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• American Baptist Historical Society Digital Collection

  Congregational files, recordings, periodicals, personal papers, and more.

• Angus Library

  The Angus holds the foundation documents of the Baptist denomination and is one of the oldest and most comprhensive Baptist collection in the world. It holds the archive and library of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Baptist Missionary Society, and Baptist Historical society.

• Baptistische Archivalien

  Germany.

• Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies and the Virginia Baptist Historical Society at the University of Richmond

• Free Will Baptist Historical Collection

• Freewill Baptist Materials

• Furman University Libraries - Special Collections

  S.C. Baptist Historical Collection contains records from over 500 South Carolina Baptist churches, a 5000-volume book collection, church histories, congregational records, association minutes, biographical materials, newsletters, hymnals, and sermons.

• Georgia Baptist History Depository

  From Mercer University, Macon, Georgia. Mercer University has collected and preserved Baptist history materials with conscious intent since the late 1870s, following the University's move from Penfield to Macon. At a number of points during the ensuing years, the Georgia Baptist Convention has named the University as the official depository of state Baptist records.

• James P. Boyce Centennial Library

• Ladd Library at Bates College

  Lewiston, Maine.

• Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission - LibGuides at Mississippi College-Leland Speed Library

  Clinton, Mississippi. From the Leland Speed Library, Mississippi College. Holds materials relating to the Mississippi Baptist Convention.

• North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection

  From Wake Forest University, Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Includes searchable online databases.

• Primitive Baptist Church Library

  Carthage, Illinois.

• Samford University Library

  Birmingham, Alabama.

• Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archive

  Tennessee. A world center for the study of Baptist history. Operated by the Council of Seminary Presidents, the SBHLA is one of the major denominational collections in the nation and serves by assignment of the Southern Baptist Convention as the central depository and archives of SBC records.

  • Family History Information

• Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Special Collections

• Texas Baptist Historical Collection

  Purpose is to collect, preserve, and communicate the history of Baptists in Texas.

• The Alabama Baptist Index

• The American Baptist - Samuel Colgate Historical Library

  Rochester, New York. Purpose is to document the history and thought of the Baptist movement in all of its forms. The Library is believed to hold the largest collection of Baptist related research materials in the world. It holds approximately 80,000 volumes, including over 500 volumes of original church records. More than 400 manuscript collections of Baptist ministers, missionaries, and scholars are kept here.