1. 2012-12. Interracial "Bahá'í Movement" and the Black Intelligentsia, The: The Case of W. E. B. Du Bois. Christopher Buck. Du Bois’s encounters with the Baha’i religion from 1910 to 1953, his connection to the New York Baha’i community, and discussion of segregated Baha’i meetings in Tennessee in 1937. Articles.
2. 2009. Schopflocher, Siegfried. Will C. van den Hoonaard. On the Canadian Bahá’í of German-Jewish background named by Shoghi Effendi a Hand of the Cause of God in 1952. Encyclopedia.
3. 2006. Louise Dixon Boyle and Maria Montessori. Janet A. Khan. American Louise Dixon Boyle (1875–1953) was an active Bahá'í who engaged with wider social issues. Here the focus is on her involvement in the field of education, particularly the work of the Italian physician and educator Dr. Maria Montessori. Articles.
4. 2003-03. Barbara Sims' Contribution to Bahá'í Scholarship in Asia Pacific. Sandra S. Fotos. Two memorial articles for Barbara Sims, Pioneer to Japan from 1953-2002, biographer of Agnes Alexander, and author of many histories of Bahá'ís in eastern Asia. East-asia.
5. 2002/2020. In the Light of the Rising Sun: Memoirs of A Bahá'í Pioneer to Japan. Barbara R. Sims, Sheridan Sims, ed. . Expanded and newly-annotated version of Sims' auto-biography, covering the history of the Faith in Japan 1953-2002. Books.
6. 1999. Memoirs of Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein. Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein. Memoirs of the first pioneer to Famagusta (as requested by Shoghi Effendi to pioneer from the City of the Covenant to the City of the Arch-Breaker of the Covenant), and pilgrim to Haifa in December 1953. First written June 1985, completed April 1999. Biographies.
7. 1998/2008. National Spiritual Assembly members who are women, Percentage of, 1953-2007. Bahá'í World Centre. Two letters from the House, with attached tables, showing the number of women serving on NSAs 1953-1993, 1987-1997, and 1997-2007. Includes graphs showing numbers and percent of women serving on NSAs by continental region. UHJ-letters.
8. 1998. Virgin Territories Opened by the Knights of Baha'u'llah 1953-1990. Author unknown. List of names and dates of pioneers and the NSAs responsible for opening territories. Maps.
9. 1998. Roll of Honor Bahá'í World Crusade 1953-1963. Author unknown, comp. A scroll listing the names of the Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. Visual.
10. 1995. Bahá'í History in the Formative Age: The World Crusade 1953-1963. Graham Hassall. The major features of the Bahá'í 'World Crusade' 1953-1963; thoughts about the contemporary practice of historical Bahá'í scholarship; the guardianship and evolution of the Universal House of Justice; United Nations and the Bahá'í International Community. Articles.
11. 1993-06. Schopflocher, Siegfried. Will C. van den Hoonaard. Short biography of a prominent Baha''i from a German-Jewish background who served as a Hand of the Cause of God. Encyclopedia.
12. 1991. Macau Bahá'í Community in the Early Years. Barbara R. Sims. Brief overview of the history of Macau, and a detailed account of Bahá'í involvement 1953-1975, and stories of early believers. East-asia.
13. 1989. Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution. Misagh Parsa. Mentions of Falsafi's anti-Bahá'í campaign of 1953, and of Bahá'ís being excluded from the government in 1979. Excerpts.
14. 1989. Áyatí, Abdu'l-Husayn. Iraj Afshar. Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use." Encyclopedia.
15. 1981. Political Economy of Modern Iran, The: Despotism and Pseudo-Modernism 1926-1979. Homa Katouzian. Mention of Sheikh Fazlollah Noori denouncing opponents as Babis; 1-page discussion (in footnotes) of the Bab as Mahdi and the Bahá'í/Azali split; anti-Bahá'í demonstrations following the murder of vice-consul Imbrie; Falsafi's attacks in 1953. Excerpts.
16. 1963. Progress Bahá'í World Crusade 1953-1958. Shoghi Effendi. Statistical information such as LSA incorporation, temple construction, etc. Maps.
17. 1956. Virgin countries and territories opened during the first year of the 10-Year Crusade 1953-1954. Author unknown. Maps.
18. 1956. Objectives and Tasks of Ten-Year Spiritual Global Crusade of the Bahá'í World Faith. Shoghi Effendi, Beatrice Ashton, comp. . Chart of global regions and goals. Maps.
19. 1953-11-04. Informal Talk before the West Hollywood Bahá'í Community. Artemus Lamb. Questions and discussion about: 1953 conference in New Delhi; raising money for a Bahá'í school in India; what it's like visiting the Guardian in Haifa; future calamities; communism; Shrine of the Báb; pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Talks.
20. 1953-10-21. Haifa Notes. Artemus Lamb. Notes of a 5-day visit with the Guardian, by a pioneer to South America. Pilgrims.
21. 1953-03-09. Pilgrim's Notes. Ben Levy. Notes from a pilgrimage March 9-16, 1953. Pilgrims.
22. 1953-01. Pilgrim's Notes. Author unknown. Anonymous notes from January 1953. Pilgrims.
23. 1953. Pilgrims Notes. Marguerite R. Sears. Pilgrimage to Haifa, Israel, February 26 to March 9, 1953. Pilgrims.
24. 1953. Public Address of Ruhiyyih Khanum to the 1953 Conference in Wilmette. Rúhíyyih Khánum. The Faith's mission over the next decade; spiritual and societal goals; humanity's individual relationship with God and the collective purpose of advancing civilization; plans to spread the teachings to over 130 countries; transformative power of unity. Talks.
25. 1946-05. Guardian's Seven Year Plan for the American Bahá'ís: 1946-1953. Shoghi Effendi. Teaching goals, institutional objectives, financial statistics, and other information from the Guardian pertaining to the American community. Guardian.

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