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A. D. Until the Shadows Flee Away: The Story of CEZMS Work in India and Ceylon. London: CEZMS, 1912. Accession Number: 16624901 Location: UTC This survey of Anglican woman missionaries’ work among Indian women refers to the zenana activities among the Telugu women, especially in the Krishna and Godavari districts.
A.T.S. A Hundred Years in the Telugu Country, 1822-1922. Mysore: WMP, 1923. Accession Number: 416552187 This book describes the missionary activities of LMS missionaries in Kadapa, Nandyal, Anantapur, and Gooty.
Aberly, John. An Outline of Missions. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1945. Accession Number: 1044066 Location: ACTC Aberly locates the missionary activities of American Lutheran missionaries in Andhra within the larger history of Protestant missions. Aberly, an American Lutheran missionary, was on the faculty of ACC, Guntur, between 1890 and 1923.
Airan, Daniel C. Kalagara Subba Rao: The Mystic of Munipalle. Vijayawada: privately published by Kutumba Rao, n.d. Accession Number: 181354549 Airan wrote his conversations with Kalagara Subba Rao, a kamma Christian who founded several kamma churches in the districts of Guntur and Vijayawada. Subba Rao was a theologian who made use of advaitic philosophical categories to articulate Christology.
Airan, Daniel C. The Miracle Man of Munipalle. Vijayawada: Vidyalaya Printers, 1963. Accession Number: 226224662 Airan listed several miracle stories of Kalagara Subba Rao.
Albaugh, Dana M. Light in India’s Hand. Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1963. Accession Number: 1671462 Location: ACTC Albaugh, former executive secretary of ABFMS, refers to the Baptist communities in and around Nellore and Ongole. She highlights accomplishments of some Telugu Christians to underscore the empowering impact their collaboration with missionaries made on the Telugus.
Aleaz, Karikkal Poulose. Christian Thought through Advaita Vedanta. Contextual
Theological Education Series. Delhi: ISPCK, 1996. Accession Number: 38976911 Location: UTC, BC This book has Aleaz’s analysis of Kalagara Subba Rao’s theology. Aleaz is on the faculty of Bishop’s College, Kolkota.
Anderson-Rajkumar, Evangeline, and Lalrinawmi Ralte. Feminist Hermeneutics. Delhi:
ISPCK, 2002.
Accession Number: 52726975
Location: UTC
This is a compilation of essays presented at the Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics Workshop
held in May 2001 at the UTC, Bangalore. It includes a chapter written by Nutalapati Bharathi
about Telugu women ministers.
Archibald, Carolyn H., and Chipman Archibald. Story of Good Samaritan Hospital,
Chicacole, India. Halifax: n.p., 1901. Accession Number: 433960468 This is a brief history of the medical ministries of Canadian Baptist missionaries in Srikakulam.
Archibald, Mabel Evangeline. Glimpses and Gleams of Our Own India: A Study Book for
Missionary Societies, Guilds, and Bands. Kentville, N.S.: United Baptist Women’s Missionary Union of the Maritime Provinces, 1932. Accession Number: 34029062 In this promotional book, Archibald traces the earliest contacts of Canadian Baptist missionaries with Telugus in the coastal Andhra.
Archibald, Mabel Evangeline, and Louise M. Mitchell. Glimpses and Gleams of India and Bolivia: The Jubilee Book of Mission Bands. Toronto: American Baptist Publication Society for Baptist Women’s Missionary Societies of Canada, 1923. Accession Number: 26220163 Location: ACTC Archibald was a Canadian Baptist missionary from 1897 to 1937. She served most of her time in Srikakulam. Using the genre of children’s lessons, Archibald narrates the missionary activities of Canadian Baptist missionaries in coastal Andhra. Louise Mitchell was a Canadian Baptist missionary in Bolivia.
Archibald, Mabel Evangeline, and Stella Eileston Payson. Sketch of Our Foreign Mission
Fields. Amherst, N.S.: Claude del Black Printers, 1902. Accession Number: 434039837 In her survey of missionary activities of Canadian Baptists of the Maritime region, Archibald narrates the origins of Canadian Baptist missionary work in the coastal districts of Andhra.
Armstrong, Bob. One Billion Souls Burning: The Thrilling Story of Dr. P. J. Titus. Dallas: Christ for India, 1996. Location: COTR Accession Number: 37343398 This biographical account of P. J. Titus, founder of COTR, narrates his call and ministry in Dallas, Texas, and in Bheemunipatnam.
Armstrong-Hopkins, Saleni. Within the Purdah, also In the Zenana Homes of Indian Princesses, and Heroes and Heroines of Zion: Being the Personal Observations of a
Medical Missionary in India. New York: Eaton and Mains, 1898. Accession Number: 2971627 Armstrong-Hopkins was a medical missionary who served the British government in
Hyderabad in what is present-day Pakistan. A chapter describes her visit to the Nizam of Hyderabad in what is present-day India.
Avito. A Short Biography of Brother Joseph Thamby. Gunadala: Friars Minor Capuchin,
1972.
Accession Number: 25571406
Location: SJRS
This booklet is a biographical record of a Tamil Franciscan missionary-priest in the
Avutapally, Krishna district. It highlights Fr. Joseph Thamby’s career and his extraordinary gifts.
Azariah, Vethanayagam Samuel. India and the Christian Movement. Madras: CLS, 1935. Accession Number: 2818890 Location: ACTC This book is an updated rendering of Bishop Azariah’s earlier India and Mission, published in 1908. Besides describing the social, cultural, and religious context in the subcontinent, Azariah assesses the opportunities and challenges for the national church and Christian missionaries in the 1930s. The revised version shows the influences of the church-union negotiations, the growing nationalism promoted by the Indian National Congress, the Jerusalem Conference of the International Missionary Council, accelerated Dalit conversions, and the finding of the Laymen’s Inquiry on Azariah’s mind. There is a marked shift from focus on mission to the national church.
Azariah, Vethanayagam Samuel. South India Union: An Appeal. Dornakal: Mission Press,
1939.
Accession Number: 41059531
In this book, Bishop Azariah makes an appeal for organic unity of the Protestant churches in
south India.
Azariah, Vethanayagam Samuel. The Story of Dornakal Cathedral. Madras: Diocesan Press,
1939.
Accession Number: 141382629
Location: UTC
This is a short narrative of Dornakal Cathedral. It was published a few times with different
titles.
Azariah, Vethanayagam Samuel, and Henry Whitehead. Christ in the Indian Villages. London: SCM Press, 1930. Accession Number: 4447898 Bishop Azariah of Dornakal and Bishop Whitehead of Madras underline the need for missionary intervention in the rural parts of south India. They cite the group conversions of Dalits, Sudhras, and indigenous communities in order to show the opportunities for mission work in rural India. Azariah, a Tamil Christian, was consecrated an Anglican bishop in 1912 for the newly formed diocese of Dornakal. He served the diocese until his death in 1945. Henry Whitehead served as the principal of Bishop’s College, Calcutta, before becoming the bishop of Madras Diocese. He was instrumental in creation of the Diocese of Dornakal.
Baago, Kaj. The Movement around Subba Rao: A Study of the Hindu-Christian Movement around K. Subba Rao in Andhra Pradesh. Madras: CLS, 1968. Accession Number: 110460 Location: UTC Baago construes the movement around Subba Rao as an indigenous expression of Christian faith. Baago was on the faculty of United Theological College, Bangalore, between 1960 and
1968.
Bachmann, Theodore Ernest. They Called Him Father: The Life Story of John Christian
Frederick Heyer. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1942. Accession Number: 2848753 Location: ACC This is a comprehensive biography of John Christian Frederick Heyer, a pioneering
American Lutheran missionary among the Telugus. Heyer served in Andhra twice (1841-1857, 1869-1873). Bachman devoted two out of five parts of the book to the life and work of Heyer in Guntur, Vinukonda, Gurzala, and Rajahmundry.
Badley, Brenton Thoburn. Hindustan’s Horizons. Calcutta: Centenary Forward Movement of India and Burma, 1923. Accession Number: 1698745 Location: ACTC Badley, an American Methodist historian, makes several references to missionary activities of his church in Telangana.
Badley, Brenton Thoburn. Visions and Victories in Hindustan: A Story of the Mission Station of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Southern Asia. Madras: Methodist Publishing House,
1931.
Accession Number: 592648
Location: UTC
Badley makes numerous references to American Methodist missionary activities in
Telangana.
Bai, Manjula. The Haunted House. n.p., 1971. Bai narrates several miracle stories of Kalagara Subba Rao.
Bailey, Helen. Jeep Tracks. New York: Friendship Press, 1954. Accession Number: 3912455 Bailey, an American Baptist woman missionary, wrote many short stories illustrating life in rural Andhra.
Bailey, Helen, and Herbert C. Jackson. A Study of Missionary Motivation, Training, and
Withdrawal. New York: Missionary Research Library, 1965. Accession Number: 1694285 Bailey and Jackson analyze the situation and strategies of theological education in coastal Andhra.
Baker, James Millard. Contending the Grade in India. Asheville, NC: Biltmore Press, 1947. Accession Number: 4119313 Location: ACTC Baker, an American Baptist missionary at Ongole, explains his missionary strategies even while writing his autobiography. He served in Ongole between 1895 and 1929.
Baker, James Millard. Ongole: The Story of a Great Mission Station. New York: ABFMS,
1930.
Accession Number: 59161534
Bakes provides an institutional history of Telugu Baptists between 1894 and 1929.
Balasundaram, Franklin, ed. Martyrs in the History of Christianity. Delhi: ISPCK, 1997. Location: UTC This volume on the martyrs includes Kolluri Richardson’s essay about Dalit Christian martyrs in Karamchedu and Tsundur.
Baliah, T. A New Venture in Andhra Pradesh: The Vinukonda Mission. n.p., n.d. Accession Number: 13876750 Baliah documents the missionary activities of Tamil Jesuit priests in Vinukonda in the 1960s.
Barclay, Wade Crawford. History of Methodist Missions. Vol. 3. The Methodist Episcopal Church, 1845-1939: Widening Horizons, 1845-95. New York:
BFMMEC, 1957.
Accession Number: 1175697
Location: SC, UTC
Barclay, an American Methodist historian, traces the beginnings of the Methodist Episcopal
church in Telangana.
Barnes, Irene H. Behind the Pardah: The Story of CEZMS Work in India. London: Marshall Brothers, 1898. Accession Number: 1817612 Location: UTC In addition to narrating the zenana activities of the Church of England missionaries in the Indian subcontinent, Barnes refers to the beginnings of the zenana mission in the Khammam, Krishna, and Godavari districts.
Basit, S. A. The Story of National Congress of Indian Christians, Andhra Pradesh: A Survey of Twenty Years of Political Struggle of Christians in the State. Hyderabad: National Congress of Indian Christians, 1971. Accession Number: 13902248 Basit provides a brief survey of the participation of Telugu Christians in the political life of the state.
