Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Special collections

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 WikiProject Christianity/Special collections/churches.

=Canada=

Alberta

 * Calgary - Anglican Diocese of Calgary Archives
 * Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta
 * St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Church Cultural Centre Library
 * Edmonton - Anglican Provincial Archives of Alberta

British Columbia

 * Abbotsford - Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia
 * Summit Pacific College Library, Pentecostalism
 * Kelowna - Anglican Diocese of Kootenay Archives
 * Prince Rupert - Anglican Diocese of Caledonia Archives
 * Vancouver - Anglican Princial Synod of BC and Yukon Archives, also including archives of the defunct Anglican Diocese of Cariboo
 * Victoria - Anglican Diocese of British Columbia Archives

Manitoba

 * Winnipeg - Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land Archives
 * Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies in Canada
 * Mennonite Heritage Center archives

New Brunswick

 * Fredericton - Provincial Archives of the Anglican church in New Brunswick, including those of the Anglican Diocese of Fredericton
 * Moncton - Atlantic Baptist University, Canadian Baptists

Newfoundland

 * Gander - Diocese of Central Newfoundland Archives
 * St. Johns - Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador Archives

Nova Scotia

 * Halifax - Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Archives
 * Atlantic School of Theology

Ontario

 * Aylmer - Heritage Historical Library, Mennonite
 * Hamilton - McMaster University Libraries, archives of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara and of the Canadian Baptists
 * Keewatin - Archives of the Anglican Diocese of Keewatin
 * Kingston - Anglican Diocese of Ontario Archives
 * Ottawa - Anglican Diocese of Ottawa Archives
 * Sault Ste. Marie - Diocese of Algoma and the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario Archives
 * Sudbury - Laurentian University, Archives of the Anglican Diocese of Moosonee
 * Toronto - Regis College Library - includes material by and about Bernard Lonergan
 * University of Toronto - Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies includes the papers of Etienne Gilson
 * Knox College Caven Library includes a John Calvin Collection
 * St. Michael's College John M. Kelly Library includes a Counter Reformation collection
 * Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives
 * Anglican Diocese of Toronto Archives
 * Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre
 * Victoria University
 * Waterloo - Contrad Grebel University College Mennonite Archives of Ontario

Quebec

 * Montreal - Canadian Centre for Ecumenism
 * Anglican Diocese of Montreal and the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada Archives
 * Sherbrooke - Bishop's University, archives of the Anglican Diocese of Quebec

Saskatchewan

 * Prince Albert - Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan Archives
 * Regina - University of Regina, hold archives of Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle and the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land
 * Rosthern - Rosthern Junior College Archives, Mennonite

Yukon Territory

 * Whitehorse - Anglican Diocese of Yukon Archives

=England=
 * London - Church of England Record Centre

=Switzerland=
 * Geneva - Ecumenical Library of World Council of Churches

=United States=

Alaska

 * Kodiak - Saint Herman Orthodox Seminary

California

 * Angwin - Nelson Memorial Library at Pacific Union College, Seventh-day Adventists collection
 * Fresno - Fresno Pacific University Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies
 * Loma Linda - Heritage Room of Loma Linda University, Seventh-day Adventists collection
 * Malibu - Pepperdine University Libraries
 * Redlands - University of Redlands, American Baptist Churches USA
 * 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

Colorado

 * Denver - Muddy Creek Farm Library, Mennonite

Connecticut

 * Hartford - Library of Hartford Seminary
 * New Haven - Berkeley Divinity School of Yale University, archives of the Episcopal Church

District of Columbia

 * Catholic University of America Department of Archives and Manuscripts, Catholic Church
 * Georgetown University Libraries, Catholic Church
 * Howard University School of Divinity Library - special collection on Afro-American religion
 * Wesley Theological Seminary, world's best collection on the Methodist Protestant Church

Florida

 * Miami Gardens - Florida Memorial University, American Baptist Churches USA

Georgia

 * Atlanta - Aquinas Center of Theology, Emory University
 * Interdenominational Theological Center, Black Women in Church and Society and Black Methodists -
 * American Baptist Historical Society
 * Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Divinity, Emory University, Methodism

Illinois

 * Aurora - Jenks Memorial Collection at Aurora University, archives of Advent Christian Church
 * Chicago - Chicago Theological Seminary
 * Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives
 * Lutheran School of Theology Library, Lutheranism
 * McCormack Theological Seminary, Presbyterian Church (USA)
 * Meadville Lombard Theological School, Unitarian Universalism
 * Moody Bible College, Christian fundamentalism, Dwight Moody, and Jewish evangelism
 * Elgin - Brethren Historical Library and Archives, archives of the Church of the Brethren General Board
 * Judson University, American Baptist Churches USA
 * Evanston - United Library of Garrett-Evangelical and Seabury-Western Theological Seminaries, Methodism
 * Lincoln - Lincoln Christian College and Seminary
 * Metamora - Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society
 * Oak Brook - Bethany Theological Seminary, Brethren Church archives
 * Oregon - archives of Church of God (Abrahamic Faith)
 * Wheaton - Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College for evangelicalism or fundamentalism

