Frank Baker (1910.99), a native of Hull, England, took his advanced degrees at Hartley-Victoria Theological College and the University of Nottingham. From 1934 to 1959 he served a number of Methodist churches in England faithfully, while devoting his remaining time to research on the roots and development of Methodism. In 1960 he accepted an invitation to join the faculty of Duke University in Durham, NC and assumed the role of General Editor of the newly-launched Wesley Works Editorial Project. Over the next twenty years Baker established himself as a premier scholar of the Wesleyan traditions, and Duke Divinity School as a leading center for such study. At a reception on December 9, 1979 honoring Dr. Baker on his retirement from the Divinity School, Dean Thomas A. Langford announced the founding of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, as a means of continuing the scholarly study of historical and contemporary Wesleyan traditions that Baker emulated (see Duke Divinity School in Ministry 5.2, April 1980).
This web-page has been prepared to mark the 40th anniversary of Dr. Baker.s retirement, and his signal contribution to the origin and focus of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition. In addition to listing all of Baker.s publications, we provide free online access (with the appropriate clearances from his family and publishers) to the bulk of those publications which focus in Wesley and Methodist studies. The main exception is primary source Wesley texts that are still available in print; but this is compensated for by including a few significant papers found in Baker.s files that were never published. We hope that this access will not only make Dr. Baker.s scattered publications more accessible, but nurture in others the passion for study on the Wesleyan traditions
1938
2. "The Education of Wesley's Preachers." The Preachers and Class-Leaders' Magazine (March/April 1938): 101-4, 141-43.
3. "Greeny Grass-Blade and the Rest." Kiddies' Magazine (1938): 44-47.
4. "Greeny Grass-Blade and the Rest: Downhearted." Methodist Church Record (Dec. 1938): 17-18. [several other stories in this series, as an unpublished manuscript of 150 pages, in FBP, Box 199]
5. "More 'Additional Notes to Wesley Bibliography'." WHS 21 (1938): 132-33, 155-58.
1939
6. "The Re-Printing of Wesley's Publications." WHS 22 (1939): 57-61.
7. "Wesley's Printers and Booksellers." WHS 22 (1939-40): 61-65, 97-101, 131-40, 164-68.
8. "William Cole: Aspects of an Eighteenth-Century Clergyman." Methodist Magazine 152 (1939): 522-25.
1940
9. "Methodism and Literature in the Eighteenth Century." WHS 22 (1940): 174-83.
10. Side-lights on Sixty Years: being Contributions to the History of West Lane Methodist Church, Keighley, compiled from original records. Keighley: West Lane Methodist Church, 1940. 58 pp.
11. "Wesley and Arminius." WHS 22 (1940): 118-19.
1941
12. "John Wesley and the 'Imitatio Christi'." LQHR 166 (1941): 74-87.
13. "Methodist Items in the Keighley Museum." WHS 23 (1941): 56-59.
14. "Richard Terry and Hull Methodism in the light of a hitherto unknown Wesley letter." WHS 23 (1941): 1-7.
15. "Wesleyana in Headingley College Library." WHS 23 (1941-42): 64-68, 85-89, 104-08.
16. "Wesley's Kempis." WHS 23 (1941): 46.
1942
17. "Charlotte Bronte and Wesley's Kempis." WHS 23 (1942): 158-59.
18. "Original of a Class Ticket Design." WHS 23 (1942): 142-43.
19. "Wesleyana at Keighley." WHS 23 (1942): 111-15, 135-39.
20. "The Wesleys and The Song of the Three Children." WHS 23 (1942): 167-71.
1943
21. "The Diary of William Grimshaw of Haworth, 1755 to 1757." WHS 24 (1943): 9-12, 47-52, 59-64.
22. "The Next Fifty Years [of The Wesley Historical Society]." WHS 24 (1943): 35-39.
23. "A Study of John Wesley's Readings." LQHR 168 (1943): 140-45, 234-42.
1944
24. "The Field Bible." WHS 24 (1944): 126-29.
25. "John Wesley and Ann Loxdale: Two Unpublished Letters." WHS 24 (1944): 107-13.
26. "Rev. Brian Bury Collins in Hull." WHS 24 (1944): 95-98.
27. "Wesley's Ordinations." WHS 24 (1944): 76-80, 101-03.
1945
28. "The First Methodist MPs." Methodist Recorder (June 28, 1945): 7.
29. "The Grimshaw Family." Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society (1945): 49-72.
30. "Hospitality Plans." WHS 25 (1945): 11-13.
31. "In Wesley's Day." A series in the Methodist Recorder, Aug. 2, 1945 – Feb. 28, 1946.
