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conversations with various Telugu social groups: English-speaking Telugus, Brahmins, Dalits,
and Dalit Christians.
Goodall, Norman. A History of the London Mission Society: 1895-1945. London: OUP, 1954. Accession Number: 4316094 Goodall refers to LMS activities in Andhra Pradesh.
Gordon, Hewitt. The Problems of Success: A History of the Church Missionary Society, 1910-1942. Vol. 2. London: SCM Press, 1971. Accession Number: 4038022 Location: UTC, BBC Gordon makes numerous references to the Anglican communities in Andhra Pradesh.
Gotwald, Luther Alexander. A Goodly Heritage: A Gotwald Family History and an
Autobiography. n.p., 1965. Accession Number: 11922397 This is an autobiography of an American Lutheran missionary.
Gotwald, Luther Alexander, ed. What Hath God Wrought? United Lutheran Church India Mission, Centennial, 1842-1942. Guntur: AELC, 1941. Accession Number: 54393609 This is a collection of essays on the history of Lutheran institutions in Andhra. Gotwald served as a missionary beginning in 1921.
Graham, Carol. Azariah of Dornakal. London: SCM Press, 1946. Accession Number: 2056370 Location: SC
Graham, founder of the religious Order of Women in CSI, narrates the story of Bishop V. S. Azariah.
Graham, Carol. Christ among the Telugus. London: SPG and SPCK, 1938. Accession Number: 39952143 Graham relates her experiences among the Telugus.
Grahame, Dixon. The Blessings Came India-Shaped. Edinburgh: Pentland, 2000. Accession Number: 44059043 This is an autobiography of a Wesleyan Methodist missionary.
Groves, Anthony Norris. Memoir of the Late Anthony Norris Groves: Compiled Chiefly from
His Letter and Journals. Compiled by Mrs. Groves. London: James Nisbet, 1856. Accession Number: 25035992 This book recounts the story of Plymouth Brethren missionaries in Andhra. Groves was a Brethren missionary in Chittoor who relied on donations from interested individuals.
Hacker, Carlotta. The Indomitable Lady Doctors. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1974. Accession Number: 1081912
Hacker includes a chapter on the medical activities of Canadian Baptist missionary doctors
in the coastal districts of Andhra, especially at the hospital in Akividu.
Hall, Alfreda. Wheels Begin to Turn: The Story of Helping to Move Nations Christward. Toronto: Baptist Women’s Missionary Society of Ontario and Quebec, 1976. Accession Number: 22690097 Hall includes a list of Baptist woman missionaries from Ontario and Quebec who served in
Andhra. Besides describing the beginnings of Canadian Baptist missionary services in Andhra, she provides short biographies of Mary Jane Frith, pioneer single woman missionary from
Ontario, and of Katherine McLaurin. Hall was editor of “The Link and Visitor” between 1955 and 1969.
Hall, George Fridolph. The Missionary Spirit in the Augustana Church. Rock Island, Ill.: Augustana College, 1984. Accession Number: 11808394 Hall refers to the activities of the American Lutheran missionaries in the coastal districts.
Hambye, S. J. History of Christianity in India: Eighteenth Century. Vol. 3. Bangalore: Church History Association of India, 1997. Accession Number: 43212509 Location: UTC, SC, DVK In his broad analysis of eighteenth-century Christianity in India, Hambye devotes a chapter to the beginnings of Christianity among the Telugus. He traces the origins of Telugu Christianity.
Hamm, Peter Martin. India Mennonite Brethren Church Statistical Report, 1970. Shamshabad: Mennonite Brethren Mission, 1970. Accession Number: 12004896 Location: MBCBC This is a report on Mennonite congregations and missionaries in Telangana.
Harper, Susan Billington. In the Shadow of the Mahatma: Bishop V. S. Azariah and the
Travails of Christianity in British India. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Accession Number: 42475930 Location: UTC Harper analyzes the life and thought of Bishop Azariah, locating it in its sociopolitical context.
Harpster, Mary Julia. Among the Telugoos: Illustrating Mission Work in India. Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1902. Accession Number: 7109393 This is a brief narration of American Lutheran missionaries’ work in coastal Andhra. Harpster served as a missionary in the region between 1882 and 1901. She relates the story by topic, with an illustration for each theme.
Harris, Edwin Chambers. The Genesis of the Chirala Station of the Guntur, India, Mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (General Synod) in the United States of America. Sterling: Lutheran Brotherhood, 1918. Accession Number: 78637336 Location: UTC Harris refers to the beginnings of Christianity in the Chirala area, where Harris served as Lutheran missionary between 1899 and 1909.
Hatch, Sarah Isabel. The Christ Child and Caste Children. n.p., n.d. Accession Number: 54393636 Hatch recounts her experiences and strategies among the Telugu children of caste origins.
Hatch was one of the earliest single woman missionaries from Canada. She served in Samalkot and Ramachandrapuram between 1886 and 1928.
Hatch, Sarah Isabel. God Walketh among Women: A Story-Book from Rama- chandrapuram. privately published by the author, 1935. Accession Number: 433934606 This resource for study describes the missionary activities of Canadian Baptist women missionaries in coastal Andhra.
Hatch, Sarah Isabel. Our Nelly: A Book of Remembrance. privately published by the author, n.d. This short biography of Hatch’s sister Nelly includes several references to Telugu Christians.
Hatch, Sarah Isabel. Ramblings in Ramachandrapuram Town and Taluq. Mysore: Wesleyan Mission Press, 1927. Accession Number: 224052245 This is the autobiography of a Canadian Baptist single woman missionary.
