Research Collections

• Biblical Resources
• Worship Resources
• Methodism
• Missions
• Theology and Philosophy
• Other Research Collections

Access to the Research Collections
The Research Collections are available during limited hours for in-house use only. Special rules apply for handling and copying of materials.

Exhibits
prepared regularly to highlight sections of the Collections.

Research Collections

• Massachusetts Bible Society Collection
• Clyde Kimball Bible Collection
• General Biblical Collections
• Early Bible pages
• Missionary Bible Collection
• Dickinson Marks Collection
• William Barton Samaritan Collection
• James D. Purvis Samaritana Collection

Research Guides

• Biblical Studies
• Judaism Reference Materials
• Electronic Resources on Judaism
• Electronic Resources for Biblical Studies

Worship Resources

Research Collections

• Hymnal Collections
  • General Hymnal Collection
  • Nutter-Metcalf Hymnal Collection
  • James Rogers Hymnal Collection
  • James Russell Houghton Collection
  • Charles S. Nutter Autograph Letter Collection
  • Medieval Hymnal Pages
  • Crocker Durkee book collection
  • Lester Hostetler hymnal collection
  • Lila Hill hymnbook collection
  • McCormick Syndor hymn and carol collection
    
• Worship Collections
  • General Worship Collection
  • Fr. William Heidt Collection
  • James Sanders Worship Collection
  • Theresa Scherf Collection of Taize Resources
  • Carmelite Spirituality Collection
  • Killian book collection on Spirituality
  • Spiritual Biography Collection
  • Spirituality Collection.

  Research Guides

  • Homiletical and Exegetical Resources
  • Hymnology Resources
  • Electronic Resources on Music

Research Collections

• General Methodist Collections
• John and Charles Wesley Collection
• 19th and 20th century Wesley editions and biographies
• New England Conference Commission on Archives and History

  Research Guides

• Methodism
• Electronic Resources on Methodism
• Methodism on Microform
• Christian Denominations
• Electronic Resources on Christianity

Missions Resources

Research Collections

• General Missions Collections
• Jesuit Missions

  Research Guides

• Missions
• Missions on Microform

Theology and Philosophy Resources

Research Collections

• Jesuitica Collection
• Personalism Collections (Bowne, Brightman, Knudson, Bertocci, Muelder)
• C. Allyn Russell Fundamentalism Collection
• J. Allen Broyles Collection on John Birch Society
• Canon Law collection.
• Dorothy Packer collection on the Reformation
• Peggy Sibley collection of 19th century Sunday School tracts.

Research Guides

• Philosophy and Theology
• Electronic Resources on Religion
• Electronic Resources on Philosophy

Other Research Collections

• Heritage Collection of Methodist General Biblical Institute
• School of Theology Archives
• Percy Woodward Art Collection
• Scarborough Coin Collection