Research Services Pause – Maternity Leave Notice
Thank you for your interest in the collections and research services of the American Baptist Historical Society (ABHS).
Our archivist will be on maternity leave, and as a result, all research requests and services will be temporarily paused. During this time, we will not be able to process new inquiries, fulfill existing requests, or conduct research on behalf of patrons.
We anticipate resuming normal operations and reviewing all pending and new requests in late August. At that time, we will respond in the order inquiries were received.
We appreciate your understanding and patience during this important time. Thank you for your continued interest in and support of our work.
Explore our online catalog. The catalog contains entries for our holdings of personal papers, missionary correspondence, congregational records, and more. Several entries contain digital images of items from the collections. This catalog is a work-in-progress, with new entries being added on a regular basis.
We are open for research BY APPOINTMENT ONLY; call us at 678-547-6680 or use the form on our Contact us page.
Hours: M – Th, 10 – 4:30 (by appointment only). We are closed to researchers on Fridays. Please check our CALENDAR page for other dates we are closed.
See an interview with one of our researchers, Anthea Butler.
ABHS serves as keeper of the record of the modern missionary movement. Our shelves hold unparalleled resources documenting African-American church associations, women’s work, and the social gospel movement. We publish the American Baptist Quarterly, interpreting for modern readers the lives and issues of the past that shape who we are today.
Among our rarest materials are:
- An original printing of the London Confession of 1644, the first statement of Baptist principles
- Manuscript letters written by missionary pioneers Adoniram Judson, Ann Judson, Sarah Judson, and Emily Judson as well as their children
- African-American Baptist association minutes as early as 1829
- Official denominational minutes and publication for ethnic Baptists, including Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, and Slovakian immigrant congregations
- Official records of the Baptist World Alliance
- Letters of early missionaries Lott Carey and Luther Rice
See an interview with one of our researchers, Paul Raushenbush.
https://vimeo.com/741177829?fl=pl&fe=sh
For those who are looking for information in the Edward Starr Baptist Bibliography, it is on line through a collaboration with Baylor University. Here is a link to the Starr Baptist Bibliography.
