Events

We celebrated Archives Month 2024 by hosting this special open office hour with the Congregational Library & Archives archivists' Zachary Bodnar and Billy McCarthy. Do...

This virtual program discussed the ways that epitaphs give voice to eighteenth-century Congregationalists’ changing attitudes towards dying and death. Using illustrations of gravestones and transcriptions...

The Bible has inspired Western art and literature for centuries, so it is no surprise that Christian iconography, characters, and stories have also appeared in...

Whether your church is celebrating 25 or 250 years, an anniversary offers opportunities to make meaningful and creative connections with your congregation's mission and story–past,...

Cotton Mather is perhaps most famous for his role in the Salem witch trials. He was also the minister at Boston’s North Church (Second Church)...

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Quebec Act, Dr. Brendan McConville explored the significance of the inclusion of the formerly French province into...

ACCESS VIDEO TRANSCRIPT + RESOURCES A Theology of Brotherhood explores how the national umbrella Christian organization, the Federal Council of Churches, acted as a crucial...

“The Little Brown Church in the Vale” is one of the most famous Congregational hymns, still celebrated at the church in Nashua, Iowa that inspired...

Poetry has the power to enliven, challenge, change, and enrich our lives. But it can also feel intimidating, confusing, or simply “not for us.” In...

Today, Congregational churches across the United States offer worship services on Sunday mornings as they have done for centuries. The musical sounds you hear while...

With the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution approaching, attendees gathered at 14 Beacon Street for an in-person viewing of original materials related to the...

This program celebrated the release of Missionary Diplomacy: Religion and Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations in a virtual discussion with author, Dr. Emily Conroy-Krutz. Missionary Diplomacy illuminates...

Rachel Groh, a Simmons University MLIS graduate student intern, worked with the CLA in the spring of 2024 processing two collections: East Congregational Church in...

The "sound of Congregationalism"—the musical sound, at any rate—changed markedly several times during the hundred years from 1720-1820, as musical philosophies shifted between two sets of...

This in-person workshop was led by New England’s Hidden Histories Project Director Dr. Tricia Peone and CLA Archivist Billy McCarthy. Participants learned how to use...

Female loyalists occupied a nearly impossible position during the American Revolution. Unlike their male counterparts, loyalist women were effectively silenced—unable to officially align themselves with...

Not all church records are historic. Church stewardship also encompasses the records your church is producing today. This might include vital records, meeting minutes, financial...

The founders of the Congregational Library in Boston in 1853 drew inspiration not only from the creation of historical societies in the United States, but...

The Congregational Library & Archives hosted an in-person workshop on finding and using sources for African American history at 14 Beacon Street in Boston from...