"Collection of Receits." Methodist Recorder (Aug. 2, 1945): 1
"The Best Pulpit." Methodist Recorder (Aug. 9, 1945): 1
"Original Enthusiast." Methodist Recorder (Aug. 16, 1945): 1
"Antinomianism." Methodist Recorder (Aug. 23, 1945): 1
"Methodist Epistles." Methodist Recorder (Aug. 30, 1945): 1
"Invasion." Methodist Recorder (Sept. 6, 1945): 1
"Arthur Bedford: Reformer." Methodist Recorder (Sept. 13, 1945): 1
"Shortest Battle in History." Methodist Recorder (Sept. 20, 1945): 1
"Alias 'John Smith'." Methodist Recorder (Sept. 27, 1945): 1
"Farewell to the World." Methodist Recorder (Oct. 4, 1945): 1
"Tracts for the Times." Methodist Recorder (Oct. 11, 1945): 1
"A Papist Stronghold." Methodist Recorder (Oct. 18, 1945): 1
"For King and Country." Methodist Recorder (Oct. 25, 1945): 1
"A Peculiar People." Methodist Recorder (Nov. 1, 1945): 1
"Only a Rumour." Methodist Recorder (Nov. 8, 1945): 1
"Those Poor Tools." Methodist Recorder (Nov. 15, 1945): 1
"Number 12, Downing Street." Methodist Recorder (Nov. 22, 1945): 1
"Bassoons and Hymn-Tunes." Methodist Recorder (Nov. 29, 1945): 1
"A Moravian Marionette." Methodist Recorder (Dec. 6, 1945): 1
"Brave New World." Methodist Recorder (Dec. 13, 1945): 1
"National Day of Prayer." Methodist Recorder (Dec. 27, 1945): 1
"Poor John Webb." Methodist Recorder (Jan. 3, 1946): 1
"The Cluster at Deptford." Methodist Recorder (Jan. 10, 1946): 1
"The Primitive Church." Methodist Recorder (Jan. 17, 1946): 1
"Butler's Analogy." Methodist Recorder (Jan. 24, 1946): 1
"Wapping-in-the-Wash." Methodist Recorder (Jan. 31, 1946): 1
"The Grave." Methodist Recorder (Feb. 7, 1946): 1
"Prodigal Turns Preacher." Methodist Recorder (Feb. 14, 1946): 1
"The Orphan House." Methodist Recorder (Feb. 21, 1946): 1
"A Leader Lost." Methodist Recorder (Feb. 28, 1946): 1
32. "The Making of A Pioneer [Francis Asbury]." Methodist Recorder (Aug. 16, 1945): ii-iii.1946
39. "Charles Wesley to 'Varanese' and 'Varanese' to Charles Wesley." WHS 25 (1946): 97-104.
40. "The Dodsworth Bequest." WHS 25 (1946): 113-16.
41. "John Bacon - the First Methodist R.A." WHS 25 (1946): 94-95.
42. "Methodism and the War Prisoners." Methodist Recorder (Aug. 29, 1946): 7.
43. "A New Star [James Hervey]." Methodist Recorder (Apr. 25, 1946): 7.
44. "Sale of an Early Methodist Preaching House." WHS 25 (1946): 72-74.
1947
45. "A Biographical Sketch [Thomas Coke]." Methodist Recorder (Sept. 4, 1947): 7.
46. A Charge to Keep: an Introduction to the People Called Methodists. London: Epworth Press, 1947 (reprints: 1954, 1974). viii + 232 pp.
47. "Charles Wesley in Ireland." Irish Christian Advocate 26.46 (Nov. 14, 1947): 1-2.
48. "Edward Dromgoole and John Wesley." WHS 26 (1947): 25-28.
49. "In Methodist Byways: The Ballad-Monger." Methodist Magazine 160 (1947): 70-72.
50. "In Methodist Byways: The First Tract Society." Methodist Magazine 160 (1947): 31-33.
51. "In Methodist Byways: 'Lowes' Balsam." Methodist Magazine 160 (1947): 123-25.
52. "Irish Adventure." Methodist Recorder (Aug. 7, 1947): 7.
53. "John Hickling, the Last of Wesley's Preachers." WHS 26 (1947): 15-16.
54. "John Wesley and Lord George Gordon." WHS 26 (1947): 45.
55. "Methodism and the '45 Rebellion." LQHR 172 (1947): 325-33.
56. "No Popery!" Methodist Recorder (January 30, 1947): 9.
57. "Ordination of John Ogilvie." WHS 26 (1947): 30-31.
58. Thomas Coke, the St. Paul of Methodism: An Address Delivered in Wesley's Chapel...on 9th September, 1947, in Commemoration of the Bi-Centenary of the Birth of Dr. Thomas Coke. London: Cargate Press, 1947. 12 pp.
59. "Two Letters by John Wesley." WHS 26 (1947): 62-64.
60. "Wesley and the Roman Catholics." WHS 26 (1947): 68.
1948
61. Charles Wesley as Revealed by his Letters. London: Epworth Press, 1948. vi +152 pp.
62. "A Christmas Present for Sally Gwynne." Methodist Recorder (Dec. 23, 1948): 8.
63. (and Frederick Hunter) "The First Quarterly Meeting." Methodist Recorder (Oct. 14, 1948): 9.
64. "John Wesley and a Quaker Mystic [Richard Freeman]." WHS 26 (1948): 114-18.
65. "John Wesley and John Bousell." Journal of the Friends' Historical Society 40 (1948): 50-53.
66. Methodism, our History and Heritage: a reading list. London: Dudley Press, 1948. 8 pp.
67. "The Relations Between the Society of Friends and Early Methodism." LQHR 173 (1948): 312-23; 174 (1949): 239-48. Selected as The Eayrs Prize Essay, 1948; and published as separate pamphlet: The Relations Between the Society of Friends and Early Methodism. London: Epworth Press, 1949. 23 pp.
