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This is a list of libraries which have significant special collections related to Christianity, broken up by location. For better collections relating to specific church bodies or denominations, see
Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Special collections/churches .
Canada
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Calgary - Anglican Diocese of Calgary Archives
[1]
Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta
[2]
St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Church Cultural Centre Library
[3]
Edmonton - Anglican Provincial Archives of Alberta
[4]
Abbotsford -
Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia
[5]
Kelowna - Anglican Diocese of Kootenay Archives
[7]
Prince Rupert - Anglican Diocese of Caledonia Archives
[8]
Vancouver - Anglican Princial Synod of BC and Yukon Archives, also including archives of the defunct Anglican Diocese of Cariboo
[9]
Victoria - Anglican Diocese of British Columbia Archives
[10]
Winnipeg - Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land Archives
[11]
Fredericton - Provincial Archives of the Anglican church in New Brunswick, including those of the Anglican Diocese of Fredericton
[14]
Moncton - Atlantic Baptist University, Canadian Baptists
[15]
Gander - Diocese of Central Newfoundland Archives
[16]
St. Johns - Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador Archives
[17]
Halifax - Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Archives
[18]
Atlantic School of Theology
[19]
Aylmer - Heritage Historical Library,
Mennonite
Hamilton - McMaster University Libraries, archives of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara and of the Canadian Baptists
[20]
Keewatin - Archives of the Anglican Diocese of Keewatin
[21]
Kingston - Anglican Diocese of Ontario Archives
[22]
Ottawa - Anglican Diocese of Ottawa Archives
[23]
Sault Ste. Marie - Diocese of Algoma and the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario Archives
[24]
Sudbury - Laurentian University, Archives of the Anglican Diocese of Moosonee
[25]
Toronto - Regis College Library - includes material by and about
Bernard Lonergan
[26]
University of Toronto - Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies includes the papers of
Etienne Gilson
[27]
Knox College Caven Library includes a John Calvin Collection
[28]
St. Michael's College John M. Kelly Library includes a Counter Reformation collection
[29]
Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives
[30]
Anglican Diocese of Toronto Archives
[31]
Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre
[32]
Victoria University
[33]
Waterloo - Contrad Grebel University College
Mennonite Archives of Ontario
[34]
Montreal - Canadian Centre for Ecumenism
[35]
Anglican Diocese of Montreal and the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada Archives
[36]
Sherbrooke - Bishop's University, archives of the Anglican Diocese of Quebec
[37]
Prince Albert - Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan Archives
[38]
Regina - University of Regina, hold archives of Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle and the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land
[39]
Rosthern - Rosthern Junior College Archives,
Mennonite
[40]
Whitehorse - Anglican Diocese of Yukon Archives
[41]
England
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London - Church of England Record Centre
[42]
Switzerland
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Geneva - Ecumenical Library of World Council of Churches
[43]
United States
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Kodiak - Saint Herman Orthodox Seminary
[44]
Angwin - Nelson Memorial Library at Pacific Union College, Seventh-day Adventists collection
[45]
Fresno - Fresno Pacific University Center for
Mennonite Brethren Studies
[46]
Loma Linda - Heritage Room of Loma Linda University, Seventh-day Adventists collection
[47]
Malibu - Pepperdine University Libraries
[48]
Redlands - University of Redlands,
American Baptist Churches USA
[49]
Santa Barbara - University of California Santa Barbara American Religions Collection - apparitions of the Virgin Mary, largest public collection of
Jehovah's Witnesses literature,
Old Catholicism , Seventh-day Church of God material and
New Religious Movements
[50]
Hartford - Library of Hartford Seminary
[52]
New Haven - Berkeley Divinity School of Yale University, archives of the Episcopal Church
[53]
Atlanta - Aquinas Center of Theology, Emory University
[59]
Interdenominational Theological Center, Black Women in Church and Society and
Black Methodists -
[60]
American Baptist Historical Society
[61]
Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Divinity, Emory University,
Methodism
[62]
Aurora - Jenks Memorial Collection at Aurora University, archives of
Advent Christian Church
[63]
Chicago - Chicago Theological Seminary
[64]
Elgin - Brethren Historical Library and Archives, archives of the Church of the Brethren General Board
[71]
Evanston - United Library of Garrett-Evangelical and Seabury-Western Theological Seminaries,
Methodism
[73]
Lincoln - Lincoln Christian College and Seminary
[74]
Metamora - Illinois
Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society
[75]
Oak Brook - Bethany Theological Seminary, Brethren Church archives
[76]
Oregon - archives of
Church of God (Abrahamic Faith)
Wheaton - Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College for evangelicalism or fundamentalism
[77]
Elkhart - Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries Library, large collection of
Mennonite material
[78]
Franklin - Franklin College
American Baptist Churches USA
[79]
Goshen - Goshen College
Mennonite Historical Library
[80]
Greencastle - Roy O. West Library at DePauw University,
United Methodist Church
[81]
Indianapolis - American Evangelical Christian University,
American Evangelical Christian Church
[82]
Notre Dame - Medieval Institute at University of Notre Dame, includes material on higher education in the middle ages
[86]
Richmond - Quaker collection at Earlham College, material on native American Quakers
[88]
Winona Lake - Morgan Library of Grace College and Theological Seminary
[89]
Des Moines - Grand View University Danish Immigrant Archives, Danish Lutherans in America
[90]
Dubuque - Emmaus Bible College, largest public-access collection of material on the
Plymouth Brethren
[91]
Kalona -
Mennonite Historical Society of Iowa, archives
