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American Committee for Relief in the Near East records, 1891-1979.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5334
Abstract The American Committee for Relief in the Near East, formerly American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, was officially established in 1915, with operations through 1930. Its main objectives included fund raising and providing humanitarian relief through the establishment of hospitals, clinics, orphanages and other initiatives (information obtained from the Armenian National Institute website). This collection documents the experiences of missionaries and natives during...
Dates: 1891-1938, 1979

Blake and Goodsell Family papers, 1883-2005. : [manuscript]

 Collection
Identifier: MS4922 (RG1200)
Abstract Fred Field Goodsell was born to Dennis and Abby Goodsell in 1880. He graduated from UC Berkley and enrolled as a student at the Hartford Seminary in 1902. Goodsell married Lulu (Lou) Service on June 26th, 1905. Lou was born to John and Julia Service on 1881. In 1907 the couple moved to Turkey where they serviced as missionaries for the next 23 years. Their first years were at Central Turkey College in rural Aintab (Gaziantep). From 1914 to 1919 the Goodsells returned to the United States...
Dates: 1883-2005 [Bulk: 1905-1980]

Braintree, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1697-1871.

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Identifier: RG5302
Abstract The Mount Wollaston Parish Meeting House was established in 1639 in the present-day Quincy Area, and by 1640 the town was renamed Braintree. This Meeting House was the site of the original church, which first gathered on September 10, 1707. In 1708, old Braintree was divided into the North Precinct (Quincy) and the South Precinct (Braintree). When Quincy became an official town in 1792, the 1707 church was designated as the First Church in Braintree. The records in this collection include...
Dates: 1697-1871

Cambridge, Mass. First Church records, 1784-1968.

 Collection
Identifier: RG4935
Abstract Cambridge, Massachusetts, was fist settled in 1630 and the first meeting house was erected in 1632. Public worship began in 1633 with Thomas Hooker and the First Church of Cambridge was formally established in 1636 with Thomas Shepard as the first minister. In 1650, 1706, and 1757 the second, third, and fourth meeting houses were constructed. The Parish split in 1829 between Unitarians and traditional Congregationalists after the parish severed its contract with Abiel Holmes over his refusal...
Dates: 1784-1968

Capron Family papers, 1777-1950.

 Collection
Identifier: MS0044
Abstract William Banfield Capron was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts on April 14, 1824. Sarah Brown Hooker was born in Lanesboro, Massachusetts, on April 24, 1828. Sarah and William met while both were teaching at the Hartford High School. They were married on October 1, 1856. Almost immediately after their marriage, the couple were assigned to the Madurai (then called Madura) Mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. They worked in Madurai and Manamadurai until 1872....
Dates: 1777-1950

Charles A. Beck journal, 1868-1874. : [manuscript]

 Collection
Identifier: MS4831
Dates: 1868-1874

Cyrus Nash papers, 1630-1837.

 Collection
Identifier: MS0932
Abstract Cyrus Nash was born on May 8th, 1750 in Abington, Mass. His parents were Luke and Nabby Nash. He worked as the parish clerk for the Abington Church. He recorded information about Abington and the surrounding area, including vital statistics, histories, and council reports. After falling from his roof, he was confined to his home for his last 45 years. While at home, he became fascinated in a vareity of topics and news that came his way, taking notes on what he could. He died on March 4th,...
Dates: 1630-1837

David Sanford diary, 1852-1874. : [manuscript]

 Collection
Identifier: MS0156
Dates: 1852

David Smith diary, 1818. : [manuscript]

