ATLA BIBLIOGRAPHY SERIES

1. A Guide to the Study of the Holiness Movement, by Charles Edwin Jones. 1974.
2. Thomas Merton: A Bibliography, by Marquita E. Breit. 1974.
3. The Sermon on the Mount: A History of Interpretation and Bibliography, by Warren S. Kissinger. 1975.
4. The Parables of Jesus: A History of Interpretation and Biblio-graphy, by Warren S. Kissinger. 1979.
5. Homosexuality and the Judeo-Christian: An Annotated Biblio-graphy, by Thom Horner. 1981.
6. A Guide to the Study of the Pentecostal Movement, by Charles Edwin Jones. 1983.
7. The Genesis of Modern Process Thought: A Historical Outline with Bibliography, by George R. Lucas Jr. 1983.
8. A Presbyterian Bibliography, by Harold B. Prince. 1983.
9. Paul Tillich: A Comprehensive Bibliography . . . , by Richard C. Crossman. 1983.
10. A Bibliography of the Samaritans, by Alan David Crown. 1984. See No. 32.
11. An Annotated and Classified Bibliography of English Literature Pertaining to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, by
Jon Bonk. 1984.
12. International Meditation Bibliography, 1950 to 1982, by Howard R. Jarrell. 1984.
13. Rabindranath Tagore: A Bibliography, by Katherine Henn. 1985.
14. Research in Ritual Studies: A Programmatic Essay and Biblio-graphy, by Ronald L. Grimes. 1985.
15. Protestant Theological Education in America, by Heather F. Day. 1985.
16. Unconscious: A Guide to Sources, by Natalino Caputi. 1985.
17. The New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, by James H. Charlesworth. 1987.
18. Black Holiness, by Charles Edwin Jones. 1987.
19. A Bibliography on Ancient Ephesus, by Richard Oster. 1987.
20. Jerusalem, the Holy City: A Bibliography, by James D. Purvis. Vol. I, 1988; Vol. II, 1991.
21. An Index to English Periodical Literature on the Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, by William G.
Hupper. Vol. I, 1987; Vol. II, 1988; Vol. III, 1990; Vol. IV, 1990; Vol. V, 1992; Vol. VI, 1994; Vol. VII, 1998; Vol. VIII, 1999.
22. John and Charles Wesley: A Bibliography, by Betty M. Jarboe. 1987.
23. A Scholar’s Guide to Academic Journals in Religion, by James Dawsey. 1988.
24. The Oxford Movement and Its Leaders: A Bibliography of Secon-dary and Lesser Primary Sources, by Lawrence N.
Crumb. 1988; Supplement, 1993. Out of Print. See No. 56.
25. A Bibliography of Christian Worship, by Bard Thompson. 1989.
26. The Disciples and American Culture: A Bibliography of Works by Disciples of Christ Members, 1866–1984, by
Leslie R. Galbraith and Heather F. Day. 1990.
27. The Yogacara School of Buddhism: A Bibliography, by John Powers. 1991.
28. The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit: A Bibliography Showing Its Chronological Development (2 vols.), by Esther Dech
Schandorff. 1995.
29. Rediscovery of Creation: A Bibliographical Study of the Church’s Response to the Environmental Crisis, by Joseph
K. Sheldon. 1992.
30. The Charismatic Movement: A Guide to the Study of Neo-Pentecostalism with Emphasis on Anglo-American Sources,
by Charles Edwin Jones. 1995.
31. Cities and Churches: An International Bibliography (3 vols.), by Loyde H. Hartley. 1992.
32. A Bibliography of the Samaritans, 2nd ed., by Alan David Crown. 1993.
33. The Early Church: An Annotated Bibliography of Literature in English, by Thomas A. Robinson. 1993.
34. Holiness Manuscripts: A Guide to Sources Documenting the Wesleyan Holiness Movement in the United States and
Canada, by William Kostlevy. 1994.
35. Of Spirituality: A Feminist Perspective, by Clare B. Fischer. 1995.
36. Evangelical Sectarianism in the Russian Empire and the USSR: A Bibliographic Guide, by Albert Wardin Jr. 1995.
37. Hermann Sasse: A Bibliography, by Ronald R. Feuerhahn. 1995.
38. Women in the Biblical World: A Study Guide. Vol. I: Women in the World of Hebrew Scripture, by Mayer I. Gruber.
1995.
39. Women and Religion in Britain and Ireland: An Annotated Biblio-graphy from the Reformation to 1993, by Dale A.
Johnson. 1995.
40. Emil Brunner: A Bibliography, by Mark G. McKim. 1996.
41. The Book of Jeremiah: An Annotated Bibliography, by Henry O. Thompson. 1996.
42. The Book of Amos: An Annotated Bibliography, by Henry O. Thompson. 1997.
43. Ancient and Modern Chaldean History: A Comprehensive Biblio-graphy of Sources, by Ray Kamoo. 1999.
44. World Lutheranism: A Select Bibliography for English Readers, by Donald L. Huber. 2000.
45. The Christian and Missionary Alliance: An Annotated Bibliography of Textual Sources, by H. D. (Sandy) Ayer. 2001.
46. Science and Religion in the English-Speaking World, 1600–1727: A Bibliographic Guide to the Secondary
Literature, by Richard S. Brooks and David K. Himrod. 2001.
47. Jurgen Moltmann: A Research Bibliography, by James L. Wakefield. 2002.
48. International Mission Bibliography: 1960–2000, edited by Norman E. Thomas. 2003.
49. Petra and the Nabataeans: A Bibliography, by Gregory A. Crawford. 2003.
50. The Wesleyan Holiness Movement: A Comprehensive Guide (2 vols.), by Charles Edwin Jones. 2005.
51. A Bibliography of the Samaritans: Third Edition: Revised, Expanded, and Annotated, by Alan David Crown and
Reinhard Pummer. 2005.
52. The Keswick Movement: A Comprehensive Guide, by Charles Edwin Jones. 2007.
53. The Augustana Evengelical Lutheran Church in Print: A Selective Union List with Annotations of Serial Publications
Issued by the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Its Agencies and Associates 1855–1962 with Selected
Serial Publications after 1962, by Virginia P. Follstad. 2007.
54. The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement: A Comprehensive Guide, by Charles Edwin Jones. 2008.
55. More Than Silence: A Bibliography of Thomas Merton, by Patricia A. Burton. 2008.
56. The Oxford Movement and Its Leaders: A Bibliography of Secondary and Lesser Primary Sources, Second Edition,
by Lawrence N. Crumb. 2009.
57. The Wilderness, the Nation, and the Electronic Era: American Christianity and Religious Communication, 1620–
2000: An Annotated Bibliography, by Elmer J. O’Brien. 2009.
58. The Literature of Islam: A Guide to Primary Sources in English Translation, by Paula Youngman Skreslet and Rebecca
Skreslet, 2006.
59. Donald G. Bloesch: A Research Bibliography, by Paul E. Maher, 2008.
60. History of the Telugu Christians: A Bibliography of Sources, by James Elisha Taneti, 2011.
 History of the
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James Elisha Taneti

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 Series Foreword
Since 1974, the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) and Scarecrow Press have
endeavored to serve the study of world religions through the publishing of the ATLA
Bibliography Series. With no intent other than to advance the study of religion, this wide-
ranging series provides scholars with reliable academic bibliographies that advance our
understanding of the worldwide beliefs, practices, history, and increasingly, contexts of
religion. James Taneti’s History of the Telugu Christians: A Bibliography is a profound
addition to this series.
In seeking to understand Christianity among the Telugu people, we could find no better guide
to the literature than this bibliography by Mr. Taneti, who has studied, taught, and written in
both India and the United States about the history of Indian Christianity. The books, articles,
reports, and manuscripts recorded and described in History of the Telugu Christians provide
scholars with a comprehensive, contextual understanding of the history and nature of Telugu
Christianity. Herein we find a valuable collection of resources which illustrate the
development of this flourishing community, one that can be seen as a unique and noteworthy
form of Christianity, as part of the larger global family of Christianity, and as part of the
religious tapestry of India. Researchers interested in the history of Christian missions, and of
Christianity in Asia in particular, will find that Taneti has provided us with valuable
perspectives on the dynamic between the peoples of India and the Western missionaries drawn
to them.
The American Theological Library Association is proud to include James Taneti’s History
of the Telugu Christians: A Bibliography as a significant contribution to the study of church
history and the ATLA Bibliography Series.
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Series Editor
 Preface
Telugu Christian communities told and retold their stories in order to treasure their heritage, to
respond to present challenges, and to imagine (and create) a future. Since most of them hailed
from a Dalit background, they transmitted their history through oral stories. However, we do
have written sources for writing a history of Telugu Christians. Western missionaries wrote
several denominational mission histories about their work and presence in Andhra. These are
either missionary reports or autobiographical or biographical sketches. While acknowledging
the wealth of data available in oral sources—stories, songs, and sermons—I offer this list of
written texts for those interested in researching and documenting the history of Christianity in
Andhra Pradesh. Included in this volume is a brief bibliographical analysis of the literature
that highlights how the writing of history of Christianity was practiced in the past, and that
offers some suggestions on how to use these sources.
The printed and written documents listed in this work provide a window into the history of
Telugu Christians and their relationships with non-Christian neighbors. It is limited to the
printed or written material—including books/monographs, missionary reports, souvenirs,
journal articles, and theses and dissertations—that can be of significant value for writing a
history of Telugu Christians. At the same time, it ignores Bible translations, commentaries,
theological treatises, catechisms, and church constitutions, which might provide data for the
intellectual history of the community. Most of the writings in this collection originate from
Western writers. The entries are classified into six major sections: Books/Monographs in
English and in Telugu (479+58), Missionary Reports (91), Souvenirs (33), Journal Articles
(50), Theses or Dissertations (40), and Manuscripts (8). Although this work focuses only on
the literature in English and Telugu, other useful and scattered data exist in German and French,
expanding the window into histories of Catholic communities and orders that constitute major
portions of Telugu Christianity.
The first section of the bibliography lists published books, monographs, booklets, and
pamphlets. The name of the author is included if possible, even if it is not on the title page, in
order to help the reader identify the author and his or her background. In the case of an essay or
chapter within a book, I name the editor and identify the author of the work in the annotation.
Authors I was unable to identify are listed as “unknown.” Besides the title and publication
information, I offer a brief annotation for all the books. Each annotation introduces the book,
assesses its relevance to our subject matter, and if possible identifies how the author is related
to our story. I date a book with the clues available in the book when the title page omits such
publication data. I also supply the WorldCat Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
Accession Number or the location if the book is available in India. When there is more than
one edition or print of a book, I list the edition or print that is widely available. While citing
the missionary reports and yearbooks, I supply as much information as possible, including
accession numbers. I cite theses and dissertations submitted at graduate level.
This compilation would not have been possible except with the kindness of librarians in
India and a generous grant from the American Theological Libraries Association enabling me
to travel to different libraries in India.
 Abbreviations
ABFMS American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
ABMU American Baptist Missionary Union
ABS American Bible Society
ACC Andhra Christian College, Guntur
ACTC Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad
AELC Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
ATC Asia Trading Company
BACSA British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia
BBC Bethel Bible College, Guntur
BC Bishop’s College, Kolkota
BFMMEC Board of Foreign Missions of Methodist Episcopal Church
BFMULCA Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Churches in America
BMBFM Board of Mennonite Brethren Foreign Missions
BTF Bangalore Theological Forum
BTS Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada
CBCNC Convention of Baptist Churches in Northern Circars
CBFMB Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board
CEZMS Church of England Zenana Missionary Society
CLS Christian Literature Society
CMBCNA Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America
CMS Church Missionary Society, Anglican Church
COTR Church on the Rock Theological Seminary, Bheemunipatnam
CSI Church of South India
DVK Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore
[Link]. Doctor of Ministry
[Link]. Doctor of Missiology
[Link]. Doctor of Theology
GTLC Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai
ICHR Indian Church History Review
ISPCK Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
LMS London Missionary Society
MBCBC Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College
MBPH Mennonite Brethren Publishing House
MECSA Methodist Episcopal Church in South Asia
MEP Methodist Episcopal Press
M.A. Master of Arts
[Link]. Master of Philosophy
M.R.E. Master of Religious Education
[Link]./Th.M. Master of Theology
NCCI National Council of Churches in India
NCCR National Council of Churches Review
OUP Oxford University Press
Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy
PIME Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (Pontificium Institutum pro Missionibus Exteris)
RS Religion and Society
SAIACS South Asia Institute of Christian Studies, Bangalore
SC Serampore College, Serampore
SCM Student Christian Movement
SIBS South India Biblical Seminary, Bangarpet
SJRS St. John’s Regional Seminary, Hyderabad
SPCK Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
SPG Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
S.T.M. Master of Sacred Theology
UELCI United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India
UESI United Evangelicals of South India
ULCA United Lutheran Church in America
UTC United Theological College
WMMS Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society
WMP Wesleyan Mission Press
 Bibliographical Analysis

INTRODUCTION

Although comprehensive histories of Telugu Christians are scarce, there is no dearth of written
sources for historians interested in studying beliefs and practices of Telugu Christians. The last
one and one half centuries have produced voluminous literature that refers to Telugu
Christians. Most of the writings flowed from missionary pens and were written in English. The
tone and texture of this literature varied over the years due to the changing historical
conditions, interests of the readers, and agendas of the writers. This analysis identifies the
major trends and patterns in writing about Telugu Christians. It focuses on the monographs and
journal articles written between 1848 and 2008 that either refer to Christian presence in
Telugu country, which includes stories about colonial agents and Western missionaries, or to
the Telugu Christian communities. The analysis covers the texts written in Telugu and English,
numbering more than seven hundred documents and extending from the earliest monograph that
referred to the presence of Christianity in the region, Henry W. Fox’s Chapters on Missions in
South India,1 to more recent works, such as K. E. Rajpramukh’s Dalit Christians of Andhra
Pradesh.2
This period of one and one half centuries is discussed below in four parts. First is the
period between 1848 and 1932, an age of missionary exploration, wherein most of the writings
were from missionaries. Christian missionaries during this period observed the Telugu
customs and documented them in order to create missionary interest among their compatriots
and help future missionaries devise missionary strategies. They treated Telugu culture as one
that deserved to be conquered. These texts are either autobiographical or biographical
accounts or institutional histories. The missionaries wanted to portray the land as “dark” in
order to claim that they brought light,3 making the task of discerning light in the Telugu culture
difficult. Missionaries portrayed themselves as actors and the Telugus as the acted upon. These
writings offer a wealth of data for a historian interested in the history of Christian presence,
mostly of Western Christians, in regions of Andhra, Rayalaseema, and Telangana.
The second period covers the two decades between 1933 and 1952, which were very
productive in terms of the number of writings. These referred not only to the Christian presence
in Andhra but also to the history of Telugu Christians. The writings in these two decades
outnumbered those of the preceding eighty years by almost four times.4 The literature from this
period is mostly explanatory: missionaries recounted their successes, explained their
“civilizing” activities, and justified their continued activism to their critics both in India and in
the North Atlantic world. It was an eventful and fluid era that witnessed “nationalist” struggles
in the subcontinent and missionary “rethinking” in the North American world. In this era that
followed the publication of Jarrell W. Pickett’s Christian Mass Movements in India5 and W.
E. Hocking’s Rethinking Missions,6 missionaries highlighted their “civilizing” activities
among the Dalit communities. There were increased efforts among Western missionaries as
well as Telugu Christians to write in the Telugu language and about Telugu Christian leaders.7
The third phase of writing about Christian presence in the region and about Telugu
Christians, 1953–1981, was not as productive as the second period. It is an age when
missionaries were redefining their role in Andhra while local historians were defining their
identity as Telugus and Christians. The writings from this era focused on local heroes and
native expressions of Christian faith.
Many writings in the final phase, 1981–2008, also examine indigenous expressions of
Christian faith. They employ sociological tools to understand the lives and thoughts of Telugu
Christians. Unlike earlier writings that addressed mission-minded enthusiasts, the writings
from this era are aimed at academicians who are skeptical about the missionary enterprise and
its relationship with European imperial powers. There are also a few biographical books
written by Indian Christians or Western historians.
Some patterns identified in this survey may be found across the periods. The habit of
wearing shady glasses and finding a dark Andhra was not unique to the exploratory period or
to missionaries. A church souvenir published as late as 1992 by a Telugu congregation paid
homage to a missionary matron for her heroic services to the “dark” Andhra.8 We must also be
aware of the limitations that the scope of this investigation poses. This analysis is limited to
the literature written as monographs or journal articles in English and Telugu. Theological
treatises and Bible dictionaries, potentially rich sources for intellectual history, are not part of
this investigation. Research using other genres of literature from other languages, such as
French and German, would add to the discussion presented here. Limiting oneself to the texts
in English and Telugu languages narrows the window through which to view the histories of
Catholic communities and orders in the region, rendering the story incomplete.