Indiana

 * Elkhart - Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries Library, large collection of Mennonite material
 * Franklin - Franklin College American Baptist Churches USA
 * Goshen - Goshen College Mennonite Historical Library
 * Greencastle - Roy O. West Library at DePauw University, United Methodist Church
 * Indianapolis - American Evangelical Christian University, American Evangelical Christian Church
 * Christian Theological Seminary, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
 * Marston Memorial Historical Library Free Methodist Church
 * Wesleyan Archives & Historical Library, Wesleyan Church
 * Notre Dame - Medieval Institute at University of Notre Dame, includes material on higher education in the middle ages
 * Archives of the University of Notre Dame, Catholic Church
 * Richmond - Quaker collection at Earlham College, material on native American Quakers
 * Winona Lake - Morgan Library of Grace College and Theological Seminary

Iowa

 * Des Moines - Grand View University Danish Immigrant Archives, Danish Lutherans in America
 * Dubuque - Emmaus Bible College, largest public-access collection of material on the Plymouth Brethren
 * Wartburg Theological Seminary Library, Lutheranism
 * Kalona - Mennonite Historical Society of Iowa, archives

Kansas

 * Hillsboro - Tabor College Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies
 * North Newton - Mennonite Library and Archives
 * Ottawa - Ottawa University, American Baptist Churches USA
 * Wichita - Edmund Stanley Library at Friends University, Kansas Yearly Meeting and Quakers and native Americans

Kentucky

 * Jackson - Kentucky Mountain Bible College, Holiness movement
 * Lexington - Lexington Theological Seminary
 * Louisville - Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
 * Wilmore - Asbury Theological Seminary, Holiness movement and specifically the Free Methodist Church and Wesleyan Church

Maryland

 * Baltimore - St. Mary's Seminary and University Library, Catholic Church
 * Silver Spring - Archives of the Seventh-day Adventists General Conference

Massachusetts

 * Boston - Boston University New England Methodist Historical Library
 * Congregational Library, American Congregational Association
 * Brookline - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
 * Cambridge - Library at Harvard Divinity School, Unitarian Universalism
 * Newton Centre - Andover Newton Theological School Library, American Baptist Churches archives
 * 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 ,

Michigan

 * Berrien Springs - Andrews University, Seventh-day Adventists collection
 * Grand Rapids - Calvin College, Reformed Church
 * Hancock - Finlandia University, Lutherans of Finnish descent
 * Kalamazoo - Kalamazoo College, American Baptist Churches USA
 * Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University - large collection including Cistercian manuscripts

Minnesota

 * Northfield - Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College - includes writings of Kierkegaard and a replica of his personal library
 * St. Paul - Bethel Seminary Library, archives of the Baptist General Conference
 * Luther Seminary, archives of the Norwegian predecessors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Missouri

 * Canton - Culver-Stockton College
 * Independence - Community of Christ archives, Community of Christ
 * Kansas City - William Broadhurst Library at Nazarene Theological Seminary, Church of the Nazarene
 * Liberty - William Jewell College American Baptist Churches USA
 * St. Louis - Concordia Historical Institute, Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, National Evangelical Lutheran Church, Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
 * Covenant Theological Seminary, Presbyterian Church in America
 * St. Louis University, Catholic Church
 * Springfield - Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center, Assemblies of God Archives
 * Webster Groves - Eden Theological Seminary

New Jersey

 * Madison - Drew University United Methodist Archives Center
 * New Brunswick - New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Reformed Church in America
 * Princeton - Princeton University Index of Christian Art project
 * Speer Library, Princeton Theological Seminary, Presbyterian Church (USA)
 * South Bound Brook - Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA

New York

 * Keuka Park - Keuka College, American Baptist Churches USA
 * New Platz - Huguenot Historical Society, Huguenots
 * New York City - American Bible Society
 * Ecmenical Library of Interchurch Center
 * Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America Archives
 * Huguenot Society of America, Huguenots
 * New York Public Library Black Religious Heritage Project
 * St. Mark's Library at General Theological Seminary, archives of the Episcopal Church
 * St. Nerses Shnorhali Library
 * Rochester - Kenneth B. Keating Library at University of Rochester, papers of the founder of the Free Methodist Church
 * Syosset - Orthodox Church in America Archives

North Carolina

 * Charlotte - Billy Graham Library
 * Durham - Duke Divinity School Library, Methodism
 * Elon - Primitive Baptist Library
 * Lake Junaluska - World Methodist Council
 * Montreat - Presbyterian Heritage Center at Montreat, Presbyterian Church (USA)
 * Raleigh - Shaw University, American Baptist Churches USA
 * Salisbury - W. J. Walls Heritage Hall Archives at Hood Theological Seminary, archives of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church
 * Winston-Salem - Moravian Church Archives - Southern Region