 Collection
Identifier: MS0964
Dates: 1818

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Sermons, American. 3
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Letters. 2
Marriage records. 2
New England's Hidden Histories. 2
Sermons. 2
War diaries. 2
Account books. 1
Armenia -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1920. 1
Associations, institutions, etc. 1
Baptism and church membership. 1
Biography. 1
Caucasus. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
Christian poetry. 1
Church music -- Societies, etc. 1
Church youth groups. 1
Clergy -- Correspondence. 1
Clergy -- United States. 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.). 1
College students -- Religious life. 1
Commonplace books. 1
Correspondence. 1
Diaries -- Authorship -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
Finance. 1
Fraternal organizations. 1
Gay activists. 1
Gay clergy. 1
Gay military personnel. 1
Gay rights -- Religious aspects. 1
Genealogy. 1
Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Congregational churches. 1
Installation (clergy). 1
International relief -- Armenia. 1
Leather lifestyle. 1
Lectures and lecturing. 1
Massachusetts -- History. 1
Missionaries -- India. 1
Missionaries' spouses. 1
Missions -- Africa. 1
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Pews and pew rights. 1
Photograph albums. 1
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Presbyterian Church -- Clergy. 1
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Sermons, American -- Early works to 1800. 1
Sexual minorities. 1
Sunday schools. 1
Travel writing. 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. 1
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Vital statistics. 1
War relief. 1
Wills. 1
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 4
Abington (Mass.) 1
Adams, Nehemiah, 1806-1878 1
Albro, John A. (John Adams), 1799-1866 1
American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. 1
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American Committee for Relief in the Near East 1
American Tract Society 1
American Tract Society (Boston, Mass.) 1
Amesbury (Mass.) 1
Appleton, Nathaniel, 1693-1784 1
Bates, Mary Kezia 1
Beck, Charles A. 1
Beloit College 1
Blake, Everett 1
Blake, Lynda 1
Braintree (Mass.) 1
Brattle, William, 1662-1717 1
Brigham Young University 1
Cambridge (Mass.) 1
Capron, Samuel Mills, 1832-1874 1
Capron, Sarah B., 1828-1919 1
Capron, William B. (William Banfield), 1824-1876 1
Chicago Evangelization Society. Bible Institute for Home and Foreign Missions 1
Coulter, Hugh M. 1
Dodge, William Bradford 1
Egan, Clarence Edward, Dr., Jr. 1
First Church (Cambridge, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Braintree, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Brimfield, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Society of Merrimac 1
Fisk, Pliny, 1
Folsom, George DeForest 1
Fowler, Henry 1
Gale, Sullivan French. 1
General Assembly (73rd : 1861 : Philadelphia) 1
Goodsell, Abby 1
Goodsell, Dennis 1
Goodsell, John 1
Goodsell, Lincoln 1
Goodsell, Lulu Service 1
Gould, Nahum 1
Green, Samuel 1
Gregg, James 1
Hallock, William A. (William Allen), 1794-1880 1
Hilliard, Timothy, 1747-1790 1
Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837 1
Hooker, H. B. (Henry Brown), 1802-1881 1
Hooker, John, 1729-1777 1
House, Joseph 1
Hunt, Mary 1
Hunt, Susan Counce 1
International Congregational Council (1930 : Bournemouth, England) 1
Keith, Laura E., 1862-1946 1
Lauer, J.D. 1
Lucy Perry Noble Bible School (Madurai, India) 1
McKenzie, Alexander, 1830-1914 1
Merrimac (Mass.) 1
Mills, Isaac. 1
Morse, Annie H., 1860-1909 1
Nash, Cyrus, 1780-1850 1
Near East Foundation 1
Near East Relief (Organization) 1
New England Tract Society 1
Niles, Samuel, 1674-1762 1
Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Pattison, Francis Wayland 1
Pilgrim Congregational Church (Merrimac, Mass.) 1
Plymouth Congregational Church (Chillicothe, Ill.) 1
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly. 1
Presbyterian Church. 1
Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
Sanford, David 1
Second Church of Christ (Amesbury, Mass.) 1
Smith, David. 1
South Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Tabernacle Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Tamil Nadu (India) 1
Thawville Congregational Church (Thawville, Ill.) 1
Toppan, Christopher. 1
Tufts, Anne E., 1830-1917 1
Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.) 1
United Church of Christ Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns 1
United States Christian Commission. Army Committee 1
Wickes, Henry 1
Williams College. (Williamstown, Mass.) 1
Williams, Edward F. (Edward Franklin), 1832-1919 1
Wingate, Paine 1
Wolcott, Samuel, 1813-1886 1
Woman's Board of Missions 1
Wood, Robert Watson 1
Young, William H. 1
Young, William Harvey, 1
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