EXPLORING A CULTURE: 1848–1932

Christian missionaries of European origins preached their faith in the Telugu-speaking regions
as early as the sixteenth century.9 However, the writings of Christian missionaries before 1848
mostly were in the genre of personal letters or diaries. And most of them were written in
French or German. Since the scope of this book is limited to monographs and essays in English
and Telugu, the literature before 1848, which predominantly was from Catholic missionaries,
does not come under the purview of this study. However, a large body of Catholic literature
written after 1848 is included. As mentioned earlier, Henry W. Fox’s Chapters on Missions in
South India (1848) is the earliest attempt in English. Memoirs of Fox and of Walter Gunn, an
American Lutheran missionary, soon followed.
The documents in this era came from missionaries’ pens. The only exceptions were the
books by Ogirala Gabriel,10 R. C. Paul,11 and Murari David.12 But the earliest of them dates
as far back as 1924. Ironically, like Western missionaries, the Telugu writers viewed the
church in Andhra as an extension of the Western church. They wrote about the missionary
activities of Western Christians in Andhra, although their titles suggest that these were histories
of Telugu Christians. Both Western and Telugu writers construed the Telugu church as an
eastward extension of the European church.
The missionaries’ activities in this period coincided with the British colonial heyday in the
region. Missionary perceptions of the Christian mission resonate with the expansionist agenda
of colonial officials. There was a considerable amount of self-confidence in the missionaries’
tone. Missionaries described their efforts to Christianize Telugus in commercial and military
images, such as “enterprise,”13 “expansion,”14 and “conquest.”15 Writing in 1925, at the
fortieth anniversary of the Canadian Baptist missionary activities in coastal Andhra, Malcolm
Orville employed the mercantile image of “enterprise” to narrate the institutional history of his
organization. His colleague William Boggs described the mission as an “expansion” of North
American Baptist churches. James Thoburn, an Episcopal Methodist missionary bishop, used
military terms such as “conquest,” while his compatriot Brenton Badley identified the
missionary accomplishments of his Methodist colleagues as “victories.”16 These terms
illustrate the way missionaries perceived their mission. The power dynamics in the colonial
era shaped the texture and tone of the missionary texts; they influenced the very understanding
of Christian mission as an expansion or conquest.
This triumphal tone of the missionary texts should be located within the political context of
the Indian subcontinent in the second half of the nineteenth century, especially in the Telugu
provinces. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the British East India Company
consolidated its mercantile and military strength in the Telugu provinces. The defeat of French
forces in the Carnatic Wars in the latter half of the eighteenth century fostered British
consolidation.17 British forces occupied the ports of Machilipatnam in 1759 and Pondicherry
in 1761, marking the beginnings of British control over the territory. Meanwhile, the Nizam of
Hyderabad, though grudgingly, ceded the coastal districts in 1766, virtually leaving the British
occupants unchallenged.18 The British colonizing project assumed a religious flavor when a
charter of the British East India Company issued in 1833 unbridled the missionary enthusiasm
of colonial officials who were already engaged in Christianizing activities. After the
suppression of the Great Revolt in 1857, the British Parliament took political control of the
subcontinent and allowed the Christianizing projects of the Protestant missionaries.
Collaboration of Dalit communities with the British rulers, interest among the caste
communities in Western education that missionaries offered, co-operation of some social elite
classes whom the colonial administration recruited as agents to control local revenues, and the
limited share of power that local princes secured from the British administrators facilitated the
continued control of the region by the British in the second half of the eighteenth century.
Having identified how missionaries perceived their mission and why they did so, it is
appropriate to analyze the genres of the literature itself. The writings from this period are
autobiographical or biographical accounts, wherein the missionary was the hero, or
institutional histories that celebrate the activities of missionary institutions. There were as
many as eleven autobiographical and ten biographical accounts. Missionary agencies in the
North Atlantic world compiled and published the daily journals, letters, and autobiographical
accounts of their missionaries.
 The autobiographical and biographical narratives relate the experiences of the missionaries
among the Telugus. The practice of writing daily journals was an integral part of evangelical
spirituality during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.19 The evangelical Christians
from the North Atlantic world recorded their daily experiences in order to edify themselves
and others that followed them. The daily journals of evangelical missionaries have an
additional feature or function. In their daily journals, missionaries reminded themselves and
others of their missionary calling and the supernatural powers they were endowed with in the
alien environment of Andhra Pradesh, in what they perceived to be a “jungle.”20 They needed
to paint an image of “dark” culture in Andhra to highlight the light God had privileged them
with. Just as writing their daily experiences was integral to their spiritual growth, exploring
the native cultures was part of their missionary strategy. Writers and publishers hoped that
these stories and portraits would lure potential missionaries to the missionary cause and help
their successors to improve missionary strategies.
Institutional histories of mission societies form another major portion of the literature.21
They served three purposes. First, they reported the activities of the missionaries and mission
institutions, such as schools and hospitals, assuring their donors that their investment in the
missionary enterprise did not go in vain. Second, the missionaries’ representations of Telugu
culture sought to stir interest among their compatriots either to fund the missionary cause or to
become missionaries. Above all, these stories provided clues about the possible strategies to
Christianize the Telugu communities.
Many missionaries dedicated their energies merely to exploring Telugu customs and
documenting them. However, not all exploratory writings were similar. While Henry
Whitehead’s Village Gods of South India and Emma Rauschenbusch-Clough’s While Sewing
Sandals are sympathetic to Telugu culture,22 the writings of Jacob Chamberlain and John
Clough represent a more polemical attitude.
Whitehead and Rauschenbusch-Clough were different from their contemporaries. Whitehead
was instrumental in the consecration of V. S. Azariah as an Anglican bishop, a gesture that
defied the wisdom of most Western missionaries in his time. Rauschenbusch-Clough, on the
other hand, was unpopular for deserting Christianity in favor of Theosophy. Nevertheless, she
converted only after publishing her cultural history of the Madiga community. What was not
peculiar in their attitudes was their enthusiasm to Christianize the Telugu communities, at least
when they wrote these books. Drawing from the oral stories, Whitehead and Rauschenbusch-
Clough documented the folk traditions of the Telugu communities. A student of Telugu cultural
history would, no doubt, find this literature a valuable source. However, we should not ignore
the motives behind missionaries’ studies of native cultures. We must investigate if their study
was not a synonym for spying. The authors might not have intended to aid the colonizing
projects of their European cousins, but their works invented an “orient” that invited Western
intervention. Rauschenbusch-Clough undertook her research and documentation under the
auspices of the Asiatic Society sponsored by the British queen. Therefore, we should not
plunder data from such sources without probing the motives of such undertaking.
John E Clough’s From Darkness to Light illustrates the polemic nature of some of the
literature.23 Clough, an American Baptist missionary, highlighted the practices, such as
marriage between cousins, which his compatriots would have found detestable. Jacob
Chamberlain, the most prolific missionary writer in this period, with at least nine books to his
credit, portrayed Telugu culture as demonic. His diatribes describe Andhra as nothing better
than a “tiger’s jungle” or a “cobra’s den” and Telugus as “cobras” that deserved to “squirm” or
to be “quelled” by Western missionaries.24
Nevertheless, these works provide a window into the activities and attitudes of European
and North American Christians in the region, either as missionaries or colonial agents. They
also offer insight into the history of Telugu Christians.

EXPLAINING A MISSION: 1933–1952

In tone and texture, the 1933–1952 literature is not too different from what was produced in the
previous period. Like the earlier works, they are autobiographies or biographies, often
hagiographical, and institutional histories, celebrating the longevity of their mission agencies.
However, there are remarkable wrinkles in the level of self-confidence that missionary writers
demonstrated and the space native Christians occupied both as authors and subject matter. The
missionary writers of this period explained their mission by underscoring the “civilizing”
aspects of their activities and highlighting the conversion movements of the Dalits towards
Christianity.
The shifts in focus and tone should be located in the fluid historical context of 1933, a
memorable year in the history of the modern missionary movement in general and missionary
activism in India in particular. The year 1933 also radically altered the social and political
balance in the subcontinent. First, William E. Hocking’s Rethinking Missions: A Laymen’s
Inquiry in 1932 unsettled missionaries’ confidence and forced them to redefine their goals and
reconsider their strategies.25 It also displayed the cracks in the support base of missionaries in
their “home” that once unquestioningly supported their Christianizing activities. The findings of
the commission recommended that missionaries widen their understanding of the Christian
mission from being a mere Christianizing scheme to sharing benefits of Western civilization.
Second, the findings of a survey undertaken by the National Christian Council of India in
1933 identified the social location of the Christian communities in the subcontinent. Analyzing
the social basis of the Dalit conversions, the commission headed by Jarrell W. Pickett rightly
characterized these conversions as group or community conversions. It concluded that the
motives for these group conversions were nonreligious as well. In addition to being informed
of the findings of the survey, Protestant missionaries were also aware of subsequent
conversations between V. S. Azariah, J. W. Pickett, and Donald McGavran on the motives and
strategies of the missionary movement. The doubts cast on the missionary enthusiasm of
previous generations were brought to missionaries’ doorsteps when the International
Missionary Council met at Tambaram in 1938.
Third, 1933 was a starting point for the decline in mass conversions of Dalits to Christianity
in the neighboring regions. Franklin Balasundaram, studying the phenomenon of Dalit
conversions in northern districts of Tamilnadu, argued that the frequency of mass conversions
to Christianity slowed down after 1933.26 The series of mass conversions to Buddhism led by
Bhimrao R. Ambedkar in the early 1930s on the west coast offered an alternative to the Dalits
in the southern regions. Ambedkar’s move toward Buddhism may not have significantly
changed the direction of Dalit conversions in Telugu regions, which once were ruled by
Buddhist dynasties, but it had repercussions for the Dalit movement in the area.
Fourth, Telugu Christian leaders were no longer content with inviting missionaries,
organizing congregations, and handing over the bureaucratic powers to the missionaries.
Although V. S. Azariah was not a Telugu, his ascendancy to the bishopric of the Dornakal
diocese was an influential factor in this growth of self-assertion. We can see a resonance of
Azariah’s address at Edinburgh in 1910 in the speech given by Mutyala Theophilus, a Dalit
Christian leader, in 1933. “Missionaries have done much for us. Now the days have come
when they should work with us. They have treated us as dear children. Now in accepting us as
brothers, we would be partners for the good growth of the building.”27 The constant demands
from Telugu leaders to share power turned the wheels toward devolution. For example,
Theophilus’s speech resulted in the creation of a joint committee of twenty-six consisting of
Telugu Baptists and Canadian missionaries to administer the local church and its institutions in
1934.28
Fifth, in the larger political context, Mohandas K. Gandhi emerged as a rallying point for
many dissenting voices against British domination in the early 1930s. A series of fasts in and
out of prison—September 20–25, 1932, against a separate electorate for Dalits; December 3,
1932, protesting the ill treatment of a Dalit prisoner; May 8–29, 1933, as a purification of
conscience; August 16–22, 1933, seeking more freedom to participate in “Harijan” service—
made Gandhi an icon of nationalist aspirations. Other decisive moments helped to make a mass
leader out of this barrister: the announcement of the Communal Award on August 17, 1932,
providing separate electorates for minority communities; three Round Table Conferences
between 1930 and 1933; the signing of the Poona Pact on September 24, 1932; the agitation of
Gandhi for the temple entry; Gandhi’s Civil Disobedience movement; the emergence of militant
nationalism in the Bengal province; the founding of Harijan Sevak Sangh; the starting of the
news weekly Harijan. At the height of his career, Gandhi called upon missionaries to either
give up their “proselytizing” agenda or “withdraw” from the land.29
The challenges from the North Atlantic world and from native Christians set the agenda for
missionaries’ writings in this period. The social and political reconfigurations forced them to
justify their continued activism in the subcontinent. Subsequently, the military language gave
way to more benevolent terms such as “awakening” and “healing.”30 Words such as
“underprivileged” entered missionary dictionaries.31 Missionaries explained that their
activities were more than mere Christianizing adventures; they claimed that they were uplifting
a downtrodden section of the native population. The writers shifted their literary energies to
movements of social groups toward Christianity. They conceded some amount of agency to the
natives as well.
 The genre of biography dominated this era as well. More than half of the books and essays
written during this period are biographical. The visible difference is in the space that the
native occupied in the literature. At least fifteen of the forty-three biographies relate the life
stories of Telugu Christians. The very openness to treat Telugu Christians as a subject matter is
a significant shift. However, we must identify the motives for this shift while interpreting the
missionaries’ portraits of the native heroes.32 The pattern of these biographies is not difficult
to predict. The stories begin with the protagonist’s “vain” worship of “idols” and the sincere
search for “truth.” The seeker then discovers the light in Christianity and convinces the
community to convert. The zenith of the religious life available to this hero is collaborating
with the missionary.33 These biographies no doubt bring the native Christian to the foreground.
Nevertheless, the native Christian is displayed as a “shield” in the missionaries’ showcase and
armory. Unlike their predecessors who described their natives’ biographies as “trophies,”34
missionaries were aware that these shields were capable of breaking open the display case
and, at the same time, could serve as a defense from their critics. Women missionaries have
described women converts as “jewels.”35
The writings about religious conversion as a social movement gradually eclipsed the genre
of institutional histories. We can easily decipher the footprints of Jarrell W. Pickett in this
trend. Like Pickett, many writers construed religious conversions as a social phenomenon.
Pickett, whose Christian Mass Movements in India earlier addressed Western readers,
translated his findings into Telugu for Telugu readers in 1936, illustrating how missionaries
had broadened their readership. John R. Mott, in his foreword to the English edition,
recognizes that the book would be of “vital interest” to Western readers.36 It addressed the
donors and mission bureaucrats in Europe, North America, and Australasia. Pickett’s
translation demonstrates the missionaries’ willingness to engage Telugu Christians in
conversation.
The changed context with its increased space for the natives resulted in numerous Telugu
books. The Telugu has become at least a consumer of missionaries’ writings during this period.
Nearly thirty of the eighty books and essays published during this period were written in
Telugu. Most of these titles are from the Christian Literature Society (CLS) of India, a wing of
the United Society of Christian Literature, which published a series of biographies in Telugu.
These booklets, mostly less than twenty pages each, were part of the CLS series of “Telugu
Church Founders.” E. Prakasam, a Telugu Christian, was appointed general editor for the
series. We are not sure if his job description included translation or facilitating the project.
However, it was missionaries who wrote a significant portion of the series. Telugus wrote
only seven of the twenty-seven biographies. And only nine Telugu Christians found a place in
the elite club of twenty-seven “founders of the Telugu church.” The biographies portray
Western missionaries as heroes and Telugu Christians as exemplars for Telugu readers.
The number of contributions from Telugus significantly increased between 1933 and 1952.
While there were only three native writers in the first phase, there were nine Telugu writers in
this period. However, the number is marginal compared to the fifty-five Western authors who
either referred to the presence of Christianity in the Telugu regions or analyzed the history of
Telugu Christianity.