68. "A Strange Wesley Pedigree [given in the Reliquary 8 (1867-68): 188]." WHS 26 (1948): 102-4.
69. "World Parish." Venture: Magazine of Batford Methodist Church, Harpenden 4 (Dec. 1948): 5-6.
70. "A Yeoman of England [Joseph Benson]." Methodist Recorder (Jan. 22, 1948): 9.
1949
71. "The First Woman Preacher [Sarah Crosby]." Methodist Recorder (Oct. 20, 1949): 11.
72. "John Hickling's Bible." WHS 27 (1949): 47.
73. "John Wesley and Sarah Crosby." WHS 27 (1949-50): 76-82.
74. "The Love-feast in the Methodist Church." Friends of Reunion Bulletin 35 (Dec. 1949): 4-6.
75. "New Light on John Wesley's Evangelical Conversion." Methodist Recorder (Dec. 15, 1949): 4.
76. (and Frederick Hunter) "The Origins of the Methodist Quarterly Meeting." LQHR 174 (1949): 28-37.
77. "Preaching in a Storm." WHS 27 (1949): 30-32.
78. "Thomas Maxfield's First Sermon." WHS 27 (1949): 7-16.
1950
79. "Francis Gilbert and Methodist Ordination." WHS 27 (1950): 146-48.
80. "In Time of Earthquake." Methodist Recorder (Feb. 9, 1950): 9.
81. "The Methodist Church in Britain 1900-49." Methodist Recorder (Jan. 5, 1950): Suppl.
82. "Methodist History and Doctrines"; "Methodism's Witness and Present Opportunities." The Guild Club, C.E., & Fellowship Year Book 1950-51: Programme Suggestions for Senior Groups. London: Methodist Youth Department. 3-36.
1951
83. "Fletcher's Sermon Notes." WHS 28 (1951): 30-32.
84. "In Methodist Byways: Wesley Acrostics." Methodist Magazine 164 (1951): 502-4.
85. "The Love-Feast and Reunion." Methodist Recorder (Mar. 29, 1951): 4
86. The Methodist Pilgrim in England. London: Epworth Press, [1951]; 2nd edn., 1961; 3rd rev. edn., 1976 (see link to 1976 revised edition below; #203).
87. An Order of Worship for Aldersgate Sunday. London: Epworth Press for the International Methodist Historical Society, 1951. 4 pp.
88. The Secret of William Clowes." Joyful News (Mar. 1, 1951): 1.
89. "Statistics of World Methodism." In The Methodists of the World, Complied for the Eighth Ecumenical Conference, 21-28. Leeds: International Methodist Historical Society, 1951.
90. "Thomas Maxfield and the Countess of Huntingdon." WHS 28 (1951): 63.
91. "A Warmed Heart in Wales: The Story of Howell Harris." Joyful News (Sept. 20, 1951), 7.
92. "William Clowes." Methodist Recorder (Mar. 1, 1951): 9.
1952
93. "The Bournes and the Primitive Methodist Deed Poll: some Unpublished Documents." WHS 28 (1952): 138-42.
94. "Headingley Papers: III. John Cennick and Kingswood School." WHS 28 (1952): 149-50.
95. "In Methodist Byways: The Scarecrow Chapel." Methodist Magazine 165 (1952): 76-79.
96. "John Wesley's Death Bed." WHS 28 (1952): 168.
97. "Philip Embury's Christmas Conversion." Methodist Recorder (Dec. 24, 1952): 7.
98. "Richard Ireland and John Wesley." WHS 28 (1952): 85-88.
99. "The Sacrificial Life and Witness of Hugh Bourne." Methodist Recorder (Oct. 9, 1952): Supplement, ii-iii.
100. "Squire Brackenbury." Methodist Recorder (May 1, 1952): 9.
1953
101. "'The Glory of the Methodists': an Unpublished Wesley Letter." WHS 29 (1953): 1-2.
102. "It was the Birth of an Epoch [250th Anniversary of John Wesley's Birth]." Methodist Recorder (June 25, 1953): 9.
103. The Story of Cleethorpes and the Contribution of Methodism Through Two Hundred Years. Cleethorpes, England: Trinity Methodist Church, 1953. 182 pp.
1954
104. "Behind the Scenes in 1841." WHS 29 (1954): 145-48.
105. "Charles Wesley's Scripture Playing Cards." WHS 29 (1954): 136-38.
106. "Hugh Moore and John Wesley: Some Unpublished Correspondence." WHS 29 (1954): 112-16.
107. "In Methodist Byways: John Ogilvie, Presbyterian Poet." Methodist Magazine 167 (1954): 78-80.
108. "Jonathan Swift and the Wesleys." LQHR 179 (1954): 290-300.
109. "The Wesley Coat of Arms." Journal of the Methodist Historical Society of South Africa 11 (Aug. 1954): 19-20.
1955
110. "The Beginnings of the Methodist Covenant Service." LQHR 180 (1955): 215-20.
111. "James Evans Among the Crees: a Missionary Goes Home." The Times (London) (May 6, 1955): 12.
