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SUMMARY:Newport Gardner’s Anthem: A Story of Slavery\, Struggle\, and Survival in Early America
DESCRIPTION:This virtual book talk with Dr. Edward E. Andrews focused on his new book that explores the remarkable life of Occramer Marycoo\, an enslaved African who went on to become one of early America’s most important Black leaders. \nIn the mid-eighteenth century\, Marycoo was taken from West Africa to Newport\, Rhode Island\, where he was forced into racial bondage and given a name that symbolized the power that his new city and new enslaver held over him: Newport Gardner. In this powerful book\, Edward E. Andrews pieces together newspaper articles\, church records\, letters\, and Gardner’s own writings to tell the story of his life. \nAfter acquiring his freedom via a winning lottery ticket in 1791\, Gardner became a kind of Founding Father for Newport’s free Black community. He established and led several Black benevolent organizations that helped the community navigate the complicated waters of freedom as Rhode Island slowly began the process of emancipation. He became a popular educator to young Black Newporters\, and also emerged as a key religious figure\, serving as a long-standing pillar of Newport’s First Congregational Church and later founding an independent Black church in the 1820s. His final act was leading a group of about three dozen Black New Englanders to Liberia\, in hopes that a new start in Africa would be better than the discrimination they faced in America. \nA richly textured account\, Newport Gardner’s Anthem tells the story of a forgotten Black leader while exploring the new\, but tragically limited\, opportunities for formerly enslaved people in the post-Revolutionary world. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nDr. Edward E. Andrews is Professor in The Department of History and Classics at Providence College. A scholar of early American history\, his work focuses on questions of race\, religion\, and slavery in early America and the Atlantic World.  His first book\, Native Apostles: Black and Indian Missionaries in the British Atlantic World\, was published by Harvard University Press in 2013. His new biography\, Newport Gardner’s Anthem: A Story of Slavery\, Struggle\, and Survival in Early America\, was recently released by Cornell University Press.  It tells the story of an important but forgotten African leader in early New England.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/newport-gardners-anthem
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Talks,CLA Research Fellows,Diverse Voices
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SUMMARY:Christmas with the Puritans: A Festive Program at the Congregational Library & Archives
DESCRIPTION:This program celebrated the Christmas season by exploring the history of puritan objections to this holiday. Puritans famously banned Christmas in Massachusetts in 1659\, and they are often portrayed as joyless\, solemn\, and severe. However\, we don’t often hear a nuanced explanation of their grievances with Christmas or the more complicated history of their influence on early American culture. \nDid seventeenth-century puritans really hate holiday fun\, or are they misunderstood? In this talk and collections tour\, Dr. Tricia Peone examined rare manuscripts and books in the CLA’s collection and discussed how Christmas was celebrated (and not celebrated) in early New England. Attendees learned more about Christmas in seventeenth-century New England and the evolution of the holiday into the one we know today. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nDr. Tricia Peone joined the CLA in 2022 as the Project Director for New England’s Hidden Histories. Prior to joining the CLA\, she was a research scholar at Historic New England for the Recovering New England’s Voices project. She has also previously worked as the public programs director at New Hampshire Humanities\, a university lecturer teaching classes on the Salem witch trials\, early New England\, and public history\, and as a researcher for cultural heritage organizations. Her scholarship focuses on early New England\, particularly the history of magic and witchcraft\, and her work on these subjects has appeared in journals\, books\, blogs\, and on radio and television. She holds a PhD in history from the University of New Hampshire with a specialization in the early modern Atlantic world and history of science.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/christmas-puritans
LOCATION:Congregational Library & Archives\, 14 Beacon Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Congregational Story,Public Programs
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SUMMARY:Christmas with the Puritans: A Festive Virtual Program
