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Manuals and Guides

The following information was compiled by the Models and Resources Committee in January of 2007 to provide a
sampling of general manuals and guides to Archives from a variety of religious denominations and faiths.

 
The Episcopal Church
Records Management for Congregations: A Manual for Common Business Records
http://www.episcopalarchives.org/resources.html

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
A Brief Guide for Archives of Congregations
www.elca.org/

Jewish
Creating the Synagogue Archives: Introduction
www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/syna/index.html

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
Concordia Historical Institute Service Bulletins
chi.lcms.org/publications/bulletins/index.htm

Presbyterian Church USA
Services for the National Offices
www.history.pcusa.org/national
Services for Synods and Presbyteries
www.history.pcusa.org/synods
Services for Congregations
www.history.pcusa.org/cong

Southern Baptist
Archive Helps Articles
www.sbhla.org/articles.htm

United Church of Canada
Archives and Recordkeeping: A How-to Guide for Congregations and Conferences
www.united-church.ca/local/archives/resources

United Methodist Church
Guidelines for Managing Records
http://www.gcah.org/site/
www.gcah.org/discussionlist.htm

Church Historian: Remembering the Past and Inspiring the Future, part of the
Guidelines for Leading your Congregation series.
This may be ordered from Cokesbury: 1-800-672-1789.

International Association for Mission Studies
Rescuing the Memory of Our Peoples Archives Manual, compiled by
Martha Lund Smalley and Rosemary Seton.
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/RTMmanuallinks.html




Last revision to this page: May 29, 2007