Hatch, Sarah Isabel, and John R. Stillwell. Foreign Missions: An Appalling Destitution and a Fervent Appeal to the Baptist Churches of Canada from the Missionaries in the Eastern
Telugu Country. Samalkot: n.p., 1890. Accession Number: 45204971 This is a collection of letters written from the Baptist seminary at Samalkot.
Headland, Emily. The Rev. Robert Turlington Noble. n.p., 1894. Accession Number: 78689725 A brief biography of Robert Noble, a pioneer CMS missionary in Machilipatnam who, along with Henry W. Fox, arrived in Machilipatnam in 1841 and served in the region until 1865.
Hedlund, Roger E., ed. Christianity Is Indian: The Emergence of an Indigenous Community. Delhi: ISPCK, 2000. Accession Number: 46314708 This work includes essays about indigenous churches in the city of Hyderabad and the
coastal districts.
Hedlund, Roger E. Quest for Identity: India’s Churches of Indigenous Origin: The “Little Traditions” in Indian Christianity. Delhi: ISPCK, 2000. Accession Number: 46388833 Location: UTC Hedlund analyzes some of the Pentecostal and Holiness movements in Andhra Pradesh.
Heras, Henry. The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara. Madras: B. G. Paul, 1927. Accession Number: 779364 Heras, a Jesuit scholar, traces the earliest contacts of Christianity with the Telugu people, dating back to the sixteenth century. The book has a detailed analysis of Jesuit activities in the Vijayanagara empire.
Heyer, John C. F. Father Heyer’s Own Story: Travel Letters of the Rev. C. F. Heyer, Founder of the Guntur Mission. Guntur: n.p., 1940. Accession Number: 68117839 This is a compilation of letters written by J. C. F. Heyer, a pioneer American Lutheran missionary who served between 1842 and 1871.
Hibbert-Ware, G. Christian Missions in the Telugu Country. London: SPG, 1912. Accession Number: 12292326 Location: UTC Hibbert, a SPG missionary at Dornakal in the early twentieth century, introduces the missionary activities of various denominational missionary societies in Andhra Pradesh.
Hiebert, John N. C. Foreign Missions: Mennonite Brethren Central High School,
Shamshabad, India. Hillsboro: CMBCNA, n.d. Accession Number: 13353873 Location: MBCBC This book is an institutional history of a Mennonite school in Shamshabad, the Rangareddi district. Hiebert, an American Mennonite missionary, served in Telangana in 1929-1942 and 1947-1952. He was president of Tabor College in 1952-1953. Hiebert’s parents served as missionaries in Shamshabad in 1899-1901.
Hines, Herbert Waldo. Clough, Kingdom-Builder in South India. Philadelphia: Judson Press,
1929.
Accession Number: 3754517
This is a biographical account of John E. Clough, an American Baptist missionary.
Hiscox, Elizabeth J. To and from Nuzvid, India. Boise: Griffith, 1989. Accession Number: 20506707 Hiscox refers to the Seventh-Day Adventist communities in the Krishna district.
Hodge, John Z. Bishop Azariah of Dornakal. Madras: CLS, 1946.
Accession Number: 2771395
Location: SC
This biography of Bishop V. S. Azariah focuses on the Christian community in Dornakal.
Hoerschelmann, Werner. Christian Gurus: A Study on the Life and Work of Christian
Charismatic Leaders in South India. Madras: GLTC, 1998. Accession Number: 40632478 Location: GLTC Hoerschelmann, a German theologian who was on the faculty of Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai, includes essays on indigenous movements in Andhra Pradesh.
Holcomb, Helen H. Men of Might in India Missions: The Leaders and Their Epochs 1706- 1899. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1901. Location: UTC Accession Number: 2225723
Holcom includes a biographical essay about Robert T. Noble of Machilipatnam.
Hollister, John Normon. The Centenary of the Methodist Church in Southern Asia. Lucknow: Lucknow Publishing House, 1956. Accession Number: 488734 Location: UTC Hollister, an American Methodist historian, makes scattered references to the Methodist Episcopal communities in Telangana.
Hooper, John Stirling Morley. The Bible in India: With a Chapter on Ceylon. London: OUP,
1938.
Accession Number: 11415313
Location: UTC
In this book, Hooper, a president of the Bible Society of India, traces back to the earliest
translations of the Bible into the Telugu language.
Hooper, John Stirling Morley. Bible Translations in India, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Bombay:
OUP, 1963.
Accession Number: 5345314
This is a later version of The Bible in India.
Hope, Elizabeth Reid (Cotton), and William Digby. General Sir Arthur Cotton, R.E., K.C.S.I:
His Life and Work. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1900. Accession Number: 3971460 This biography of Arthur Cotton was written by his daughter. Hope referred to her father’s interest in missionary activities and collaboration with Lutheran and Brethren missionaries in the Godavari districts.
Hosea, Bunyan. Beginnings of SPG Telugu Mission in Rayalaseema: Saga of the Humble
Servants of God. Secunderabad: privately published by the author, 2006.
This book is a compilation of five biographies of the Bunyan family. One of the Bunyans
served as bishop in the Rayalaseema diocese of the Church of South India.
Hough, James. The History of Christianity in India: From the Commencement of the
Christian Era. Vol. 5. London: James Nisbet, 1860. Accession Number: 65068308 In this survey of the Protestant missionary movement in South Asia, Hough, a chaplain in the East India Company stationed at Madras, traces the beginnings of Christianity in Nellore, Machilipatnam, and Chittoor.
Howell, Richard, ed. Transformational Action: A Case Study of India. Bangkok: Forum for World Evangelization, 2004. Accession Number: 57586519 Howell includes Rani Lal’s essay on the impact of Christianity on Pedduru, a village in the West Godavari district.
