Founded in 1854 as the Congregational Library Association by a large gathering of Congregational ministers and laymen, the library holds over 225,000 items documenting the history of one of the nation's oldest and most influencial religious tradition
Information
- Location:
- Boston, MA, 02108
- Phone:
- 617-523-0470
- Mon - Fri:
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Events
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- Treasures of the Pilgrims
Pratt Room
Wednesday, November 4 at 12:00pm - Congregationalism's Biggest Mi...
Congregational Library - Pratt Room
Wednesday, October 21 at 12:00pm - Walking Tour of Downtown Bosto...
Begins at Library
Wednesday, October 14 at 12:00pm - Treasures of the Congregationa...
Congregational Library
Wednesday, September 23 at 12:00pm - Beacon Hill Hawks
Congregational Library
Wednesday, August 19 at 12:00pm - Where did the Puritans go?
Congregational Library
Wednesday, July 29 at 12:00pm - Treasures of the Congregationa...
Pratt Room of Congregational Library
Wednesday, July 15 at 12:00pm - Tour of the Granary Burial Ground
Congregational Library
Thursday, June 18 at 12:00pm - Records Management and Preserv...
First Congregational Church of Reading
Thursday, May 7 at 6:30pm - Treasures of the Congregationa...
Congregational Library - Pratt Room
Wednesday, April 22 at 12:00pm
Notes
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- Treasures of the Pilgrims: Parish Clerk's Desk from Scrooby 10:36am Nov 5
- Congregationalists in History: Edward Dorr Griffin 11:49am Nov 3
- New Microfilm Addition 9:00pm Nov 1
Many visitors to the library have seen this remarkable desk and we have written about it previously...
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Edward Dorr Griffin (1770-1837) ...
Our progress on the church records microfilming project continues. We now have Falmouth and Wenham churches to add to our growing collections...
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As Thanksgiving approaches each year, we receive a lot of questions about the Pilgrims and colonial America. While our collection does contain a fair bit of information on those subjects, there is much more than books. Join us as associate librarian Claudette Newhall exhibits some of the more tangible parts of our history that includes a piece of Plymouth Rock.
It's been too long since we've had the chance to add to our Instant History section of the web page...
Congregational Library Reminder to set your clocks back this weekend.
Photograghs by Steven Rosenthal; essay by Verlyn Linkenborg; afterword by Robert Campbell; published by the The Monacelli Press; 136 pages, 12X14 inches, 80 tritone photographs. This beautiful book has been added to the Library collection. Mr...
Normally we wouldn't publish an event until Thursday, but this event is tonight. It's bound to be a lot of fun and the topic of Congregationalists is guaranteed to be part of the program...
Samuel B. Capen (1842-1914) was a very active leader of social and religious societies in his life time. At the time of his death in China, he was the President of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM)and the President of Wellesley College...
Congregational Library Thought we'd pass this along: Author Talk with Sarah Vowell (author of The Wordy Shipmates) Location:Boston Public Library, Rabb Lecture Hall Time:6:00PM Wednesday, October 28th
That, as I learned this past month, is the exclamation that Ellen White used to shout when she was about to have a vision...
Congregational Library The Confirmation class from the Vergennes Congregational Church United Church of Christ is visiting the Library today with their pastor Rev. Gary Lewis.
Congregational Library Rick Taylor speaks today on "Congregationalism's Biggest Mistake: Reasons Why There Aren't Seven Million Congregationalists" at noon.
In honor of Archives History Month, we thought we'd share some history of our archive space...