Baskerville, Agnes E. Radiant Lights and Little Candles: Being a Group of Stories of Indian
Characters for Children. n.p., n.d. Accession Number: 29081106 Baskerville composed a semifiction in order to promote interest among Canadian children in missionary work among the Telugus. Baskerville, a Canadian Baptist single woman missionary who worked with Telugu Biblewomen in and around Ramachandrapuram and Kakinada between 1888 and 1929, compiled these short stories. The storywriters include Priscilla Tedford (9), H. B. Cross (4), Bessie Lockhart (3), Mary B. McLaurin (2), and Baskerville (2). All the writers served as missionaries in the coastal districts.
Bathineni, Subbamma V. Christ Confronts India: Indigenous Expression of Christianity in
India. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1973. Accession Number: 2001815 Location: UTC, HBI
Subbamma advocated the ashram model for Christian nurture in Andhra. A kamma Christian from the Guntur district, she founded ashrams for Lutheran women in Chennai and Guntur.
Bathineni, Subbamma V. New Patterns for Discipling Hindus: The Next Step in Andhra
Pradesh, India. California: William Carey Library, 1970. Accession Number: 137238 Location: ACC In this thesis-turned-book, Subbamma calls for innovative and indigenous ways of articulating and practicing Christianity in Andhra Pradesh.
Bawden, Samuel B. Mission Industrial Work in India. Madras: L.A. Press, 1912. Accession Number: 54800445 Bawden, an American Baptist missionary, narrates the stories of “industrial” or skill teaching schools in south coastal Andhra.
Beals, Alan R. Gopalpur: A South Indian Village. New York: Rolt, Rinehart and Winston,
1965.
Accession Number: 173759
Location: ACC
Beals provides a cultural anthropological reading of village life and makes several
references to Telugu Christians.
Bekker, Jacob P. Origin of the Mennonite Brethren Church. Hillsboro: Mennonite Brethren Historical Society of the Midwest, 1973. Accession Number: 2006938 Location: MBCBC This book, published several years after Bekker’s death, makes several references to the Mennonite church in Telangana.
Bell, Inez Josephine, ed. Grappling with Giants. Toronto: Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board, 1968. Bell, a teacher and librarian from New Brunswick, Canada, narrates experiences of Canadian Baptist missionaries among the Telugus.
Bennett, Reginald M. The Church in India: A Canadian View Point. Toronto: Canadian Council of Churches, 1954. Accession Number: 5664412 Bennett, a Canadian Baptist missionary and military chaplain during the Second World War, reflects on the development of Telugu Baptist congregations in north coastal Andhra after
1947.
Bergunder, Michael. South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008. Accession Number: 84838228 Bergunder, a professor at Heidelberg University, wrote a chapter on the history of
Pentecostal churches in Andhra Pradesh. The study is mostly based on the interviews with the Pentecostal leaders in Andhra.
Blanchard, Maurice. Mission to India. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1956. Accession Number: 10487286 Location: ACTC Blanchard, who served as a New Testament professor and president of Ramapatnam Baptist
Seminary, describes the changes in the church and nation of India. Having arrived in 1941, Blanchard was aware of what the birth of modern India and eventual formation of Andhra Pradesh meant for Telugu Christians and Western missionaries with whom the former allied. This book offers a window on how the Telugu Baptist church organized itself during this period of fifteen years.
Boehr, Marian. Medicine and Miracles amid the Multitudes: The Adventures of a Missionary
Doctor in India. Valley Forge, Pa.: International Ministries of the American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, 2002. Accession Number: 52341756 This is an autobiography of an American Baptist woman missionary. Boehr arrived in Andhra in 1953 and served mostly in Nellore as a doctor until her retirement in 1991.
Boggs, William Bambrick. Expansion in the Telugu Mission. Boston: ABMU, 1907. Accession Number: 44109495 Boggs, an American Baptist missionary who served at the Ramapatnam Seminary, narrates the story of the Baptist missionary enterprise in coastal Andhra.
Boggs, William Bambrick. Missions in South India: Among the Telugus. Boston: ABMU,
1904.
Accession Number: 29201087
Boggs provides another mission history of American and Canadian Baptists.
Boggs, William Bambrick. The Needs of Our Foreign Work. n.p., n.d. Accession Number: 9090120 In this four-page booklet, Boggs gives a brief description of Telugu life and appeals for financial assistance from North American Christians for missionary activities.
Boggs, William Bambrick. The Revival in India. Boston: ABMU, 1907. Accession Number: 53481649 Boggs records psychosomatic experiences of Telugu Christians in the first decade of the twentieth century and connects them with such happenings in Europe and North America.
Braun, Fred, and Clarence V. Sheatsley. On Both Sides of the Equator: A History of the New
Guinea and India Mission Fields of the American Lutheran Church. Columbus, OH: Lutheran Book Concern, 1937. Accession Number: 2855854 This book describes missionary encounters of American Lutherans with the Telugus.
Bromley, Eustace B. They Were Men Sent from God: A Centenary Record (1836-1936) of Gospel Work in India amongst Telugus in the Godavari Delta and Neighbouring Parts. Bangalore: Scripture Literature Press, 1937. Accession Number: 4431897 Location: UTC Bromley, a Plymouth Brethren missionary in the Godavari delta from 1903 until 1946, documents the evangelistic efforts of Plymouth Brethren missionaries, especially those of the
Beer and Bowden families, in the Godavari districts. There are several references to activities of the Brethren in the Chittoor and Krishna districts. Bromley highlights the participation of Telugu preachers, both of Brahmin and Dalit backgrounds.