Hrangkhuma, F., ed. Christianity in India: Search for Liberation and Identity. Delhi: ISPCK,
1998.
Accession Number: 41143325
Location: UTC, SAIACS, SC
Hrangkhuma, who teaches at SAIACS, includes chapters that analyze some indigenous
expressions of Christian faith in Andhra.
Huizenga, Henry. Missionary Education in India. Cuttack: privately printed by the author,
1909.
Accession Number: 4213707
Huizenga, an American missionary at Ranipet, provides his assessment of theological
training in Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh. He was sent by the Reformed Church of America in
1896 and served with their Arcot mission for the first three years before affiliating with
American Baptist missionaries.
Huizenga, Henry. Our Interest as a Mission in Industrial Work for Our Telugu Boys. Madras:
M.E.P., 1903.
Accession Number: 54800526
Huizinga describes his missionary strategies and the need for skill training among the Telugu
Christians.
Hulbert, Winifred. Builders of the Kingdom. New York: Protestant Episcopal Church, 1935. Accession Number: 28282047 This book includes a chapter on the life and ministry of Bishop V. S. Azariah.
Immanuel, David S. Reformed Church in America Missionaries in South India, 1839-1939:
An Analytical Study. Bangalore: ATC, 1986. Accession Number: 20222304 In this dissertation-turned-book, Immanuel analyzes the history of Reformed communities in
Rayalaseema.
Ingraham, Mary Kinley. Seventy-Five Years: Historical Sketch of the United Baptist Woman’s
Missionary Union in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Kentville, N.S.: Kentville, 1945. Accession Number: 71763913 Ingraham, who was a chief librarian of the Emmerson Memorial Library at Acadia University, narrates the encounters between Telugus and Canadian Baptist women missionaries in coastal Andhra.
Inman, A. S.P.G. Work in the Telugu Mission. Madras: n.p., 1890. Accession Number: 80157901 This booklet provides a brief introduction to the origins of Protestant communities in
Rayalaseema. It is now available only in microfilm form.
Janzen, Abraham Ewell, ed. The Andhra Mennonite Brethren Church of India: Fifty Years in Retrospect, 1904-1954. Hillsboro: BMBFM, 1955. Accession Number: 12169107 Location: MBCBC Janzen, executive secretary of the North American Mennonite Brethren mission board from 1945 until 1960, analyzes the life and witness of Mennonite communities in Telangana.
Janzen, Abraham Ewell. Foreign Missions. Hillsboro: BMBFM, 1945. Accession Number: 12177247 This concise history of Mennonite foreign missions refers to Mennonite presence in Telangana.
Jewett, Euphemia L. John Rangiah: The First Telugu Foreign Missionary. Boston: ABFMS,
1913.
Accession Number: 60198320
This is a seven-page biography of John Rangiah, a Telugu missionary to the Telugu diaspora
in South Africa. Jewett was an American Baptist missionary in Nellore.
John, M. B. A Brief Sketch of the Life of the Late Rev. and Mrs. John H. Voth. Mennonite Brethren Printing Press, 1973. Accession Number: 4082242 This is a short biography of the Voths, Mennonite missionaries in Telangana.
John, M. B. A Brief Story of the Life of the Late Rev. and Mrs. M. B. John from 1908 to 1983. Hyderabad: J. J. Printers, 1983. Accession Number: 16311261 Location: MBCBC This autobiography of an American Mennonite missionary refers to the Mennonite communities in Telangana.
Johnson, P. M. Life among the Hindus: Being a Journal of Daily Experiences and
Observations during Two Years of Life, Labor, and Travel among the Peoples of India. St. Louis: C. B. Woodward, 1893. Accession Number: 15320487 Location: ACTC Johnson, a missionary, relates his experiences with Telugu communities.
Jones, William H. The Eye Openers: Operation Eye Sight, a Study Guide on the Work of the
Arogya Varam Eye Hospital. Ottawa: General Printers, 1977. Accession Number: 7119139
Jones writes an institutional history of the Christian Eye Hospital in Sompeta. Ben Gullison and his wife, Evelyn Gullison, Canadian Baptist medical missionaries, founded the hospital in 1935 for the Women’s and Children’s Hospital founded by Zella Clarke, another Canadian Baptist missionary.
Joy, David, ed. Transforming Praxis: God, Community, and Church—Essays in Honour of
Dr. I. John Mohan Razu. New Delhi: ISPCK, 2008. Accession Number: 294882283 Location: UTC Joy includes an essay about Madiga conversions in Ongole and analyzes how Madigas of the late nineteenth century appropriated the Christian message according to their social aspirations.
Kalagara, Subba Rao. About Christ’s Miracles through His Chosen Mystic Subba Rao. Munipalle: privately printed by the author, n.d. Accession Number: 42808924 This book describes the miraculous acts of Kalagara Subba Rao.
Kalagara, Subba Rao. Gurudev! Where Can I Get So Many Millstones? Munipalle: privately printed by the author, n.d. This is a collection of poems, songs, and prayers of Kalagara Subba Rao.
Kalagara, Subba Rao. Retreat Padre. Machilipatnam: n.p, 1972. Accession Number: 228012112 This is another compilation of songs, poems, and prayers of Subba Rao.
Kanjamala, Augustine. Integral Mission Dynamics: An Interdisciplinary Study of the
Catholic Church in India. New Delhi: International Publications, 1996. Accession Number: 35223441 Kanjamala includes essays on Catholic communities in Andhra Pradesh.
Kapil, Fathima Kutty. Education and Social Change in India: Vizagapatam District. New Delhi: Radiant Publishers, 1990. Accession Number: 21675339 Analyzing the access of women to education in the colonial context and assessing its impact on the status of women, Kapil, a professor of history at Andhra University, refers to the
education institutions founded by Protestant missionaries in Visakhapatnam.