DESCRIPTION:This program celebrated the Christmas season by exploring the history of puritan objections to this holiday. Puritans famously banned Christmas in Massachusetts in 1659\, and they are often portrayed as joyless\, solemn\, and severe. However\, we don’t often hear a nuanced explanation of their grievances with Christmas or the more complicated history of their influence on early American culture. \nDid seventeenth-century puritans really hate holiday fun\, or are they misunderstood? In this talk and collections tour\, Dr. Tricia Peone examined rare manuscripts and books in the CLA’s collection and discussed how Christmas was celebrated (and not celebrated) in early New England. Attendees learned more about Christmas in seventeenth-century New England and the evolution of the holiday into the one we know today. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nDr. Tricia Peone joined the CLA in 2022 as the Project Director for New England’s Hidden Histories. Prior to joining the CLA\, she was a research scholar at Historic New England for the Recovering New England’s Voices project. She has also previously worked as the public programs director at New Hampshire Humanities\, a university lecturer teaching classes on the Salem witch trials\, early New England\, and public history\, and as a researcher for cultural heritage organizations. Her scholarship focuses on early New England\, particularly the history of magic and witchcraft\, and her work on these subjects has appeared in journals\, books\, blogs\, and on radio and television. She holds a PhD in history from the University of New Hampshire with a specialization in the early modern Atlantic world and history of science.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/christmas-puritans-virtual
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Congregational Story,Public Programs
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SUMMARY:Archives Behind the Scenes: The Historic Connecticut Conference Collection Project
DESCRIPTION:The Congregational Library & Archives recently added over 150 linear feet of material from the Historic Connecticut Conference. The collection was given to the CLA by the Southern New England Conference\, UCC (SNEUCC) and supported by grants from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation\, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation\, and the Missionary Society of Connecticut. \nThe collection documents three hundred years of religious\, cultural\, and social history from across Connecticut\, the country\, and the world\, but has been privately held\, disorganized\, and largely inaccessible to researchers until recently. \nIn this hybrid lunch and learn program\, Historic Connecticut Collection Project Archivist Anne Woodrum talked about the work she began in July 2025 under the guidance of Archivist Billy McCarthy with the goal of processing the material into a completed finding aid. Anne looked back on the first six months of her work\, shared takeaways from her initial processing plan\, showcased interesting highlights from the collection\, and discussed how she plans to spend the next six months processing these unbelievably valuable records. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nAnne Woodrum joined the Congregational Library & Archives staff as the Historic Connecticut Conference Project Archivist in July 2025. She holds a BA in English from Washington College\, an MS in Library and Information Science with a concentration in Archives Management from Simmons College\, and an MA in English from UMass Boston. Before joining the CLA\, she worked as a Project Archivist at The Trustees of Reservations\, where she arranged and described the records of the Boston Natural Areas Network\, and at the Concord Public Library\, where she conducted a special collections survey project. Anne also has experience providing reference services at Brandeis University\, Salem State University\, and the Boston Public Library.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/archives-behind-scenes
LOCATION:Congregational Library & Archives\, 14 Beacon Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Archives,Lunch & Learn
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SUMMARY:Christmas with the Puritans: A Festive Virtual Program
DESCRIPTION:This program celebrated the Christmas season by exploring the history of puritan objections to this holiday. Puritans famously banned Christmas in Massachusetts in 1659\, and they are often portrayed as joyless\, solemn\, and severe. However\, we don’t often hear a nuanced explanation of their grievances with Christmas or the more complicated history of their influence on early American culture. \nDid seventeenth-century puritans really hate holiday fun\, or are they misunderstood? In this talk and collections tour\, Dr. Tricia Peone examined rare manuscripts and books in the CLA’s collection and discussed how Christmas was celebrated (and not celebrated) in early New England. Attendees learned more about Christmas in seventeenth-century New England and the evolution of the holiday into the one we know today. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nDr. Tricia Peone joined the CLA in 2022 as the Project Director for New England’s Hidden Histories. Prior to joining the CLA\, she was a research scholar at Historic New England for the Recovering New England’s Voices project. She has also previously worked as the public programs director at New Hampshire Humanities\, a university lecturer teaching classes on the Salem witch trials\, early New England\, and public history\, and as a researcher for cultural heritage organizations. Her scholarship focuses on early New England\, particularly the history of magic and witchcraft\, and her work on these subjects has appeared in journals\, books\, blogs\, and on radio and television. She holds a PhD in history from the University of New Hampshire with a specialization in the early modern Atlantic world and history of science.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/christmas-puritans-virtual2
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Congregational Story,Public Programs
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