ANALYZING A FAITH: 1953–1980

A changed political scenario in Andhra Pradesh and embittered critics in the subcontinent and
the North Atlantic region influenced the way that the history of Telugu Christians was written
in this period. While there were still many reminiscences and mission histories from the
retired missionaries, a significant number narrated the tales of how the native Christian
communities practiced and articulated their faith. Although the native writers were fewer in
number, the process of indigenization and the stories of church union dominated the pages.
This phase in the history of Christianity in Andhra Pradesh begins with three pivotal
historical realities. First, 1947 marked the end of the colonial era. With the birth of sovereign
India in 1947, the British administrators returned to their homeland and missionaries found
themselves unglued from the state patronage. They could no longer take for granted their right
to live in the subcontinent. While many missionaries returned home, some remained in India,
serving in mission institutions, such as schools and hospitals.
Second, the year 1947 also marked the birth of the Church of South India (CSI). After a
series of “union negotiations,” the churches of Anglican, Congregational, Presbyterian,
Reformed, and Wesleyan Methodist backgrounds amalgamated into a united Church of South
India. The CSI in Andhra Pradesh was divided into the dioceses of Dornakal, Hyderabad,
Kurnool, Kadapa-Chittoor, and Krishna-Godavari at its inception.37
Third, the formation of the state of Andhra Pradesh in 1953 and its subsequent merger with
Telangana in 1956 were the defining moments in the formation of Telugu identity. Earlier,
Telugu communities in the southern and coastal regions forged an identity on a lingual basis,
demanding a separate state from Tamilnadu. The struggle for a separate state was informed by
and formed the Telugu identity, resulting in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Eventually, the Telugu
communities of Telangana and Andhra, with their distinct histories and common language,
forged a united Andhra Pradesh. As Telugu communities traced back their ethnic and cultural
roots to sustain their Telugu identity, the Christian communities narrated their stories and
articulated their faith more vocally.
Subsequently, diocesan histories overshadowed the histories of mission societies.38
Biographies continued, but they related stories of Telugu Christian patriarchs. There were
reminiscences from retired missionaries, but only a few. With the decline of missionary
patrons at home, many writings from this period addressed a readership different from that of
the previous era.
The genre of biographies did not cease; rather, it slowed down. Compared to the number of
biographies or autobiographies produced in the previous phases—eleven out of sixty-five
books compiled between 1851 and 1933, and forty-three out of eighty books written between
1933 and 1952—this period produced only twenty biographical accounts out of seventy
documents. Unlike the previous periods, the biographies of Western missionaries constituted a
minority of them. The lives and thoughts of Kalagara Subba Rao, Mungamuri Devadas, and
Bakth Singh attracted the attention of writers. Rajaiah Paul and Kaj Baago, professors at
United Theological College (UTC), Bangalore, and Ravela Joseph, a professor at Andhra
Christian Theological College, Hyderabad, narrated the stories and analyzed the theologies of
native leaders.
Baago traced the imprints of Hindu philosophy in the writings of Subba Rao and
characterized the movement around Subba Rao as an indigenous expression of Christian
theology. Viewing the movements around Subba Rao and Devadas as native expressions should
not imply that CSI and other churches with initial ties to the Western missionaries were not
indigenous. Rajaiah Paul rightly viewed the Church of South India as an indigenous church.
Although missionaries negotiated the union when faced with decolonization, and they continued
to exercise ecclesiastical authority even after the emergence of a “national” church, the
congregations consisted of Telugus who articulated and practiced their faith within their own
cultural terms and social needs. Although liturgies resemble those of Western churches, one
can decipher imprints of Bakhti tradition in the hymns that Christians in CSI and other
denominational churches sing.

RECLAIMING AN IDENTITY: 1981–2008

Tales of indigenous churches and local heroes continued to fill the pages of literature about
Telugu Christians. Ravel Joseph and Pulidindi Solomon Raj continued to interpret the
influence of classical and folk traditions on Telugu Christian piety and practice. However, the
essays and books written during this phase have a slightly different accent.
The agendas of the writers, interests of the readers, and commitments of the publishers have
shaped and reflected the tone of this literature. The writers are not accountable to missionary
patrons or to the doubting Thomases in the North Atlantic world. Religious historians
committed to their students and colleagues in the discipline produced most of the literature
from this phase. They address academic communities that critically engage the faith and
practices of Telugu Christian communities. The writers are trained in universities and
seminaries with a wide spectrum of theological shades, ranging from Birmingham University to
Wisconsin-Madison University. Some are published in the West by companies as varied as
Eerdmans in its History of Christian Mission Series and Harrison House, a publishing wing of
Oral Roberts University committed to the expansion of American Christianity around the
world. A majority are published in India by organizations such as the Indian Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge (ISPCK), which is Christian and ecumenical, and Manohar
Publications, which is committed to the social history of South Asia. Seventeen are revised
versions of theses or dissertations submitted to research institutions, such as Acharya
Nagarjuna University, Vijayawada, and the United Theological College. Journal articles
occupy a larger space in this period. At least twenty-eight of the ninety-four documents are
published as journal articles.
 A large number of Telugu writers contributed during this period, although the number of
titles in Telugu is fewer. Ironically, except for the historical fiction by Kalyana Rao39 and an
anthology of poems and songs compiled by Gogu Shyamala,40 there are rarely any journal
articles or books published in Telugu. Forty-two Indian authors have contributed to the writing
of a history of Telugu Christianity in Andhra and twenty-six of them are Telugus. Only thirty-
seven writers from the Western world contributed to the study of Christianity in Andhra. Why
would twenty-six authors whose mother tongue is Telugu prefer to write in English? First,
many of the essays or books were revised versions of the theses that were originally written in
colleges and universities where English is the medium of instruction. Second, the authors were
addressing non-Telugu readers who were more fluent in English than in Telugu. Third, not
many Telugu publishers would consider the Telugu of these Dalit writers as brahminical or
classical enough to be published.
There is a small remnant of biographies during this phase. The biographies of six Western
missionaries or colonial officials found a place in this genre. The protagonists in these
biographies are not as hallowed as those in the earlier periods, as most of these were earlier
written as dissertations in universities where missionary movement was suspect. The writers
placed the lives of colonial agents, such as C. P. Brown, and Protestant missionaries, such as
Anna Kugler and Anthony Groves, within the context of British imperialism. At the same time,
we cannot ignore the hagiographies produced on Bakht Singh,41 P. J. Titus,42 and Ananda Rao
Samuel.43
There is also a continuity of the tradition of tracing native cultures within Telugu
Christianity. Rayi Ratna Sundara Rao analyzed Telugu hymns and hymn writers, identifying the
impact of Bakhti tradition on Telugu Christianity.44 Ravela Joseph highlighted Purushottam
Choudari’s contribution to Christology in India.45 Pulidindi Solomon Raj’s analysis of the
Devadas’ movement and Michael Bergunder’s findings on Pentecostalism in Andhra are other
significant and insightful additions to this literature on indigenous expressions of Christianity
in the Telugu context.46
Besides analyzing the influences of native cultures on Telugu Christianity, many histories
from the period account for the social change of the Christian communities and locate the
movements within and toward Christianity in their political and economic context. The
emergence of Dalit Studies within the discipline of theology is an influential factor for the shift
in studying Christian communities in India. In a provocative essay presented at the United
Theological College, Bangalore, in 1981, Arvind P. Nirmal argued that the act of theologizing
is a human task, and social identity and the interest of theologians shape their theologies.47 He
proposed caste as the key to understanding Christian theologies in India and suggested no
Indian Christian theology is relevant unless it takes into consideration the experiences of the
marginalized groups who constitute Christianity in India. Although it was a presentation at a
faculty seminar, it had its immediate repercussions in the way that Christian communities since
then have been studied. We can see the ramifications of the essay on the writings on the Telugu
Christian communities as well. A majority of the texts in this period, especially those from M.
E. Prabhakar and Geoffrey Oddie, underline the social location of the communities.
 CONCLUSION

It is safe to conclude that a major portion of the writings about Christianity were from
missionaries and were written for the English-speaking world with its vested and varied
interests. Missionaries wrote these texts. These texts were written in English. And they
continue to be written. Most of the monographs are autobiographical or biographical accounts
and institutional histories. While writings between 1848 and 1932 explored Telugu culture in
order to create missionary interest among Western Christians and draw missionary strategies,
those between 1933 and 1952 accentuated the “civilizing aspects” of Christian mission. The
literature written between 1953 and 1981 highlights the way the Telugus articulated their faith,
while the essays and books written after 1981 employ caste as a hermeneutical tool.
While seeking to hear the voices of the natives and attempting to bring Telugu Christians to
the foreground, we must not get carried away either by the dearth or depth of writings by native
writers, both Telugu and non-Telugu. Being sympathetic to what native Christians had to tell
their contemporaries, a historian should constantly ask whose voice she or he is hearing in the
text. It is possible, though difficult, to see the footprints of my ancestors in the missionary
transcripts, but it is equally improbable that we always hear the voices representative of
Telugu Christians in the texts written by native Christians. Many native writers did collaborate
with the missionaries, but local Christian communities were not completely passive regarding
what missionaries thought or wrote. Therefore, although the voices of Telugu Christians at the
grassroots were muted, they can still be heard.
These documents consist of representations of the Telugu. But the Telugu is not completely
absent in these portraits. Telugus, both Christian and non-Christian, and Western missionaries
together developed a native form of Christianity in Andhra Pradesh, both during the colonial
era and thereafter, and they influenced each other’s writings through the processes of
interaction and encounter, conflict and collaboration.48 The historical process consists of
dialogue and complex negotiation, rather than mere conflict and impositions of ideas and
interests. It is a negotiated construction shaped by both the weak and the strong.49 The native
was not absent in the production of “representations” either. It is possible, though difficult, to
study the history of Telugu Christian communities from these texts. The challenge in the process
is not with finding the sources, but with interpreting them and discerning the voices that we
hear in these transcripts.

NOTES

1. Henry W. Fox, Chapters on Missions in South India (London: Seeleys, 1848). Four books published soon after are A
Memoir of Henry Watson Fox, Appendix to the Life of the Rev. H. W. Fox, A Memoir of the Rev. Walter Gunn, Late
Missionary in India, from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the United States (Baltimore: E. H. Press, 1852), and
Telugu Mission (London: Wertheim and Macintosh, 1852).
2. K. E. Rajpramukh, Dalit Christians of Andhra Pradesh (New Delhi: Serials Publications, 2008).
3. John E. Clough, From Darkness to Light: The Story of a Telugu (Boston: W. G. Corthell, 1882); Nicole Macnicole,
India in the Dark Wood (London: Edinburgh House Press, 1930).
 4. There are sixty monographs or chapters written in the first sixty years, while ninety books, small and big, are produced in
the following twenty years at the rate of four to five books every year.
5. Jarrell W. Pickett, Christian Mass Movements in India (New York: Abingdon Press, 1933). Hereafter, Pickett, Christian
Mass Movements.
6. W. E. Hocking, Rethinking Missions: A Laymen’s Inquiry after One Hundred Years (New York: Harper and Brothers,
1932). Hereafter, Hocking, Rethinking Missions.
7. Thirty out of the ninety books of this period were written in Telugu. A series “The Stories of Telugu Church Founders,”
undertaken by the Christian Literature Society, alone included twenty-seven booklets.
8. May Her Light Shine as a Beacon in the Darkness: A Tribute to the Late Mrs. Maria Klassen Lohrenz—A Souvenir
(Hyderabad: Mennonite Brethren Bethel Church, 1992).
9. Joe S. Sebastian, The Jesuit Carnatic Mission: The Foundation of Andhra Church (Secunderabad: Jesuit Province
Society, 2004). Hereafter, Sebastian, Jesuit Carnatic Mission.
10. Gabriel Ogirala, Krishnamandal Canadian Baptist Mission Sunadavatsara Viseshamalu, 1874–1924 (Coconada:
S.R.P. Works, 1928).
11. R. C. Paul, Andhra Kristuvula Charitra (n.p., 1929).
12. Murari David, A History of the Guntur Mission: A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the General Synod’s
Mission in India (n.p., 1924).
13. Malcolm Orchard and Katherine S. McLaurin, The Enterprise: The Jubilee Story of the Canadian Baptist Mission in
India, 1874–1924 (Toronto: CBFMB, 1925).
14. William Boggs, Expansion in the Telugu Mission (Boston: ABMU, 1907).
15. James M. Thoburn, The Christian Conquest of India (New York: Eaton and Mains, 1906).
16. Brenton T. Badley, Visions and Victories in Hindustan: A Story of the Mission Station of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in Southern Asia (Madras: Methodist Publishing House, 1931).
17. Sebastian, Jesuit Carnatic Mission, 147.
18. Ibid.
19. Catherine A. Brekus, “Writing as a Protestant Practice: Devotional Diaries in Early New England,” in Practicing
Protestants: Histories of Christian Life in America, 1630–1965, ed. Laurie F. Maffley-Kipps et al. (Baltimore: John Hopkins
University Press, 2006), 34.
20. Arley I. Munson, Jungle Days: Being the Experiences of an American Woman Doctor in India (New York:
Appleton, 1913); Jacob Chamberlain, In the Tiger Jungle: And Other Stories of Missionary Work among the Telugus of
India (New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1896).
21. Jacob Chamberlain (9 works), George Drach (6), Frank C. Sackett (5), Clarence Swavely (5), Charles Posnett (5),
William Boggs (4), David Downie (4), Calvin F. Kuder (3), and Anna Kuglar (3) are the most prolific writers during this period.
22. Wilber T. Elmore, 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); Henry Whitehead, Village Gods of South India (New York:
Oxford University Press, 1916); Emma Rauschenbusch-Clough, While Sewing Sandals: Tales of a Telugu Pariah Tribe
(New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1899).
23. John E. Clough, From Darkness to Light: The Story of a Telugu (Boston: W. G. Corthell, 1882).
24. Jacob Chamberlain’s titles include “How Those Cobras Squirmed” or, Hinduism Vitally Wounded (Madras: Methodist
Episcopal Press, 1890); In the Tiger Jungle: And Other Stories of Missionary Work among the Telugus of India (New
York: Fleming H. Revell, 1896); The Angry Mob Quelled (New York: American Bible Society, 1915); The Bible Tested: Is It
the Book for To-day and for the World? or, The Bible in India (New York: American Bible Society, 1878); The Cobra’s
Den: And Other Stories of Missionary Work among the Telugus of India (Chicago: Student Missionary Campaign Library,
1900); The Kingdom in India: Its Progress and Its Promise (New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1908); The Man with the
Wonderful Books (New York: American Bible Society, 1917).
25. Pickett, Christian Mass Movements.
26. Franklin J. Balasundaram, Dalits and Christian Mission in Tamil Country (Bangalore: Asia Trading Corporation, 1997).
27. Mary S. McLaurin, 25 Years On (Toronto: Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board, 1950), 11.
28. Ibid., 11–12.
29. Quoted from Young India (April 23, 1931) by W. E. Hocking in his Rethinking Missions.
30. William A. Stanton, The Awakening of India: Forty Years among the Telugus (Portland: Falmouth Publishing House,
1950); Mary B. McLaurin, Healing Hands: Miss Jessie Allyn, M.D., of Pithapuram (Centenary Committee of the Canadian
Church, 1945).
31. Alvin T. Fishman, Culture Change and the Underprivileged (Madras: CLS, 1941). Fishman, a Baptist missionary,
analyzed the impact of Western civilization on the Telugu and their culture and demonstrates how this interaction between the
cultures empowered the Madiga communities. He submitted it in 1941, nine years after the publication of Laymen’s Inquiry, as
a doctoral dissertation to the University of Chicago.
32. Except the biography of Saramma, all other biographies were about men.
33. WorldCat Online categorizes these booklets as fiction.
34. John Craig et al., 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).
35. Muriel Carder, Jewel of India (Toronto: CBFMB, n.d.). This is the story of a Telugu Bible woman, Manikyam, whose
name means “jewel.” Several Bible women were named Manikyam.
36. Pickett, Christian Mass Movements, 7.
37. Eventually the diocese of Hyderabad was bifurcated into the dioceses of Madak and Karimnagar, and the dioceses of
Kurnool and Kadapa-Chittoor were amalgamated into the diocese of Rayalaseema.
38. H. Sumitra, The First Ten Years of the Rayalaseema Diocese (Church of South India) 1947–1957 (Gooty: High
School Press, n.d); K. Luka, Dornakal Tirunalveli Indian Missionary Sangham: Ebadi Samvasthsaramula Charitra,
1906–1956 (Church of Dornakal Tirunalveli Mission: History of Fifty Years, 1906–1956) (n.p.: privately printed by the
author, n.d.).
39. Ch. Kalyana Rao, Antarani Vasantham (Hyderabad: Revolutionary Writer’s Association, 2001).
40. Gogu Shyamala, Nallapodhu: Dalita Streela Sahityam (Hyderabad: Hyderabad Book Academy, 2003).
41. Thottukadavil E. Koshy, Bakth Singh of India: The Incredible Account of a Modern-
Day Apostle (Colorado Springs: Authentic, 2007).
42. Bob Armstrong, One Billion Souls Burning: The Thrilling Story of Dr. P. J. Titus (Dallas: Christ for India, 1996).
43. S. Vasanthakumar, Burnt Offering: Life and Ministry of Rt. Rev. Ananda Rao Samuel (Bangalore: Bangalore
Collectives, 1989).
44. Rayi Ratna Sundara Rao, Bhakti Theology in the Telugu Hymnal (Madras: CLS, 1983).
45. Ravela Joseph, Bhakti Theology of Purushottam Choudari (Chennai: CLS, 2004).
46. Pulidindi Solomon Raj, A Christian Folk-Religion in India: A Study of the Small Church Movement in Andhra
Pradesh, with Special Reference to the Bible Mission of Devadas (New York: Peter Lang, 1982); Michael Bergunder,
South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008).
47. Sathianathan Clarke, Dalits and Christianity: Subaltern Religion and Liberation Theology in India (Delhi: Oxford
University Press, 1998), 45; George Oommen, “The Emerging Dalit Theology: A Historical Review,” Indian Church History
Review 34:1 (2000): 19.
48. Eliza F. Kent, Converting Women: Gender and Protestant Christianity in Colonial India (Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2004).
49. Eugene F. Irschick, Dialogue and History: Constructing South India, 1795–1895 (Berkeley: University of California
Press, 1994).
 Bibliography

BOOKS OR MONOGRAPHS IN ENGLISH

Works by Individual Authors

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.
Fox, George Townshend. A Memoir of the Rev. Henry Watson Fox, B.A., of Wadham College,
Oxford; Missionary to the Teloogoo People, South India. New York: privately published by
Robert Carter, 1851.
Accession Number: 82052168
This is a collection of letters by Henry W. Fox, a CMS missionary who served in
Machilipatnam between 1841 and 1847. He also introduced Christianity in Challapalli,
Nidamrolu, Vuyyoor, and Mangalagiri. These memoirs were published in London by Seeleys
publishers the same year.
Fox, Henry Watson. Chapters on Missions in South India. London: Seeleys, 1848.
Accession Number: 150423267
Fox, a CMS missionary, wrote this book during his visit to England in 1846. It is the earliest
English book written by a missionary from Andhra. While citing the duty of the church,
especially the Church of England, to engage in foreign missions, Fox underscores the need for
missionaries in the Indian subcontinent. He describes the customs and practices of Telugus in
order to stress the need for missionary intervention. The book has references to the culture and
religiosity of Telugus in the Krishna district.
Friesen, Delores. All Are Witnesses: A Collection of Sermons by Mennonite Brethren Women.
Hillsboro: Kindred Productions, 1996.
Accession Number: 38043221
Location: MBCBC
Friesen includes a short biography and sermon by Karuna Shri Joel, a Telugu Christian
scholar from Shamshabad.
Friesen, Peter M. The Mennonite Brotherhood in Russia, 1789–1910. Fresno: General
Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, 1978.
Accession Number: 3996275
Location: MBCBC
Studying the history of Mennonite communities in modern Russia, Friesen refers to the
beginnings of the Mennonite tradition in Telangana, where some Russian Mennonites preached
Christianity.
Frykenberg, Robert Eric. Guntur District, 1788–1848: A History of Local Influence and
Central Authority in South India. Oxford: Clarendon, 1965.
Accession Number: 409417
This political history of the Guntur district looks at how localizing and centralizing forces
collided and collaborated during the colonial era. Frykenberg refers to a controversy in which
local Hindus accused a colonial district collector for supporting missionary activities.
Frykenberg, Robert Eric. History of Christianity in India: From Beginnings to the Present.
New York: OUP, 2008.
Accession Number: 192049998
This volume includes a brief analysis of Madiga conversions to Christianity in Ongole.
George, Aaron Bhoompag. The History of Mennonite Brethren Church A.P., India, 1889–
1989. Governing Council of the Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church, 1990.
Accession Number: 24180585
Location: UTC
This dissertation-turned-book analyzes the history of Mennonite churches in Telangana.
George is a Telugu Mennonite from Shamshabad.
Gibbs, Mildred E. The Anglican Church in India, 1600–1970. New Delhi: ISPCK, 1972.
Accession Number: 790166
Location: UTC
In this survey of Indian Christian communities of Anglican heritage, Gibbs makes numerous
references to the Telugu Christians in Vishakapatnam, Machilipatnam, and Kadapa.
Giesbrecht, Herbert. The Mennonite Brethren Church: A Bibliographic Guide. Fresno: Board
of Christian Literature of the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, 1983.
Accession Number: 9660254
Location: MBCBC
This is a bibliographical guide to the history of Mennonite churches around the world. It is a
helpful tool for the study of Mennonite communities in Telangana.
Gledstone, Frederick F. The CMS Telugu Mission: Being a Short Account of the Hundred
Years 1841–1941. Mysore: WMP, 1941.
Accession Number: 55748632
Location: UTC
Gledstone provides a short history of the CMS work in Andhra Pradesh.
Gledstone, Frederick F. South India. London: SPCK, 1930.
Accession Number: 39446735
This brief history of Anglican communities in Dornakal and Nandyal dates the Protestant
Christianity among the Telugus to 1616. Gledstone was an SPG missionary in Dornakal
diocese.
Gledstone, Frederick F. The Story of the Masulipatnam Cyclone of 1864 and Some Early
Records of the Telugu Church. Masulipatnam: Dove Press, 1948.
Gledstone documents stories about Telugu Christians in Machilipatnam.
Goffin, Herbert James. At Grips: Talks with the Telugus of South India. London: LMS, 1913.
Accession Number: 33300613
Location: UTC
Goffin, a LMS missionary in Vizianagaram, Kadiri, and Kadapa, compiled his imagined
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.
Pratt, Joseph James. Outside the City: An Indian Village Ministry. London: Edinburgh House
Press, 1967.
Accession Number: 11231641
Location: UTC
This is an illuminating analysis of the life and witness of rural congregations in Andhra
Pradesh.
Price, Frederick B., ed. India Mission Jubilee of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Southern Asia. Calcutta: Methodist Publishing House, 1907.
Accession Number: 5069936
Location: SC
This book includes histories of Methodist institutions in Telangana.
Pulidindi, Solomon Raj. A Christian Folk-Religion in India: A Study of the Small Church
Movement in Andhra Pradesh, with Special Reference to the Bible Mission of Devadas. New
York: Peter Lang, 1982.
Accession Number: 13152448
This dissertation-turned-book analyzes the history and theology of the Bible Mission
founded by Mungamuri Devadas. The author, a theologian and artist, resides in Vijayawada.
Pulidindi, Solomon Raj. The New Wine-Skin: The Story of the Indigenous Missions in
Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Delhi: ISPCK, 2003.
Accession Number: 56096410
Location: BBC, UTC
This book provides statistical and analytical data on the indigenous Christian communities
that emerged after the colonial era.
Raj, Antony Y. Social Impact of Conversion: A Comparative Sociological Study on the
Christians of Scheduled Caste Origins and Scheduled Caste Hindus. Delhi: ISPCK, 2001.
Accession Number: 48544446
Raj, in his dissertation-turned-book, assesses the impact of conversion to Christianity on the
social status of Dalits in Kadapa.
Rajpramukh, K. E. Dalit Christians of Andhra: Under the Impact of Missionaries. New
Delhi: Serials Publications, 2008.
Accession Number: 199427794
This is a brief history of Telugu Dalit Christians, especially those from Lutheran
background.
Ramachandra Rao, D. S. Dhannavada Anantam: 1850–1949 AD. Calcutta: YMCA Publishing
House, 1950.
Accession Number: 1306640
Location: SIBS
This is a biography of a Telugu Christian from Machilipatnam. Anantam was an Anglican
priest.
Ramakrishna, V. Social Reform in Andhra: 1848–1919. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House,
1983.
Accession Number: 11556196
Considering the lifetime of Kandukuri Viresalingam as the era of Telugu cultural and social
renaissance, Ramakrishna narrates how Protestant missionaries contributed to the social
change in Andhra.
Randall, Ian M., and Anthony R. Cross. Baptists and Mission: Papers from the Fourth
International Conference on Baptist Studies. Keynes: Paternoster, 2007.
Accession Number: 228441826
This is a collection of essays presented at the Fourth International Conference on Baptist
Studies held in July 2006 at Acadia University, Wolfville, Canada. The volume includes Paul
Harris’s essay on the Madiga conversions in Ongole.
Ranson, Charles W. The Christian Minister in India: His Vocation and His Training—A
Study Based on a Survey of Theological Education Conducted by the National Christian
Council. Madras: CLS, 1945.
Accession Number: 4329240
Location: ACC
Ranson, an Irish Methodist educational missionary in India, makes occasional references to
the theological education in Andhra Pradesh.
Rathnaiah, K. Social Change among Malas: An Ex-untouchable Caste in South India. New
Delhi: Discovery Publishing House, 1991.
Accession Number: 26503700
 This dissertation-turned-book analyzes the impact of religious conversions on a Mala
community in Chittoor.
Ratnam, John T. Church Growth in Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad: Christian Dynamics of India,
n.d.
Location: UTC, BBC
Ratnam, a Lutheran minister, describes the beginnings of Protestant Christianity in Andhra
Pradesh.
Rauschenbusch-Clough, Emma. John Clough, Missionary to the Telugus of South India: A
Sketch. Boston: ABMU, 1902.
Accession Number: 44778874
This biography of John Clough was written by his wife, who claimed to have recorded
Clough’s autobiography as he narrated it.
Rauschenbusch-Clough, Emma. While Sewing Sandals: Tales of a Telugu Pariah Tribe. New
York: Fleming H. Revell, 1899.
Accession Number: 6607749
Location: UTC
Rauschenbusch-Clough, a Baptist missionary in Ongole and a feminist historian, narrates a
cultural history of the Madiga community in south coastal Andhra. She earlier served in
Chennai and moved to Ongole in 1884. Rauschenbusch-Clough, sister of Walter
Rauschenbusch, married John Everett Clough in 1894 and continued with missionary work
until their retirement in 1906. Rauschenbusch-Clough remained in Ongole until 1910. She
interviewed several Madigas in and around Ongole for this ethnography.
Ravela, Joseph. Bhakti Theology of Purushottam Choudari. Chennai: CLS, 2004.
Accession Number: 65517210
Location: ACTC
In this thesis-turned-book, Ravela, a professor at ACTC, Hyderabad, examines the
confluence of Bhakti tradition with Christian faith in the writings of Purushottam Choudari.
Rayi, Ratna Sundara Rao. Bhakti Theology in the Telugu Hymnal. Madras: CLS, 1983.
Accession Number: 10453651
This dissertation-turned-book analyzes the influences of Bhakti tradition on Telugu Christian
piety. The author, a Telugu Christian, taught theology at Gurukul Lutheran Theological College,
Chennai.
Rehmer, R. F., ed. Sheep without Shepherds: Letters of Two Lutheran Traveling
Missionaries, 1835–1837. Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 1975.
Accession Number: 11808521
This is a compilation of letters of Christian Heyer, a pioneer American Lutheran missionary
in Andhra, and Ezra Keller, a missionary and founder of Trinity Lutheran Seminary, USA.
Richard, Herbert L. Exploring the Depths of the Mystery of Christ: K. Subbarao’s Eclectic
Praxis of Hindu Discipleship to Jesus. Bangalore: Centre for Contemporary Christianity,
2005.
Accession Number: 61060977
Based on Subba Rao’s songs, poems, and speeches, Richard, in this thesis-turned-book,
analyzes the impact of Advaitic philosophy on his theology. The book also includes English
renderings of Rao’s songs.
Ritcher, Julius. A History of Missions in India. Translated by Sydney H. Moore. Edinburgh:
Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, 1908.
Accession Number: 3768174
Location: ACTC
In this comprehensive survey of missionary activities of Protestants and Catholics, Ritcher
refers to the existence of small Catholic communities in Hyderabad, Machilipatnam,
Srikakulam, and Bheemunipatnam by the end of the seventeenth century. There are several
references to the work of Protestant missionaries from England, Germany, and Canada in the
nineteenth century. This book was published simultaneously by Fleming H. Revell of New
York.
Robert, James G. How Christianity Strikes Roots: A Narrative on the Baptist Beginnings in
Andhra Pradesh, India. Moosapet: Holy Heights Winsone Baptist Church, 1978.
Location: ACTC
Robert describes the expansion of Baptist communities in coastal Andhra.
Rosem, Lal. Brother Bakht Singh. Delhi: ISPCK, 2002.
Accession Number: 74138505
This is a biography of Bakth Singh, founder of the Hebron movement. Singh ministered in
Hyderabad from 1950 until his death in 2000.
Rowdon, Harold H. The Origins of the Brethren, 1825–1850. London: Pickering and Inglis,
1967.
Accession Number: 459863
Rowden makes scattered references to the beginnings of Brethren tradition in Andhra and
Rayalaseema.
Rowe, Adam D. Every-day Life in India: Illustrated from Original Photographs. New York:
American Tract Society, 1881.
Accession Number: 2805543
This is a portrait of Telugu culture by an American Lutheran missionary. Rowe served in
Guntur between 1874 and 1882.
Rowe, Adam D. Talks about India with Boys and Girls. Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication
Society, 1877.
Accession Number: 26813651
It is written as a Sunday-school textbook for a juvenile audience. It provides a window into
the Telugu culture.
Rowe, Adam D. Talks about Mission Work in India with Boys and Girls. Philadelphia:
Lutheran Publication Society, 1877.
Accession Number: 5260023
Rowe offers clues on Telugu culture of the late nineteenth century.
Rowe, David Johnson, and Korabandi Azariah. Something Small for God: The Story of FOCI,
Friends of Christ in India. Khammam: Prabodha Book Center, 1992.
Accession Number: 233535543
The book describes a missionary initiative by a Telugu Christian community in Khammam.
Sackett, Frank Colyer. From Poshanna to Christ. London: WMMS, n.d.
Accession Number: 55752165
This is a short biography of a Telugu Christian.
Sackett, Frank Colyer. Out of the Miry Clay: The Story of the Haidarabad Mission to the
Outcastes. London: WMMS, 1924.
Accession Number: 62368133
Location: UTC
This is a brief sketch of Wesleyan Methodist communities in Telangana during the colonial
era. Sackett served in Hyderabad from 1901 until 1945.
Sackett, Frank Colyer. Posnett of Medak. London: Cargate, 1951.
Accession Number: 2109789
Location: SC
This is a biography of a British Methodist missionary in Telangana.
Sackett, Frank Colyer. Vision and Venture: A Record of Fifty Years in Hyderabad, 1879–
1929. London: Cargate Press, 1931.
Accession Number: 2337903
Location: SC
Sackett provides a historical account of Wesleyan Methodist missionary initiatives in
Telangana.
Sackett, Frank Colyer. A Visit to Dichpali. Mysore: WMP, 1935.
Accession Number: 54561036
This is a record of a British Methodist missionary’s encounters with Telugus in Telangana.
Sadtler, Katherine Sarah. Our India Mission. Baltimore: Woman’s Home and Foreign Mission
Society, 1897.
Accession Number: 55651541
This book recounts missionary activities of American Lutheran women missionaries among
the Telugu women. Sadtler served as a missionary between 1890 and 1902.
Samuel, P. M. Autobiography of Apostle P. M. Samuel D.D. Vijayawada: Zion Printing House,
1980.
Location: SAIACS
This is a brief autobiography of one of the founders of the Indian Pentecostal Church.
Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth Munson, ed. A Manual of the Missions of the Reformed (Dutch)
Church in America. New York: Board of Publication of the Reformed Church in America,
1877.
Accession Number: 7398127
Sangster includes Jared W. Scudder’s essay on the activities of the Arcot Mission, Chittoor,
Palamaneru, and Madanapalli. Scudder served as a medical missionary between 1855 and
1910.
Sarahamma. Sarahamma: Telugu Bible Woman, Rangoon, Burma. Boston: Woman’s Baptist
Foreign Missionary Society, n.d.
Accession Number: 60328352
This is a short autobiography of a Telugu woman preacher.
Satyanandam, Y. S. Life of W. Howard Campbell, M.A., B.D. Proddutur: privately printed by
the author, 1939.
Location: ACTC
This is a short biography of William Howard Campbell, a Scottish missionary in
Rayalaseema, written by a Telugu Christian.
Satyanandam, Y. S. The Life of the Late Rev. G. H. MacFarlane of Cuddapah. Proddutur:
privately printed by the author, 1936.
Accession Number: 416756741
Location: ACTC
Satyanandam narrates the life of George Hannah MacFarlane, a British missionary in
Kadapa.
Schaefer, Herbert G. My God Is in India. Fort Collins, Colo.: Mission Auxiliary of the
American Lutheran Church, n.d.
Accession Number: 15431342
Schaefer’s parents were Lutheran missionaries in Andhra. He recalls a few of their
experiences with Telugu Christians.
Schmidt, Hans Christian. Catechism on India, Missions in India, and the Telugu Lutheran
Mission of the General Council. Rajahmundry: n.p., 1890.
Accession Number: 41712395
This is a brief survey of Lutheran missionary work in coastal Andhra. Schmidt served in
Andhra between 1870 and 1908.
Schmitthenner, Peter L. Telugu Resurgence: C. P. Brown and Cultural Consolidation in
Nineteenth-Century South India. New Delhi: Manohar, 2001.
Accession Number: 47208161
 This dissertation-turned-book analyzes the contributions of C. P. Brown to the Telugu
language. Schmitthenner, on the faculty of Virginia Tech University, was born in Andhra to
missionary parents.
Schmitthenner, Samuel. The Diary of Rev. Dr. John Aberly: The India Years 1889 to 1923.
Bolivar, Mo.: Quiet Waters Publications, 2005.
Schmitthenner compiled the diary entries of Aberly, who was a professor at ACC, Guntur.
Schmitthenner, Samuel. Ramblings with Ruth. Bolivar, Mo.: Quiet Waters Publications, 2004.
Accession Number: 71142935
This autobiography of Schmitthenner, an American Lutheran missionary in coastal Andhra,
relates his life among the Telugu Lutherans. Schmitthenner served in Andhra from 1951 until
1991 as a missionary, pastor, teacher, and president of the AELC. He was born in Andhra in
1928 to missionary parents.
Schugren, Eric Olof. Seen and Heard in India. Chicago: Conference Press, 1935.
Accession Number: 5326032
Schugren makes several references to the missionary activities in Hyderabad and
Secunderabad in his chapter on Madras. He has a chapter each on regions such as Kanpur,
Delhi, and Mumbai. Schugren served in the Telangana region in the late nineteenth century.
Scott, A. A. Beacon Lights: A Sketch of the Origin and the Development of Our Mission
Stations in India and the Missionary Personnel. Toronto: CBFMB, 1938.
Accession Number: 181822618
Scott provides a brief history of each region in the coastal districts where Canadian Baptist
missionaries were active. Each chapter starts with a short description of the place and then
narrates activities of the missionaries who worked in it. The book ends with a short
biographical note of each Canadian Baptist missionary.
Scott, Jefferson Elsworth. History of Fifty Years: Comprising the Origin, Establishment,
Progress, and Expansion of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Southern Asia. Madras:
Jubilee Managing Committee of Methodist Episcopal Press, 1906.
Accession Number: 5192370
Location: SC, UTC
This book traces the beginnings of Methodist Episcopal communities in Telangana.
Scudder, Jared Waterbury. Historical Sketch of the Arcot Mission of the Reformed Church in
America. Madras: Scottish Press, 1879.
Accession Number: 44045457
Jared Scudder recorded the beginnings of the missionary activities in Chittoor, Palamaneru,
and Madanapalli.
Seamands, John Thomas. Pioneers of the Younger Churches. Nashville: Abingdon Press,
1967.
Accession Number: 2005144
 Location: UTC
Seamands, an American Methodist missionary in Telangana between 1940 and 1960,
includes a chapter on the Christian community in Dornakal.
Sebastian, Joe S. The Jesuit Carnatic Mission: The Foundation of Andhra Church.
Secunderabad: Jesuit Province Society, 2004.
Accession Number: 297212592
Location: SJRS
This dissertation-turned-book traces the beginnings of Catholic communities in Andhra
Pradesh. Sebastian analyzes the growth of the Catholic community in the eighteenth century.
Seebach, Margaret R. A Century in India, 1942–1942. Philadelphia: Women’s Missionary
Society of the United Lutheran Church in America, 1942.
Accession Number: 43573075
This is a short summary of American Lutheran activities in the coastal districts of Andhra,
highlighting landmarks in their missionary activities. Seebach traces the origins of many
Lutheran institutions in Andhra. The book has many helpful statistics, graphs, and illustrations.
Shenston, Thomas Strahan. Teloogoo Mission Scrap Book. Brantford: Expositor Book and
Jobs Office, 1888.
Accession Number: 38446022
Location: ACTC
Shenston, a mission bureaucrat from Canada, compiled excerpts from letters and reports of
American and Canadian Baptist missionaries written between 1835 and 1887 about their
experiences in coastal Andhra. He provides data on the total expenses for each year after every
clipping.
Sherring et al., eds. History of Christianity in India with Its Prospects: A Sketch. Madras:
CLS, 1895.
Accession Number: 12870162
Location: ACC, ACTC, BC, UTC
In this comprehensive history of Christian missions in the Indian subcontinent, the authors
make several scattered references to the beginnings of Christianity in Andhra Pradesh.
Shiri, Godwin. The Plight of Christian Dalits: A South Indian Case Study. Bangalore: ATC,
1997.
Accession Number: 39138814
Shiri, a Kannadiga Christian and director of the Christian Institute for the Study of Religion
and Society, makes an insightful social analysis of Dalit Christian communities in the Kurnool
district and their socioeconomic status.
Simon, K. B. The Andhra Churches. Bezwada: privately printed by the author, 1942.
Accession Number: 499990207
Location: UTC
 This is a brief but comprehensive history of Christianity in Andhra.
Singh, Bakht. How I Got Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory. Bombay: Gospel Literature
Service, 1940.
Accession Number: 66744665
This is a conversion narrative of Bakht Singh, founder of the Hebron movement.
Singh, Maina Chawla. Gender, Religion, and “Heathen Lands”: American Missionary
Women in South Asia, 1860s–1940s. New York: Garland, 2000.
Accession Number: 42736230
In her postcolonial rendering of the educational activities of Protestant missionaries in India,
Singh provides a brief analysis of Anna Kugler and her medical ministries in Guntur.
Singmaster, Elsie. The Story of Lutheran Missions. Columbia, S.C.: Co-operative Literature
Committee of Women’s Missionary Societies, 1917.
Accession Number: 2845173
In her chapter on Lutheran missions in India, Singmaster refers to the origins of Lutheran
communities in Andhra.
Sinha, Sandeep. Preach and Heal: A History of the Missionaries in India. Kolkota: Readers
Services, 2008.
Accession Number: 226389725
This book has a chapter on Telugu Baptist women. Sinha teaches history at Serampore
College.
Smith, Daniel. Bakht Singh of India: A Prophet of God. Washington: International Student
Press, 1959.
Accession Number: 2713941
Smith, an American admirer of Singh, traces the beginnings of the Hebron movement,
Hyderabad.
Smith, George. Henry Martin: Saint and Scholar, First Modern Missionary to the
Mohammedans, 1781–1812. London: Religious Tract Society, 1892.
Accession Number: 2751400
Location: ACTC
Smith refers to Christian-Muslim relationships during the colonial era and to the founding of
the Henry Martin Institute in Hyderabad.
Smith, Lucius Edwin. Heroes and Martyrs of the Modern Missionary Enterprise. Providence,
R.I.: privately published by O. W. Potter, 1858.
Accession Number: 7111101
Smith includes an essay on the beginnings of Christianity in Machilipatnam. He lists Robert
Noble of the CMS as one of his heroes.
Smith, Samuel Francis. The Lone Star. Boston: ABMU and the Women’s Baptist Foreign
Missionary Society, 1908.
Accession Number: 44117642
Smith describes the beginnings of Baptist communities in and around Nellore and Ongole.
Solomon, M. A. Joy for Mourning: Life and Ministry of Daniel F. Bergthold, Missionary to
India. Mahabubnagar: Prasanna Printing Works, 1980.
Accession Number: 13687016
Bergthold was a Mennonite missionary in Telangana between 1904 and 1946. He served
most of his time at Nagarkurnool and Shamshabad. Solomon is a Telugu Mennonite.
Stanton, William Arthur. The Awakening of India: Forty Years among the Telugus. Portland:
Falmouth Publishing House, 1950.
Accession Number: 3197421
Location: ACTC
Stanton, an American Baptist missionary, narrates his missionary encounters with Madigas
in Kurnool. He served in Andhra for forty years beginning in 1892.
Stanton, William Arthur. Out of the East: India’s Search for God. New York: Fleming H.
Revell, 1938.
Accession Number: 3979951
Besides studying the lives of selected Marathi and Bengali Brahmin converts to Christianity,
Stanton analyzes the mass conversion of Dalits and Sudhras in the Telugu country.
Stewart, Walter Sinclair. Later Baptist Missionaries and Pioneers. Vol. 1. Philadelphia:
Judson Press, 1928.
Accession Number: 2276468
In this collection of biographies, Stewart includes biographical sketches of American
Baptist missionaries in Andhra.
Stillwell, Harry E. Beacon Lights: A Sketch of the Origin and the Development of Our
Mission Stations in India and the Missionary Personnel. Toronto: CBFMB, 1938.
Accession Number: 181822618
Stillwell introduces the beginnings of Baptist communities in north coastal Andhra.
Stirling, Lilla. In the Vanguard: Nova Scotia Women, Mid-twentieth Century. Windsor, N.S.:
Lancelot Press, 1976.
Accession Number: 2695394
In this biographical directory, Stirling includes a section on the Tuni Woman’s Seminary and
its founder, Winnifred Eaton.
Stock, Eugene. The History of the Church Missionary Society: Its Environment, Its Men, and
Its Work. Vol. 3. London: Church Missionary Society, 1899.
Accession Number: 3136331
Stock describes CMS work among the Koya community in the nineteenth century.
Stunt, W. T., et al., eds. Turning the World Upside Down: A Century of Missionary
Endeavour. Bath: Echoes of Service, 1972.
Accession Number: 750493
Besides memorializing the activities of the Plymouth Brethren missionaries in Asia and
Africa, the book traces the beginnings of Brethren communities in the Godavari delta region in
its first section. It mostly covers the missionary activities of Brethren missionaries from 1836
until early 1930s.
Subba Rao, V. V. William Golding: A Study. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1987.
Accession Number: 20394122
This dissertation-turned-book analyzes the life of an evangelical-minded colonial official in
the Krishna district.
Suderman, Anna. Memoirs of Anna Suderman. Fresno: Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies,
1983.
Location: MBCBC
This is an autobiography of a Mennonite woman missionary. Suderman was one of the
earliest missionaries in Telangana. She arrived in the region in 1899 and served until her
retirement in 1946.
Sumitra, H. The First Ten Years of the Rayalaseema Diocese (Church of South India) 1947–
1957. Gooty: High School Press, n.d.
Location: UTC
A brief history of the CSI Rayalaseema diocese.
Sumrall, Lester Frank. Pioneers of Faith. Tulsa, Okla.: Harrison House, 1995.
Accession Number: 34836775
Sumrall, an American popular preacher, includes a short biography of Lam Jeevaratnam, a
pioneer of Pentecostalism in Andhra.
Sundkler, Bengt. Church of South India: The Movement towards Union 1900–1947. London:
Lutterworth Press, 1954.
Accession Number: 2923381
Sundkler provides a comprehensive history of the union negotiations.
Swanson, Swan Hjalmar. Foundations for Tomorrow: A Century of Progress in Augustana
World Missions. Minneapolis: Board of World Missions of Augustana Lutheran Church, 1960.
Accession Number: 3049685
Swanson recounts the missionary activities of Augustana Lutheran missionaries in the
Godavari districts.
Swanson, Swan Hjalmar. Three Missionary Pioneers and Some Who Followed Them. Rock
Island, Ill.: Augustana Book Concern, 1945.
Accession Number: 3838051
Swanson records the beginnings of Lutheran communities in and around Rajahmundry. The
book has a brief biography of Carlson, one of the Augustana Lutheran missionaries who served
at Samalkot.
Swavely, Clarence Hess. Biographical Record of the Pastors, Missionaries, and Prominent
Laymen of the United Lutheran Church Mission and the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran
Church. Board of Publication of the Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India,
1938.
Accession Number: 23477878
Location: ACTC, ACC
Swavely, an American Lutheran missionary, provides brief biographical sketches of native
Lutheran clergy, Bible women, and American missionaries in Andhra. Swavely served in
Andhra beginning in 1922.
Swavely, Clarence Hess. The Life and Letters of the Rev. J.C.F. Heyer M.D. Guntur: n.p.,
1941.
Accession Number: 37624431
Location: ACTC
This is a biography of an American Lutheran missionary in Andhra.
Swavely, Clarence Hess, ed. The Lutheran Enterprise in India 1706–1952. Madras:
Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India, 1952.
Accession Number: 9566947
Location: UTC
This thesis-turned-book evaluates Lutheran missionary initiatives in Andhra. Swavely
surveyed the history of Lutheran missions in the subcontinent from the Tranquebar mission of
the early eighteenth century to American Lutheran work in the coastal districts of Andhra
Pradesh.
Swavely, Clarence Hess. Mission to Church in Andhra Pradesh, India 1942–1962. New
York: BFMULCA, 1962.
Accession Number: 4841217
Location: UTC
Swavely describes the process of devolution of administrative powers in AELC.
Swavely, Clarence Hess., ed. One Hundred Years in the Andhra Country: A History of the
India Mission of the United Lutheran Church in America. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1942.
Accession Number: 4677758
Location: UTC
This book has institutional histories of Lutheran schools and hospitals in Andhra.
Tatford, Frederick A. A. N. Groves: The Father of Faith Missions. Bath: Echoes of Service,
1979.
Accession Number: 16540485
This is a short biography of a pioneering Brethren missionary in the Rayalaseema region.
Groves served between 1836 and 1853.
Tatford, Frederick A. The Challenge of India. That the World May Believe. Vol. 5. Bath:
Echoes of Service Publications, 1984.
Accession Number: 17915866
Tatford refers to the Brethren communities in the Godavari districts.
Thanugundla, Solomon. Structures of the Church in Andhra Pradesh: An
Historico-Juridical Study. Secunderabad: Karuna Sri Printers, 1977.
Accession Number: 43688706
This dissertation-turned-book offers a comprehensive history of the Catholic Church in
Andhra Pradesh between the late sixteenth century and the 1970s. Thanugundla Solomon is a
monsignor in the archdiocese of Hyderabad.
Tharappel, Mani. Breaking the Barriers: Memoirs. Bangalore: S.F.S. Publications, 1987.
Accession Number: 85843552
This is an autobiography of a Catholic missionary.
Thoburn, James M. The Christian Conquest of India. New York: Eaton and Mains, 1906.
Accession Number: 6100458
Location: SAIACS
Thompson narrates the story of Methodist communities in Telangana. James Thoburn was an
American Methodist missionary, who eventually became a Bishop of MECSA.
Thoburn, T. M. India and Malaysia. Cincinnati: Cranston and Curts, 1893.
Accession Number: 2587872
Location: UTC
Thoburn traces the beginnings of Methodist communities in Telangana.
Thompson, Edger Wesley. The Call of India: A Study in Conditions, Methods, and
Opportunities of Missionary Work among Hindu. London: WMMS, 1912.
Accession Number: 4058807
Location: UTC
Thompson, a British Methodist missionary in Hyderabad from 1894 until his retirement in
1919, analyzes the missionary methods and prospects in Telangana. This book provides
several clues on the social status and religious conditions of Wesleyan Methodist communities
in the region.
Thompson, Edgar Wesley. The Church, Catholic and Free: Reflection of a Methodist upon
the South Indian Scheme. London: Epworth Press, 1944.
Accession Number: 1581001
Thompson offers his thoughts on the union negotiations that resulted in the birth of the CSI,
providing a look at the participation of missionaries and native Christians.
Thompson, Henry P. Into All Lands: The History of the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1701–1950. London: SPCK, 1951.
Accession Number: 2377294
Location: UTC
Thompson, in this comprehensive survey of missionary activities of the SPG, makes
numerous references to the beginnings of Anglican tradition in Andhra Pradesh.
Thompson, Ralph W. Memoir of Dr. John Wardlaw. n.p., 1872.
Accession Number: 416756779
This is a brief biography of John Smith Wardlaw, a LMS missionary in Vishakapatnam
between 1855 and 1858. Thompson, grandson of John Wardlaw, was born to missionary
parents in Bellary and eventually served as LMS foreign secretary.
Thomssen, George M., ed. History of the American Baptist Telugu Mission for the Year 1904:
Being the Sixty-ninth Year of the Mission. Cuttack: Orissa Mission Press, 1905.