112. "John Cennick: a Handlist of his Writings." WHS 30 (1955-56) 40-44, 50-58, 86-89, 104-07. Published separately as John Cennick (1718-55): a Handlist of his Writings. Leicester: Wesley Historical Society, 1958. 32 pp.
113. "John Cennick, Hymn Writer and Evangelist." Methodist Recorder (June 30, 1955): 9.
114. "The Return of James Evans." United Church Observer (Toronto) (June 15, 1955): 5-6.
1956
115. "Francis Fletcher Bretherton." WHS 30 (1956): 101-2.
116. "John Wesley and Thomas Hanson, the 'Brown-Bread Preacher.'" WHS 30 (1956): 127-31.
117. "James Bourne (1761-1860) and the Bemersley Book-Room." WHS 30 (1956): 138-50.
118. "John Flesher and the Bemersley Book-Room." WHS 30 (1956): 171-78.
1957
119. "The Birth of Charles Wesley." WHS 31 (1957): 25-26.
120. "Charles Wesley's Hymns for Children." WHS 31 (1957): 81-85.
121. "James Hervey, Methodist Prose Poet." LQHR 182 (1957): 62-68.
122. Methodism and the Love-Feast. London: Epworth Press, 1957. 83 pp.
123. "Methodist Archives." Amateur Historian 3 (1957): 143-49.
124. "Prose Writings of Charles Wesley." LQHR 182 (1957): 268-74.
1958
125. "A Brown Bread Preacher (Thomas Hanson)." Joyful News (Nov. 20, 1958), p 6.
126. "Christmas Among the Early Methodists, Pt. 1." Joyful News (Dec. 11, 1958), p. 5.; "Pt. 2." Joyful News (Dec. 18, 1958), p. 8.
127. "Christmas Without Christ." Joyful News (Dec. 25, 1958), 1, 8.
128. "The Erskines and the Methodists." LQHR 183 (1958): 36-45.
129. "Hail, Thou once Despised Jesus!" (newspaper source unidentified)
130. "'Mad Grimshaw' and his Covenants with God: a study in Eighteenth Century Psychology." LQHR 183 (1958): 211-15, 271-78.
131. "Methodism in Kingston upon Hull." Handbook and Directory for the Aggregate Meeting of the Methodist Local Preachers' Mutual Aid Association, June 1958. 8pp [incorporated into #133].
132. "The Sources of John Wesley's Collection of Psalms and Hymns, Charleston 1737." WHS 31 (1958): 186-93. Reprinted in John Wesley's First Hymn-Book: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns: a facsimile, pp. xxvii-xxxiv. Charleston: Wesley Historical Society, 1964.
133. The Story of Methodism in Newland. Kingston-Upon-Hull: Newland Methodist Church Trustees, 1958. 67 pp.
1959
134. "Freeborn Garrettson and Nova Scotia." WHS 32 (1959): 18-20.
135. "He that Believeth shall not make Haste." Joyful News (Mar. 5, 1959): 8.
136. "Methodism's Oldest Church." New Christian Advocate 3 (May 1959): 29-30.
137. "The Wesley Historical Society Annual Lectures." WHS 32 (1959): 91-92.
138. "What Hath God Wrought?" Joyful News (Feb. 5, 1959), 1-2.
1960
139. "John Fletcher, Methodist Clergyman." LQHR 185 (1960): 291-98.
140. "John Wesley's Churchmanship." LQHR 185 (1960): 210-15, 269-74.
141. "Missing Trevecka Letters." Journal of the Historical Society, Presbyterian Church of Wales 45 (1960): 14-16.
142. "The Origins of Methodism in the West Indies: the Story of the Gilbert Family." LQHR 185 (1960): 9-17.
143. "A Variety of Themes in an Unpublished Wesley Letter." WHS 32 (1960): 136-37.
1961
144. "The Early Experience of Fletcher of Madeley." WHS 33 (1961): 25-29.
1962
145. "The Frank Baker Collection: an Autobiographical Analysis." Library Notes [Duke University] 31 (December 1962): 1-9.
146. Representative Verse of Charles Wesley, selected and edited with an introduction. London: Epworth Press, 1962; Nashville: Abingdon, 1963. lxi + 413 pp.
147. "Wesley F. Swift [obituary]." WHS 33 (1962): 90-91.
148. "Wesley's Puritan Ancestry." LQHR 187 (1962): 180-86.
1963
149. "Aldersgate 1738-1963: the Challenge of Aldersgate." Duke Divinity School Bulletin 28 (1963): 67-80.
150. "The Beginnings of American Methodism." Methodist History 2.1 (Oct. 1963): 3-15; updated version in From Wesley to Asbury (#201), 14-27.
151. "Bishop Lavington and the Methodists." WHS 34 (1963): 37-42.
152. "John Wesley on Christian Perfection." WHS 34 (1963): 53-57.
153. "When did Methodism begin?" Together 7.7 (1963): 27-29.
154. William Grimshaw, 1708-1763. London: Epworth Press, 1963. 288 pp.
155. "William Grimshaw, Methodist Clergyman." LQHR 188 (1963): 127-34.
1964
156. Charles Wesley's Verse: an Introduction. London: Epworth Press, 1964; rev. edn. 1988 (link is to revised edition).
157. "Christ the Mediator." In The Upper Room Discipline 1964, 67-73. Nashville: Upper Room, 1964.
