- Abdu'l-Bahá, by Constance Elizabeth Maud (1924). Chapter on Abdu'l-Bahá and Qurratu'l-Ayn, from a book of biographical studies.
- `Abdu'l-Bahá en France 1911 et 1913, by Jan T. Jasion, Pierre Spierckel, trans. (2016). Une chronique historique et détaillée des neufs mois que le Maître passa en France, rapportant, ses déplacements, ses conversations privées et ses discours publics.
- `Abdu'l-Baha in Abu-Sinan: September 1914, by Ahang Rabbani (2005). The story of Abdu'l-Bahá's relocating the Haifa/Akka Bahá'í community of some 140 people to a nearby Druze village to keep them safe during World War I.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City, by Duane L. Herrmann (2002). Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, from 1896 to 1919 and beyond. Includes three new provisional translations.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels, by Wendi Momen (2012). Abdu'l-Bahá's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic racist and sexual philosophies on the other.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the World Stage, by Iraj Ghanooni, Naeem Nabiliakbar, trans, Adib Masumian, trans. (2022). A contrast of the spiritual purpose of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá's first visit to Paris with the secular aims of some famous Iranian contemporaries who went there around the same time; includes philosophical discussions and an analysis of two talks by ‘Abdu'l-Bahá.
- `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás, by Necati Alkan (2021). Abdu’l-Bahá’s life story, from his childhood in Iran and as an exile for 60 years in the Ottoman Empire; his unique station, unequalled in religious history; travels in the West; achievements and contributions to the expansion of His Father’s religion.
- Account of the Main Events in Persia during October 1912 to October 1913, An, by G. D. Turner (1913-10). Overview of developments in Iran in 1913, with passing references to Abdu'l-Bahá and E.G. Browne.
- American Bahá'í Community, 1894-1917, The: A Preliminary Survey, by Peter Smith (1982). A comprehensive and detailed survey of the American community from 1894 to 1917. Includes bibliography as appendix, "Some Studies of Bahá'í Communities" (2015).
- Bahá'í Faith in England and Germany, 1900-1913, by Robert Stockman (1996 Spring). Historical overview of the early years of the Faith in the British Isles and Germany.
- Bahá'í Message, The, by Walter Bryant Guy (1927-1928). A series of 16 newspaper articles summarizing Bahá'í history and teachings in "Florida's Oldest News Weekly Newspaper" by a writer who visited Abdu'l-Bahá several times between 1901-1921 and traveled extensively among the Bahá'ís in foreign lands.
- Beginning of the Bahá'í Cause in Manchester, The, by Edward T. Hall (1925-03). A brief early history, starting from Sarah Ann Ridgeway, the first Bahá'í in the North of England circa 1906, and the author himself who converted in 1910.
- Development and Decline of an Early Bahá'í Community: Saint John, N.B., 1910-1925, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1992). The brief early history of the Saint John Bahá'ís. Established in 1910, the Bahá'í community struggled in the hostile environment of New Brunswick. In 1925 the community disappeared, to be reestablished only in recent times.
- Excellency of Mt. Carmel, The, by George Napier Whittingham (1921). Chapter 10, "The Excellency of Mt. Carmel," describes the author's visit to Haifa and gives an overview of the Bahá'í Faith.
- Glimpses of Early Bahá'í Pilgrimages, by Annamarie K. Honnold (1972). Discussion of early pilgrimages based on the resulting pilgrim's notes. Includes text from a variety of memoirs.
- Journey of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's "Tablet to the Hague", The: A Photo Chronology, Jelle de Vries, ed. (2019). Link (offsite) to a visual tour of the history, people, and events relevant to Abdu'l-Bahá's "Letter to the Central Organisation for a Durable Peace."
- Kenosha, 1893-1912: History of an Early Bahá'í Community in the United States, by William P. Collins (1982). First visited by Kheiralla in 1895, Kenosha was the second city in America to have resident Bahá'ís; it had one of the earliest elected assemblies, and until the 1920s had the third largest community in the States. It is a case study in US Bahá'í history.
- Laura Barney's Discipleship to 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Tracing a Theological Flow from the Middle East to the United States, 1900-1916, by Layli Maria Miron (2018). How Laura Barney employed ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s teachings to influence social discourse as she taught the Bahá'í Faith in Europe and the United States.
- Life and Times of August Forel, The, by Sheila Banani (2005). A review of Forel's scientific accomplishments, philosophical/religious perplexities, and social concerns which led him to embrace the Bahá'i teachings as he understood them during the last decade of his life.
- May Ellis Maxwell, Universal House of Justice, comp. (1925-1954). Detailed biography, published in A Compendium of Volumes of the Bahá'í World I-XII, 1925-1954; includes photo.
- Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Stanwood Cobb (1962). Recollections by eminent American Bahá'í author Cobb (1881–1982).
- Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Ali M. Yazdi (1986). Recollections by a prominent Iranian-American Bahá'í.
- Notes from the National Bahá'í Archives on the Chicago House of Spirituality, by Robert Stockman (1986). Unformatted notes, ordered chronologically, on early American Bahá'í history. Prepared as background research for The Bahá'í Faith in American vol. 1: Origins, 1892-1900.
- Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith, 1860s-1920s, by Necati Alkan (2004). The relationship between the Young Ottoman and Young Turk reform movements and the Bahá'ís from the 1860s onwards; the nature of these contacts and the impressions of the Young Ottomans and Young Turks of the Babis and Bahá'ís; the convergence of ideas.
- Persian Reformer's View of Art, A, by Juliet Thompson (1917-03). Personal recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá's words on art and inspiration. Includes the portrait Thompson painted of Abdu'l-Bahá.
- Pilgrims' Notes from U.S. Archives, by Various (1898-1959). Pilgrim notes from the U.S. Bahá'í National Archives, organized by year, 1898-1959, unsorted, in 60 PDF and TIF files.
- Quelques Rencontres Importantes entre les Communautés Protestante et Bahá'íe en France, by Jan T. Jasion (2019-11). History of the relationship between the Faith in France and the Protestant community, 1870-1913 (with photographs).
- Süleyman Nazif's Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler: an Ottoman Source on Babi-Baha'i History, by Necati Alkan (2000). On the author of the 1919 Persian history "Nasiru’d-Din Shah and the Babis," including a translation of passages on Tahirih.
- Vignettes from the Life of 'Abdu'l-Baha, Annamarie K. Honnold, comp. (1982). Compilation of inspiring anecdotes pertaining to the Bahá'í way of life as demonstrated by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the perfect Exemplar of Bahá'u'lláh's teachings, whose words and deeds were in total harmony and whose life serves as an example for all.
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