Ohio

 * Bluffton - Bluffton University Mennonite Historical Collections
 * Cincinnati - Nippert Memorial Library of the Cincinnati Historical Society German Methodist Collection,
 * Dayton - Center for United Evangelical Brethren Studies, United Theoloical Seminary, Methodism
 * University of Dayton Marian Library - world's largest collection of Marian literature
 * Delaware - United Methodist Historical Society of Ohio Library at Ohio Wesleyan University
 * Fidnley - Winebrenner Theological Seminary Library, Church of God General Conference
 * Springfield - Wittemburg University, Lutheranism
 * Wilberforce - R. C. Ransom Memorial Library at Payne Theological Seminary - including material on the African Methodist Episcopal Church

Oklahoma

 * Muskogee - Bacone College, American Baptist Churches USA
 * Tulsa - Oral Roberts University Library Holy Spirit Research Center, Pentecostalism

Oregon

 * McMinnville - Linfield College, American Baptist Churches USA
 * Salem - Oregon Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society

Pennsylvania

 * Bethlehem - Moravian College and Theological Seminary Reeves Library
 * Moravian Archives - Northern Province
 * Blue Bell - Reformed Episcopal Church Theological Seminary
 * Gettysburg - Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Lutheranism
 * Gladwyne - Deaconess Community of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Deaconess movement
 * Grantham - Messiah College Brethren in Christ Historical Library and Archives
 * Harleysville - Mennonite Heritage Center Historical Library and Archives
 * Haverford - Haverford College Library, Quakers
 * Huntingdon - Beeghly Library at Juniata College
 * Intercourse - The People's Place, Mennonite
 * Lancaster - Lancaster Theological Seminary |&NodeID=80
 * Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
 * Mennonite Information Center
 * Langhorne - Philadelphia Biblical University, Cyrus Scofield Biblical studies collection
 * Myerstown - Evangelical Congregational Church Center, also deals with Evangelical Association and United Evangelical Church
 * Philadelphia - Archives of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Catholic Church
 * Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Lutheranism
 * Presbyterian Historical Association, Presbyterian Church (USA),
 * Temple University Center for African American History and Culture Black Women in the Church 1780-1970
 * Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Historical Collection
 * Westminster Theological Seminary Montgomery Library - special collection on Reformed theology
 * Pittsburgh - Reformed Presbyterian Theological Library, Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America,
 * Richfield - Lauvers Mennonite Church
 * St. Davids - Eastern University, American Baptist Churches USA
 * Scranton - Polish National Catholic Church Archives, Old Catholicism
 * Swarthmore - Friends' Historical Library at Swarathmore College, Quakers

Rhode Island

 * Providence - Rhode Island Historical Society, Unitarian Universalism

South Carolina

 * Charleston - Huguenot Society of South Carolina, Huguenots
 * Columbia - Benedict College, American Baptist Churches USA
 * Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Lutheranism
 * Greenville - Bob Jones University for material on Christian fundamentalism and Christian music
 * Summerville - Cummins Memorial Theological Seminary, archives of the Reformed Episcopal Church

South Dakota

 * Freeman - Freeman Academy Historical Library, Mennonites
 * Sioux Falls - Sioux Falls Seminary, Kaiser-Ramaker Library, archives of the North American Baptist Conference
 * University of Sioux Falls, American Baptist Churches USA

Tennessee

 * Cleveland - Lee University, Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
 * Memphis - Harding Graduate School of Religion
 * Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
 * Nashville - Disciples of Christ Historical Society, history of the Disciples of Christ and of the Stone-Campbell Movement
 * Free Will Baptist College, archives of the National Association of Free Will Baptists
 * Lipscomb University
 * Southern Baptist Convention Archives
 * The Upper Room Library Methodism

Texas

 * Abilene - Abilene Christian University
 * Austin - Archives of the Episcopal Church
 * Dallas - Bridwell Library Center for Methodist Studies at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
 * Turpin Library at Dallas Theological Seminary, Christian fundamentalism
 * Fort Worth - Texas Christian University
 * Waco - Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Utah

 * Provo - Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University, Mormonism
 * Salt Lake City - Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * FamilySearch.org, Mormonism
 * J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah, Mormonism
 * Utah State Historical Society Library, Mormonism

Virginia

 * Alexandria - Salvation Army National Archives and Research Center
 * Harrisonburg - Menno Simons Historical Library at Eastern Mennonite University
 * Richmond - Library of the Union Theoligical Seminary in Virginia, Presbyterian Church (USA)
 * Virginia Union University, American Baptist Churches USA

West Virginia

 * Philippi - Alderson-Broaddus College, American Baptist Churches USA,

Wisconsin

 * Janesville - Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society
 * Mequin - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod