From photos to phonographs, banners to bulletins, catalogs to Collegians, the library archives has publications and artifacts from throughout the history of the college and university. The archives media collection contains over 11,000 images and 2,000 audio/video recordings. Feeling nostalgic? Browse some of the links below to find records from your class years. For something specific, please complete the archives request form.
The Dennis F. Kinlaw Study Center, located on the lower level of the library, contains over 1,000 books of distinction and memorabilia from Dr. Kinlaw’s study and ministry. Visit to explore Dr. Kinlaw's testimony, sermons, and personal correspondence. To learn more about the Kinlaw Study Center, click here.
Special Collections contains literary works about early Methodist history and the holiness movement in America, missionaries and missions around the world, titles by or about Asbury alumni or faculty, and other items that have historical interest. Items can be searched in the library’s online catalog.
To learn more about Asbury’s Wesleyan Holiness theological tradition go to this link.
Wesleyan-Holiness Collections
Missions, Evangelism, and World Religions Collections
Interdisciplinary Collections
While the Kinlaw Study Center is open any time the library building is open, access to Archives & Special Collections is by appointment only.
If you would like to schedule an appointment or request information from the archives, please email library@asbury.edu or fill out the form below with your request.