Bromley, Eustace B., and Percy C. Whitehouse. Godavari Delta, India. London: Echoes of Service, 1920.
Accession Number: 54800244
The book relates the experiences of Plymouth Brethren missionaries in the Godavari
districts.
Brown, Judith M., and Robert Frykenberg, eds. Christians, Cultural Interactions, and India’s
Religious Traditions. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002. Accession Number: 49226242 This volume includes Susan Harper’s essay on the Dornakal congregation.
Burditt, J. F. Work among the Depressed Classes and the Masses. Bombay: Education Society’s Steam Press, 1893. Accession Number: 54800251 Burditt, an American Baptist missionary from 1881 until his death in 1894, describes the missionary activities of American Baptists among the Madigas in south coastal Andhra. He served in Nellore, Udayagiri, and Narasaraopeta.
Campbell, Howard. The Truth about the Government of India. London: East India Association, 1909. Accession Number: 499704595 William Howard Campbell, a self-styled socialist, offers his critique of the policies of
British colonial government in the Indian subcontinent. Campbell of the LMS served in Kadapa, Jammalamadugu, and Gooty between 1904 and 1910.
Carder, Muriel Spurgeon. Jewel of India. Toronto: CBFMB, n.d. This is a conversion narrative of Manikyam, a Telugu Biblewoman. Muriel Carder was a Canadian Baptist missionary from early 1952 until her retirement in 1976. She was on the faculty of Ramapatnam Seminary and ACTC.
Carder, William Gordon. Hand to the Indian Plow. Vol. 1. Madras: CLS, 1976. Accession Number: 29408190 Location: ACTC, UTC, BBC This is an institutional history of Baptist congregations in north coastal Andhra during the colonial era. Carder was a Canadian Baptist missionary.
Carman, John Spencer. Rats, Plague, and Religion: Stories of Medical Mission Work in
India. Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1936. Accession Number: 1428572 Location: ACTC This book explores the social and religious implications of medical ministries. Carman was an American Baptist medical missionary in Hanamakonda.
Carver, William Owen. The Course of Christian Missions. New York: Fleming H. Revell,
1939.
Accession Number: 31165624
Carver has a brief paragraph on the Madiga conversions in Ongole.
Chakravarti, Uma. Gendering Caste: Through a Feminist Lens. Calcutta: Stree, 2003. Accession Number: 56367619 While examining gender and caste as categories in studying Indian history, Chakravarti offers a brief feminist rendering of Tsunduru violence.
Chamberlain, Jacob. The Angry Mob Quelled. New York: ABS, 1915. Accession Number: 24141170 Chamberlain, an American Reformed missionary, describes his missionary strategies.
Chamberlain, Jacob. The Bible Tested: Is It the Book for To-day and for the World? or, The
Bible in India. New York: ABS, 1878. Accession Number: 2102897 This book examines the relevance of Christian Scriptures in the multireligious context of Rayalaseema.
Chamberlain, Jacob. The Cobra’s Den: And Other Stories of Missionary Work among the
Telugus of India. Chicago: Student Missionary Campaign Library, 1900. Accession Number: 4260668 Location: SAIACS Through this series of stories and speeches, Chamberlain appeals to his compatriots for more funds and personnel. The book is packed with exotic portraits of Telugus and Telugu culture. It not only gives a window into his missionary strategies and needs but also makes cursory references to a few Telugu Christians.
Chamberlain, Jacob. “How Those Cobras Squirmed” or, Hinduism Vitally Wounded. Madras:
MEP, 1890.
Accession Number: 44881401
Chamberlain recollects Hindu resistance to the Christian missionaries’ message. An
American Reformed medical missionary, Chamberlain served in Madanapalli from 1859 until
his death in 1908.
Chamberlain, Jacob. In the Tiger Jungle: And Other Stories of Missionary Work among the
Telugus of India. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1896. Accession Number: 3578405 Location: UTC Chamberlain narrates some of his experiences mostly from his travels in the Telugu country. He traversed the Nizam’s Dominion and the Northern Circars, distributing Christian literature. One of his tours took more than four months and covered around 1,900 kilometers (1,200 miles).
Chamberlain, Jacob. The Kingdom in India: Its Progress and Its Promise. New York:
Fleming H. Revell, 1908. Accession Number: 2219675 This is an institutional history of American Reformed missionary activities in south Andhra.
Chamberlain, Jacob. The Lord’s War Waxes Hot. n.p., 1886. Accession Number: 54800278 This is the printed version of a speech Chamberlain gave at the General Missionary Conference in 1886.
Chamberlain, Jacob. The Man with the Wonderful Books. New York: ABS, 1917. Accession Number: 24289274 This essay argues for the relevance of the Christian Scriptures to the needs of Telugus.
Chamberlain, Jacob. Sketch of the Arcot Mission. New York: Board of Foreign Mission of the Reformed Church of America, 1902. Accession Number: 54800275 In his survey of missionary enterprises of the Reformed Church in America, Chamberlain refers to the mission activities of his compatriots in Chittoor and Madanapalli.
Chamberlain, Mary Eleanor Anable. Fifty Years in Foreign Fields: A History of Five Decades of the Women’s Board of Foreign Missions, Reformed Church in America. New York: Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America, 1925. Accession Number: 3971976 Chamberlain, who served between 1891 and 1929, documents the missionary activities of American Reformed missionary women among the Telugu women.
