- Various. Harry Liedtke, comp. 239 Days in America: Compilation of Essays from 239days.com (2012/2023). Compilation of text and visuals from the website 239days.com, covering Abdu'l-Bahá's visit from April 11 - Dec 5, 1912.
- Allan L. Ward. `Abdu'l-Bahá: Speaking in America (1971-72 Winter). Overview of Abdu'l-Bahá's travels through North America, newspaper coverage of his talks, and first-hand accounts of meeting him.
- Jan T. Jasion. Abdu'l-Baha and "The Other" (2021-02). On xenophobia; Abdu'l-Bahá's response to it; his reactions to certain newspapers; the impact of xenophobia on digitized collections; some comments by Bahá'u'lláh on journalism. Text of a webinar presented to the Wilmette Institute (December, 2020).
- Elham Afnan. 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Ezra Pound's Circle (1994). On the 1911 meeting between Ezra Pound, the famous American modernist poet, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá; links between the Bahá'í Faith and a number of important avant-garde circles in the West.
- Firuz Kazemzadeh. Abdu'l-Bahá in America, by Robert H. Stockman, and Abdu'l-Bahá's Journey West: The Course of Human Solidarity, ed. Negar Mottahedeh: Reviews (2013).
- Allison Vaccaro, Edward E. Bartlett. 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Baltimore (1982-02). History of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Baltimore, Maryland.
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Abdu'l-Baha in Britain: Warwick Leaflets (2011). Short overview of Abdu'l-Bahá's travels to Britain.
- David Merrick, comp. Abdu'l-Baha in Britain and France (1911-1913) (2018). Annotated, detailed map of places and dates (link offsite).
- Ahmad Sohrab. David Merrick, ed. 'Abdu'l-Baha in Britain, 1913: The Diary of Ahmad Sohrab (2018). Diary of the travels to Liverpool, London, Oxford, Edinburgh, Bristol, and Woking, 1912/12/05-1913/01/21. Presented as a "hybrid" book with internet links, maps, and QR codes. Includes copious notes, alternative accounts, and an appendix of the talks.
- Ahmad Sohrab. David Merrick, ed. 'Abdu'l-Baha in Edinburgh: The Diary of Ahmad Sohrab (2008). Diary of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Edinburgh, January 6-10, 1913.
- Julio Savi. `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt: September 1910 (2013). Historical and political background of Abdu'l-Bahá's various travels to Egypt, discussion of the people he met, and press coverage.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. 'Abdu'l-Bahá in London (1982). Notes on 'Abdu'l-Baha's visit to London and Bristol in 1911, his discourses and conversations; first published in 1912.
- Kurt Asplund. `Abdu'l-Bahá in Manhattan (2013-01-15). Maps of all the places visited by `Abdu'l-Bahá in 1912, from Miniature Atlas of the Borough of Manhattan in One Volume, complete with detailed descriptions of each location, quotations from people present, and excerpts from newspaper articles.
- Jack McLean. Abdu'l-Baha in Montreal (2007-09-12). Overview of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Canada in 1912, written in commemoration of its Centenary.
- Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York (2012). History of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit, concepts and principles he spoke about, the social context of New York at the time, and personal stories of the lives of early American Bahá'ís. Includes video interview with the author, and Spanish translation.
- Eliane Lacroix-Hopson, Abdu'l-Bahá. 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York: The City of the Covenant (1999). Details of 'Abdu'l-Baha's visit to New York City in 1912; his discourses and conversations.
- Abdu'l-Baha in New York: The City of the Covenant, April-December 1912 (1931). A record of Abdu’l-Bahá’s talks in New York, with foreword by John Herman Randall.
- Anne Gordon Perry. 'Abdu'l-Bahá in the West: A Biographical Guide of the People Associated with His Travels, by Jan Teofil Jasion: Review (2015).
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans, Seena Fazel, ed. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity: An interview with Pasteur Monnier on the relationship between the Bahá'í Faith and Christianity, Paris (1993-12). Revised translation of an interview with Pasteur Monnier, from chapter 5 of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy.
- Seena Fazel. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity: Introduction (1993). 'Abdu'l-Bahá's answers to questions posed by Pastor Monnier in Paris in 1913 on Christian subjects, notably the nature of Christ, and the relationship between Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith.