158. "John Wesley by Francis McConnell: Leader's Suggestions. Five sessions." Adult Teacher (May 1964): 11-13.
1965
159. "Captain Thomas Webb, Pioneer of American Methodism." Religion in Life 34 (1965) 406-21. Reprinted as pamphlet with same title [New York: Abingdon Press] 1965; and in From Wesley to Asbury (#201), 51-69.
160. "Early American Methodism: a Key Document [Thomas Taylor to John Wesley, 11th April 1768]." Methodist History 3.2 (Jan. 1965): 3-15.
161. "John Bennet and Early Methodist Polity." WHS 35 (1965): 1-4.
162. "The People Called Methodist, Pt. 3. Polity." In A History of the Methodist Church in Great Britain, 1:213-55. Edited by Rupert Davies. London: Epworth Press, 1965.
163. "Susanna Wesley, Apologist for Methodism." WHS 35 (1965): 68-71.
1966
164. "'Aldersgate' and Wesley's Editors." LQHR 191 (1966): 310-19.
165. "The Doctrines in the Discipline: a Study of the Forgotten Theological Presuppositions of American Methodism." Duke Divinity School Review 31 (1966): 39-55. Reprinted in From Wesley to Asbury (#201), 162-82; and in Perspectives on American Methodism, 46-61, 505-8. Edited by Russell Richey. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1993.
166. "John Wesley's First Marriage." Duke Divinity School Review 31 (1966): 175-88. Reprinted in LQHR 192 (1967): 305-15
167. A Union Catalogue of the Publications of John and Charles Wesley. Durham, N.C. Duke University Divinity School, 1966 (see revised 2nd edn., 1991, #246 below).
1967
1968
169. "American Methodism; Beginnings and Ends." Methodist History 6.3 (April 1968): 3-15; expanded version in From Wesley to Asbury (#201), 183-205.
170. "John Wesley and the Moravians of Fulneck." WHS 36 (1968): 153-54.
1969
172. "John Wesley's Introduction to William Law." WHS 37 (1969): 78-82.
173. "Salute to Susanna." Methodist History 7.3 (Apr. 1969): 3-12.
174. "Wesley's Early Preachers in America." Duke Divinity School Review 34 (1969): 143-62; revised version in From Wesley to Asbury (#201), 84-104.
175. General Editor (1969-85) of The Works of John Wesley (35 vols. projected). Initial volumes (7, 11, 25, and 26) appeared as Oxford Edition of the Works of John Wesley (Oxford: Clarendon, 1975-83); publication continued as The Bicentennial Edition of the Works of John Wesley (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1984). In his General Editor role Baker produced the critical version of primary Wesley texts, appendices showing variant readings, and other occasional appendices, for volumes 1-4, 7, 9, 11, 25-26 (and scattered work on other volumes). This bibliography will list separately only the two volumes (25-26) for which Baker was also the specific unit editor.
1970
176. "The Birth of John Wesley's Journal." Methodist History 8.2 (Jan. 1970): 25-32.
177. John Wesley and the Church of England. London: Epworth Press, 1970; Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1970. viii + 422 pp.
178. "John Wesley and William Law: a Reconsideration." WHS 37 (1970): 173-77.
179. "The Oxford Edition of Wesley's Works." Methodist History 8.4 (July 1970): 41-48.
180. A United Methodist Heritage Tour of England. n.p. [1970]. 32 pp.
181. "Wesleyana and British Methodism." In Gnomon: Essays for the Dedication of the William R. Perkins Library, 52-62. Edited by John L. Sharpe III and Esther Evans. Durham, NC: Duke University Library, 1970.
182. "Whitefield's Break with the Wesleys." Church Quarterly 3 (Oct. 1970): 103-13.
1971
183. Articles in Encyclopedia Britannica. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. "Wesley, Charles" (23:412-14), "Wesley, John" (23:414-16)
184. "'Come Over and Help Us' - America to Wesley." Christian Advocate (Mar. 18, 1971): 13-14; revised version in From Wesley to Asbury (#201), 70-83.
185. "Dr. Thomas Coke and Methodism in the Isle of Wight." WHS 38 (1971): 56-59.
186. "The Origins of the World Methodist Historical Society." News Bulletin of the World Methodist Historical Society 1 (Dec. 1971): 1-2, 7-8.
1972
187. "John Wesley and Miss Mary Clark of Worcester [text of letters]." Methodist History 10.2 (Jan. l972): 45-51.
188. "Love Feast." In Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship, 247-50. Edited by J.G. Davies. London: SCM Press, 1972.
189. "Samuel Wesley, Musician." Methodist History 11.1 (Oct. 1972): 52-56.
190. "The Wesleys in Georgia." Historical Highlights 2.1 (June 1972): 6-13; updated version in From Wesley to Asbury (#201), 3-13.
1973
191. [with Oliver Beckerlegge] "Humorous Verses by Samuel Wesley." WHS 39 (1973): 6-11.
192. "John Wesley and Cokesbury College's First President." Methodist History 11.2 (Jan. 1973): 54-59
193. "Was John Wesley Real?" Cross/Talk, 2.3 (1973).
