This month, we’ve welcomed Anne Woodrum to 14 Beacon as our new Historic Connecticut Conference Project Archivist. She comes to us with a range of archival experience from work in libraries, universities, and nonprofits, and we’re so pleased to have her on the CLA team!

Samuel Ives Curtiss was an Old Testament scholar at Chicago Theological Seminary from 1874-1904. We are thankful to Ken Sawyer of McCormick Theological Seminary, who recently donated these travel journals documenting Curtiss’ Middle East travels in 1904, months before his death.

The West Medway Community Church Records include this lock of hair, possibly from Dr. Jacob Ida or Rev. Jacob Ida, attached to a poem, which reads (in part): So take this lock, I tender thee It will survive this poetry and by it you will remember he That is here no more

From blasphemous to beautiful. Read about the fascinating history of the 19th century Tiffany window at Center Church on the Green in New Haven, CT, in a recent article from the “Daily Nutmeg” at dailynutmeg.com/blogs/blog/cen…

250 years ago today, Rev. John Tucker preached this sermon at the First Church in Newbury, MA, where many of his parishioners had already joined the war effort. Tucker hoped that through his sermon, “the godly [would] be encouraged…in their christian councils and warfare.”

This week's Boston Seminar and National Association of Congregational Christian Churches' Members and Ministers Reception at 14 Beacon included great fellowship, engaging discussions, and a wonderful tour of "Sacred Rebellion." Thanks to everyone who joined us!

Experience the Revolution through Congregational eyes by visiting our “Sacred Rebellion: Congregationalists in Revolutionary Massachusetts” exhibition this fall. Learn more about scheduling an individual or group tour at congregationallibrary.org/sacred-rebelli…

#OTD in 1775, Boston merchant Joshua Green took notes on sermons by John Ballantine, the minister in Westfield, MA. Green noted that the morning sermon was on Genesis 3:19, “for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return," and the afternoon on 1 John 4:8, "for God is love."

Happy 150th anniversary to First Congregational Church of Auburn, UCC in California, who celebrated in excellent historical style earlier this summer! You can find these and many more photos (and a video!) of the celebrations on their website at 1ccauburn.org/150th-celebrat…

Thanks to our friends at @williamscollege Special Collections, the CLA received this photo of the delegates to the 1891 meeting of the International Congregational Conference in London—a great addition to the meeting’s "Authorised Record of Proceedings" already in our collection

Our fall programming season begins in two weeks! We hope you’ll join us on September 3rd to look behind the scenes at editing Cotton Mather’s “Biblia Americana” and other important religious texts. Registration is free and open to all at congregationallibrary.org/events/editing…

Please make plans to join us September 18th at 1 pm EDT for a virtual program to celebrate Dr. Karin Wulf’s new book, “Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America.” Registration is free and open to all via our website at congregationallibrary.org/events/lineage