Kodur, Joshua. Life Story and Conversion of Joshua Kodur: From an Indian Madiga Outcaste to a “Joint of Heir of King of Kings.” Splenora, Tex.: n.p., 1976. Accession Number: 213813003 This is an autobiography of a Madiga Christian from the West Godavari district who graduated from the Dallas Theological Seminary in 1976.
Kola, Isaiah. Profiles of Principals: With an Introductory Chapter on College. Guntur: ACC and ACC Alumni Association, 1987. Accession Number: 24246845 Location: ACC This is a collection of biographical essays of principals who served at ACC, Guntur.
Kolluri, Richardson L. Towards Self-Reliance: A Historical Survey of the Programmes and Efforts of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1927-1969. Vijayawada: privately printed by M. D. Christopher and T. Kanakiah, 2003. This thesis-turned-book analyzes the journey of AELC. Kolluri teaches history of Christianity at ACTC, Hyderabad.
Kooiman, Dick. Conversion and Social Equality in India. New Delhi: Manohar Publications,
1989.
Accession Number: 21081930
Location: UTC
Kooiman, a Dutch historian and professor emeritus at Vrije University, Amsterdam, refers to
Dalit conversions in Andhra.
Koshy, Thottukadavil Eapen. Bakth Singh of India: The Incredible Account of a Modern-Day
Apostle. Colorado Springs: Authentic, 2007. Accession Number: 178328106 This is a detailed biographical account of Bakth Singh, founder of the Hebron movement.
Kroot, Antonius. History of the Telugu Christians. Trichinopoly: Mill Hill St. Joseph Society,
1910.
Accession Number: 54160779
Location: UTC, DVK, BBC
Kroot provides a detailed account of the work of Catholic missionaries in and around
Punganur, the Chittoor district, in the eighteenth century.
Kuder, Calvin F. Rajahmundry: The Center of the Telugu Mission of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America. Trappe, Pa.: Board of Foreign Missions of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, 1910. Accession Number: 54800434 This is a brief history of Lutheran communities in the Godavari districts. Kuder, an American Lutheran missionary, served in Andhra between 1891 and 1916.
Kuder, Calvin F. Ramarow: A Tale of the Rajahmundry Mission. Rock Island, Ill.: Augustana Book Concern, 1900. Accession Number: 3458302 This biography of a Mala Christian from Kottapalli, the East Godavari district, describes the vision of a missionary for Telugus. Kuder, an American Lutheran missionary, writes about Ramarow and Sundari who upon conversion were renamed Anandam and Karuna.
Kugler, Anna Sarah. Guntur Mission Hospital, Guntur, India. Baltimore: Women’s Missionary Society of United Lutheran Church in America, 1928. Accession Number: 2917214 This is an institutional history of the Lutheran Mission Hospital in Guntur. Kugler, who founded the Guntur Mission Hospital, served as its doctor from 1883 until her death in 1930.
Kugler, Anna Sarah. How We Work for the Women of Guntur. Baltimore: General Literature Committee of the Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church,
1895.
Accession Number: 163575600
Kugler describes her medical activities among the Telugu women in Guntur.
Kugler, Anna Sarah. Our Medical Work in India. Baltimore: General Literature Committee of the Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church, 1897. Accession Number: 55769903 This booklet reports the initiatives of medical missionaries in Guntur.
Laing, Mark T., ed. Leadership and Mission. Delhi: ISPCK, 2004. Accession Number: 56703675 Laing includes Nutalapati Bharathi’s essay on Telugu Bible women in this book. While surveying the mission activism of Telugu women, Bharathi construes Bible women as mission agents as well as catalysts of social change. Bharathi was on the faculty of Union Biblical Seminary, Pune.
Lamb, Frederick. The Gospel and the Mala: The Story of the Hyderabad Wesleyan Mission. Mysore: WMP, 1913. Accession Number: 7398670
Lamb reports about the mass conversions of Mala communities in Telangana. Lamb, a British Methodist missionary, served in the region beginning in 1893.
Lamb, Frederick. The Story of Haiderabad. London: Wesleyan Methodist Mission House,
1920.
Accession Number: 28782623
Location: UTC
Lamb documents the missionary activities of Wesleyan Methodist missionaries among the
Malas of Telangana.
Lambert, William Allen. Life of Rev. J. F.C. Heyer, M.D. Philadelphia: n.p., 1903.
Accession Number: 23919356
This biography of John F. C. Heyer, an American Lutheran missionary, was prepared for the
Father Heyer Missionary Society of the Lutheran Theological Seminary of Mount Airy.
Lapp, John Allen. The Mennonite Church in India, 1897-1962. Soltdale, Pa.: Herald Press,
1972.
Accession Number: 380507
Location: MBCBC
This is a denominational history of Mennonite communities in Telangana.
Larson, Oscar Leonard. Augustana in India. n.p., 1954. Accession Number: 3594894 Larson records the missionary activities of American Lutheran missionaries in and around
Rajahmundry. Larson was a Lutheran missionary in the region between 1906 and 1923.
Laubach, Frank Charles. India Shall Be Literate. Jebalpur: Mission Press, 1940. Accession Number: 8083712 Laubach describes the educational activities of Protestant missionaries in Andhra Pradesh. The book resulted from a study conducted by the National Christian Council of India.
Laury, Preston A. A History of Lutheran Missions. New York: Pilger Publishing House, 1899. Accession Number: 10057360 This work by a Lutheran minister from Pennsylvania surveys the history of Lutheran missionary activities, tracing the movement back to the sixteenth century. Three chapters focus on the missionary activities in Andhra Pradesh.
