Welcome to the Bahá'í News Archive

This archive contains issues of Bahá'í News from its inception in 1924 until 1990. Bahá'í News is a Bahá'í periodical which features messages from Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice as well as news of the Bahá'í world. From 1924 until 1948 it was published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada. Since the formation of the Canadian National Spiritual Assembly in 1948, Bahá'í News has been published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States.

An earlier periodical is Star of the West. Its archive may be found at starofthewest.info.


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Bahá'í News is not published in separate volumes, but rather is numbered sequentially from one issue to the next. For the purposes of this archive, the issues have been grouped together into virtual "volumes".

Select the volume you would like to read or to search:

Volume 1: December, 1924 - September, 1937 Volume 7: December, 1967 - January, 1972
Volume 2: October, 1937 - August, 1948 Volume 8: February, 1972 - May, 1975
Volume 3: September, 1948 - June, 1954 Volume 9: June, 1975 - July, 1979
Volume 4: July, 1954 - November, 1959 Volume 10: August, 1979 - September, 1983
Volume 5: December, 1959 - July, 1964 Volume 11: October, 1983 - January, 1987
Volume 6: August, 1964 - November, 1967 Volume 12: February, 1987 - October, 1990

When you have finished with one volume, use your browser's back button to return to this page to select another volume.


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Volume 1: December, 1924 - September, 1937 Volume 7: December, 1967 - January, 1972
Volume 2: October, 1937 - August, 1948 Volume 8: February, 1972 - May, 1975
Volume 3: September, 1948 - June, 1954 Volume 9: June, 1975 - July, 1979
Volume 4: July, 1954 - November, 1959 Volume 10: August, 1979 - September, 1983
Volume 5: December, 1959 - July, 1964 Volume 11: October, 1983 - January, 1987
Volume 6: August, 1964 - November, 1967 Volume 12: February, 1987 - October, 1990

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