Diaries.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Kezia Bates diary, 1916-1918, 1927.
Collection — Box 5
Identifier: MS5042
Abstract
Mary Kezia Bates was born at the Mount Silinda mission in Rhodesia in 1888. She was the daughter of African Missionaries Francis and Laura Bates. She came to America in 1904 and studied at Oberlin until completing her nurse’s training at Kansas University. In April 1914, Mary started on her journey to Durban, South Africa, where as nurse she is to join the staff of the Board's hospital under Dr. McCord. Collection contains one transcription, done by Jeri Abbott, of Mary Kezia Bates's diary...
Dates:
1916-1918, 1927
Merrimac, Mass. Pilgrim Congregational Church records, 1725-1900.
Collection
Identifier: RG0123
Abstract
Parish organized in 1725; church founded in 1726 as Second Church of Christ in Amesbury, Mass. Merrimac separated from Amesbury in 1876 and in 1879 the church became the First Congregational Church, popularly known as Pilgrim Congregational Church. In 1879 the First Orthodox Congregational Society was incorporated, replacing the earlier West Parish Congregational Society. The First Orthodox Congregational Church of Merrimac was incorporated in 1894 and the First Orthodox Congregational...
Dates:
1725-1900
Samuel Wolcott journal, 1869-1885.
Collection — Box Small 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: MS5428
Abstract
Samuel Wolcott was born to Elihu and Rachel McClintock Wolcott in South Windsor, Connecticut, on July 2, 1813. He graduated from Yale College in 1833 and Andover Theological Seminart in 1837. He would go on to be an assisstant secretary for the A.B.C.F.M. Samuel would be ordained on November 1st, 1839. Some places where we worked as a minister includes Longmeadow, Belchertown, Providence, Chicago, and Cleveland. He died in Longmeadow, Massachusetts on February 24, 1886. This collection is a...
Dates:
1869-1885
Susan Counce Hunt papers, 1793-1835.
Collection
Identifier: MS1111
Scope and Contents
This collection contains diaries (journals), extracts from sermons, readings, and letters from 1793-1835. Contained in 8 handmade books. One letter contains an essay entitled "On the Millenium" which mentions Jonathan Edwards. One journal is an arithmatic book attributed to "Sukey Counce Hunt." Also contains correspondence between the author's parents, Mary (Counce) Hunt and Daniel Hunt, which chronicles life in Boston during British occupation, and a diary of Mary Hunt's.
Dates:
1793-1835
William A. Hallock journal, September 1822-September 1823.
Collection
Identifier: MS0087
Abstract
Rev. William Allen Hallock was born in Plainfield, Mass., in 1794. William would graduate from Williams College at the age of 25 and in 1819 he would enter Andover Theological Seminary. Upon graduation, he was approached by Dr. Justin Edwards of the New England Tract Society. William’s work as an agent for the New England Tract Society sent him across the states, visiting various towns in order to sell tracts and memberships. Following the formation of the new American Tract Society, William...
Dates:
September 1822- September 1823
William Bradford Dodge papers, 1845-1869. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS0067
Dates:
1845-1869
William H. Young papers, 1908-1973. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS4744
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers concerning his education and ministry, including sermon notes, records of income and expenses, personal diaries, documents about the lives of the churches in which he served, and correspondence documenting the 1950’s merger between the Congregational Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church, which he strongly opposed. Together these papers give considerable detail about church business and the economically difficult life of a minister in small...
Dates:
1908-1973