Lawson, McEwan. Howard Campbell. London: LMS, n.d. Accession Number: 454801074 This booklet records the missionary life of Campbell between 1925 and 1930.
Leach, Clara C. News from A.B.M. Hospital, Nellore, South India. New York: Women’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1952. Accession Number: 177150229 This is a short update from the Mission Hospital in Nellore.
Leonard, John Greenfield. Kandukuri Viresalingam (1848-1919): A Biography of an Indian
Social Reformer. Hyderabad: Telugu University, 1991. Accession Number: 29704609 This dissertation-turned-book examines Viresalingam’s collaboration with and critique of
Christian missionaries. Viresalingam was a Telugu Brahmin social reformer. Leonard refers to the educational activities of Lutheran missionaries in Rajahmundry.
Leoncini, John. A History of the Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada. Secunderabad: Vani Press,
1988.
Location: SJRS
This is a concise but comprehensive history of Catholic communities in the Krishna district.
Levering, Ida Faye. Woman’s Work in Medicine. Boston: Women’s Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, 1907. Accession Number: 55651416 This was a paper presented at the Telugu Baptist Conference, Nellore, in 1907.
Lewis, E. History of the Telugu Missions of the London Missionary Society in the Ceded
Districts. Madras: Addison, and Co., 1879. Accession Number: 416756689 Lewis narrates the beginnings of Protestant communities in the Krishna and Godavari districts.
Lintner, G. A, and Walter Gunn. A Memoir of the Rev. Walter Gunn, Late Missionary in India, from the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of the United States. Baltimore: E. H. Pease, 1852. Accession Number: 14085163 Gunn, an alumnus of Gettysburg Theological Seminary, served as an American Lutheran missionary in Andhra for a short term beginning in 1842.
Lohrenz, Henry W. Our Mission among the Telugus. Hillsboro: CMBCNA, 1939. Accession Number: 9333707 Location: MBCBC Lohrenz, head of the foreign mission board, relates the activities of the American Mennonite missionaries in Telangana.
Lohrenz, John H. A Life for Christ in India: Mrs. Maria Lohrenz, 1892-1962. Hillsboro:
CMBCNA, 1963.
Accession Number: 4082052
Location: MBCBC
This is a short biography of an American Mennonite woman missionary. Maria and her
husband, John, served mostly in Shamshabad between 1920 and 1957. Besides helping in the
Shamshabad Mission Hospital, she was the principal of Shamshabad and Hughstown Mission
Schools.
Lohrenz, John H. The Mennonite Brethren Church. Hillsboro: MBPH, 1950. Accession Number: 213528885 Location: MBCBC Lohrenz makes scattered references to the Mennonite communities in Telangana.
Lohrenz, John H. What Hath God Wrought: The Mennonite Brethren Mission and the Telugus of India. Hillsboro: CMBCNA, 1949. Accession Number: 11410139 Location: MBCBC This book relates the interactions of American Mennonite missionaries with Telugus.
Lothian, Arthur Cunningham. Kingdoms of Yesterday. London: John Murray, 1951. Accession Number: 611794 Location: UTC Lothian makes a few references to the Christian communities in Telangana.
Lovett, Richard. The History of London Missionary Society, 1795-1895. Vols. 1 and 2. London: Henry Fowde, 1899. Accession Number: 5070946 Location: UTC Lovett traces the beginnings of LMS activities among the Telugus in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, and Vishakapatnam.
Luke, Krupadanam. Mennonite Brethren Missionary Work in a Village: Shamshabad, Hyderabad District, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1920-1970. Secunderabad: privately printed by the author, 2003. Accession Number: 132948354 Location: ACTC Krupadanam, a Telugu Mennonite, provides an analysis of the life and witness of the Mennonite community in the Shamshabad, Rangareddi district.
Macnicol, Nicol. India in the Dark Wood. London: Edinburgh House Press, 1930. Accession Number: 1837706 Location: SC Macnicol, a Scottish missionary, makes cursory references to the Telugu communities and their culture.
Madras, Henry. The Telugu Mission. Madras: L. A. Press, 1909. Accession Number: 54800433 The author, an Anglican bishop at Madras, describes the expansion of Christianity in south coastal Andhra.
Malagar, P. J. The Mennonite Church in India. Nagpur: NCCI, 1981. Accession Number: 10842517 This is an institutional history of the Mennonite communities in Telangana.
Manickam, Sundararaj. The Social Setting of Christian Conversion in South India: The Impact of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries on the Trichy-Tanjore Diocese with Special Reference to the Harijan Communities of the Mass Movement Area, 1820-1947. Wiesbaden: Franzsteiner Verlag, 1977. Accession Number: 3293201 Location: UTC, ACTC This is one of the earliest attempts to render a social history of Dalit conversions to
Christianity in India. Manickam, while analyzing the Dalit conversion in the Trichy and Tanjore districts, makes scattered references to the Dalit conversions in Andhra Pradesh.
Martell, Anne (Charles) Holmes. Historical Sketch of the United Baptist Woman’s
Missionary Union of the Maritime Provinces. n.p., n.d. Accession Number: 39398409 Martell, a founding executive committee member of the Women’s Baptist Missionary Union of the Maritime Provinces, surveys the activities of Canadian Baptist women missionaries in coastal Andhra.
Mathews, James K. South of the Himalayas: One Hundred Years of Methodism in India and
Pakistan. Nashville: Editorial Department of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church,
1955.
Accession Number: 1836221
Location: UTC
Mathews, a missionary in India before his election as bishop in 1960 by the Boston
Conference, refers to the origins of Episcopal Methodist communities in Telangana.
