Photographs.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works that discuss photographs themselves as objects of special interest, including their classification, cataloging, copying, coloring, mounting, etc.
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
American Congregational Association records, 1846-2022.
Collection
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.
Collection
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.
Collection
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.
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
Chicago, Ill. Fourth Congregational Church records, 1893-1992.
Collection
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.
Collection
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
Colorado Springs, Colo. First Congregational Church photographs, undated.
Collection
Identifier: RG5508
Abstract
The First Congregational Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was organized in 1874 in conjunction with the founding of Colorado College. The churches first two ministers were Johnathan Edwards and James Dougherty. The church’s present building was designed by Henry Rutgers Marshall and construction on the building was completed in 1889. James Bartlett Gregg served as pastor of the church during the time of the building’s construction. A house beside the church became the Gregg Memorial...
Dates:
undated
Cope Colorado photographs, 1925.
Collection
Identifier: RG5510
Abstract
Cope, Colorado, was named after Johnathan C. Cope, an officer of the Burlington Railroad Company. The Cope Congregational Church, according to Richard Taylor, was founded in 1896 and closed in 1910 and Taylor states that Happy Valley Congregational Church was founded in 1917 and closed in 1919. This collection contains a series of photographs that depict various buildings from in and around Cope, Colorado.
Dates:
1925
Dorchester, Boston, Mass. Second Church records, 1770-1991.
Collection
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.
Collection
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