The archives contain records of the Library, Tyndale Fellowship, Tyndale House Council, and Biblical Research Committee, as well as papers of the following individuals:

  • Atkinson Letters Letters written by Dr. Basil Atkinson (1895–1971) to his friend Rev. George A.R. Swannell between 1947 and 1956.
  • Burkitt Papers Papers of Prof. Francis Crawford Burkitt (1864-1935)
  • Hemer Papers Papers of Dr. Colin J. Hemer (1930-1987)
  • Holden Sermons Papers of Rev. John Stuart Holden (1874-1934)
  • Johnson Papers Papers of Dr. Douglas Johnson (1904-1991)
  • K.A. Kitchen Library Book lists by Prof. Kenneth A. Kitchen (1932-)
  • Walls Papers Papers of Prof. Andrew F. Walls (1928-2021)
  • Wiseman Papers Papers of Prof. Donald Wiseman (1918-2010)

The Wiseman archive collection at Tyndale House

The Professor Donald Wiseman papers comprise hundreds of items amassed by Wiseman over the course of his life, alongside a smaller collection of items (mainly comprising Bible study notes and reports of Bible talks and sermons) apparently created and/or collected by his father, Percy J. Wiseman, and subsequently retained by Donald Wiseman.
Examples of items in the collection include:

  • Printed publications such as war reports and annotated journal offprints
  • Handwritten transcriptions, transliterations and translations of cuneiform tablets
  • Handwritten notes on ancient near eastern history and archaeology
  • Handwritten notes on Bible passages
  • An extensive handwritten memoir of Wiseman’s life
  • Photographs from a range of archaeological excavations
  • Correspondence, usually typewritten, on many different subjects both personal and professional
  • The Professor Donald Wiseman papers cover all aspects of his life’s work, including:
  • RAF intelligence duties in World War Two
  • Archaeological excavations in Nimrud and elsewhere
  • Professorship of Assyriology at SOAS
  • Administration of Tyndale House
  • Administration of the Scripture Gift Mission
  • Translation work for the first edition of the New International Version of the Bible

Full Archival standard description of the Wiseman archive collection