McKenzie, John, ed. The Christian Task in India. London: Macmillan, 1929. Accession Number: 2301653 Location: ACC This volume includes Bishop V. S. Azariah’s essay on the rural Christian communities in Andhra.
McKenzie, W. S. The Lone Star: A Sketch of the Teloogoo Mission. Boston: ABMU, 1882. Accession Number: 54038927 McKenzie writes about the missionary initiatives of American Baptists in south coastal Andhra, especially those in and around Nellore.
McLaurin, Katherine S. Mary Bates McLaurin. Toronto: Women’s Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of Ontario West, 1945. Accession Number: 37509717 Location: ACTC This is a biographical record of a Canadian Baptist woman missionary written by her daughter. Mary McLaurin, one of the pioneering Canadian Baptist missionaries, served in Ramapatnam (1870-1874), Kakinada (1874-1881), and Samalkot (1881-1939). Katherine McLaurin, who was born in Ramapatnam in 1870, served in the coastal districts for forty-three years beginning in 1893.
McLaurin, Mary John Bates. Healing Hands: Miss Jessie Allyn, M.D., of Pithapuram. n.p.: Centenary Committee of the Canadian Church, 1945. Accession Number: 41106041 This is a short biographical account of Jessie Allyn, a Canadian Baptist medical missionary who served in Pithapuram between 1906 and 1942. Mary McLaurin was a Canadian Baptist missionary as well.
McLaurin, Mary Stillwell. 25 Years On: 1924-1949. Toronto: CBFMB, n.d.
Accession Number: 15298417
Location: SC, ACTC
This volume is a short history of Baptist missionary activities in north coastal Andhra,
looking first at the region and then institutions. McLaurin, the wife of John Bates McLaurin,
was born in Samalkot to missionary parents, studied in Canada and returned as a missionary.
Merriam, Edmund Franklin. A History of American Baptist Missions. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publications, 1900. Accession Number: 2844994 Location: ACTC Merriam writes extensively about American Baptist missionary work in south coastal Andhra.
Merrick, Earl Chauncey. John Bates McLaurin: A Biography. Toronto: privately published by Katherine McLaurin, 1955. Accession Number: 10393570 A Canadian Baptist missionary in the Godavari districts, Bates was born in Samalkot to John and Mary McLaurin in 1884. After graduate studies in Canada, Bates returned to Andhra and was a missionary in Akividu, Avinigadda, and Ramapatnam.
Merrick, Earl Chauncey. These Impossible Women, 100 Years: The Story of the United Baptist Women’s Missionary Union of the Maritime Provinces. Fredericton, NB: Brunswick Press, 1970. Accession Number: 35880605 In this collection of biographical sketches of Canadian Baptist women, Merrick refers to the interactions between Telugu women and Canadian Baptist women missionaries.
Meyers, J. M., O. Reimherr, and H. N. Bream, eds. Theological and Missionary Studies in
Memory of John Aberly. Gettysburg: Times and News Publishing, 1965. Accession Number: 1084707 Meyers refers to the missionary activities of Gettysburgians in Andhra.
Miller, Basil. Twenty Missionary Stories from India. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1952. Accession Number: 4087057
Miller includes the conversion story of Narasappa, alias Paul Barnabas. Narasappa of Hindupur converted to Christianity in 1919.
Millington, Constance M. An Ecumenical Venture: The History of Nandyal Diocese in Andhra Pradesh, 1947-1990. Bangalore: ATC, 1993. Accession Number: 31013380 Location: UTC This is an analytical history of CSI communities in Nandyal diocese.
Montgomery, Helen Barrett. Following the Sunrise: A Century of Baptist Missions, 1813- 1913. Boston: American Baptist Publication Society, 1913.
Accession Number: 4317409
In this broad survey of missionary activities of Baptists, Montgomery makes numerous
references to the Telugu Baptist communities in coastal Andhra.
Moore, John Allen. Baptist Mission Portraits. Macon, Ga.: Smyth and Helwys, 1994. Accession Number: 29596279 Moore has a chapter on American Baptist missionaries in Ongole.
Mullens, Joseph. Missions in South India: Visited and Described. London:
W. H. Dalton, 1854. Accession Number: 29435434 Location: UTC Mullens, a LMS missionary in Kolkota, narrates his interactions with native Christians in south India during his journey in 1852 and 1853. His investigation of the history of Christianity took him to Vishakapatnam, Rajahmundry, Machilipatnam, Guntur, Nellore, and Kadapa.
Munson, Arley Isabel. Jungle Days: Being the Experiences of an American Woman Doctor in
India. New York: Appleton, 1913. Accession Number: 3733735 This is an autobiographical record of an American medical missionary who worked for the
British Methodist hospital in Medak. Munson makes several references to Telugu Christians and their culture.
Munson, Arley Isabel. Kipling’s India: In Three Parts. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, Page,
1915.
Accession Number: 7358768
Munson provides a portrait of life in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the northern
region. Munson was an American medical missionary in Medak.
Muthiah, Pillai A. History of Medak Diocese: Recollections and Reminiscences. privately printed by the author, n.d. Location: UTC Muthiah documents the history of CSI communities in Medak diocese.
Neely, Elizabeth. The Empire Builder. n.p., 1967. Accession Number: 33180370 This is a dramatic representation of the life and ministry of John C. F. Heyer, the pioneering American Lutheran missionary in Andhra.
Neill, Stephen Charles. A History of Christianity in India, 1707-1858. Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Accession Number: 233653875 Location: SC In this history of Christian missions in the Indian subcontinent, Neill, a Scottish missionary and bishop in Tirunelveli (1928-1944), accounts for missionary activities of Roman Catholics
and the founding of vicariates in Vishakapatnam and Hyderabad.