- Christopher Buck, Nahzy Abadi Buck. `Abdu'l-Bahá's 1912 Howard University Speech: A Civil War Discourse for Interracial Emancipation (2012-12-22). Presentation at Grand Canyon Bahá'í Conference on Abdu'l-Bahá and the Black Intelligentsia, especially W. E. B. Du Bois; his speech to the NAACP; and reproductions of many newspaper clippings covering his visit to Washington, DC.
- Christopher Buck. Abdu'l-Baha's 1912 Howard University Speech: A Civil War Myth for Interracial Emancipation (2013). Overview of the event, press coverage, publications of the speech, the Emancipation Proclamation "myth" and its historical influence, the role of whites, and the rhetoric of progress.
- Wendi Momen. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Elucidation of the Concept of the Oneness of Humanity During His Western Travels (2013). Today the Bahá'í teaching of oneness of humankind is widely accepted, but in the early 1900s it was a difficult concept to convey or put into practice. Abdu'l-Bahá made this principle a centerpiece of his talks and actions in the West.
- Wendi Momen. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels (2012). Abdu'l-Bahá's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic racist and sexual philosophies on the other.
- Muhammad Qazvini. Ahang Rabbani, trans. 'Abdu'l-Baha's Meeting with Two Prominent Iranians (1998 Fall). Muhammad Qazvini's and Siyyid Hasan Taqizadeh's descriptions of their 1911 meetings with `Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris. Preceded by a brief biography of Abdu'l-Bahá.
- Betty Hoff Conow. Abdu'l-Baha's Travels (1970).
- Robert Stockman. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Visit to North America, 1912: A Preliminary Analysis (2012). Overview of the itinerary of this tour, the state of the Bahá'í community and the general social context of the time, and some themes of Abdu'l-Bahá's teachings.
- Ahang Rabbani, comp. Abdu'l-Bahá's Year in Egypt: A Compilation of Eyewitnesses (2008). Annotated excerpts from Bahá'í News. Includes 8-page overview of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Egypt, his companion and diarist Ahmad Sohrab, and the trip's press coverage.
- Shapour Rassekh. Louis Brunet, trans, Pierre-Yves Mocquais, trans. `Abdu'l-Bahá, le porte-drapeau d'une nouvelle civilisation: `Abdu'l-Bahá, the Standard Bearer of a New Civilization (2013/2014). Abdu'l-Bahá's mission and objectives in visiting North American, bringing to the West his principles for a new global age. Includes French original, "‘Abdu’l-Bahá, le porte-drapeau d’une nouvelle civilisation."
- Marlene Macke, comp. 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Canada: A Compilation from Written Accounts (2012-08). Lengthy collection of passages from the books Origins of the Bahá’í Community in Canada, Maxwells of Montreal, Mahmúd’s Diary, and Abdu’l-Bahá in Canada, the newspaper Montreal Gazette, and other sources.
- Iraj Ghanooni. Naeem Nabiliakbar, trans, Adib Masumian, trans. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the World Stage (2022). A contrast of the spiritual purpose of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá's first visit to Paris with the secular aims of some famous Iranian contemporaries who went there around the same time; includes philosophical discussions and an analysis of two talks by ‘Abdu'l-Bahá.
- Ahmad Sohrab. 'Abdul Baha in Egypt: The Diary of Ahmad Sohrab (1929). A detailed record of three months of Abdu'l-Bahá's time and activities in Egypt, July-September 1913. Includes translations of his talks.
- Kate Carew. 'Abdul Baha Talks to Kate Carew of Things Spiritual and Mundane (1912-05-05).
- Activities of `Abdu'l-Bahá in Illinois, 1912 (1976). Two-page list of all the addresses of the places visited by Abdu'l-Bahá, April 29 - November 4, 1912. Includes link to Google map.
- Christopher Buck. "And universal peace — in what Book is this written?": How and Why 'Abdu'l-Bahá Identified "New" and Distinctive Bahá'í Principles (2022-09). Reflections on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's answer to the question "What has Bahá’u’lláh brought that we have not heard before?"
- Sandra Lynn Hutchison. Anne Gordon Perry on Writing for Film (2021 Spring). Interview with the co-creator of Luminous Journey, a film documenting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s travels in North America.
- Marzieh Gail. Arches of the Years (1991). Early days of the Bahá'í Faith in America and of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit in 1912; Phoebe Hearst; Versailles Conference; and about Marzieh Gail herself.
