Robert . “The Preservation of Mission Records.” Missiology 10 (April 1982): 223–27.

Simpson Paul C. Pearson Heidi H. , Minnesota Guide to Resources on East Asia. St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota China Council, 1978. Includes description of institutions that have published materials related to missions such as the Midwest China Study Resource Center.

Smith Alice E. , ed. Guide to the Manuscripts of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1944. Materials described in the guide include documents about missionaries in Hawaii as well as letters of Emily Judson, wife of Adoniram Judson.

Smith Barbara S. Russian Orthodoxy in Alaska: A History, Inventory, and Analysis of the Church Archives in Alaska with an Annotated Bibliography. N.p.: Alaska Historical Commission, 1980.

Society of American Archivists. Religious Archives Committee. Preliminary Draft of Supplement to “Church Archives in the United States: A Bibliography.” N.p., 1976. A very helpful listing, as is the following entry and the bibliographies by Deutrich and Binsfield listed above.

Society of American Archivists. Religious Archives Committee. 2nd Draft of Supplement to “Religious Archives in the United States and Canada: A Bibliography” (1958–1978). N.p.: n.p. [1978].

Society of California Archivists. Directory of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California. Redlands, Calif.: Society of California Archivists, 1975. Brief descriptions of California repositories, including many with mission material, such as the Mennonite Historical Library (Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies), in Fresno.

Sokolosky Barbara A. , ed. American Sunday School Union Papers 1817–1905: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition. Sanford, N.C.: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1980. Includes a helpful brief history of the ASSU as well as a detailed description of the contents of the documents, which are housed at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Spence Thomas H. The Historical Foundation and Its Treasures. Montreat, N.C.: Historical Foundation Publications, 1960.

Spencer Leon P. “Africana Archival and Manuscript Materials at Predominantly Black Institutions in the American South.” Georgia Archive 6 (Fall 1978): 54–59. Georgia Archive was the predecessor of Provenance as the journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists. This article includes a brief mention of institutions with information about black missionaries to Africa.

Suelflow August R. A Preliminary Guide to Church Records Repositories. N.p.: Society of American Archivists, 1969. Although there have been many changes in church repositories since the publication of this guide, it is still the most recent one of its kind. The archives of, thirty-one denominations are listed, along with brief descriptions of the holdings of each.

Sumners Bill . Selected Guide to the Archival and Manuscript Collections in the Dargan-Carver Library. Nashville, Tenn.: Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1984. This pamphlet is a reprint of an article that appeared in the April 1984 issue of Baptist History and Heritage. It includes description of the records of the Foreign Mission Board and other mission-related branches of the SBC as well as information on the papers of some of the more prominent missionaries.

Thomas Evangeline , ed. Women Religious History Sources: A Guide to Repositories in the United States. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1983. Describes the archives of women's active and contemplative orders in the Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic churches. Many of these orders, of course, are wholly or partially involved in mission activity, as is indicated in the collection descriptions.

U.S. Catholic Mission Association. Mission Handbook 1984–85. Washington, D.C.: USCMA, 1984. Annual publication with statistics drawn from the Association's data bank of United States Catholic missionary personnel working abroad.

User's Guide to the American Indian Correspondence: The Presbyterian Historical Society Collection of Missionaries' Letters, 1833–1893. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, n.d.

Walker Mary Alden . “The Archives of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.” Harvard Library Bulletin 6 (Winter 1952): 52–68.

Walker Mary Alden . “India and Ceylon in the Archives of the American Board of Foreign Missions.” The Indian Archives 7 (July–December 1953): 95–99.

Weber Francis J. “The Catholic University of America Archives.” American Catholic Historical Society Records 77 (March 1966): 50–59.

Weber Francis J. “Printed Guides to Archival Centers for American Catholic History.” American Archivist 32 (October 1969): 348–56.

Weber Francis J. A Select Guide to California Catholic History. Los Angeles: Western-lore, 1966.

Westberg Sigurd F. “The Archives of the Evangelical Covenant Church of America.” Illinois Libraries 63 (April 1981): 331–32.

Williams Sam ., comp. Guide to the Research Collections of the New York Public Library. Chicago, Ill.: American Library Association, 1975. Narrative descriptions of documents dealing with Catholic (Jesuit) and Protestant missions in Africa and China.

Wilson Samuel , ed. Mission Handbook: North American Protestant Ministries Overseas. 12th ed. Monrovia, Calif.: Missions Advanced Research and Communication Center, 1979. Brief description of the activities, budget, personnel, and so forth of all North American Protestant groups with any kind of foreign-mission involvement. Many of the denominations and non-denominational organizations listed in this volume maintain their own archives or at least have their inactive files at their headquarters. Indexes group missions according to countries they work in, type of activity, and tradition.

Winfrey Dorman H. “Protestant Episcopal Church Archives.” American Archivist 24 (October 1961): 431–33.

World Mission: Nazarene Archives Inventories. Kansas City, Mo.: Church of the Nazarene, 1983.

Lubomyr R. Wynar Buttlar Lois . Guide to Ethnic Museums, Libraries, and Archives in the United States. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University, 1978. Contains capsule descriptions of libraries, museums, and archives with information about almost 100 different ethnic groups (Byelorussian-Americans, Egyptian-Americans, Indonesian-Americans, etc.). Many of the collections described also have information directly or indirectly relevant to mission studies.