1974
"Allan, Charles Wilfrid" (p. 88)
"Anti-Methodist publications" (pp. 119-22)
"Bathafarn" (p. 236)
"Book of Offices" (p. 297)
"Bourne, James" (p. 308)
"Butterfield, Sir Herbert" (p. 366)
"Butterworth, Joseph" (p. 366)
"Charles, Thomas" (p. 452)
"Chubb, James" (p. 496)
"Circuit" (p. 508)
"Circuit Quarterly Meeting" (p. 509)
"Class leaders" (pp. 518-19)
"Clayton, John" (p. 521)
"Clifton, George" (p. 525)
"Committee of Privileges" (pp. 554-55)
"Concordances, Bible" (p. 558)
"Conference, Presidents of" (p. 561)
"Coomer, Duncan" (p. 581)
"Coulson, Charles Alfred" (p. 593)
"Crook, John" (p. 606)
"Davies, Howell" (p. 632)
"Davies, Rupert Eric" (p. 632)
"Dempster, James" (pp. 654-55)
"Devotion, life and literature of" (pp. 672-76)
"Etheridge, John Wesley" (p. 789)
"Evans, Elizabeth" (p. 813)
"Farrar, Dorothy Hincksman" (p. 832)
"Fetter Lane Society" (p. 839)
"General Rules" (pp. 986-88)
"Greet, Kenneth Gerald" (p. 1041)
"Hall's Circuits and Ministers" (p. 1060)
"Hardwick, Thomas" (pp. 1071-72)
"Harrison, Archibald Walter" (p. 1084)
"Histories of Methodism" (pp. 1129-34)
"Hobhill Library" (p. 1136)
"Huguenot Chapels" (pp. 1171-72)
"Hymnody, British Methodist" (pp. 1192-94)
"Inghamites" (pp. 1223-24)
"Innocent, John" (p. 1224)
"Jackson, Samuel" (p. 1248)
"Jessop, Thomas Edmund" (p. 1268)
"Jones, Griffith" (p. 1277)
"Kent, John H.S." (p. 1324)
"Lay pastors" (p. 1403)
"Leaders, Leaders' Meetings" (p. 1403)
"Legal Hundred" (p. 1417)
"Leyland, Arthur Stanley" (p. 1425)
"Lightwood, James Thomas" (p. 1429)
"Local preachers, early history" (pp. 1439-40)
"Lowes, Matthew" (pp. 1463-64)
"Luton Industrial College" (pp. 1470-71)
"Maxfield, Thomas" (p. 1538)
"Maxwell, D'Arcy" (pp. 1538-39)
"Methodist Homes for the Aged" (p. 1572)
"Methodist Union for Social Service" (p. 1594)
"Minor District Synod" (p. 1630)
"Morris, Dinah" (p. 1673)
"Nelson, John" (pp. 1714-15)
"Osborn, Thomas George" (p. 1827)
"Perkins, Ernest Benson" (p. 1885)
"Quakers and Methodists" (p. 1969)
"Raikes, Robert" (pp. 1978-79)
"Rattenbury, John Ernest" (p. 1989)
"Rodda, Martin" (p. 2042)
"Rowlands, Daniel" (p. 2052)
"Rule, William Harris" (p. 2054)
"Sackett, Alfred Barrett" (p. 2065)
"Shapland, Richard Henry Bowden" (p. 2131)
"Simpson, David" (p. 2158)
"Society Meeting" (pp. 2194-95)
"Soothill, William Edward" (pp. 2197-98)
"Spence, Robert" (p. 2225)
"Stationing of Preachers" (pp. 2239-40)
"Steward in British Methodism" (pp. 2249-50)
"Taft, Zachariah" (p. 2305)
"Thomas, T. George" (p. 2337)
"Tiplady, Thomas" (pp. 2347-48)
"Tracts and Tract Societies" (pp. 2360-61)
"Warrenite Controversy" (p. 2457)
"Watts, Isaac and the Wesleys" (pp. 2472-73)
"Weatherhead, Leslie Dixon" (p. 2477)
"Webb, Pauline Mary" (p. 2481)
"Welsh Calvinistic Methodism" (pp. 2487-88)
"Wesley family" (pp. 2511-12)
"Wesley's Works" (pp. 2521-22)
"Wesleyan Reformers, British" (pp. 2527-28)
"Wesleyana" (pp. 2529-31)
"Whitfield, George" (p. 2556)
"Williams, William" (p. 2569)
"Wiseman, Frederick Luke" (p. 2582)
"Young, Dinsdale Thomas" (pp. 2622-23)
"World Methodist History, chronology" (pp. 2634-38)
"Bibliography for Encyclopedia" (pp. 2722-66; not included)
195. "The Real John Wesley." Methodist History 12.4 (July 1974): 183-97.
1975
196. "Americanizing of Methodism." Methodist History 13.3 (Apr. 1975): 5-20.
197. "Edward Evans, Founding Philadelphia Methodist." Methodist History 14.1 (Oct. 1975): 56-59.
198. "John Wesley, Literary Arbiter: An Introduction to his Use of the Asterisk." WHS 40 (1975): 25-33.
199. "The Shaping of Wesley's Calm Address [1775]." Methodist History 14.1 (Oct. 1975): 3-12.