- Moojan Momen. Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts (1981). A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Bábí and Bahá'í religions in contemporaneous accounts and newspapers.
- Christopher Buck. Bahá'í 'Race Amity' Movement and the Black Intelligentsia in Jim Crow America, The: Alain Locke and Robert Abbott (2011). W. E. B. Du Bois, Alain L. Locke and Robert S. Abbott, ranked as the 4th, 36th and 41st most influential in African American history, all expressed interest in the Baha’i ethic of world unity, from family to international relations, and social crisis.
- Richard Thomas. Bahá'í Response to Racial Injustice and Pursuit of Racial Unity, The: Part 1 (1912-1996) (2021-01). The American Bahá’í community’s historical efforts to address racial injustice which has afflicted the United States since its founding.
- Peter Smith, ed. Bahá'ís in the West (2004). Essays and illustrations on the beginnings of the Faith in Australia and New Zealand, Denmark, Hungary, and the United States.
- Jerome Socolovsky. Baha'is Mark Centenary of Visit to America by Religious Leader (2012-05-22). Short TV report on the Bahá'í Faith, Abdu'l-Baha's visit, and Persian believers.
- Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. Bahá'ís, The (1928). A "comprehensive account of the inspiration and ideals upon which Baha’ism is built up" — overview of the history and teachings of the Bahá'í Faith.
- Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. Choice of the West for Abdu'l-Bahá's Epoch-Making Trip, The (2012). Reasons for Abdu'l-Bahá choosing Western nations for the climax of his ministry, and results he achieved in Europe and the United States.
- Aziz'u'llah Azizi. Nahzy Abadi Buck, trans, Christopher Buck, trans. Crown of Glory: Memoirs of Jinab-i-Aziz'u'llah Azizi (1991). Autobiography of Jináb-i-Azízí, "the Tailor," a companion of 'Abdu'l-Bahá who travelled with the Master to London and Paris, and also met with Shoghi Effendi. Includes photographs, and provisional translations of several Tablets.
- Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Bahá'í studies and history. Most of these were first published in Star of the West and World Order between 1929 and 1971.
- Juliet Thompson, Marzieh Gail. Diary of Juliet Thompson (1983). Experiences in the life of Juliet Thompson, a prominent early Bahá'í and friend of Abdu'l-Bahá. Includes preface by Marzieh Gail.
- Phillip E. Tussing. Finishing the Work: `Abdu'l-Bahá in Dublin, New Hampshire, 1912 (2007). Overview of Abdu'l-Bahá's three-week visit to a small town in northeast United States.
- Kazem Kazemzadeh, Firuz Kazemzadeh. Five Books About 'Abdu'l-Baha: Review (1971 Fall). Brief reviews of books by Myron Phelps (1904), Howard Colby Ives (1962), Mirza Mahmud-i-Zarqani (1914), Habib Mu'ayyad (1961), and Yunis Khan-i-Afrukhtih (1952).
- Sandra Lynn Hutchison. Richard Hollinger, ed. Foreword to 'Abdu'l-Baha in America: The Diary of Agnes Parsons (1996). Overview of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to America and his meetings with Agnes Parsons.
- Alice R. Beede. Glimpse of Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris (1912-02-07). Short account of a brief meeting in Paris, and brief speech by Abdu'l-Bahá.
- Betsy Omidvaran. 'His Eminence Mírzá ‘Abbás Effendi Has Reached the Shores of Alexandria': Abdu'l-Baha in Egypt (2004). Contacts ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had with influential people in Egypt, the impressions he made on them, and the description of his journey there as contained in Century of Light and many other Bahá'í texts and histories.
- Allan L. Ward. Historical Study of the North American Speaking Tour of 'Abdu'l-Baha and a Rhetorical Analysis of His Addresses, An (1960). The original thesis that would be the basis for the later book 239 Days: Abdu'l-Baha's Journey in America.
- Juliet Thompson. I, Mary Magdalene (1940). Semi-autobiographical account of Juliet Thompson's contact with 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom. In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: The Master in the British Isles 1911 (2011/2021). A collection of extracts from the Writings, pilgrims' notes, and newspapers summarizing Abdu'l-Bahá's first visit to the United Kingdom, prepared by the NSA of the United Kingdom for centenary observations.
- Inayat Khan. Inayat Khan's meeting with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris (1913). One-paragraph recounting of Khan, the founder of "Universal Sufism," meeting with Abdu'l-Bahá in 1913.
