- '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.
- Alain L. Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher, by Leonard Harris, Charles Molesworth (2008). Three paragraphs mentioning the Bahá'í Faith.
- Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy, by Christopher Buck (2005). The importance of Alain Locke (1885-1954), the 'Dean' of the Harlem Renaissance (1919-1934), and an American Bahá'í.
- August Forel Defends the Persecuted Persian Bahá'ís: 1925-1927, by John Paul Vader (1986). History of Forel's involvement with the Faith. Includes correspondence from Shoghi Effendi.
- 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.
- Dynamics of the Iranian Revolution, The: The Pahlavis' Triumph and Tragedy, by Jahangir Amuzegar (1991). One-paragraph discussion of a one-time Iranian conspiracy theory that the Bahá'ís and Freemasons were running the country.
- Early Bahá'í Census in Iran, by Universal House of Justice (2016-02-03). No systematic census was taken of the numbers of early believers, before the Guardian's call for such a count in 1923. Iran's own statistics in the 1920s count "several tens of thousands" of Bahá'ís.
- Guess Who's Coming to Church: The Chicago Defender, the Federal Council of Churches, and Rethinking Shared Faith in Interracial Religious Practice, by William Stell (2023-12). Exploring "Go-to-a-White-Church Sunday" initiated by Robert S. Abbott (1922) and "Race Relations Sunday" (1923), calling for critical analysis of assumed shared faith in interracial practice.
- Harlem Renaissance, by Christopher Buck (2013).
- House of Bahá'u'lláh and the Struggle for Religious Visibility in Mandatory Iraq, The, by Christopher Cooper-Davies (2025-01-27). On the 1920s–1930s legal and political struggles over the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad, highlighting colonial modernity’s role in shaping anti-Bahá'í persecution in Iraq.
- Iraq, 1900 to 1950: A Political, Social, and Economic History, by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg (1953). Passing mention of the confiscation of Bahá'í properties in Baghdad in the early 1930s.
- Jináb-i-Fádil Mazandarání in the United States, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani (published as Jinab-i-Fadil Mazandarani) Omeed Rameshni, comp. (2009). Digitization of a number of stenographic records which were held by the US National office from Jinab-i-Fadil’s trips to the US in the 1920s.
- 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.
- Memories of Ashchi: Background, by Ahang Rabbani, Sen McGlinn (1999). Background information on and a start at translation of the narratives of Aqa Husayn Ashchi.
- Minutes of the Fourteenth Session, 1928, by Permanent Mandates Commission (1928). Petition to the League of Nations from the Spiritual Assembly of Baghdad regarding confiscation of property.
- Minutes of the Sixteenth Session, 1929, by Permanent Mandates Commission (1929). Petition from the Bahai Spiritual Assembly of Baghdad regarding the confiscation of property; measures taken after the Council's decision.
- Mirza Hossein R. Touty: First Baha'i Known to Have Lived in the Philippines, by Graham Hassall, Orwin Austria (2000-01). Touty was a Bahá'í who stayed in the Philippines for about five years (1921-26), teaching the Faith to Filipinos.
- 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.
- Outpost of a World Religion: The Bahá'í Faith in Australia 1920-1947, by Graham Hassall (1991-06). An updated version of a paper published in two places.
- 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.
- Prejudice and Discrimination, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1993-11). Prejudice is cultural. History shows no society is immune. U.S. Bahá'ís facilitated Racial Amity groups in the 20s and 30s, and found ignorance plus apathy are key factors in prejudice. Reducing it requires a universal commitment to the unity of humanity.
- Rise of the Bahá'í Faith Community In Tunisia, The, by Marta Scialdone (2024-11-30). The Bahá’í community in Tunisia, emerging in the 1920s, balances coexistence and discrimination, experiencing increased religious expression post-2011 while facing ongoing societal challenges.
- Some Aspects of the Development of the Bahá'í Administrative Order in America, 1922-1936, by Loni Bramson (published as Loni Bramson-Lerche) (1982). On the development of the American and Canadian communities, from small informal networks of local groups to a vastly enlarged and well-organized religion with a national consciousness, and the gradual consolidation of the Administrative structure.
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