1976
200. "The British Background of North Carolina Methodism." In Methodism Alive In North Carolina: a Volume Commemorating the Bicentennial of the Carolina Circuit, 1-17. Edited by O. Kelley Ingram. Durham, NC: Divinity School of Duke University, 1976.
201. From Wesley to Asbury: Studies in Early American Methodism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1976. xiv + 223 pp.
202. "John Wesley and the Bible." Historical Highlights 6.1 (June 1976): 3-16. Commission on Archives and History, South Georgia Conference.
203. The Methodist Pilgrim in England. 3rd edn., revised. Rutland, VT: Academy Books, 1976. 110 pp.
204. "The Oxford Edition of Wesley's Works and its Text." In The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition, 117-33. Edited by Kenneth E. Rowe. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1976.
1977
205. "John Wesley's Last Visit to Charleston." South Carolina Historical Magazine 78 (1977): 265-71.
206. "Some Observations on John Wesley's Relationship with Grace Murray." Methodist History 16 (1977): 42-45.
1979
207. "The Circuit Plan [illus]." Library Notes [Duke University] 49 (Dec. 1979): 8-28.
208. "The Trans-Atlantic Triangle: Relations Between British, Canadian and American Methodism during Wesley's Lifetime." Bulletin of the Committee on Archives of the United Church of Canada 28 (1979): 5-21
1980
209. "John Wesley and Bishop Joseph Butler: a Fragment of John Wesley's Manuscript Journal, 16th to 24th August 1739." WHS 42 (1980): 93-100.
210. "Methodism." Encyclopedia Americana, 18:793-96. New York: Grolier, 1980.
211. "Unfolding John Wesley: a Survey of Twenty Years' Studies in Wesley's Thought." Quarterly Review 1 (Fall 1980): 44-58. German: Mitteilungen der Studiengemeinschaft fur Geschichte der Evangelisch-methodistischen Kirche 4 (1983): 1-18.
212. "General Introduction." Works of John Wesley, Letters I, 25:1-140. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980 (Baker responsible for entire volume; remainder available in print).
1981
213. "John Wesley and the German Pietists in Georgia." In The Harold Jantz Collection, 30-39. Edited by Leland R. Phelps. Duke University, Center for International Studies, 1981.
214. "John Wesley, Postal Pastor." In Dig or Die: Papers Given at the World Methodist Historical Society Wesley Heritage Conference, 37-47. Edited by James Udy and Eric Clancy. Sydney: World Methodist Historical Society, Australasian Section, 1981.
215. "Susanna Wesley: Puritan, Parent, Pastor, Protagonist, Pattern." In Dig or Die, 77-88. Also published in Women in New Worlds, 2:112-31. Nashville: Abingdon, 1982; and in Epworth Review 9 (1982): 39-46
1982
1984
217. Works of John Wesley. Volume 26: Letters II, 1740-1755. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982. xx + 684 pp. (Baker responsible for entire volume; not attached because in print)218. "John Wesley and America." WHS 44 (1984): 117-29.
219. John Wesley, London Publisher, 1733-1791. London: Friends of Wesley's Chapel, 1984. 15 pp. Reprinted in What Hath God Wrought, 30-43. Edited by R. C. Gibbins. London: Wesley's Chapel, 1988.
220. "The Origins, Character and Influence of John Wesley's Thoughts Upon Slavery." Methodist History 22 (1984): 75-86.
1985
221. The Heart of True Spirituality: Selections from William Law. Grand Rapids, MI: Francis Asbury Press, 1985. 112 pp.
222. "John Wesley and the Birth of the Methodist Episcopal Church." In Reflections upon Methodism during the American Bicentennial, 1-11. Dallas: Bridewell Library Center for Methodist Studies, 1985; and in Historical Bulletin, World Methodist Historical Society 14.3 (1985): 2-7.
223. "Riding the Rounds with John Wesley." Methodist History 23 (1985): 163-67.
224. "The Status of Methodist Preachers in America, 1769-1791." In Rethinking Methodist History, 29-36. Edited by Russell E. Richey and Kenneth E. Rowe. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1985.
225. The Heart of True Spirituality...Selections from Thomas a Kempis, Pierre Poiret, Jean Duvergier de Hauranne, and Jacques Joseph Duguet. Grand Rapids, MI: Francis Asbury Press, 1985. 93 pp.
1986
226. "Love Feast." A New Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship, 341-45. Edited by J. G. Davies. London: SCM Press, 1986.
227. "A Memorial Statement for Franz Hildebrandt, D.D., Ph.D., Lic. Theol. (1909-1985)." Methodist History 24 (1986): 238-40.
228. "Wesley's Principles for Social Action." In Basic United Methodist Beliefs, 72-79. Edited by J. Heidinger II. Wilmore, KY: Good News Books, 1986.
1987
229. Encyclopedia of Religion. Edited by Mircea Eliade. New York: Macmillan, 1987.
"Asbury, Francis" (1:434-45), "Coke, Thomas" (3:561),
"Methodist Churches" (9:493-95), "Wesley Brothers" (15:370-71)
230. "The Apostle of Methodism in the South Seas [Richard Johnson]." In Wesley's South Seas Heritage, 28-35. Auckland, New Zealand: South Pacific Regional Conference of the World Methodist Historical Society, 1987.