- Sylvia Ioas. Interview of Sachiro Fujita (1975). Interview of Fugita-san by Sylvia Ioas during John McHenry's pilgrimage in December, 1975 at McHenry's request.
- Sarah Munro. Josie McFadden (2013). Josie McFadden is a fictitious character who works in the home of Reverend Frederick White and his wife, Jane Elizabeth White, actual people who hosted Abdu'l-Bahá in Edinburgh. Though this monologue is fiction, it is based on real events.
- Roshan Danesh. Journey Motif in the Bahá'í Faith, The: From Doubt to Certitude (2012). The process of individual spiritual growth lies at the heart of human purpose. Bahá’u’lláh speaks about the collective spiritualization of humanity — creating new patterns of community and social relations — as the "journey" of the human body politic.
- Robert Stockman. Legacy of `Abdu'l-Bahá's Visit to America, 1912, The (2012). Overview of Abdu’l-Bahá’s trip to the U.S. and Canada, its impact, his social action and public discourse, and comparison with similar "travel-teaching" trips by Protap Chunder Mozoomdar and Swami Vivekanada (Hindus) and Anagarika Dharmapala (a Buddhist).
- Janice Auth. Letter of Jane LeDeau (2000-03). The story of Abdu'l-Bahá’s visit to Pittsburgh PA on May 7, 1912, as told through the eyes of a fictional observer at His talk. While the descriptions are specific to Pittsburgh at that time, this script can help serve as an example for other communities.
- Guy Emerson Mount. Locke, Shock, and Abbott: Baha'i Theology and the Acceleration of the African American Civil Rights Movement (2010). African American responses to Abdu'l-Bahá's 1912 visit to America, Abdu'l Baha's teachings among prominent African American leaders, and the nature of the 'Black Church' during the wider 'Progressive Era' of Jim Crow segregation.
- Abdu'l-Bahá, Mirza Mahmud-i-Zarqani. Mohi Sobhani, trans, Shirley Macias, ed. Mahmúd's Diary: The Diary of Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Zarqání Chronicling 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Journey to America (1998). Extensive account of the 1912 travels of Abdu'l-Bahá in the West.
- Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. Memories of the Sojourn of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris (1937). Memoir of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s four-month stay in Paris in 1911. Notes taken by the author's daughters were later published as the book Paris Talks.
- Mention of the Babi and Baha'i Faiths in the New York Times 1852 - 1922 (1852-1922). 45 articles and brief mentions, spanning 70 years.
- Message from Abdu'l-Baha, Head of the Baha'is, A (1912-04-21). News article of Abdu'l-Bahá's tour. Includes scanned image of various newspaper clippings and photographs of Abdu'l-Bahá.
- Vasu Mohan, Donna Denize, Nadim van de Fliert. Monologues on the Bicentenary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah and Howard University Visit Commemoration (2017-10/2018-04). Five biographical monologues delivered in the fictionalized voices of Harriett Gibbs Marshall, Laura Dreyfus Barney, Louis Gregory, Alain Locke, and Pocahontas Pope.
- Justin Penoyer. Mortensen, Fred (2007). Three biographies of an American who met Abdu'l-Bahá, by his great-grandson.
- Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall. Mother's Stories: Recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá (1998). Stories of Abdu'l-Bahá and early Bahá'ís told by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall (1897-1984), daughter of Howard Colby Ives and Elizabeth Church Hoyt.
- John Chesley. My Name is John Good, Servant of the Servant (2013). John Good was a man who heard Abdu'l-Bahá speak at the Bowery Mission in New York in 1912. From his boyhood, he had spent most of his life in prison. The main material for this characterization is from the diary of Juliet Thompson et al.
- Robert Weinberg. New Cycle of Human Power, A: Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounters with Modernist Writers and Artists (2021-01). On the impact of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on a number of individuals who were at the cultural vanguard of a society undergoing rapid, radical change.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Paris Talks (1972). Transcribed from translations of talks given by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá while in Paris in 1912; not yet compared to Persian originals and so unauthenticated.
- Howard Colby Ives. Portals to Freedom (1983). A collection of anecdotes and history of Abdu'l-Bahá's travels to the United States, as told by one observer.