Chandapilla, P. T. A Grain of Wheat: The Life of I. Joseph Abhisheka Rao. Narsapur: Jeevan Jothi Press, 1972. Accession Number: 228504087 This is a short biography of Joseph Abhisheka Rao, a United Evangelical of South India activist. Rao served UESI for two years before he died in 1971 at the age of twenty-three. He was instrumental in founding the UESI branch in Andhra Pradesh.
Chaplin, Ada. C. Our Gold-Mine: The Story of American Baptist Missions in India. Boston:
W. G. Corthell, 1877. Accession Number: 3801981 Chaplin includes a chapter on the American Baptist missionaries and their activities in the districts of Ongole and Nellore.
Chatterton, Eyre. A History of the Church of England in India since the Early Days of the
East India Company. London: SPCK, 1924. Accession Number: 1895674 Chatterton wrote a chapter on the creation of the Diocese of Dornakal.
Chell, Erwin Frank. Life Narrative of Erwin Frank Chell, or, Betts and Erv. Aurora: E. F. Chell, 1993. Accession Number: 30448750 The book has autobiographical accounts of the Chells, American Lutheran missionaries in coastal Andhra.
Choudary, Kesava R. Some Opinions and Divine Healing of Outstanding and Incurable
Diseases by Sri K. Subba Rao. Vijayawada: City Pharma Distributors, 1971. Accession Number: 42794546 Choudary, an admirer of Kalagara Subba Rao, narrates the latter’s miracle stories.
Choudhury, Purushotham. Biography in Brief of Rev. Choudhari Purushotham: The First
Christian Bard of Andhra. n.p., 1979. Location: SJRS This is a short biography of Purushottam Choudari. The author is one of the great-grandsons of Purushottam Choudari.
Chowdhari, John. Biography of the Rev. Purushottam Chowdhari. London/Madras: CLS,
1906.
Accession Number: 43767736
This biographical account of Purushottam Choudhari, a Telugu hymn writer, was authored by
his grandson.
Chowdhari, John. Life and Letters of the Late Rev. D. Anthravady, Pastor of the Baptist Church 41st Regiment Madras Native Infantry. Madras: CLS, 1907. Accession Number: 80153748 This is a collection of letters of Das Anthervady, a Telugu Baptist who served as a chaplain in a British regiment with native soldiers. He was one of the earliest Telugu preachers.
Christlieb, Marie Luise. If I Lived in India. London: Edinburgh House Press, 1930. Accession Number: 44089738 Christlieb, a British missionary who served in Anantapuram, describes the social and religious practices of Telugus in Rayalaseema.
Christlieb, Marie Luise. Indian Neighbours. London: Student, 1930. Accession Number: 18943736 Christlieb offers another ethnographical account.
Christlieb, Marie Luise. An Uphill Road in India. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1927. Accession Number: 2742071 In this series of letters, Christlieb addresses a compatriot who once worked with her as a missionary and reports about her collaboration with native Christian communities and about the resistance from Hindu groups. The book provides clues on the educational activities of missionaries in Anantapuram, Andapuram, Bukkuru, and Madduru.
Christlieb, Marie Luise. The Way of Christ in the Harvest Field. Madras: CLS, 1924. Accession Number: 54800312 Christlieb describes her missionary strategies.
Christlieb, Marie Luise, and Edyth Hinkley. A Struggle for a Soul: And Other Stories of Life and Work in South India. London: Religious Tract Society, 1906.
Accession Number: 38446096
Christlieb and Hinkley describe the religious customs of the communities in south India.
Besides narrating the experiences of a missionary in Rayalaseema, the book relates the Mala
conversions in the region.
Churchill, Matilda F. Letters from My Home in India. Edited and arranged by Grace McLeod
Rogers. Toronto: McClelland Goodchild and Stewart, 1916. Accession Number: 10223573 Location: ACTC This is a collection of letters from Matilda Churchill, a Canadian Baptist missionary in Bobbili between 1875 and 1914.
Clarke, Flora. Sisters: Canada and India. Moncton, N.B.: Maritime Press, 1939. Accession Number: 54242739 Location: ACTC Clarke was a Canadian Baptist missionary in Tekkali and Vizayanagaram from 1901 to 1936. She recalls her experiences and encounters with Telugus in north coastal Andhra.
Clough, John E. From Darkness to Light: The Story of a Telugu. Boston: W. G. Corthell,
1882.
Accession Number: 11415815
This semifiction from an American Baptist missionary describes the Telugu culture. Clough
served in Nellore and Ongole between 1840 and 1910.
Clough, John E. Social Christianity in the Orient. New York: Macmillan, 1914. Accession Number: 967522 Location: UTC This biographical sketch of John Clough was written by his wife, Emma Rauschenbusch-
Clough. The second half of the book describes the Madiga conversions and its leaders in and around Ongole.
Coad, Frederick R. A History of the Brethren Movement: Its Origins, Its Worldwide
Development, and Its Significance for the Present Day. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1968. Accession Number: 219886 In this survey of the history of Brethren communities around the world, Coad makes scattered references to the beginnings of the Brethren communities in Andhra.
Coleman, Margaret E. The Church Is Planted: A Biographical Record of the Missionaries in India of the Lutheran Church in America, 1842-1987. Division for World Mission and Ecumenism of Lutheran Church in America, 1987. Accession Number: 19473601 Location: UTC Coleman provides biographical records of many American Lutheran missionaries who served in the coastal districts of Andhra.
Coleridge, F. A. A Brief History of Madanapalli. Trichinopoly: Wednesday Review Press,
1911.
