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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...

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...

The Congregational Library & Archives’ collection started with eight donors who contributed items from their personal collections that they saw as shaping an understanding and...

The history of print culture in Boston and the history of Congregationalism are deeply intertwined. Like a famous university across the river, the Congregational Library...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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

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...

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)...