Abstract

This collection was formed in 2023 as a way to quickly see all of the artwork that is in the Congregational Library & Archives. The list will likely see growth as we identify pieces of artwork located elsewhere in the collection or with the purchase of new pieces. This collections contains 51 pieces of artwork. A majoirty of the 51 pieces are portraits, but the collection also includes architectural drawings and a bust.

Abstract The Council of Congregational Women of Connecticut was organized on October 2, 1928. The organization changed names numerous times over the course of its history but on May 13, 1997, became the Connecticut Women of the United Church of Christ. From the time of the organization’s founding in 1928, it divided itself into districts representing four geographical regions in Connecticut: the Eastern district, the Hartford district, the Litchfield district, and a fourth district called the New...

Abstract Union Congregational Church was formally organized in 1896 in the Point Shirley neighborhood of Winthrop, Massachusetts. On February 22, 1896, a meeting led by Arthur Truslow met to discuss the creation of a "Christian Church at the Beach". The neighborhood consisted of roughly 200 families during the winter, the population increasing to 2,500 during the summer months. At that present time, families had to travel to Congregational Churches in Revere or Chelsea for service Winthrop had only...