- Hussein Ahdieh. Precious Glimmers: The Bahá'í Faith in New York, 1892-1932 (2020). Highlights of the first forty years of the Bahá'í Faith in the City of the Covenant, 1892-1932. Includes chronology of meetings, conferences, activities, and milestones, and photographs.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Promulgation of Universal Peace (1982). A collection of transcriptions of 140 talks delivered by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá during the nine months in 1912 when he travelled across the United States and Canada.
- Roger Coe, comp. Promulgation of Universal Peace: Spreadsheet of Talks (2011-08). Table of all talks published in this book, showing date, location, and the different page numbers in the 1982 and 2007 editions.
- Christopher Buck. Public Discourse on Race: Abdu'l-Bahá's 1912 Howard University Speech (2012-02-10). Presentation at Louhelen Bahá’í School on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the black intelligentsia, his views of the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, and his message to African Americans and the "Whites."
- Mirra Alfassa (published as The Mother). Questions and Answers 1950-51 (1951/1972). Recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá speaking about sacrifice and suffering by a leading spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo.
- Peter Terry. Rabindranath Tagore: Some Encounters with Bahá'ís (1992/2015). 'Abdu'l-Bahá is alleged to have met India's poet laureate Tagore in Chicago in 1912. This article examines the historical sources for that story.
- Amin E. Egea. Reading Reality in Times of Crisis: 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Great War (2021-05-08). How ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s analysis of the crises of His time was profoundly distinct from contemporaneous “progressive” movements and thinkers.
- Rhonda Palmer, Anne Gordon Perry. Remembering The Master (2012). Variations on a script for 1-3 voices, with both monologue and presentation versions, consisting of fictionalized retelling of stories about Abdu'l-Bahá visiting America.
- Jonah Winters, comp. Sources for studying the life and writings of Abdu'l-Baha: A topical bibliography (1999). Now outdated bibliography; retained for historical interest.
- Duane L. Herrmann. Strangers Passing Through Town (2021-08-02). Brief historical fiction short story, based on the finding that 'Abdu'l-Bahá passed through Kansas on his way to and from Denver when he visited North America in 1912.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Talk Given by Abdu'l-Baha to Theosophists at Marseille (2017). Text of a talk on materialism and philosophy, adapted from a newspaper article.
- Kathryn Jewett Hogenson. The Cause of Universal Peace: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Enduring Impact (2021-02-23). On Abdu'l-Bahá's interest in the Lake Mohonk Conferences on International Arbitration in New York, 1912, and the Quaker founders Albert and Alfred Smiley; Leroy Ioas and the World Unity Conferences; World Unity magazine (later World Order).
- Amin E. Egea. Travels of `Abdu'l-Bahá and their Impact on the Press, The (2011). The presence of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Western countries aroused great interest in the general public and the media. The surveys the news reports of the events related to His visit and the impressions gained by His audiences.
- Robert Gregory Shaw. Uncle Bill: A Personal Memoir (2020-07). Personal recollections of Albert Edwin Dorrida, "Uncle Bill" (1901-1972), who became a Bahá'í after meeting 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1912; history of the Bahá'í Faith in Baltimore. Includes articles from Bahá'í News from 1947 and 1982.
- Bahá'í World News Service. United Kingdom: Restoration Project Honors enduring impact of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Message of Peace (2024-05-02). Story on the restoration of an apartment now open for public visits in Bristol, UK, where Abdu'l-Baha stayed and gave public presentations in 1911 and 1913.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Unpublished Talks by 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1928). Four short talks given by ‘Abdu'l-Bahá in London, December 1912. These talks have not been published elsewhere and the translator is not identified. The original Persian text alluded to at the beginning seems not to be readily available.
- Mirra Alfassa (published as The Mother). Words of Long Ago (1912/1978). Transcript of a talk The Mother delivered to some Bahá'ís in Paris in 1912 by request of Abdu'l-Bahá; reflections inspired by the departure of Abdu'l-Bahá from Paris in June 1913.
- Marion Yazdi. Yamamoto, Hiroshi: Eldest son of the world's first Japanese believer (1980-04). Japanese-American Yamamoto (c. 1909-1979) was the eldest son of Kanichi (Moto) Yamamoto, the first ethnic Japanese Bahá’í in the world.
- Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. Maryam Rouhani Seysan, trans. حضرت عبد البهاء در نیویورک (Hadrat 'Abdu'l-Bahá dar New York): 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York (2014). Translation in 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York, a history of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to the city, concepts and principles he spoke about, the social context of New York at the time, and personal stories of the lives of early American Bahá'ís.
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