1. 2015. Panama, The Crossroads between the Continents: The Story of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith in Panama 1939-1972. Fuad Izadinia. History of the first Bahá'í community in Panama, including a photo album; biographies of Martha Root, Mathew Kaszab, Louise Caswell, Cora Oliver, Julie Lois Regal, Hascle Cornbleth–Colon, Alfred Osborne, Raquel Francois, Clare Hamilton, Blanca De Campos. Books.
2. 2000. Aboriginal and Indigenous People, Teaching Among. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . Importance and scope of the teaching work among the masses of various countries and their aboriginal and indigenous inhabitants. Compilations.
3. 1998-01. Artemus Lamb, 1905-1998. Quentin Farrand. Biography of a pioneer to Central and South America, who also recorded pilgrim's notes with the Guardian. Biographies.
4. 1993. Rowland Estall: In Memoriam. Various. Various materials assembled for a memorial service, from tributes written by Jameson Bond and Michael Rochester, with research from Will van den Hoonaard. Biographies.
5. 1986. Making of Central America, The: Intervention, Dictatorship, and Revolution. Phillip Berryman. History of Western and Christian involvement in Latin America. (No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.) Articles.
6. 1977. Divine Springtime: Louise Caswell Recalls the Early Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Central America and Panama. Daniel Nelson Wegener. Overview of Bahá'í pioneering to and growth in Central America, covering the period from the late 1930s to 1975. Books.
7. 1969. Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere. Rúhíyyih Khánum. Letter to Native American and Inuit believers, about the assurance given in the Bahá'í Writings that their future is very great, and that they themselves best help to fulfill these promises by taking the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh to their own people. Essays.

1. 1938-00-00 — William DeForge became the first Bahá'í to visit the Dominican Republic. He made a one-day trip from Puerto Rico.
2. 1940-08-00 —
   The first four people to become Bahá'ís in Costa Rica accepted the Faith after Gayle Woolson and Amelia Ford from the United States arrived in Puerto Limón on 29 March 1940.
   • The first to enrol was Raul Contreras, followed by his cousin Guido Contreras, and by José Joaquin Ulloa and then Felipe Madrigal.
3. 1945-10-21 — Emeric and Rosemary Sala of St. Lambert, Quebec departed on a four month tour of Central and South America. They visited 19 republics and Mr Sala gave seventy-nine talks. They visited many pioneers and paid homage at the grave of May Maxwell at Quilmes, about one hour from Buenos Aires. [TG93-101]
4. 1952-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central America launched a One Year Plan (1952-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46; The Spiritual Conquest of the Planet (Supplement) p2]

   Shoghi Effendi provided the following advice for the aims of the Central American Assembly:
     -To establish harmony, love and understanding among the Bahá'ís
     -To promote the teaching work
     -To win support for the National Bahá'í Fund
     -To assure publication of Bahá'í literature in well-translated Spanish editions in cooperation with the National Spiritual Assembly of South America. [BW12p68-69; Shoghi Effendi: Author of Teaching Plans ]

5. 1952-04-21 — The National Convention of the Bahá'ís of Central America was scheduled to be held in a prestigious hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica. When a distinguish believer, Mr Matthew Bullock, was not allowed to register at the hotel because of his race, the National Assembly moved the Convention to another venue and registered guests moved to small pensions rather than staying at the hotel. [SDSC65]
6. Matthew Bullock was one of the early African-American believers in the United States. He became an enrolled believer in 1940 after 15 years of knowledge of the Faith. In 1952 he was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly and along with fellow NSA member Elsie Austin, represented that institution at the first Intercontinental Teaching Conference in Uganda in 1953. [LoS108, SDSC102]
7. 1957-00-00 — Charles Winfield Small, a native of Barbados and the first to become a Bahá'í in the Bahamas, returned to Barbados, the first Bahá'í to settle in the country.
8. 1965-09-19 — Walter Garland and Miss Annie Lourie Williams, the first to become Bahá'ís on Grand Turk Island, enrolled.

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