Accession Number: 37239799
Location: ACTC
Thomssen includes brief institutional histories of Baptist schools and hospitals in the south
coastal districts.
Thyagaraju, A. F. Subba Rao: The Man and His Message—A Personal Assessment.
Machilipatnam: n.p., 1971.
Accession Number: 320464528
Thyagaraju, an admirer of Subba Rao, recounts the life and thought of Kalagara Subba Rao.
Tilsley, Colin B. Through the Furnace: A Testimony of God’s Keeping Power through
Adversity. Sydney: Outreach Book Service, 1979.
Accession Number: 27610647
Tilsley, who was born in Andhra to missionary parents, makes brief references to Plymouth
Brethren activities in the West Godavari district.
Timpany, Clarke L. A Nation in Training. Madras: CLS, 1965.
Accession Number: 31152222
Timpany, in his assessment of theological education in India, describes the religious
education in Andhra. Timpany was a Canadian Baptist missionary in Peddapuram and
Samalkot in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Timpany, Dorothy E. Love Affair with India. privately printed by the author, 1993.
Accession Number: 27217418
This is an autobiography of a Canadian Baptist medical missionary. Timpany, daughter of
Clarke Timpany, was born in Peddapuram. She returned to Andhra after her education in
Canada and served beginning in 1938.
Toews, John A. A History of the Mennonite Brethren Church: Pilgrims and Pioneers.
Fresno: Board of Christian Literature of the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren
Churches, 1975.
 Accession Number: 1527338
Location: MBCBC
Toews, a Canadian Mennonite historian, provides biographical records of American
Mennonite missionaries in Andhra.
Toews, Rosella. India: Building the Dispensary at Nagarkurnool Station, Mennonite
Brethren Mission, Hyderabad, Deccan, India. Hillsboro: BMBFM, 1952.
Accession Number: 48369166
This book by a Mennonite missionary in Nagarkurnool in the 1950s documents the medical
ministries of the Mennonite missionaries in Telangana.
Torbet, Robert George. Venture of Faith: The Story of the American Baptist Foreign Mission
Society and the Woman’s American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1814–1954.
Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1955.
Accession Number: 1625359
Location: ACTC
Torbet, an American Baptist historian, narrates the story of the missionary initiatives of
American Baptist women missionaries in the south coastal districts.
Torgersen, Gordon M. A Ten-Talent Christian from India: The Story of Yellapragada
Subbarow. New York: American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1952.
Accession Number: 54391743
This is a short biography of a Telugu Christian who contributed to the treatment of cancer.
Torriani, Carlo. History of PIME in Andhra. Eluru: PIME Publications, 2005.
Torriani, a missionary of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, has been serving in India
from 1969. He is based in Mumbai. Although the book aims to provide a comprehensive
history of PIME activities in Andhra, it has detailed chapters on Catholic communities in
Rayalaseema and Telangana.
Trabert, George Henry. Historical Sketch of the Mission of the General Council of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church among the Telugus of India. Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rodgers
Printing, 1890.
Accession Number: 7075500
Location: ACTC
Trabert, an American Lutheran minister in Minneapolis in the early decades of the twentieth
century, traces the origins and growth of Lutheran communities in coastal Andhra. He accounts
for the beginnings of the missionary activities of the German Lutherans, Augustana Lutherans,
and Lutherans from Philadelphia in and around Guntur and Rajahmundry.
Tucker, Ruth A. Guardians of the Great Commission: The Story of Women in Modern
Missions. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1988.
Accession Number: 18068928
Tucker includes a section on Bathineni V. Subbamma and the Ashram movement.
Tucker, Ruth A., and Walter L. Liefeld. Daughters of the Church: Women and Ministry from
New Testament Times to the Present. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1987.
Accession Number: 15283631
This comprehensive but quick survey of women in ministry of the church makes cursory
references to the work of Telugu Biblewomen.
Unruh, A. A. The Ministry in the Mennonite Brethren Churches of India. Mahabubnagar:
American Mennonite Brethren Mission Press, 1964.
Location: MBCBC
Unruh narrates the history of the Mennonite tradition in Telangana.
Van Doren, Alice Boucher. Survey of Christian High Schools in the Madras, Mysore, and
Andhra Areas. Madras: P&P House, 1935.
Accession Number: 79763104
Van Doren, an educational missionary at Women’s Christian College, Chennai, in the first
half of the twentieth century, examines the contributions of selected Christian educational
institutions to the South Indian communities.
Van Hoeven, James W. Piety and Patriotism: Bicentennial Studies of Reformed Church of
America, 1776–1976. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976.
Accession Number: 2402234
Van Hoeven, a Reformed minister from the United States, surveys the missionary activities
of the Reformed Church in America. The book has several references to the Chittoor Female
Seminary.
Varghese, Alexander P. India: History, Religion, Vision, and Contribution to the World. Vol.
1 New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2008.
Accession Number: 294942179
Varghese makes brief references to the origins and present state of Catholic Christianity in
Andhra Pradesh.
Vasanthakumar, S. Burnt Offering: Life and Ministry of Rt. Rev. Ananda Rao Samuel.
Bangalore: Bangalore Collectives, 1989.
Location: UTC
This is a biography of Bishop Samuel of Krishna-Godavari diocese. Vasanthakumar is the
bishop of Central Karnataka diocese of CSI.
Vasantharao, Chilikuri. Jathara: A Festival of Christian Witness. Delhi: ISPCK, 1997.
Accession Number: 299028522
The author, a professor at ACTC, Hyderabad, analyzes the popular religiosity of Telugu
Christians.
Victor, Vinod, ed. Ecumenism, Prospects, and Challenges: A Festschrift to the Rev. G.
Dyvasirvadam. Delhi: ISPCK, 2001.
Accession Number: 49642353
 This volume includes essays about Bishop Dyvasirvadam of Krishna-Godavari diocese of
CSI.
Vishwanathji, Brahmachari. A Survey of Christian Missionary Activities in Andhra Pradesh.
Bombay: Brahmachari Vishwanathji Masurashram, 1975.
Accession Number: 39873687
Vishwanathiji provides a critical evaluation of missionaries’ initiatives in Andhra Pradesh.
Voth, John Heinrich. A Brief Sketch of the Work Done by the American Mennonite Brethren
Mission at Devarakonda, Nalgonda District, Deccan, India, from 1910 to 1925.
Secunderabad: Moses, 1925.
Accession Number: 13353894
Voth, a missionary in Telangana for thirty-four years, records the missionary initiatives of
Mennonite missionaries in the region.
Voth, John Heinrich. Twenty-Five Years at the “Hills of the Gods”: Devarakonda, Deccan,
India. privately printed by the author, 1934.
Accession Number: 13178098
This is an updated rendering of A Brief Sketch.
Walker, Gary, and Ron Robbins. The Forsaken Village: A Study of Rural Churches of Christ
in Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh, South India. Lubbock, Tex.: Sunset Church of Christ,
1974.
Accession Number: 30312952
This book provides an analysis of selected rural congregations in Andhra.
Waller, Edward Harry Mansfield. Church Union in South India: The Story of the
Negotiations. London: SPCK, 1929.
Accession Number: 6056586
Location: ACC, SC
The book provides an insider’s view of the union negotiations. Waller was an Anglican
missionary and served as bishop in the dioceses of Tirunelveli and Madras.
Walpole, Beth. Venture of Faith: A Brief Historical Background of the Church of South
India. Madras: CSI, 1993.
Accession Number: 222525313
Location: SAIACS
Walpole analyzes the history of the union negotiations resulting in the CSI.
Ward, Charles B. Five Years of Faith Work in India, or, A Brief History of the Telugu Faith
Mission, Nizam’s Dominions, India. Bombay: Anglo-Vernacular Press, 1884.
Accession Number: 16625493
This is an autobiography of an American Methodist missionary in Telangana. Ward served
as missionary in Raichur beginning in 1876 and later moved to Hyderabad.
Ward, Charles B. History of Twelve Years’ Work in the Nizam’s Dominions, 1879–1891.
Bombay: Anglo-Vernacular Press, 1893.
Accession Number: 39997265
This booklet is an autobiographical sketch of Charles Ward.
Ward, Charles B. Our Work. Chicago: E. J. Decker, 1894.
Accession Number: 12180948
Ward describes his missionary activities in Telangana.
Warneck, Gustav. Outline of a History of Protestant Missions from the Reformation to the
Present Time: A Contribution to Church History. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1901.
Accession Number: 2787515
Location: ACC
Warneck, a German church historian, surveys the missionary activities of the church in early
modern and modern periods. The second section of the book looks at the modern missionary
movement in various continents. A chapter describes the activities of American and British
missionaries in Andhra Pradesh, especially in Ongole, Kadapa, Machilipatnam, Eluru,
Vijayawada, and Hyderabad.
Warner, Gertrude Leggett, and J. W. Pickett. Moving Millions: The Pageant of Modern India.
Boston: Central Committee on the United Study of Foreign Missions, 1938.
Accession Number: 1944748
Location: SIBS
Warner, married to A. N. Warner, was an American Methodist missionary. She served in the
Marathi-speaking region for more than twenty-eight years. The book includes essays on Dalit
conversions in Andhra.
Waterbury, N. M. Self-Support in the Telugu Church. n.p., 1888.
Accession Number: 433773037
This is the published form of a paper presented at the Jubilee Conference of the American
and Canadian Baptist Telugu Missionaries held in Nellore in 1888.
Webster, John C. B. The Dalit Christians: A History. Delhi: ISPCK, 1992.
Accession Number: 29713382
Location: UTC, SC, ACTC, BBC, MBCBC
Webster, an American historian, analyzes the Madiga conversions in Ongole. Viewing the
Madiga Christians as agents in the conversion movement, Web-
ster demonstrates how the converts appropriated Christian faith to their social aspirations.
Weitbrecht, Mary. The Women of India and the Christian Work in the Zenana. London: James
Nisbet, 1875.
Accession Number: 37352619
Weitbrecht identifies the shift in mission methods from Noble to the zenana missionaries of
the Church of England Zenana Church Missionary Society in Eluru, Vijayawada, and
Machilipatnam.
Wells, J. E. Life and Labors of Robert Alex Fyfe, D.D. Toronto: W. J. Gage, n.d.
Accession Number: 9778750
Location: ACTC
Wells refers to the beginnings of the American and Canadian Baptist missionary enterprise
in coastal Andhra.
Whitehead, Henry. Village Gods of South India. New York: OUP, 1916.
Accession Number: 3385705
This book offers a missionary gaze at Telugu culture. Whitehead served as principal of
Bishop’s College, Calcutta, before becoming the bishop of Madras diocese. He was
instrumental in the creation of the diocese of Dornakal.
Wiebe, Paul D. Christians in Andhra Pradesh: The Mennonites of Mahbubnagar. Madras:
CLS, 1988.
Accession Number: 21196956
Location: MBCBC, UTC, ACTC
This is a social history of the Mennonite community in Mahbubnagar. Wiebe, son of
Mennonite missionaries John and Viola Wiebe, offers clues to the history of Mennonite
communities in Telangana in the Independent India.
Wiebe, Viola B., and Marilyn W. Dodge. Sepia Prints: Memories of a Missionary in India.
Hillsboro: Kindred Press, 1990.
Accession Number: 22219130
Location: MBCBC
This is a memoir of Wiebe, an American Mennonite missionary in Telangana.
Wiles, (Virgie) Charles P. A Pioneer Medical Missionary: Anna S. Kugler, M.D.
Philadelphia: Women’s Missionary Society of the ULCA, n.d.
Accession Number: 55651603
Wiles describes a medical missionary’s interactions with Telugu women in Guntur.
Williams, John Bob. A Study of the Economic Status and Self-Support of the Church of the
Four Protestant Missions in the Andhra Area. Guntur: ACC, 1938.
Accession Number: 212854
Location: UTC
This study guide prepared for the Tambaram Conference describes the socioeconomic status
of four Telugu Christian communities.
Wills, J. J., et al. Towards a United Church, 1913–1947. London: Edinburgh House Press
1947.
Accession Number: 2550428
Location: SC
This is a brief history of the union negotiations leading to the formation of CSI.
Wilson, Jesse Rodman, ed. Men and Women of Far Horizons. New York: Friendship Press,
1935.
Accession Number: 2900921
Location: ACTC
This book has biographical sketches of some missionaries who ministered in Andhra.
Woelk, Heinrich., and Gerhard Woelk. A Wilderness Journey: Glimpses of the Mennonite
Brethren Church in Russia. Fresno: Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, 1982.
Accession Number: 10627214
Location: MBCBC
Woelk makes scattered references to Mennonite missionary initiatives in Andhra.
Wolf, Luther Beniah. After Fifty Years, or An Historical Sketch of the Guntar Mission of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the General Synod in the United States of America.
Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1896.
Accession Number: 2923889
This is a brief introduction to the Lutheran communities in coastal Andhra. Wolf was a
missionary in Andhra from 1883 to 1907.
Wolf, Luther Benaiah, ed. Missionary Heroes of the Lutheran Church. Philadelphia: Lutheran
Publication Society, 1911.
Accession Number: 4559191
Wolf includes biographies of C. F. Heyer, J. H. Harpster, and A. [Link] who served in
Guntur.
Woolly, Davis C. A. Baptist Advance: The Achievements of the Baptists of North America for
a Century and a Half. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1964.
Accession Number: 2514177
Location: ACC
Woolly, former executive secretary of the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist
Convention, surveys American Baptist foreign missionary activities and refers to activities of
American missionaries in Andhra.
Wyckoff, Charlotte C. A Hundred Years with Christ in Arcot: A Brief History of the Arcot
Mission in India of the Reformed Church in America. Madras: Ahura Press, 1953.
Accession Number: 5909544
Wyckoff, a single woman missionary of the Reformed Church, provides a brief history of the
Arcot mission and activities in native Christian communities in Palamaneru, Chittoor, and
Madanapalli. Born in Kodaikanal, Wyckoff studied in the United States and then returned as a
missionary in 1916. She served in Chittoor for twenty-three years in her forty-five-year career.
Wyckoff, Charlotte C. Who Is Who in the Arcot Mission, South India. New York: Reformed
Church in America, n.d.
Accession Number: 12568320
 This is a directory of missionaries and native Christian leaders belonging to the Arcot
mission of the Reformed Church in America.
Wyckoff, John H. Sketch of the Arcot Mission, India. New York: Board of the Reformed
Church in America, 1886.
Accession Number: 37247786
Wyckoff, who served as a Reformed Church missionary in 1874–1886 and 1892–1915,
offers a brief story of the Arcot mission.
Yagati, Chinna Rao. Dalits’ Struggle for Identity: Andhra and Hyderabad, 1900–1950. New
Delhi: Kanishka Publishers, 2003.
Accession Number: 53019393
This is a social history of Dalit Christian communities in Andhra Pradesh.
Yanadi, Raju P. Rayalaseema during Colonial Times: A Study of Indian Nationalism. New
Delhi: Northern Book Centre, 2003.
Accession Number: 53831315
This book analyzes the Christian contributions to the sociopolitical awakening in the
Rayalaseema region.
Zachariah, James. Healing India: Lessons from the Past and a Vision for the Future.
Visakhapatnam: Alpha Press, 2004.
Zachariah, a Malayalee Christian from Visakhapatnam, surveys medical ministries in
Andhra.
Zeman, Jarold K. Costly Vision: The Baptist Pilgrimage in Canada. Burlington: Welch
Publishing, 1988.
Accession Number: 25872723
Zeman refers to the Baptist communities in north coastal Andhra.

