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This series contains bound letter copying books and loose correspondence comprised of telegrams, postal cards, and letters, as well as the correspondence of Heli Chatelain, field manager in Africa of the Philafrican Liberators' League, to the Rev. L.T. Chamberlain, President of both the Evangelical Alliance in the United States and of the Liberators' League. Some of the records are in other languages, such as German and French. Noteworthy correspondents in this series include Kaiser Wilhelm, Prince von Bismarck, and Booker T. Washington. The topics covered in the correspondence address many of the same that are covered in the administrative records, including the status of religion and religious persecution around the world. Additionally, the correspondence focuses on such topics as upcoming Alliance conferences, requests for Alliance publications, and the Week of Prayer. The correspondence also demonstrates how world events, including the Franco-Prussian War and the Boer War, affected the Alliance and its planned initiatives. A few of the Chatelain letters are from Chatelain to his sister, describing Chatelain's efforts while stationed in Africa on behalf of the Philafrican Liberators' League, which included securing the freedom of slaves in Africa and the promotion of their welfare during the Boer War. Other pieces of correspondence contain supply lists for his base at Lincoln Station and Chatelain's report of his European trip.

This series contains material related to the Alliance's General Conference of 1870 in New York City, including proposed conference programs, lists of individuals who have accepted their invitations to the conference, and a list of people invited to speak or present papers at the conference. The materials describe and reflect the preparatory processes involved in organizing the conference, as well as the barriers to its success. One such document, a letter regarding travel restrictions to and from Europe due to the Franco-Prussian War, emphasizes the far reach that global events had on the rest of the world.

This series contains images and scrapbooks, which include pamphlets, conference programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, as well as various documents broken down by Branch Alliances across the United States. The photo album contains photographs of Evangelical Alliance members, including William Dodge, once President of the Alliance, and Philip Schaff, among others. The wide range of topics covered in the scrapbooks reflects the wide array of document types found within them. Such topics include Alliance events, both domestic and international; the Franco-Prussian War; religious persecution in Europe; and Alliance conferences.