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...
We celebrated Archives Month 2024 by hosting this special open office hour with the Congregational Library & Archives archivists' Zachary Bodnar and Billy McCarthy. Do...
At our 2024 Open House, we celebrated the launch of our new online exhibition, Religion of Revolution: Congregational Voices on Liberty, with an in-person display...
This virtual book talk celebrated the upcoming release of Squanto: A Native Odyssey with author Dr. Andrew Lipman. American schoolchildren have long learned about Squanto,...
When you think about the beginning of the American story, what comes to mind? Three ships in 1492, or perhaps buckled hats and shoes stepping...
Whether or not your church has an upcoming anniversary, it is still important to consider how to share your church’s history with the wider world....
Congregational churches could be found in nearly every town across New England in the 1770s. The stories of Patriot ministers who inspired their congregations to...
We celebrated the season at 14 Beacon Street with an in-person viewing of materials in the Congregational Library & Archives’ collection related to Christmas with...
In this hybrid brown bag program, Kat Kowlayck reflected on the three small collections she processed during her time with the CLA as an archives...
This virtual book talk celebrated the release of Protestant Modernist Pamphlets with author, Dr. Edward B. Davis. In the years surrounding the Scopes trial in...
Learn how the Revolutionary War transformed religious life in America through a reassessment of the role of religion in public life on both sides of the Atlantic.
Discover how a scholarly library of puritan history is built and learn about some of the items up for adoption in the CLA’s 2025 Adopt-a-Book program.
Learn about Hannah Mather Crocker’s life in the shadow of her Mather forebears and her work to establish her own place in history as an advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
Join us to celebrate the release of Enslavement in the Puritan Village: The Untold History of Sudbury and Wayland, Massachusetts and learn about the never before published stories of this colonial town’s enslaved Black residents.
Join us to celebrate the release of Belonging: An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England and learn about the struggles enslaved people faced when trying to maintain family relationships.
Gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of the history and legacy of the Afro-Christian Convention as the fifth stream of the United Church of Christ (UCC).
Learn about the advent of Black petitioning and other forms of antislavery writing in Massachusetts, and trace the origins of this political movement back to puritan religious ideology.
Learn more about Mary and Roger Williams, the influential seventeenth-century couple whose lives left an indelible impact on New England and celebrate the release of Roger Williams and His World.
Hear editor Mark Elsdon and several book contributors discuss some of the steps congregations can take to ensure their church’s legacy will be directed toward communal good rather than private interests.
Learn how to assess, identify, and label materials in your church’s archive, whether they be a bound volume, a manilla folder full of papers, or a born-digital document.
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