Baltimore - St. Mary's Seminary and University Library,
Catholic Church
[101]
Silver Spring - Archives of the Seventh-day Adventists General Conference
[102]
Boston - Boston University New England Methodist Historical Library
[103]
Congregational Library, American Congregational Association
[104]
Brookline - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
[105]
Cambridge - Library at Harvard Divinity School,
Unitarian Universalism
[106]
Newton Centre - Andover Newton Theological School Library, American Baptist Churches archives
[107]
South Hamilton - Center for Advent Christian Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for Advent Christian Church archives, Goddard Library for a large collection of material about conservative Protestants, rare Bibles, Mercer Collection of Assyrio-Babylonian material
[108] ,
Berrien Springs - Andrews University, Seventh-day Adventists collection
[109]
Grand Rapids - Calvin College,
Reformed Church
[110]
Hancock - Finlandia University, Lutherans of Finnish descent
[111]
Kalamazoo - Kalamazoo College,
American Baptist Churches USA
[112]
Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University - large collection including Cistercian manuscripts
[113]
Northfield - Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College - includes writings of Kierkegaard and a replica of his personal library
[114]
St. Paul - Bethel Seminary Library, archives of the Baptist General Conference
[115]
Luther Seminary, archives of the Norwegian predecessors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
[116]
Madison - Drew University United Methodist Archives Center
[126]
New Brunswick - New Brunswick Theological Seminary,
Reformed Church in America
[127]
Princeton - Princeton University Index of Christian Art project
[128]
South Bound Brook - Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
[130]
Keuka Park - Keuka College,
American Baptist Churches USA
[131]
New Platz - Huguenot Historical Society,
Huguenots
[132]
New York City - American Bible Society
[133]
Ecmenical Library of Interchurch Center
[134]
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America Archives
[135]
Huguenot Society of America,
Huguenots
[136]
New York Public Library Black Religious Heritage Project
[137]
St. Mark's Library at General Theological Seminary, archives of the Episcopal Church
[138]
St. Nerses Shnorhali Library
[139]
Rochester - Kenneth B. Keating Library at University of Rochester, papers of the founder of the
Free Methodist Church
[140]
Syosset - Orthodox Church in America Archives
[141]
Bluffton - Bluffton University
Mennonite Historical Collections
[150]
Cincinnati - Nippert Memorial Library of the Cincinnati Historical Society German
Methodist Collection,
[151]
Dayton - Center for United Evangelical Brethren Studies, United Theoloical Seminary,
Methodism
[152]
University of Dayton Marian Library - world's largest collection of Marian literature
[153]
Delaware -
United Methodist Historical Society of Ohio Library at Ohio Wesleyan University
[154]
Fidnley - Winebrenner Theological Seminary Library,
Church of God General Conference
[155]
Springfield - Wittemburg University,
Lutheranism
[156]
Wilberforce - R. C. Ransom Memorial Library at Payne Theological Seminary - including material on the African Methodist Episcopal Church
[157]
Bethlehem -
Moravian College and Theological Seminary Reeves Library
[162]
Blue Bell - Reformed Episcopal Church Theological Seminary
[164]
Gettysburg - Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg,
Lutheranism
[165]
Gladwyne - Deaconess Community of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,
Deaconess movement
Grantham - Messiah College
Brethren in Christ Historical Library and Archives
[166]
Harleysville -
Mennonite Heritage Center Historical Library and Archives
[167]
Haverford - Haverford College Library, Quakers
[168]
Huntingdon - Beeghly Library at Juniata College
[169]
Intercourse - The People's Place,
Mennonite
[170]
Lancaster - Lancaster Theological Seminary
[171]
Langhorne - Philadelphia Biblical University,
Cyrus Scofield Biblical studies collection
[174]
Myerstown -
Evangelical Congregational Church Center, also deals with
Evangelical Association and
United Evangelical Church
[175]
Philadelphia - Archives of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary,
Catholic Church
[176]
Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia, Lutheran Theological Seminary,
Lutheranism
[177]
Presbyterian Historical Association,
Presbyterian Church (USA) ,
[178]
Temple University Center for African American History and Culture Black Women in the Church 1780-1970
[179]
Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Historical Collection
[180]
Westminster Theological Seminary Montgomery Library - special collection on Reformed theology
[181]
Pittsburgh - Reformed Presbyterian Theological Library,
Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America ,
[182]
Richfield - Lauvers
Mennonite Church
[183]
St. Davids - Eastern University,
American Baptist Churches USA
[184]
Scranton -
Polish National Catholic Church Archives,
Old Catholicism
[185]
Swarthmore - Friends' Historical Library at Swarathmore College, Quakers
[186]
Charleston - Huguenot Society of South Carolina,
Huguenots
[188]
Columbia - Benedict College,
American Baptist Churches USA
[189]
Greenville - Bob Jones University for material on Christian fundamentalism and Christian music
[191]
Summerville - Cummins Memorial Theological Seminary, archives of the Reformed Episcopal Church
[192]
Freeman - Freeman Academy Historical Library,
Mennonites
[193]
Sioux Falls - Sioux Falls Seminary, Kaiser-Ramaker Library, archives of the North American Baptist Conference
[194]
Cleveland - Lee University,
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
[196]
Memphis - Harding Graduate School of Religion
[197]
Nashville - Disciples of Christ Historical Society, history of the Disciples of Christ and of the Stone-Campbell Movement
[199]
Free Will Baptist College, archives of the National Association of Free Will Baptists
[200]
Lipscomb University
[201]
Southern Baptist Convention Archives
[202]
The Upper Room Library
Methodism
[203]
Abilene - Abilene Christian University
[204]
Austin - Archives of the Episcopal Church
[205]
Dallas - Bridwell Library Center for
Methodist Studies at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
[206]
Fort Worth - Texas Christian University
[208]
Waco - Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
[209]