Listed below is a sampling of some potential topics for researchers using the collection in the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. For information on specific research topics or collections contact the Library and Archives staff.

Biographical Studies

• Alldredge, Eugene Perry
• Allen, Clifton Judson
• Armstrong, Annie
• Bagby, William Buck (missionary to Brazil)
• Bouldin, George (missionary to Japan)
• Burrows, Lansing
• Carey, William (British Baptist Missionary to Burma)
• Carver, William Owen
• Chastain, James Marvin (missionary to Mexico)
• Compere, Ebenezer Lee
• Criswell, Wallie Amos
• Dargan, Edwin Charles
• Day, Samuel S. (missionary to India)
• Dixon, Amzi C.
• Dozier, Edwin (missionary to Japan)
• Eaton, Thomas T.
• Falls, Helen E.
• Frost, James Marion
• Furman, Richard
• Gartenhaus, Jacob
• Graves, James Robinson
• Grice, Homer
• Hartwell, Jesse (early missionary to China)
• Hays, Brooks
• Hendley, Jesse M. (evangelist)
• Hobbs, Herschel H.
• Howell, R.B.C.
• Hughey, John David
• Jordan, Clarence (social activist)
• Judson, Adoniram
• Klaupiks, Adolph
• Lawrence, Una Roberts (Home Mission Board editor)
• Lawton, W.W. (missionary to China)
• Leavell, Frank Hartwell
• Leavell, Landrum Pinson
• Lowe, Samuel Franklin
• Manly, Basil, Sr.
• Manly, Basil, Jr.
• Martin, Eddie (evangelist)
• Milam, R.E.
• Moon, Lottie
• Mullins, E.Y.
• Norris, J. Frank
• Paschall, Henry Franklin
• Pashkov, V.A.
• Patterson, Paige
• Rhodes, Fred, Jr.
• Rice, Luther
• Smith, Bertha (missionary to China)
• Truett, George Washington
• Wallace, William Lindsay (missionary to China)
• Watkins, Elizabeth (missionary to Japan)
• Weaver, Rufus

Missions Studies

• African American Missions
• British Baptist Missionary Society
• Chaplains
• Deaf Missions
• Ethnic / Migrant Missions
• International Missions (numerous countries)
• Jewish Missions
• Medical Missions
• Mountain / Appalachian Missions
• Native American Missions
• Woman’s Missionary Union, SBC

Organizational Studies

• Baptist Polity
• Baptist World Alliance
• Church and Associational Histories
• Church Architecture
• Church Music
• Cooperative Program
• Presidents, SBC
• Rural Churches
• Russian Baptists and Eastern European Evangelical Christians
• Seventy-Five Million Campaign
• State Convention Histories

Social Issues

• Abortion / Sanctity of Life
• African American Baptists
• Baptist Congress Proceedings
• Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
• Church / State Relations – Religious Liberty
• Higher Education, Baptist
• Hunger
• Moral Issues
• Political Involvement
• Race Relations
• Social Gospel / Economics
• Slavery and the Church
• Temperance / Prohibition
• War and Peace
• Women’s Issues

Southern Baptist Convention Agencies

• Brotherhood Commission
• Guidestone Financial Resources (Annuity Board)
• Education Commission
• Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (Christian Life Commission)
• Executive Committee
• Historical Commission
• International Mission Board (Foreign Mission Board)
• LifeWay Christian Resources (Baptist Sunday School Board)
• North American Mission Board (Home Mission Board)
• Stewardship Commission

Theological Issues

• Anti-Mission Movement
• Baptism / Communion / Ordination
• Baptist Distinctives
• “ Baptist Faith and Message” Statements
• Biblical Interpretation by Baptists
• Early Baptist Women Missionaries
• Ecumenical Movement
• Elliott and Broadman Commentary Controversies
• Evangelism
• Evolution / Creationism
• Inerrancy Controversy
• Landmarkism
• Missions
• Modernist / Fundamentalist Controversy
• Preaching
• Primitive Baptists
• Revivals
• Stewardship and tithing
• Whitsitt Controversy
• Women in Ministry
• Worship