Accession Number: 41101657
In this political history of Madanapalli, Coleridge, an Indian Civil Services member, refers
to the missionary activities of Jacob Chamberlain.
Congley, Pearl Dorr. The Rebirth of Venkata Reddi: A Story of India. Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1938. Accession Number: 4215923 Location: SAIACS Congley, an American Baptist woman missionary, provides a biographical sketch of a Telugu Christian.
Cooke, David. Cantonment Cemetery, Vijayanagram. London: BACSA, 1992. Accession Number: 21373123 This book studies the inscriptions in cemeteries in Vizayanagaram.
Cooke, David. Christian Cemeteries of Bimlipatam. London: BACSA, 1988. Accession Number: 21295377 Cooke analyzes the inscriptions and architecture of Christian cemeteries in Bheemunipatnam.
Cooke, David. Christian Cemeteries of Vizagapatam and Waltair. London: BACSA, 1992. Accession Number: 26355087 This is an illuminating study of the inscriptions and architecture of Christian cemeteries in Visakhapatnam.
Correia-Afonsa, John. Jesuit Letters and Indian History, 1542-1773. Bombay: OUP, 1969. Accession Number: 94181 This is a collection of letters from Jesuit missionaries. The book also analyzes the Jesuit work in the Vijayanagar empire in the late sixteenth century.
Craig, John. Beacon Lights: A Sketch of the Origin and Development of Our Mission Station in India. Toronto: CBFMB, 1922. Accession Number: 39997016 This is an institutional history of Canadian Baptist missionary work in north coastal Andhra. Craig was a Canadian Baptist missionary in the districts of East Godavari and Krishna beginning in 1877.
Craig, John. Forty Years among the Telugus: A History of the Mission of the Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, Canada, to the Telugus, South India 1867-1907. Toronto: CBFMB,
1908.
Accession Number: 9566953
Location: SC, ACTC, UTC
Craig documents the story of Canadian Baptist missionaries’ encounters with Telugus over
forty years, especially the last two decades. He describes the revivals of the first decade of the
twentieth century and Canadian women’s work among the Telugu women.
Craig, John, et al., eds. Telugu Trophies: The Jubilee Story of Some of the Principal Telugu Converts in the Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission in India from 1874 to 1924. Toronto:
CBFMB, 1925.
Accession Number: 39997025
The editorial board consisting of John Craig, J. R. Stillwell, Mrs. Carrie H. Archibald, and
Agnes E. Baskerville compiled short biographies of prominent Telugu Baptist Christians. Most include the place and date of birth, social location, conversion narrative, professional background, and date of death of the leaders.
Dagg, Anne Innis. The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and Their Books, 1836-1945. Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier University, 2001. Accession Number: 46769681 Dagg includes an analysis of the writings of Matilda Churchill, Mary McLaurin, and Mabel Archibald, Canadian Baptist woman missionaries.
Daniel, A. Silver Jubilee: Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Sipes, 1913-1938, Rajahmundry, Guntur. Guntur: n.p., 1938. Accession Number: 52832111 This booklet, written by Telugu Lutherans in honor of Hiram Hill Sipes, recalls their interactions with him and his family.
Daniel, Orville E. Moving with the Times: The Story of Outreach from Canada into Asia,
South America, and Africa. Toronto: CBFMB, 1973. Accession Number: 1255385 Location: ACTC Daniel, a Canadian Baptist missionary, recalls the experiences of Canadian Baptist missionaries in Andhra.
Daniel, Orville E. Rising Tides in India. Toronto: CBFMB, 1963. Accession Number: 21858678 Location: ACTC Daniel reflects on the future of the Telugu churches in the postcolonial era.
Dann, Robert B. Father of Faith Missions: The Life and Times of Anthony Norris Groves. London: Authentic Media, 2004. Accession Number: 58027950 This is a comprehensive biography of Antony Groves, a Brethren missionary in Chittoor. Groves served in the region between 1833 and 1852.
David, Mallela. Dornakal: Diocese 1913-1948, Divinity School 1919-1948. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1949. Accession Number: 19578383
David, a Telugu Christian, recounts the story of theological education in Andhra Pradesh.
David, M. L. The Past in the Present for the Future. Akividu: privately published by the author, 1973. David, a Telugu Baptist, traces the origins of Christianity in the Akividu region of the Krishna district.
Davis, John E. The Life Story of a Leper: Autobiography of John E. Davis. Toronto: CBFMB,
1918.
Accession Number: 27752542
Location: ACTC
This is the autobiography of a Canadian Baptist medical missionary. Davis founded and
served in a hospital in Ramachandrapuram for those afflicted with leprosy.
Dawley, Powell Mills. Pioneer Builders for Christ. New York: Protestant Episcopal Church, n.d. Accession Number: 45211457
Dawley includes a chapter on Bishop V. S. Azariah.
Day, Gardiner Mumford. Azariah of Dornakal, 1875-1945. New York: Episcopal Church,
1958.
Accession Number: 11244411
This is a biographical sketch of Bishop Azariah of Dornakal.
De Boer, John James. The Story of Arcot Mission. New York: Board of Foreign Missions of Reformed Church of America, 1939. Accession Number: 12568396 De Boer, who served between 1922 and 1940, offers a brief history of the Arcot mission.
Dekar, Paul. For the Healing of the Nations: Baptist Peace Makers. Macon: Smyth and Helwys, 1993. Accession Number: 27727207
Dekar examines the medical and education ministries of Canadian Baptists in Andhra. He construes healing and teaching activities of missionaries as part of peacemaking.
Devi, Janaki. The Teacher I Know. n.p., n.d. Accession Number: 318990276 This booklet is a short tribute to Kalagara Subba Rao.
Dick, Jacob J. From Exile in Russia to Mission Work in India. Hillsboro: MBPH, 1958. Accession Number: 13353852 This book refers to the Mennonite communities in Telangana. Dick was a Russian Mennonite missionary affiliated with American Mennonites in the Rangareddi district.
Diehl, Nona M., and Selma R. Bergner. Spotlight on Our Fields: Glimpses of Our Overseas
Missions. Women’s Missionary Society of BFMULCA, 1944.
Accession Number: 26235150
The authors describe the beginnings of educational and health institutions of American
Lutheran missionaries in Andhra.
Dolbeer, Martin Luther. The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church: A Brief History. Rajahmundry: AELC, 1951. Accession Number: 7994529 Dolbeer provides a brief institutional history of Lutheran institutions in coastal Andhra. Dolbeer served as a missionary in Andhra beginning in 1921.
Dolbeer, Martin Luther. A History of Lutheranism in the Andhra Desa (The Telugu Territory of India), 1842-1920. New York: BFMULCA, 1959. Accession Number: 6237101 Location: UTC This dissertation-turned-book reviews the missionary activities of American Lutherans in coastal Andhra.
Dolbeer, Martin Luther, R. D. Augustus, and Clarence H. Swavely. Biographical Record of the Pastors, Missionaries, and Prominent Laymen of the United Lutheran Church Mission and the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rajahmundry: Silver Jubilee Committee of the
AELC, 1955.
Accession Number: 28137204
Location: ACTC
The writers provide biographical sketches of American Lutheran missionaries in Andhra.
Downie, David. The Experience of a Pasteur Patient. Madras: Madras Mail Press, 1898. Accession Number: 34919376 Downie, an American Baptist missionary, recollects some encounters of medical missionaries with Telugus.
Downie, David. From the Mill to Mission Field: An Autobiography of David Downie. Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1928. Accession Number: 2902182 Location: SAIACS This autobiography of an American Baptist missionary who served in south coastal Andhra was published posthumously. Downie served in Nellore from 1873 to 1925. The book includes a number of letters from Telugu Christians.
Downie, David. The History of the Telugu Mission of the American Baptist Missionary
Union. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1893. Accession Number: 30622033 This is an institutional history of American Baptist work in south coastal Andhra.
Downie, David. The Lone Star: A History of the Telugu Mission of the American Baptist
Foreign Mission Society. Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1924.
Accession Number: 9794493
Location: SC
This is an updated rendering of The History of the Telugu Mission. Besides updating
illustrations, Downie adds chapters on the Baptist missionary activities in Chennai, Nalgonda,
and Kurnool. He also includes a chapter on the collaboration between American Baptist
missionaries and Mennonite Brethren from Russia and North America in Telangana.
Drach, George. Forces in Foreign Missions: With Special Reference to the Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America. Philadelphia: United Lutheran Publication House,
1925.
Accession Number: 1378854
Drach writes an institutional history of the Lutheran missionary work in coastal Andhra.
Drach, George. Kingdom Pathfinders: Biographical Sketches of Foreign Missionaries. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1942. Accession Number: 2848693 The book includes biographical accounts of American Lutheran missionaries.
Drach, George. Our Church Abroad: The Foreign Missions of the Lutheran Church in
America. Philadelphia: United Lutheran Publication House, 1926. Accession Number: 13226412 Drach recounts the missionary activities of American Lutheran missionaries in Andhra.
Drach, George. Seeing Things in the Far East: Incidents, Experiences, and Observations of a Journey to India, China, and Japan. Philadelphia: Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America, 1926. Accession Number: 26231185 Drach, who served the Board of Foreign Missions as general secretary of the United
Lutheran Churches in America, describes his encounters with Telugus in his first chapter. The book consists of his impressions and experiences from his visit to Andhra in 1925.
Drach, George. The Telugus and Our Mission Field in India. Philadelphia: Evangelical Lutheran Church of North America, n.d. Accession Number: 54393523 This book relates the story of the Lutheran missionary enterprise in Andhra.
Drach, George, and Calvin F. Kuder. The Telugu Mission of the General Council of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America. Philadelphia: General Council Publication House, 1914. Accession Number: 2158894 Location: UTC This volume consists of institutional histories of educational and medical institutions of American Lutheran missionaries in Andhra. D’Sa, Manoel F. History of the Catholic Church in India. Vols. I and II. Bombay: B. X.
Furtado and Sons, 1910.
Accession Number: 28779098
D’Sa makes cursory references to the Catholic communities in Machilipatnam, Narsapuram,
Visakhapatnam, Bheemunipatnam, and Srikakulam.
Dyer, Helen S. Revivals in India: “Years of the Right Hand of the Most High.” London: Morgan and Scott, 1907. Accession Number: 6476332
Dyer has a chapter on the revivals among the Telugu Baptist communities. She quotes extensively from missionary reports.
Eddy, Sherwood. Pathfinders of the World Missionary Crusade. New York: Abingdon- Cokesbury Press, 1945. Accession Number: 612279 Sherwood, in his series of biographies of missionaries and native leaders in and from India and China, includes a chapter on Bishop V. S. Azariah and Dalit conversions in Dornakal. The book also has references to Dalit conversion in the province of Hyderabad and coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Elliott, C. V. Too Great... to Count: A History of God’s Faithfulness through COUNT. Secunderabad: Count Ministries, 2003. Accession Number: 54003969 Elliott documents the social and evangelistic activities of Christian Outreach Uplifting New Tribes, an agency that works among the indigenous groups in Telangana.
Elmore, Wilber Theodore. Dravidian Gods in Modern Hinduism: A Study of the Local and
Village Deities of Southern India. Hamilton, N.Y.: privately published by the author, 1915. Accession Number: 2534709
Elmore describes the popular Hindu beliefs, legends, and practices among the Telugus. This book was earlier published in a series by the University of Nebraska.
Emmet, Percy Barnabas. Apostle of India: Azariah, Bishop of Dornakal. London: SCM Press,
1949.
Accession Number: 10454023
This short biography of Bishop V. S. Azariah offers a window into the history of the
Dornakal Christian community in the first half of the twentieth century.
Esau, Anna (Mrs. H. T.). The First Sixty Years of M.B. Missions. Hillsboro: MBPH, 1954. Accession Number: 3732642 Location: MBCBC In this comprehensive history of the Mennonite missionary activities around the world, Mrs. Esau has a chapter on the Mennonite communities in Telangana.
Esau, Anna (Mrs. H. T.). The Story of Our Church and the Beginnings of Our Missions for
Juniors. Hillsboro: CMBCNA, 1946.
Accession Number: 10548764
Location: MBCBC
This is a textbook for Sunday schools written in order to stir up missionary enthusiasm
among Mennonite children in North America.
Esau, Anna (Mrs. H. T.). The Story of Our Mission Fields. Hillsboro: MBPH, 1948. Accession Number: 10548785 This Sunday school textbook for juniors was used by Mennonite churches in the United States.
Estborn, Sigfrid. The Church among Tamils and Telugus: Reports of Some Aspect Studies. Nagpur: NCCI, 1961. Accession Number: 12390024 Location: SJRS Besides analyzing interaction between the gospel and Telugu culture, Estborn, who was on the faculty of Gurukul Theological College and Research Institute, Chennai, between 1933 and 1939, provides a brief history of beginnings of Christianity among the Telugus. The booklet is a result of the survey undertaken by the National Christian Council of India.
Etherington, Norman, ed. Missions and Empire. Oxford History of the British Empire. Oxford:
OUP, 2005.
Accession Number: 61883206
Robert Frykenberg’s chapter analyzes the Madiga conversions in Ongole.
Fiala-Ghosh, Hanna. Subba Rao: A Corner Stone of Truth, A Way-Shower to Christ of World
Importance. Vijayawada: privately printed by Kesava Rao, n.d. Accession Number: 320464539 This booklet explores the global relevance of Kalagara Subba Rao’s theology.
Fiedler, Fred John. Then the Light Came. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1941. Accession Number: 13198001 Location: ACTC
Fiedler describes the interactions of American Lutheran missionaries with Telugus. Fiedler served as a missionary between 1921 and 1929.
Findlay, G. G., and W. W. Holdsworth. The History of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary
Society. 5 vols. London: Epworth Press, 1921. Accession Number: 2513471 Location: SC This book has sections about Wesleyan Methodist missionary activities in Telangana.
Firth, Cyril Bruce. An Introduction to Indian Church History. Madras: CLS, 1961. Accession Number: 4645702 Location: ACTC, BBC, SC, UTC Firth, an LMS missionary in Tumkur, authored a comprehensive history of Christianity in
India. He refers to the Madiga conversions in Ongole and the caste movements led by Kalagara Subba Rao and Bathineni Subbamma.
Fishman, Alvin T. Culture Change and the Underprivileged. Madras: CLS, 1941. Accession Number: 3277522 Location: UTC This dissertation-turned-book analyzes the impact of religious conversions among Madiga Christians in south coastal Andhra.
Fishman, Alvin T. For This Purpose: A Case Study of the Telugu Baptist Church in Its Relation with the South India Mission of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Societies in
India. n.p., 1958. Accession Number: 2875701 Location: ACC Fishman, an American Baptist missionary, examines the cultural interactions between Telugu Baptists and American Baptist missionaries.
Fleming, Daniel Johnson. Building with India. New York: Central Committee on the United Study of Foreign Missions, 1922. Accession Number: 777646 Location: ACTC Fleming, who taught at Union Theological Seminary in New York, calls for missionary intervention in the cultural life of Telugu communities.
Forrester, Duncan N. Caste and Christianity: Attitudes and Policies on Caste of Anglo-Saxon
Protestant Missions in India. London: Curzon Press, 1979. Accession Number: 6467368 Location: UTC Forrester, in his analysis of how Protestant missionaries viewed and approached the caste system, provides a sociological interpretation of the Madiga conversions in Ongole.
Foster, Donald J. Letters from India: Memoirs of Rev. and Mrs. Don J. Foster. Hamilton, Ont.: privately published by the author, 1994. Accession Number: 35887060 Location: ACTC This is a compilation of letters written by Donald Foster, a Canadian Baptist missionary, between 1959 and 1964.
Fox, Donald S. The White Fox of Andhra: An Account of the Life and Ministry of Silas Fox in India. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1977. Accession Number: 5543978 This biography of Silas Fox, a Canadian Brethren missionary, was written by his eldest son. Fox served in Rayalaseema, mostly in Anantapuram, between 1917 and 1968.
Fox, George Townshend. Appendix to the Life of the Rev. Henry Watson Fox. London:
Seeleys, 1851.
Accession Number: 437306923
This is a short biography of Henry Watson Fox, a pioneer CMS missionary in
Machilipatnam.