231. "Methodist Pioneers in the South Pacific." In Wesley's South Seas Heritage, 36-45.
232. "Practical Divinity: John Wesley's Doctrinal Agenda for Methodism." Wesleyan Theological Journal 22 (1987): 7-16.
1988
233. "The Beginnings of Methodism in Lincolnshire." Journal of the Lincolnshire Methodist Historical Society 4.1 (1988): 4-19.
234. Charles Wesley's Verse: an Introduction. 2nd ed., revised. London: Epworth Press, 1988. vi + 138 pp.
235. "Introduction." In John Wesley: Contemporary Perspectives, 1-10. Edited by John Stacey. London: Epworth Press, 1988.
236. "Investigating Wesley Family Traditions." Methodist History 26 (1988): 154-62.
237. "John Wesley's Publishing Apprenticeship." Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library 70.1 (1988): 71-80.
238. Milton for the Methodists: Emphasized extracts from Paradise Lost selected, edited and annotated by John Wesley. London: Epworth Press, 1988. xvi + 90 pp.
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1989
39. "Charles Wesley's Productivity as a Religious Poet." WHS 47 (1989): 1-12.
240. "John Wesley at Leisure." Canadian Methodist Historical Society, Papers 7 (1990): 23-35.
241. "John Wesley, Biblical Commentator." Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library 71.1 (1989): 109-120.
1990
242. "Eyewitness to Early Methodism." Methodist History 28 (1990): 92-103.
1991
243. "Charles Wesley's Letters." In Charles Wesley, Poet and Theologian, 72-84. Edited by S T Kimbrough Jr. Nashville, TN: Kingswood Books, 1991.
244. Introduction. Hymns for the Nativity of our Lord by Charles Wesley, iii-ix. Madison, NJ: Charles Wesley Society, 1991 (also supplied text stemma at end).
245. "A Poet in Love - the Courtship of Charles Wesley, 1747-1749." Methodist History 29 (1991): 235-47.
246. A Union Catalogue of the Publications of John and Charles Wesley. 2nd. ed., rev. Stone Mountain, GA: George Zimmermann, 1991. 230 pp.
1993
247. Sixty Years on the Wesley Trail. Durham: Duke Divinity School, 1998. (Delivered to the General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church, fall 1993)
248. "World Methodist Family." Historical Bulletin, World Methodist Historical Society 22.4 (1993): 5-12.
1995
"John Anderson" (p. 19), "Francis Asbury" (pp. 31-33), "William Atherton" (pp. 35-36), "John Barber" (pp. 55-56), "Thomas Barber" (p. 56), "Andrew Blair" (p. 106), "Thomas Blanshard" (pp. 108-9), "William Briggs" (p. 140-41), "Thomas Brisco" (pp. 141-42), "Agnes Bulmer" (pp. 163-64), "John Clayton" (pp. 229-30), "Jonathan Coussins" (p. 259-60), "James Creighton" (pp. 268-69), "John Crook" (pp. 272-73), "Jonathan Crowther" (pp. 276-77), "William Grimshaw" (pp. 480-82), "James Hamilton" (pp. 509-10), "Edward Hare" (pp. 518-19), "John Kershaw" (pp. 641-42), "Thomas Richards" (pp. 932-33), "George Stonehouse" (pp. 1060-61), "Sir James Stonhouse" (p. 1061), "Zechariah and Mary Barritt Taft" (pp. 1077-78), "Thomas Thompson" (pp. 1097-98), and "Thomas Westell / Westall" (pp. 1175-76).
1996
"Discipline" (65-67), "Evangelism" (81-83), "Love-Feast" (131-32), "Watch-Night" (220-21), "Charles Wesley" (222-24)
1997
253. "The Metamorphosis of Charles Wesley's Christmas Hymns, 1739-88." In Charles Wesley: Life, Literature and Legacy, 378-94. Edited by K. G. C. Newport & T. A. Campbell. Peterborough: Epworth Press, 2007.
254. "Re-setting Jacob's Dislocated Thigh." Methodist History 35 (1997) 244-45.
1999
2018
256. (with Richard P. Heitzenrater & Randy L. Maddox) The Journal Letters and Related Biographical Items of The Rev. Charles Wesley, M.A. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 2018. xxi + 466 pp. (available in print)
2019
257. (with Randy L. Maddox) "Probing a Wesley Letter." Methodist History 57 (2019): 172-74.
c. 2020
258. (with Richard P. Heitzenrater & Randy L. Maddox) The Correspondence of The Rev. Charles Wesley, M.A. Nashville: Kingswood Books (forthcoming)Select Unpublished Lectures / Papers
259. "Miss Sarah Wesley of Bristol - A Methodist Bluestocking." (c. 1960)
260. "John Wesley, E.A.P.J." (c. 1965)
261. "Agenda for Wesley Studies." (1982 Oxford Institute)
262. "Re-Creating John Wesley in the World Methodist Museum." (1985)
263. "Printers' Flowers as Bibliographical Evidence in Eighteenth-Century Britain." (1986)
264. "John and Charles Wesley - Two Brothers in Evangelism." (1988-91)
Abbreviations
FBP Frank Baker Papers Collection; Duke University, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library
LQHR London Quarterly and Holborn Review
WHS Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society