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American Congregational Association records, 1846-2022.

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Identifier: RG4360
Abstract The American Congregational Association was formed in 1851 as the Congregational Library Association. The Association was formally incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1854. In 1864, the organization changed its name to the American Congregational Association in recognition of its broader scope. In 1857 the Association moved from its rented rooms at the Tremont Temple to a house on Chauncy Street where it remained for ten years. In 1872 the Association purchased the Somerset...
Dates: 1846-2022

Boston, Mass. Mount Vernon Congregational Church records, 1841-1969.

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Identifier: RG0026
Abstract The Mount Vernon Church was founded in 1842 by a group of enthusiastic lay men and women who felt the need of a church in Boston which would lead in the fight against indifference and Unitarianism. They invited the Rev. Edward Norris Kirk, a famous evangelist, to be their pastor. He spent thirty two years in charge of the church, from 1842 until his death in 1874. Unfortunately, most of the records of his pastorate perished in a fire in 1879. He was succeeded by Samuel Edward Herrick, pastor...
Dates: 1841-1969

Campbell Family papers, 1912-1993.

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Identifier: MS0043
Abstract Iain C. G. Campbell was born in St. Albans, England on June 15, 1912. He graduated from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland in 1935. He was ordained as a Congregationalist in Omaha, NE in June 1952. He served as pastor in Albion, NE from 1950-1970, Fairmont, NE from 1957-1958, Weeping Water in NE, 1958-1974 and was a pastor emeritus from 1974-1997. He died in Lincoln, NE on December 22, 1997. Iain, an archaeologist and teacher, met missionary Gladys Perry Campbell in Turkey. Gladys...
Dates: 1912-1993

Capron Family papers, 1777-1950.

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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

Chicago, Ill. Fourth Congregational Church records, 1893-1992.

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Identifier: RG5135
Abstract

Fourth Congregational Church of Chicago traces its origins back to a Congregational Sunday school which started in 1867 and met in a blacksmith shop. From this Sunday school sprang three churches, Grace, Cortland Street, and Maplewood. These three churches merged in 1916 and took the name Fourth Church. The records include finances, youth education and outreach, membership records, correspondence, reports, and church newsletters.

Dates: 1893-1992

Churchman's League records, 1940-1989.

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Identifier: RG5332
Abstract The Churchman's League was created for the purpose of promoting programs of study research, education, legislation and action. They also sought to generate the forces that undergird the values which make for civic righteousness, soical justice, moral decenct and a better life for mankind. In 1963, the Churchman's League (often referring to itself as "The League") expanded its original structure and became "three leagues in one". These three branches were the Massachusetts Temperance League,...
Dates: 1940-1989

Dorchester, Boston, Mass. Second Church records, 1770-1991.

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Identifier: RG0069
Abstract The Second Church in Dorchester was first organized on January 1, 1808 by 64 members of First Church. The first official pastor for the newly formed Second Church was Dr. John Codman. Codman was a member of an influential family and graduated from Harvard. His pastorate continues to be the longest for the church and during this time was regularly visited by Daniel Webster and (on occasion) John Adams. The last pastor of Second Church in Dorchester was Reverend Donald P. Brickley. He...
Dates: 1770-1991

E.W. Blatchford collection on Charles G. Hammond, 1843, 1877-1913.

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Identifier: MS4982
Abstract Charles Goodrich Hammond was born in Bolton, Connecticut on June 4, 1804. He was the eldest son of Chester and Fanny Goodrich Hammond. Charles was elected Auditor General of the State of Michigan for a time and then as the collector of the port of Detroit. In 1852, he became the Chicago manager for the Michigan Central Railroad and remained intimately connected with the city for the rest of his life. He died on April 15, 1884. Eliphalet Wickes (E.W.) Blatchford was born on May 31, 1826 in...
Dates: 1843, 1877-1913

Gardner Family papers, 1892-1994.

