Events

History has judged Cotton Mather harshly when it comes to women, perhaps with good reason. His first published sermon was preached on the execution day...

Before the advent of modern public libraries in the United States and United Kingdom in the mid-nineteenth century, readers availed themselves of an array of...

Once your church records have been properly stored and inventoried, you are ready to take the next step and find a way to share those...

When the Congregational Library Association formed in 1853, its members aimed to collect and preserve the Congregational story in print, a testimony to the denomination’s...

Congregational Library & Archives members celebrated the season at 14 Beacon Street for an in-person collections viewing of materials related to Christmas with CLA Executive...

American Congregational Association - Boston Athenaeum Research Fellow Christopher Walton presented his research into how Congregationalists in the Connecticut River Valley navigated the American Revolution...

This virtual conversation about the Boston Tea Party featured Dr. Robert Allison and New England’s Hidden Histories Project Director Dr. Tricia Peone. Their discussion explored...

This discussion featured Rev. Dr. Ron Hamilton and Rev. Alwyn York, editors of a new two volume edition of Modern Day Pilgrims: The History of...

New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC) Research Fellow Jocelyn Rice presented her research into the build environment of Doshisha University and its relationship to the...

Our 2023 Open House celebrated the launch of the virtual exhibition, Founding 56: The Congregational Library’s Original Collection, which explores the history of the Congregational...

A haunted house, an unusual illness, the intervention of a minister–each could lead to an accusation of witchcraft in early New England. Today, people typically...

This program offered an important discussion of Phillis Wheatley Peters as a theological thinker within the Black Calvinist tradition with Steven Harris, Rev. Dr. Stephen...

Zachary Bodnar (Congregational Library & Archives), Thomas Lester (Archdiocese of Boston Archive & Library), and Jessica Suarez (Harvard Divinity School) represent Boston-area institutions with significant...

This program celebrated the release of The Historical Directory of the Christian Denomination and Afro-Christian Churches in a virtual discussion with author Richard H. Taylor....