No definitive scholarly history of Biola has been written. Here are the most important sources for constructing Biola's history.

Primary Sources

The King's Business: Biola's magazine published from 1910 to 1970. Available on microfilm in the library, in printed form in the library archives, and (1910-1920) online at http://www2.biola.edu/kingsbusiness/

Biola Alumni Annual: The school's annual yearbook for alumni, published from 1916? - 1926. It was replaced by The Biolan. Archives.

The Biolan: The school's yearbook, published from 1927 on. Archives.

The Chimes: The school's newspaper, published from ? on. Archives.

Minutes from Board of Directors Meetings: Maintained since 1908. Stored in the office of the President.

Lyman Stewart Papers: Correspondence of Lyman Stewart. Archives.

Biola Magazine, formerly Connections, published from 1988? on.

Inside Story, Biola University Employee Newsletter, published from 1990? on.

Historical Accounts

The Henry Manuscript: A roughly 500-page unpublished typescript history of Biola written by history professor James O. Henry and deposited in the Biola library archives.

"Black Oil and Souls to Win," by James O. Henry. A 16-page article by Henry published in The King's Business February 1958.

Chartered for His Glory: Biola University 1908-1983, Robert Williams and Marilyn Miller. Published by the Associated Students of Biola in 1983. Includes a list of sources at p. 110.

90 Years of Following In His Steps: Biola University 1908-1998. Published by Biola's Marketing Communications Department, edited by Christy Gustaitis-Ritner. Includes bibliography and index.

Rooted for One Hundred Years, published 2008.

"Development and Transformation within Protestant Fundamentalism: Bible Institutes and Colleges in the U.S., 1925-1991," by Richard Flory. Unpublished dissertation, University of Chicago, June 2003. This dissertation includes case studies of Wheaton College, Moody Bible Institute, Biola University, and Bob Jones University. The Biola section is pages 191-277.

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Conferences

Biola Centennial History Colloquium, a conference held December 5, 2007.

Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center, a woodland resort in the redwoods of Northern California founded in the summer of 1906 where Biola held an annual summer conference called "The Bible Institute"

SCORR, An annual conference founded in 1996, hosted at Biola and focusing on racial relations especially in Christian colleges and university.