Diaries.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Collection
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
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
Christopher Toppan diary, Some Polemical Topics Considered and Determined by some Orthodox Divines Tho Unknown., 1690-1700. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS1249
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
Diary of the Rev. Nahum Gould, 1834-1861. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS5063
Dates:
1832-1861
Edward Franklin Williams papers, 1859-1918.
Collection
Identifier: MS4981
Abstract
Edward Franklin Williams was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts on July 22, 1832. He graduated from Yale in 1856 after which he spent three years teaching in Connecticut and Massachusetts. He then went to the Princeton Theological Seminary where he graduated in 1861. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick in 1861. When the Civil War broke out, Williams joined the Christian Commission where he distributed religious literature, medical aid, and various supplies to Union troops. The...
Dates:
1859-1918