Neill, Stephen. The Story of the Christian Church in India and Pakistan. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970. Accession Number: 74069 Location: SC In this work, Neill makes numerous references to the Telugu Christians.
Neudoerffer, Ernest William. The Spirit of Luthergiri. Rajahmundry: S.R.P. Works, 1941. Accession Number: 259716930 This booklet reports the activities of Lutheran communities in Rajahmundry. Born in Brazil to missionary parents, Neudoerffer, a Canadian Lutheran missionary, served in Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudem, Tallapudi, and Bhimavaram beginning in 1900.
Newton, K. J. The Plymouth Brethren in India from 1833 to 1970: An Analysis of the Environmental Factors Influencing the Distinctive Development of These Plymouth Brethren
Churches in India. Melbourne: Melbourne College of Divinity, 1978. Accession Number: 8104950 This thesis-turned-book analyzes the history of Madiga Christians in the West Godavari district.
Noble, John. A Memoir of the Rev. Robert Turlington Noble, B.A., of Sidney Sussex College,
Cambridge, Missionary to the Telugu People in South India. London: Seeley, Jackson, and Holliday, 1867. Accession Number: 23171566 This biography of Robert T. Noble, a CMS missionary in Machilipatnam, was written by his brother. The book includes several of Noble’s letters.
Oddie, Geoffrey A., ed. Religion in South Asia: Religious Conversion and Revival
Movements in South Asia in Medieval and Modern Times. London: Curzon, 1977. Accession Number: 3678761 Location: UTC Oddie, a professor emeritus at the University of Sydney, examines the Dalit conversions in coastal Andhra.
Oldfield, Barbara. Dr. P.J. Titus: God’s Man for India. Bheemunipatnam: COTR, 1996. Location: COTR In her biography of P. J Titus, Oldfield refers to the origins of Pentecostal tradition in north coastal Andhra. Titus founded the Church on the Rock Theological Seminary in 1983.
Olson, Oscar Nils. The Augustana Lutheran Church in America, 1860-1910: The Formative
Period. Rock Island, Ill.: Augustana Book Concern, 1950. Accession Number: 386806 The second volume refers to the missionary activities of American Lutherans in the coastal districts of Andhra.
Opper, Burton Raymond. Fifty Years among the Telugas. Secunderabad: Deccan Literature Printers, 1968. Accession Number: 34736544 Location: UTC This book recounts the story of Christian communities and missionary presence in Telangana.
Orchard, Malcolm L. Canadian Baptists at Work in India. Toronto: CBFMB, 1922. Accession Number: 21169754 This is a concise history of Canadian Baptist missionary activities in coastal Andhra.
Orchard, a Canadian Baptist missionary, served in Bobbili for six and half years. He divides the book into various wings of missionary work, such as educational institutions, hospitals, and women’s work.
Orchard, Malcolm L., and Katherine S. McLaurin. The Enterprise: The Jubilee Story of the Canadian Baptist Mission in India, 1874-1924. Toronto: CBFMB, 1925. Accession Number: 2939117 Location: SC, ACTC, UTC, BTS This book provides a chronological account of the first fifty years of Canadian Baptist missionary activities in coastal Andhra. Orchard and McLaurin focus on the mission activities of Maritime missionaries and those from Ontario and Quebec separately in the first half. The second half is divided according to the kind of ministry they rendered, such as medical, educational, and women’s work.
Orr, James Edwin. Evangelical Awakenings in India in the Early Twentieth Century. New Delhi: Christian Literature Institute, 1970. Accession Number: 1081813 Orr documents missionary reports of psychosomatic experiences among the Telugu communities and conversion movements in Andhra Pradesh. Orr was a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and an expert on revival studies.
Orville, Petty A., and Fred J. Wampler, eds. India-Burma: Fact Finder’s Report. Vol. 4. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1933. Accession Number: 35110589 Location: ACC, ACTC This is a large statistical report with several references to Christianity among the Telugu communities. It was published as part of the Laymen’s Inquiry of the Hocking Commission.
Parker, Rebecca Jane. How They Found Christ: Stories of Indian Christians. London: SPCK,
1940.
Accession Number: 8540392
Location: ACTC
Parker provides brief conversion narratives about some Telugu Christians.
Parumootil, Thomas Joseph. 100 Indian Witnesses to Jesus Christ. Bombay: Bombay Tract and Book Society, 1974. Accession Number: 1502154 Thomas includes the conversion narratives of Manchala Ratnam, a Brahmin Christian, and
Pagolu Venkayya, a Mala Christian. Venkayya of Raghavapuram received baptism in 1859.
Pascoe, Charles Frederick. Two Hundred Years of the SPG: An Historical Account of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1701-1900. Vol. 2. London: SPG Press, 1901. Accession Number: 2392581 Location: UTC In the second volume of his comprehensive history of the SPG, Pascoe briefly traces the origins of the Anglican communities in Andhra Pradesh.
Pathak, Sushil Madhava. American Missionaries and Hinduism. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1967. Accession Number: 86271 Location: UTC Pathak, a professor emeritus of Ranchi University, India, examines the changing attitudes of
American missionaries toward Hindu worldviews. This dissertation- turned-book makes several references to American missionaries and their perceptions about popular Hinduism of Telugus.
Paul, Rajaiah David. Chosen Vessels: Lives of Ten Indian Christian Pastors of the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Madras: CLS, 1961. Accession Number: 3447673 Location: UTC Paul includes a chapter on Manchala Ratnam, a Brahmin Christian from Machilipatnam, who was active in Noble College during the mid-nineteenth century. Paul was a professor at United Theological College, Bangalore.
Paul, Rajaiah David. The Cross over India. London: SCM Press, 1952. Accession Number: 911994 Location: UTC Paul highlights the process of indigenization of Christian faith.
