T. Thomas Boates papers, 1960-2022.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records collected by T. Thomas Boates during the course of his work with New England churches and as a board member of the American Congregational Association. The church records Boates collected include reports, records related to mergers, studies, and annual reports. The American Congregational Association records are largely related to the maintenance of the Congregational House building and plans to expand the building.
Dates
- 1960-2022
Creator
- Boates, T. Thomas, Jr. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Access to this collection is unrestricted and open to the public.
Restrictions on Use
Items in this collection are subject to U.S. Copyright Law. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine the copyright status of collection items and to secure any permissions necessary for their reproduction and publication. Requests for permission to publish material must be discussed with the archivist or librarian.
Biographical note
Rev. T. Thomas Boates, often simply known as Tom, received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Nazarene Theological School and a Master of Sacred Theology degree from Boston University School of Theology. He studied at Harvard Divinity School in the Ministry in the Vicinity program and was a Fellow at Yale Divinity School.
Tom was the pastor at the East Baltimore Church of the Nazarene in Baltimore, Maryland, the North Congregational Church in Bedford, Massachusetts, and the First Federated Church in Beverly, Massachusetts. He was also an Associate Pastor at Boston's Old South Church. He was the Area Conference Minister for the Metro Suffolk area of the New York Conference of the United Church of Christ. At Newton Theological School, he was the UCC Church Campaign Director.
Tom joined the board of the American Congregational Association in 1997. He became the Board Chair 1999 and served in that role until 2005. During his time on the board, Tom was instrumental in guiding the Congregational Library & Archives' transition to become a more modern and professionally staffed library. He continued to work with the board after his time as chair, especially as a member of the Board Development Committee.
Extent
1.09 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Rev. T. Thomas Boates received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Nazarene Theological School and a Master of Sacred Theology degree from Boston University School of Theology. Tom was the pastor at the East Baltimore Church of the Nazarene in Baltimore, Maryland, the North Congregational Church in Bedford, Massachusetts, and the First Federated Church in Beverly, Massachusetts. Tom joined the board of the American Congregational Association in 1997 and served as the Board Chair from 1999 until 2005. This collection contains records collected by T. Thomas Boates during the course of his work with New England churches and as a board member of the American Congregational Association and includes church annual reports, studies, documents related to mergers, and records relating to the maintenance and expansion of the Congregational House.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged into the two series listed below. Within each series, materials have been arranged into chronological older by start date.
Series 1: Church records, 1960-2006
Series 1: American Congregational Association files, 1993-2022
Acquisition Information
Materials were donated to the Congregational Library and Archive by Ellen B. Clark in February 2020 and September 2022; 2020-03, 2022-19.
Processing Information
Processed by Zachary Bodnar, January 2025, using Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
- American Congregational Association.
- Building management
- Central Congregational Church (Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.)
- Centre Congregational Church (Lynnfield, Mass.)
- Church records and registers.
- First Congregational Church ((Gardner, Mass.))
- First Congregational Church (Chester, Mass.)
- First Congregational Church (East Longmeadow, Mass.)
- First Congregational Church (Hyde Park, Boston, Mass.)
- First Congregational Church (Reading, Mass.)
- First Congregational Church in Exeter (Exeter, N.H.)
- First Congregational Church in Worcester (Worcester, Mass.)
- Memorial Congregational Church (North Quincy, Quincy, Mass.)
- Mt. Vernon Congregational Church (Boston, Mass.)
- Old North Church (Marblehead, Mass.)
- Pilgrim United Church of Christ (New Bedford, Mass.)
- Quincy Point Congregational Church (Quincy, Mass.)
- South Congregational Church (Springfield, Mass.)
- St. Mark's Congregational Church (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
- Trinitarian Congregational Church (Concord, Mass.)
- Union Congregational Church (Wollaston, Quincy, Mass.)
- United Church of Christ. New Hampshire Conference
- United Parish of Auburndale (Auburndale, Newton, Mass.)
- West Concord Union Church (Concord, Mass.)
- West Parish Church (Andover, Mass.)
Creator
- Boates, T. Thomas, Jr. (Person)
- Title
- T. Thomas Boates papers, 1960-2022.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zachary Bodnar
- Date
- 2025-01-06
- Description rules
- 3
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Congregational Library & Archives Repository