Works by Organizations as Author

American Baptist Telugu Mission. The Nellore Station and Field of the American Baptist
Telugu Mission, South India. Madras: American Baptist Telugu Mission, 1922.
Accession Number: 39997285
This is a short history of educational, technical, and medical institutions of the American
Baptist mission in and around Nellore. Each historical sketch is illustrated with a picture.
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. South India: The Telugu Mission. Boston:
ABFMS, 1911.
Accession Number: 54038719
This is a brief history of American Baptist missionary activities in south coastal Andhra.
Arcot Mission of the Reformed Church in America. Arcot Mission of the Reformed Church in
America: Jubilee Commemoration, 1853–1903. Madras: SPCK Press, 1905.
 Accession Number: 28348980
Besides the speeches given at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary, the book includes
histories of each wing of the Arcot mission.
Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Churches in America. Father Heyer:
Pioneer Missionary. Baltimore: BFMULCA, n.d.
Accession Number: 51908379
This booklet provides a biography of Christian Heyer, an American Lutheran missionary in
Andhra.
Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Brief Biographical Sketch of Miss Ellen A.
Folsom, Coconada, India. Toronto: Bureau of Literature, n.d.
This is a short biography of an American woman missionary in Samalkot and Kakinada.
Folsom affiliated with Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec and served between 1883 and
1927.
Church Missionary Society. Telugu Country Mass Movement: South India, 1917. Madras:
SPCK, 1917.
Accession Number: 55752145
This is a report about the Dalit conversions in Andhra Pradesh. There was another report the
following year.
Church Missionary Society. Telugu Mission. London: Wertheim and Macintosh, 1852.
Accession Number: 311810080
This is the story of CMS activities in and around Krishna district.
Church Missionary Society of Australia and Tasmania. CMS in Hyderabad, India: The
Responsibility of the Church Missionary Society of Australia and Tasmania. Sydney: CMS of
Australia and Tasmania, n.d.
Accession Number: 220735450
This book not only describes the missionary activities of Australians in Telangana but also
provides a window on their collaboration with British missionaries in India.
Church of South India. The First Ten Years of the Rayalaseema Diocese (Church of South
India), 1947–1957. Gooty: High School Press, n.d.
Location: UTC
This booklet surveys the history of the Rayalaseema diocese of CSI.
Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America. John H. Lohrenz, ed. Foreign
Missions, India: The American Mennonite Brethren Mission in India, 1898–1948. Hillsboro:
CMBCNA, 1948.
Accession Number: 5013965
Location: MBCBC
This is a history of Mennonite missionary activities in Telangana.
London Missionary Society. Historical Sketch of the Vizagapatam Mission in Connection
with the London Missionary Society, 1805–1866. Vizagapatam: Vizagapatam Mission Press,
1867.
Accession Number: 44438720
This booklet provides a short account of the educational and translation activities of LMS
missionaries in Visakhapatnam. It also accounts for the beginnings of Protestant Christianity in
the districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, and Visakhapatnam.
United Lutheran Church Mission (Palnad Field Workers). Rev. J. Russell Fink: An
Appreciation. Guntur: ULCM Press, 1935.
Accession Number: 28660781
Telugu Christians in Palnadu compiled their encounters with and appreciation of Fink, a
Lutheran missionary in Palnadu. Fink served in Andhra from 1920 to 1945, mostly in
Sattenapalli and Rentichenthala.
Women’s Baptist Foreign Missionary Society. Following the Great Physician. Boston:
Women’s Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, 1927.
Accession Number: 55651547
This booklet provides a theological rationale for the medical work of missionaries.
Women’s Baptist Missionary Union. Telugu Mission: The Story of Julia. Boston: Women’s
Baptist Missionary Union, 1882.
Accession Number: 29710012
This is a short biography of an American Baptist woman missionary.
Woman’s Missionary Society of Augustana Synod. What God Hath Wrought: These Fifty
Years, 1892–1942. Chicago: Woman’s Missionary Society of Augustana Synod, 1942.
Accession Number: 14448454
This survey of foreign missionary activities of Augustana Lutherans includes a brief report
about their work in and around Rajahmundry.
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church. Emmy Evald, ed.
Survey of Thirty-Five Years Activities. Chicago: Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1927.
Accession Number: 36326261
This is the story of Lutheran communities in and around Rajahmundry.

Works by Unknown Authors

A Goodly Heritage: A Record of Missionary Service in Many Lands. Glasgow: Home and
Foreign Missions Office, n.d.
Accession Number: 227361320
This book recounts the missionary activities of the Plymouth Brethren in the Godavari
districts.
A History of the Nalgonda Mission. Diocesan Eucharistic Congress, 1985.
Location: SJRS
This is a history of Catholic communities in Rayalaseema.
Hyderabad District, 1893–1898: Five Years’ Work in Diagram. Bradford: William Bylkes,
1899.
Accession Number: 451857397
This booklet describes the activities of Wesleyan Methodist missionaries in the Telangana
region.
The Last Journal of the Late Augustus Desgranges, Missionary of Vizagapatam: With an
Account of His Death, and a Sketch of His Character. London: J. Dennett Printers, n.d.
Accession Number: 45653548
Part of this booklet was written by Desgranges, one of the two pioneering Protestant
missionaries to have settled in coastal Andhra. He arrived in Visakhapatnam.
Life at Ramapatnam. Vivekananada Press, 1960.
Accession Number: 33021383
This is an institutional history of the Baptist Theological Seminary at Ramapatnam, possibly
written by an American missionary who taught at the seminary.
Lotus Land: An Exhibition of the Church in Action in the Nizam’s Dominions, Held at the
Y.W.C.A. Secunderabad from 1st to 7th November, 1945. Mysore: Wesleyan Mission Press,
1945.
This is a brief pictorial report of an event organized by Wesleyan Methodist missionaries
about their activities in Telangana.
Memorial of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Daniel Murphy, Bishop of Philadelphia, Coadjutor Vicar
Apostolic of Madras, and Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad. London: T. Booker, 1852.
Accession Number: 79931423
Murphy was the earliest pro-vicar of Hyderabad diocese when it was organized in 1845. He
arrived in South India in 1939 and served in Hyderabad until 1864.

BOOKS OR MONOGRAPHS IN TELUGU

Works by Individual Authors

Benjamin, Busamalla. Andhra Pradesh Chraistava Sangha Charitra (A History of the
Church in Andhra Pradesh). Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Christian Council, 1976.
Location: ACTC
This is one of the earliest attempts to write a comprehensive history of Protestant
Christianity in Andhra Pradesh. The book describes the work of several mission societies in
various regions of the state.
Bennett, John G. John Gordon Bennett. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 25.
Edited by E. Prakasam. Madras: CLS, 1948.
Accession Number: 76602384
This is a short work about the life of a Wesleyan Methodist missionary in Telangana.
Carder, William Gordon. Uttara Sircarula Canadian Baptist Mission Charitra:
Shathavarshitoksavam, 1874–1974 (A History of Canadian Baptist Mission in Northern
Circars: Hundredth Anniversary, 1874–1974). Translated by Raja Joseph Jyothi. CBCNC,
1974.
Location: ACTC
This is an institutional history.
Choudari, John. Dasu Antervedi. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 12. Edited by E.
Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1942.
Accession Number: 76593992
This is a brief biography of a Telugu chaplain in the British regiments.
Choudari, John. Josaya Bardar. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 16. Edited by E.
Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1942.
Accession Number: 74696812
This is a biography of Josiah Burder, one of the earliest converts in the Srikakulam area.
Choudari, John. Pulipaka Jagannadham. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 13.
Edited by E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1942.
Accession Number: 74696816
This is a brief biography of a hymn writer from the Godavari districts.
Choudari, John. Thamas Gabriyel. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 18. Edited by
E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1942.
Accession Number: 76591280
This is a brief biography of Taleru Marayya, also named Thomas Gabriel, founder of the
Kolair mission.
David, Mallela. A Sketch of Rev. Edwin Bullard. Nellore: Vysya Press, 1910.
Accession Number: 22568947
This is a biographical account of a Baptist missionary in Kavali.
Devadasu, B. 75 Samvastaramula Klupta Charitra (A Brief History of Seventy-Five Years).
Madras: Literature Committee of the American Lutheran Church Mission, 1941.
This is an institutional history of Lutheran communities in Andhra.
Devender, D. V. Deccanulo Chraistava Kanthi (Christian Light in Deccan). Hyderabad:
privately published by the author, 1979.
Location: ACTC
Devender, a Telugu Christian, relates a history of Protestant churches in the Telangana
region.
Dolbeer, Martin Luther, Jr., and P. J. Subhamani. Andhra Suvisesha Lutheran Sangha
Sanghrahacharitra. Rajahmundry: Sangha Prachuranaupasabha, 1950.
Accession Number: 80881601
Location: ACTC
Dolbeer provides a comprehensive history of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Edgy, Dably I. E. Yesukristu Yokka Nammakamina Sevakudu. Madras: CLS, 1927.
Accession Number: 80845625
This is an autobiography of a woman missionary.
Gledstone, Frederick. Henry Watson Fox. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders. Edited by
E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1940.
Accession Number: 80847494
This is a short biography of a British missionary in Machilipatnam.
Gledstone, Frederick. Kenan Alexandaru. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 21.
Edited by E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, n.d.
Accession Number: 76591307
This is a biography of Canon Alexander, a Protestant missionary.
Gledstone, Frederick. Jankle. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 9. Edited by E.
Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1941.
Accession Number: 76589787
This is a biography of John Clay, a British missionary in the Krishna district.
Gledstone, Frederick. John Goldingahum. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 1.
Edited by E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1941.
Accession Number: 80847496
This is a short biography of a colonial official in Machilipatnam.
Gledstone, Frederick. Pagolu Venkayya. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 17.
Edited by E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1942.
Accession Number: 76591294
This is a brief biography of a Mala Christian from the Krishna district.
Gledstone, Frederick. Purushottam Choudhari. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no.
8. Edited by E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1941.
Accession Number: 76589782
This is a biography of a hymn writer from north coastal Andhra.
Gledstone, Frederick. Sarki Jivita Charitra. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 6.
Edited by E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1941.
Accession Number: 76589768
This is a biography of John Edmund Sharkey, a CMS missionary in the Krishna district.
Gledstone, Frederick. The Story of Robert T. Noble. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders,
no. 2. Edited by E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1941.
Accession Number: 76589754
This is a biography of a pioneer British missionary in Machilipatnam.
Gledstone, Frederick. Thamas Yangu Darlingu. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 3.
Edited by E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1942.
Accession Number: 76589761
This is a brief biography of Thomas Young Darling, a CMS missionary in the Krishna
district.
Gledstone, Frederick. William Howell. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 7. Edited
by E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, n.d.
Accession Number: 76589773
This is a brief biography of a pioneer British missionary in Kadapa.
Gnananandam, T. John E. Davis Yokka Abdutha Charitra: Christu Koraku Kristirogi Ayana
Missionary (An Amazing History of John E. Davis, Who Became a Leper for Christ). privately
published by the author, n.d.
Gnananandam, a Telugu Baptist, provides a biographical sketch of a medical missionary in
Ramachandrapuram.
Gogu, Shyamala. Nallapodhu: Dalita Streela Sahityam (Black Dawn: Dalit Women’s
Literature). Hyderabad: Hyderabad Book Trust, 2003.
Accession Number: 53831234
Gogu, a Telugu scholar, includes brief biographical accounts of several Telugu Christian
women.
Gotwald, L. A. Nelaprolu Paulus. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 22. Edited by
E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1944.
Accession Number: 76591301
Gotwald, a Lutheran missionary, writes this biography of one of the earliest Telugu Lutheran
ministers from Polapalli. Paulus was ordained in 1878 and served the Lutheran Church until
his death in 1897.
Gujjarlamudi, Krupachari. Telugu Sahityaniki Kristavula Seva (Christians’ Contributions to
Telugu Literature). Nagarjunanagar: Nagarjuna University, 1988.
Accession Number: 21761404
This dissertation-turned-book analyzes the contributions of Christians to Telugu literature.
John, Balagari Z. India Mennonite Brethren Sangha Charitra (History of Mennonite Brethren
Church in India). Shamshabad: Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute, 1960.
Accession Number: 18634315
Location: MBCBC
John, a Telugu Mennonite, writes a concise history of Mennonite communities in Telangana.
John, M. B. A Brief Story of the Life of the Late Rev. and Mrs. John H. Voth. Mahabubnagar:
Calvary Mennonite Brethren Church, 1973.
Location: MBCBC
This is a translated biography of the Voths.
Kalagara, Nagendramma. Mamethi Baddhyathe Janthurna Mamethi Vimuchyathe.
Vijayawada: privately printed by Kesavarao Choudary, n.d.
Kalagara, wife of Kalagara Subba Rao, expounds her husband’s theology.
Kalagara, Subba Rao. Aham Bahmasmi (My Self Is Divine). Vijayawada: privately printed by
Kesavarao Choudary, n.d.
This is a theological treatise.
Kalagara, Subba Rao. Yesu Prabhu! Inni Thiragati Rallu Ekkada Dhorikedhi? (Lord Jesus!
How Can There Be So Many Millstones?). Munipalle: privately printed by the author, n.d.
This booklet is a polemic against Western missionaries.
Kalyana Rao, C. H. Antarani Vasantham (Untouchable Spring). Hyderabad: Revolutionary
Writer’s Association, 2001.
Accession Number: 74686354
This is a fictional account based on the Madiga Christian communities in and around
Ongole.
Luka, K. Dornakal Tirunalveli Indian Missionary Sangham: Ebadi Samvasthsaramula
Charitra, 1906–1956 (Church of Dornakal Tirunalveli Mission: History of Fifty Years, 1906–
1956). privately printed by the author, n.d.
Location: UTC
This is a short history of the Christian community in Dornakal Christian communities.
Mangamma, J. Andhradesamulo Kraistava Mishanarila Seva (Contributions of Christian
Missionaries to Andhra). Hyderabad: Telugu Academy, 1992.
Accession Number: 31012703
Mangamma provides a brief history of Christian missions in Andhra Pradesh and evaluates
the impact of Christian missionaries on Telugu society.
Mathew, D. Edward Porter. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 27. Edited by E.
Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1949.
Accession Number: 74696822
This is a biography of a British missionary.
Mathew, D. Joseph Obigadu. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 19. Edited by E.
Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1943.
Accession Number: 76591288
This is a biography of a Telugu Lutheran minister.
Moses, B. R. John E. Clough. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders. Edited by E.
Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1959.
Moses, a Telugu Christian, writes the life of an American Baptist missionary.
Murari, David. A History of the Guntur Mission: A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of
the General Synod’s Mission in India. n.p., 1924.
Murari, a Telugu Lutheran, narrates a short history of Lutheran missionary enterprise in
Andhra.
Murthy, Rayasam Radha Krishna. Nenu-Na Prabhuvu (My Lord and I). Vijayawada: Spandana
Publications, 1988.
This is an autobiography of a Brahmin Christian preacher.
Muthyala, Theophilus. Kenadian Baptist Mission Prathama Sthapakulu (Pioneers of
Canadian Baptist Mission). Kakinada: Jarji Press, 1941.
Accession Number: 80827189
Muthyala, a Telugu Baptist, writes the biographies of early Baptists in the north coastal
Andhra.
Neelam, James R. Neelam Rabartu. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 26. Edited by
E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1949.
Accession Number: 74696819
This is a short biography of a Telugu Christian.
Ogirala, Gabriel. Krishnamandal Canadian Baptist Mission Sunadavatsara Viseshamalu,
1874–1924. Coconada: S.R.P. Works, 1928.
It is a brief institutional history of Baptist churches in the Krishna district.
Paul, R. C. Andhra Kristuvula Charitra (History of Andhra Christians). n.p., 1929.
Location: SJRS
Paul, a Telugu Lutheran, traces the history of Christian communities in Andhra.
Pickett, Waskom J. India Nimna Jati Gunpula Christava Matha Sweekaram (Christian Mass
Conversions in India). Guntur: United Evangelical Lutheran Christian Mission Power Press,
1936.
Location: ACTC
This is an abridged version of Pickett’s earlier book in English.
Prakasam, E. Gidiyan Banyan. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 23. Edited by E.
Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1947.
Accession Number: 74696822
This is a biography of Gideon Bunyan.
Rajarathnam. K. Thota Yosepu Gari Jeevitha Chartira (A Biography of Thota Yoseph).
Guntur: AELC, 1943.
This is a short biography of one of the earliest Telugu Lutheran ministers, ordained in 1878.
Ratnam, John. Lutheran Church. Guntur: Logos Printers and Publishers, 1992.
This is a short history of Lutheran churches in Andhra.
Ravela, Joseph. A History of the Telugu Baptist Churches: American Baptist Telugu Mission.
Hyderabad: privately printed by the author, 2003.
Location: ACTC
This thesis-turned-book is a history of Telugu Baptist churches in south coastal Andhra.
Rolls, H. J. John Winter Batam. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 20. Edited by E.
Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1942.
Accession Number: 76591314
This is a biography of John Winter Botham, a Protestant missionary.
Solomon, Thanugundla. Andhra Srisabha Charitra (History of Andhra Church). St. John’s
Publications, 1978.
Location: SJRS
This is a concise history of Catholic communities in Andhra Pradesh.
Sudharshan, Job. Goppa Sakshi Samuham: Godavari Delta Chraistava Sangha Charitra
(Great Cloud of Witnesses: A History of the Godavari Delta Church). Narsapur: Jeevan Jyothi
Press, 1986.
This is a brief institutional history.
Swavely, Clarence Hess. J. C. F. Heyer. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders, no. 4. Edited
by E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1940.
Accession Number: 76591327
This is a biography of John Heyer, a pioneer American Lutheran missionary in the Guntur
district.
Terala, Satyanarayana Sharma. Vijayanagara Charitram: 1336–1680. Nallagonda: Sankranthi,
2003.
Terala makes scattered references to Christian presence in the Vijayanagara empire.
Veeriah, G. S. Elijabeth J. Wells. CLS Stories of Telugu Church Founders,
no. 24. Edited by E. Prakasam. Madras: Diocesan Press, 1948.
Accession Number: 76591360
This is a short biography of Elizabeth Wells, a Methodist woman missionary in Telangana.
Velpula, Jarli. Telugu Baptist Sanghamula Uttara Samajam Yokka 40 Samavastaramaula
Klupta Chartira (A Brief history of Northern Association of Telugu Baptist Churches: Forty
Years). Chennapuri: Andhrapatrika Publications, 1935.
Accession Number: 80831619
This is an institutional history of Telugu Baptists in south coastal Andhra.
Yesudasu, P. J. Vijayanagarapu Telugu Baptist Sanghaviseshalu (Facts of Telugu Baptists in
Vijayanagaram). Vijayanagaram: privately printed by the author, 1946.
 Accession Number: 77407391
Yesudasu, a Telugu Baptist, provides information about Baptists in the Vijayanagaram
district.

Works by Unknown Authors

Mathru Sangha Sandarsanam (A Visit to the Mother Church). Guntur: Lutheran Press,
1949.
Accession Number: 138079732
The author, likely a Telugu Lutheran, writes his spiritual journey.
Victoria Leprosy Hospital, Dichpalli, Hyderabad State, India. Mysore: WMP, 1955.
Accession Number: 452076449
This is an institutional history of a hospital.

REPORTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Along the Godavery River: Semi Annual Report of Our Mission in India Showing the
Condition of Our Telugu Mission at the Beginning of the Year 1914. Board of Foreign
Missions of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, 1914.
Accession Number: 45533041
Among the Telugus: Canadian Baptist Foreign Missions Annual Reports. Toronto: CBFMB.
1901–1975.
Accession Number: 46831940
Annual Report of the American Arcot Mission. Madras: Graves, Cookson. 1853–1923.
Accession Number: 235556065
Annual Report of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Boston: ABFMS. 1910–
1940.
Accession Number: 6872859
Annual Report of the American Baptist Telugu Mission. Madras: American Baptist Telugu
Mission. 1872–1966.
Accession Number: 9568372
Annual Report of the Arcot Mission of the Reformed Church in America. Madras: Arcot
Mission.
Accession Number: 310857722
Annual Report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New
York: BFMMEC. 1819–1943.
Accession Number: 6187806
Annual Report of the Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board. Toronto: CBFMB. 1912–
1957.
Accession Number: 39271932
Annual Report of the CMS Union Noble College. Masulipatnam: Union Noble College. 1843–
1931.
Accession Number: 361466340
Annual Report of the Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America.
Baltimore: BFMULCA.
Accession Number: 35291212
Annual Report of the Indian Christian Church, Vizagapatam. Waltair: Alma Press.
Accession Number: 416541317
Annual Report of the London Mission, Waltair. LMS.
Accession Number: 416537940
Annual Report of the Women’s Baptist Missionary Society. Boston: Woman’s Baptist
Missionary Society. 1860–1882.
Accession Number: 4440582
Augustana. Rock Island, Ill.: Augustana Book Concern. 1889–1949.
Accession Number: 5105241
Augustana Annual. Rock Island, Ill.: Augustana Book Concern. 1948–1962.
Accession Number: 1695115
Baptist Missionary Magazine. Boston: ABMU. 1817–1909.
Accession Number: 1519166
Baptist Missionary Review. Madras: Methodist Publications for Baptist Union of India,
Pakistan, Burma, and Ceylon. 1895–1957.
Accession Number: 1776389
Baptist Visitor. Toronto: Women’s Baptist Missionary Society of Ontario and Quebec. 1871–
1927.
Accession Number: 11485332
Canadian Baptist Board in India: Reference Committee Minutes. Kakinada: CBFMB. 1968–
1971.
Canadian Baptist Missionary Conference in India: Annual Conference. Kakinada: CBFMB.
1913–1968.
Canadian Baptist Overseas Missionary Digest. Toronto: CBFMB. 1951–1962.
Accession Number: 2502875
The Canadian Missionary Link. Toronto: CBFMB. 1878–1927.
Accession Number: 33050395
Church Missionary Intelligencer. London: CMS. 1891–1906.
Accession Number: 6176480
The Church of South India, Dudgaon Hospital, Hyderabad State: Annual Report. Mysore:
Wesley Press.
Accession Number: 452062598
The Church of South India Medak Hospital, Hyderabad, India: A Report. Mysore: Wesley
Press. 1935–1937.
Decennial Review of the London Mission, Cuddapah. Madras: Addison.
Accession Number: 416537691
Echoes of Service. London: J. E. Hawkins. 1885–1969.
Accession Number: 8123914
The Enterprise. Toronto: Canadian Baptist Overseer Mission Board.
Accession Number: 2395689
The Gospel Witness. Guntur: Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India. 1905–
1969.
Accession Number: 1776435
Indian Christian. Winnipeg: Alliance India Publications. 1961–1979.
Accession Number: 6169320
India’s Women: A Magazine of the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society. London:
James Nisbet, 1880.
Accession Number: 7353649
Journal of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the
Methodist Church. New York: BFMMEC. 1940–1968.
Accession Number: 9348277
The Leader. Masulipatnam: Union Noble College.
Accession Number: 122384988
The Link and Visitor. Toronto: Baptist Women’s Missionary Society of Ontario and Quebec.
1927 until today.
Accession Number: 2051474
London Mission Telugu Church and Native Girls’ Schools, Vizagapatam. Vizagapatam: LMS.
Accession Number: 416531460
Lutheran Missionary Journal. Philadelphia: Lutheran Publications Society. 1880–1907.
 Accession Number: 7639314
Lutheran Mission Worker. Philadelphia: Woman’s Home and Foreign Mission Society of the
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania. 1800(?)–1919.
Accession Number: 9314903
Lutheran Woman’s Work. Philadelphia: Woman’s Home and Foreign Mission Society. 1908–
1960.
Accession Number: 1588446
The Maritime Baptist. Saint John, N.B.: United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces.
1905–1964.
Accession Number: 2277423
The Medak Diocesan Bulletin. Hyderabad: Medak Diocese of the CSI. 1953–1959.
Accession Number: 452066501
Minutes and Proceeding of the General Council: Alliance of the Reformed Churches
Throughout the World Holding Presbyterian System. Belfast: General Assembly’s Office.
1884–(?).
Minutes and Reports of the Annual South India Baptist Missionary Fellowship. Madras:
South India Baptist Missionary Fellowship. 1964–1972.
Accession Number: 62240122
Minutes of Conference of the American Mennonite Brethren Mission: Missionary
Conference. Hillsboro: Board of Foreign Missions of American Mennonite Conference. 1940–
1949.
Minutes of General Council of the Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches in Co-operation
with the South India Baptist Missionary Fellowship. Nellore: Samavesam of Telugu Baptist
Churches. 1963–1975.
Minutes of Samavesam Telugu Baptist Board of Education and Industrial Committee.
Nellore: Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches. 1948–1959.
Minutes of South India Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Madras:
MECSA. 1876–1939.
Accession Number: 48365657
Minutes of the Biennial Convention of the United Lutheran Church in America.
Philadelphia: United Lutheran Publication House. 1918–1960.
Accession Number: 1774166
Minutes of the Board of Education of the Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches. Nellore:
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches. 1943–1975.
Minutes of the Board of Life and Work of the Church of the Samavesam of Telugu Baptist
Churches. Nellore: Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches. 1962–1977.
Minutes of the Board of Medical Work of the Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches.
Nellore: Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches. 1963–1973.
Minutes of the Convention of the Baptist Churches of the Northern Circars. Kakinada:
Convention of Baptist Churches in Northern Circars. 1947–1970.
Minutes of the Reference Committee of the American Baptist Telugu Mission. Madras:
American Baptist Telugu Mission. 1922–1971.
Minutes of the Telugu-Oriya Council of Canadian Baptist Mission: Annual Meeting.
Kakinada: CBFMB. 1934–1946.
The Mission Field: A Monthly Record of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at
Home and Abroad. London: SPG. 1856–(?).
Accession Number: 1776606
The Missionary at Home and Abroad. Melbourne: Church of England. 1877–(?).
Accession Number: 37165944
The Missionary Reporter. London: Patridge, Oakey. 1853–1858.
Accession Number: 191870679
The Missionary Review of the World. New York: Funk and Wagnalls. 1888–1939.
Accession Number: 6060424
Nundial Mission Report. LMS.
Accession Number: 416529820
Official Journal of the Hyderabad Annual Conference and Women’s Conference of Methodist
Church in South Asia. Bidar: n.p. 1939–1942.
Accession Number: 26149077
Official Journal of the South India Annual Conference and Women’s Conference of
Methodist Church in South Asia. Madras: MECSA. 1906–1980.
Accession Number: 16963688
Our Hyderabad Bulletin. Hyderabad: Methodist Mission. 1939–1953.
Proceedings of the Board of Managers: Annual Meetings, American Baptist Missionary
Union. Boston: ABMU. 1858–1909.
Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East. London: CMS. 1847–
1961.
Accession Number: 5095059
Proceedings of the Meeting of the SPG Telugu Mission Central Church Council. London:
SPG. 1917–1920.
Rayabhari. Rajahmundry: Christian Publishing House. 1950–1954.
Accession Number: 66385931
Report for 1951 for the Clough Memorial Hospital. New York: Women’s American Baptist
Foreign Mission Society. 1952.
Accession Number: 177150229
Report of Church Missionary Society Telugu Mission. London: CMS. 1848–1900.
Report of Hyderabad Woman’s Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Madras:
MECSA. 1925–1939.
Accession Number: 48461642
Report of the American Evangelical Lutheran Mission. Guntur: American Evangelical
Lutheran Mission.
Accession Number: 51678165
Report of the Chicacole Mission (of the LMS). Chicacole: LMS.
Accession Number: 416470284
Report of the Cuddapah Mission (of the LMS). Mirzapur: Orphan School Press. 1882–1902.
Accession Number: 416472708
Report of the Gooty Mission (of the LMS). Gooty: LMS.
Accession Number: 416478835
Report of the London Mission, Anantapur. Madras: M. E. Publishing House.
Accession Number: 416537393
Report of the London Mission Hospital, Jammalamadugu. Nagarcoil: LMS.
Accession Number: 416682879
Report of the London Mission, Kadiri. Gloucester: City Works.
Accession Number: 416533966
Report of the London Mission Native Girls’ School, Kottapeta, Vizagapatam.
Accession Number: 416533649
Report of Miss Dawson’s Work for the Year 1897. Vizagapatam: Alma Press. 1897.
Accession Number: 416537549
Report of the Nundial Mission (LMS). Bangalore: Wesleyan Mission Press.
Accession Number: 416472208
Report of the Standing Committee on Literature of the Andhra Christian Council. Madras:
CLS.
Accession Number: 416682852
Report of the Telugu Districts. Bangalore: Bangalore Press.
Report of the Union Mission Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Madanapalli.
Accession Number: 416644250
Report of the Vernacular Training Institute, Normal School and High School, London
Mission, Gooty. Gooty: LMS. 1897–1923.
Report of the Vizianagarum Mission (of the LMS). Vizianagarum: LMS.
Accession Number: 416473760
Report of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. London: WMMS. 1812–1874.
Accession Number: 38122021
Report of Women’s Work in Our Arcot Mission. Board of Foreign Mission of Reformed
Church in America.
Accession Number: 173767485
Report of the Work among Telugu and Tamil Women and Girls, London Missionary Society,
Madras Mission. Madras: MEP, 1912.
Accession Number: 416538099
Report of Work among Women and Girls in Vizagapatam and Waltair, South India.
Waltair: East Coast New Press.
Accession Number: 452316295
South India United Church Herald. Pasumalai: South India United Church. 1900–1946.
Accession Number: 6784893
A Statement on Post-war Needs of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church and India
Mission of the United Lutheran Church in America: Joint Committee on Appraisal of Work
and Policy. Guntur: ULCM Power Press, 1943.
Tidings. Yarmouth, N.S.: United Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union of the Atlantic Provinces.
1922–1948.
The United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India: Report of the Consultation on Strategy
of Lutheran Churches for Mission, 1973. Madras: UELCI Secretariat, 1973.

SOUVENIRS

AMB Mission Centenary Celebrations, 1899–1999: Souvenir. Jedcherla: Mennonite Brethren

Church, 1999.
Location: MBCBC
Canadian Baptist Mission: 125 Year’s Jubilee Celebrations of Baptist Churches in North
Circars, 1874–1999: Souvenir. Kakinada: Baptist Theological Seminary, 1999.
Location: BTS
Centenary Celebration, 1900–1999: Souvenir. Suryapet: Telugu Baptist Church, 1999.
Location: ACTC
Centenary Souvenir: 1882–1982. Samalkot: Telugu Baptist Church, 1982.
Centenary Souvenir: 1904–2004 of Christian Medical Centre, Pithapuram. Pithapuram:
Christian Medical Centre, 2004.
Location: BTS
The Church of South India Nirmal Mission: Golden Jubilee Souvenir, 1915–1965. Madras:
Board of Missions of CSI Synod, 1965.
Diamond Jubilee Celebrations (1920–1995): Souvenir. Shamshabad: Mennonite Brethren
Bible Institute, 1996.
Location: MBCBC
Diamond Jubilee Souvenir of the Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute. Shamshabad:
Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute, 1996.
Location: MBCBC
Diamond Jubilee Souvenir of the Mennonite Brethren Church of India 1899–1947.
Shamshabad: Mennonite Brethren Church, 1975.
Location: MBCBC
Eva Rose York Bible and Technical Training School for Women, 1925–2000: Platinum
Jubilee Souvenir. Tuni: Eva Rose York Bible and Technical Training School, 2000.
Location: ACTC, BTS
A Festival of 100 Years of Mennonite Brethren Church in India 1889–1899. Shamshabad:
Governing Council of the Mennonite Brethren Church in India, 1990.
Location: MBCBC
The First CBM Church of Hyderabad: Souvenir. Hyderabad: Emmanuel Baptist Worship
Centre, 2001.
Location: ACTC
Glimpses of Mennonite Brethren Bethel Church, Hughestown, Hyderabad, 1952–1977:
Diamond Jubilee: Seventy-five Years of Grace 1899–1974. Hyderabad: Mennonite Brethren
Bethel Church, 1974.
Location: MBCBC
Golden Jubilee Souvenir, 1935–1985: Fifty Years of Faith. Devarkonda: Mennonite Brethren
Field Association, 1985.
Location: MBCBC
Great Things God Hath Done, 1884–1959: Mahabubnagar, Fifty-three Baptist Years and
Twenty-two Mennonite Years. Mahbubnagar: Mennonite Brethren Church, 1959.
 Location: MBCBC
The Hundred Years Souvenir: Centenary Celebrations, 1900–2000. Bapatla: Telugu Baptist
Zion Church, 2000.
Location: ACTC
Indian Mennonite Brethren Church at Cross Roads: A Souvenir. Shamshabad: Governing
Council of the Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of India, 1972.
Location: MBCBC
Jubilee of God’s Surpassing Faithfulness: COTR College of Ministries, Silver Jubilee,
1982–2007. Bheemunipatnam, 2007.
Location: COTR
Makthal-Narayanpet Field Souvenir. Makthal: Mennonite Brethren Field Association, 1990.
Location: MBCBC
May Her Light Shine as a Beacon in the Darkness: A Tribute to the Late Mrs. Maria
Klassen Lohrenz—A Souvenir. Hyderabad: Mennonite Brethren Bethel Church, 1992.
Location: MBCBC
Mennonite Brethren Medical Centre: 50 Years, Golden Jubilee, 1952–2002—Souvenir.
Jedcherla: Mennonite Brethren Medical Centre, 2002.
Location: MBCBC
Millennium Centenary Telugu Baptist Town Church: Souvenir. Madhira, 1901–2001.
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 About the Author
James Taneti is a PhD candidate at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.
Previously, he served on the faculty of Serampore College, India. His academic credentials
include graduate degrees from the United Theological College (India), Princeton Theological
Seminary, and Western Theological Seminary. He is a Telugu Christian from Samalkot, India.