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Identifier: MS5409
Abstract The Gardner family collection starts with Rev. John Gardner (1868-1954) and his wife Agnes Annie Gardner (1866-1957). They were married in 1892 and had five children together: Agnes Gardner Buttrick (1893-1990), Annie Gardner Glover (1895-1934), Evelyn Gardner (1897-1990), Gladys Gardner Jenkins (1901-1994) and Rev. John Ashworth Gardner (1904-1990). This collection contains letters, travel notes, finances, writings, wills, chrurch records, birth and marriage certificates, books, postcards...
Dates: 1892-1994

Grand Rapids, MI. South Congregational Church records, 1850-2001.

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Identifier: RG4657
Abstract The origins of South Congregational Church start in 1874 when women from the Park Avenue Congregational Church organized a Sunday School. This would eventually lead to a "Mr. Gilbert" donating land for construction of a chapel. The new chapel was located between Sheldon and Jefferson on Delaware Street and finished in 1876. The South Congregational Church was officially organized on December 12, 1878 with 43 charter members. The church would see steady growth until the end of the 1900s, when...
Dates: 1850-2001

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 2
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Blatchford, E.W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
Buttrick, Agnes Gardner, 1893-1990 1
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Campbell, Gladys Perry 1
Campbell, Iain C. G. (Iain C. Gordon), 1912- 1
Capron, Samuel Mills, 1832-1874 1
Capron, Sarah B., 1828-1919 1
Capron, William B. (William Banfield), 1824-1876 1
Centre Congregational Church (Northbridge, Mass.) 1
Chambers Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Chicago Evangelization Society. Bible Institute for Home and Foreign Missions 1
Child, Virginia H. 1
Christ Church Evangelical (Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.) 1
Churchman's League 1
Churchman's League for Civic Welfare 1
Codman, John, 1782-1847 1
Collins, Earl 1
Congregational Christian Historical Society 1
Congregational Library Association. 1
Cortland Street Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Cotton, William 1
Diener, Gloria, 1902-1970 1
Dorchester Central Congregational Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Northbridge, Mass.) 1
Fourth Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Gardner, Agnes Annie, 1866-1957 1
Gardner, Dorothy Luther, 1904-1999 1
Gardner, Evelyn, 1897-1990 1
Gardner, John Ashworth, Rev., 1904-1990 1
Gardner, John, Rev., 1868-1954 1
Gardner-Remley, Anne 1
Glover, Annie Gardner, 1895-1934 1
Glover, Carl A., Rev., 1891-1958 1
Grace Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Hammond, Charles G. 1
Hammond, H. L. (Henry Laurens), 1815-1893 1
Harvard Congregational Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) 1
Herrick, Samuel E. (Samuel Edward), 1841-1904 1
Holmes, Pauline 1
Hooker, H. B. (Henry Brown), 1802-1881 1
Hooker, John, 1729-1777 1
Jenkins, Gladys Gardner, 1901-1994 1
Jenkins, Richard L. (Richard Leos), 1903-1991 1
Keith, Laura E., 1862-1946 1
Kirk, Edward Norris, 1802-1874 1
Langworthy, Isaac P. (Isaac Pendleton), 1806-1888 1
Little, Arthur, Rev. 1
Lord's Day League 1
Lucy Perry Noble Bible School (Madurai, India) 1
Maplewood Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Massachusetts Temperance League 1
Maynard (Mass.) 1
Maynard, Amory, 1804-1890 1
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899 1
Morse, Annie H., 1860-1909 1
Mt. Vernon Congregational Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Niijima, Jō 1
Northbridge (Mass.) 1
Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Park , Edwards Amasa 1
Pierce, Jason Noble, 1880-1948 1
Reikow, Philip E. 1
Richards, Andrew, Rev. 1
Ross, Dorothy Blatter, 1901-1977 1
Second Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) 1
Skidmore, Ronald C. 1
South Congregational Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1
South Congregational Church (Lawrence, Mass.) 1
Tamil Nadu (India) 1
Tufts, Anne E., 1830-1917 1
Union Congregational Church (Maynard, Mass.) 1
Union Evangelical Society (Maynard, Mass.) 1
United Church of Christ. Nebraska Conference 1
Winthrop Club (Boston, Mass.) 1
Wollaston Congregational Church (Wollaston, Quincy, Mass.) 1
Woman's Board of Missions 1
Wood, Robert Watson 1
Worthley, Harold Field 1
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