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A Guide to Africanist Research in the Archive of the American Baptist Historical Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Yolanda Covington-Ward
Yolanda Covington-Ward*
Affiliation:
Department of Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh, USA
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Africanist scholars seeking archives on Africa and Africans often travel back to the continent to conduct research, or more commonly, to the various repositories of former colonial powers in Western Europe to find their information. However, there are some archives located in the United States that, although they are not dedicated exclusively to Africanist materials, contain an array of resources relevant to Africanist research. One such archive is that of the American Baptist Historical Society (ABHS).

The American Baptist Historical Society was founded in 1853, and, according to a conversation with Communications and Reading Specialist Betsy Dunbar, contains many records “by, about, for, and against Baptists.”

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 111 , 2009 , pp. 21 - 29
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Copyright © African Research & Documentation 2009

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1 I would like to thank Betsy Dunbar and Betty Layton for the extended conversations that they had with me about the archive. I would especially like to thank Deborah Van Broekhoven for not only her conversation, but also the extensive comments that she provided on earlier drafts of this paper.

2 The main campus of Mercer University is located in Macon, GA, USA.

3 “Mercer Purchases Baptist Center from GBC,” News Release, August 25, 2003: http://www2.mercer.edu/News/Articles/2003/030825gbc.htm (accessed August 13, 2009).

4 “American Baptist Historical Society to hold ‘Grand-Reopening’ Sept. 27,” News Release, September 2008: http://www2.mercer.edu/NewsAtMercerAE/September2008/08Society.htm (accessed August 13, 2009).

5 Personal correspondence, Deborah Van Broekhoven, Executive Director, American Baptist Historical Society, August 24, 2009.

6 Ibid.