Paul, Rajaiah David. The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India. Madras:
CLS, 1958.
Accession Number: 2844181
Location: ACC
Paul surveys the histories of CSI dioceses in Andhra Pradesh.
Paul, Rajaiah David. Triumphs of His Grace: Lives of Eight Indian Christian Laymen of the Early Days of Protestant Christianity in India, Every One of Whom Was a Triumph of His
Grace. Madras: CLS, 1967. Accession Number: 82268 Location: UTC Paul includes a chapter on Pagolu Venkayya, a Dalit Christian leader from the Krishna district.
Peddi, Victor Premasagar. Interpretive Diary of a Bishop: Indian Experience in Translation and Interpretation of Some Passages. Chennai: CLS, 2002. Accession Number: 51036606 Location: GLTC, BBC Bishop Premasagar of Medak diocese relates his experiences as an evangelist, pastor, bishop, and moderator in the CSI. Premasagar was the principal of ACTC from 1973 until
1981.
Penner, Peter. Russians, North Americans, and Telugus: The Mennonite Brethren Mission in India, 1885-1975. Winnipeg: Kindred Publishers, 1997. Accession Number: 38856307 Location: MBCBC Penner, a professor emeritus at Mount Allison University, Canada, analyzes the story of Mennonite Brethren missionaries in Telangana.
Peters, Gerhard Wilhelm. The Growth of Foreign Missions in the Mennonite Brethren
Church. Hillsboro: MBPH, 1952. Accession Number: 29317746 Location: MBCBC Surveying the missionary activities of European and American Mennonites in China, Congo, and India, Peters devotes major portions of two chapters to the Mennonite missionary presence in Telangana. He traces the history of Protestant missions in the subcontinent and locates
Mennonite mission activism as part of the larger missionary enterprise in the region. Peters refers to the arrival of Russian Mennonites in 1889 and of American Mennonites in 1899. The book provides leads on the origins of the Mennonite communities in the Rangareddi, Nalgonda, and Mahabubnagar districts.
Phillips, Godfrey Edward. The Outcastes’ Hope, or, Work among the Depressed Classes in
India. London: United Council for Missionary Education, n.d. Accession Number: 5507670 Location: ACTC, COTR Phillips, a British educational missionary, describes the contributions of missionary educational institutions to the Dalit communities.
Pickett, Jarrell Waskom. Christian Mass Movements in India: A Study with
Recommendations. New York: Abingdon Press, 1933. Accession Number: 684144 Location: BBC, UTC, ACTC
This book is a result of a survey conducted by J. W. Pickett, J. Z. Hodge, and Warren H.
Wilson under the auspices of the National Christian Council of India, Burma, and Ceylon.
Pickett, who eventually became bishop of the Episcopal Methodist South India Conference,
and his team studied the group conversions of Dalits and Sudhras in the northern Circars and
the Nizam’s Dominion. This work was simultaneously published by Lucknow Publishing
House.
Pickett, Jarrell Waskom. Christ’s Way to India’s Heart: Present-day Mass Movements to
Christianity. New York: Friendship, 1938. Accession Number: 5506985 Pickett summarizes the findings of his survey published in 1933. In addition to limiting the scope to the group conversions among the Telugu communities, Pickett adds the impact of Sudhra conversions and women’s mission activities. This book was simultaneously published by Lucknow Publishing House.
Porter, Martha Kiplin. Short Records of the Missionary Work of the Rev. Edward Porter of the London Missionary Society in Vizagapatam and Cuddapah. London: Morgan and Scott,
1885.
Accession Number: 3856292
Martha Porter, wife of Edward Porter, compiled this brief biographical sketch of her
husband, especially about life in India. Edward Porter served in Visakhapatnam between 1836
and 1843 before moving to Kadapa, where he served until 1868.
Posnett, Charles Walker. The Beginning of the Caste Movement. London: Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, n.d. Accession Number: 452075687 Posnett, a Wesleyan Methodist missionary in Hyderabad, Medak, and Lakshettipet from 1895 to 1950, wrote about the group conversions of Dalits and Sudhras in Telangana.
Posnett, Charles Walker. Christ or the Cholera Goddess? Whom Shall the Out-castes Serve? Bombay: Times Press, 1908. Accession Number: 452074395 This booklet describes some of the popular religious practices of Telugu Dalit communities. Posnett explains why Dalit communities should abandon their ancestral beliefs in favor of Christianity.
Posnett, Charles Walker. Hyderabad Methodist Church: Some Items of Interest. Mysore: WMP, n.d. Accession Number: 452073917 This four-page booklet offers a brief description of the missionary activities of the Posnetts.
Posnett, Charles Walker. The Growth of an Outcaste Church: Eighteen Years in Medak. Bombay: Times Press, n.d. Accession Number: 416175824
This booklet describes the group conversions of Dalits in Medak.
Posnett, Charles Walker. 1,072 Rescued Famine Children: Will You Help to Save Them for Christ’s Sake? The Harvest of Thee Years’ Famine in Hyderabad. Medak: n.p., n.d. Accession Number: 416175805 Posnett documented his efforts to educate children and train them as Christian leaders.
Pothireddy, Chinnappa. Lay Apostolate in the Renewal of Christian Communities in Andhra
Pradesh. Rome: Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis, 1988. Accession Number: 54227356 This dissertation-turned-book highlights the need for participation of the laity in renewal movements.
Prasada Rao, M. S. Lest We Forget: A Brief Recital of the Beginnings of the Seventh-Day
Adventist Work in the Telugu Field. Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Seventh-Day Adventists,
1966.
Accession Number: 32533253
This is a brief history of the Seventh-Day Adventist churches in coastal Andhra.