First Universalist Church (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1792-1909.
Overview
Records of the First Universalist Church in Boston, Massachusetts including Society, Proprietors, and Church records, 1795-1873; financial records, 1792-1864; Sunday School and Teachers Association records, 1828-1909; photographs and clippings; and correspondence, 1792-1864.
Dates
- Creation: 1792-1909.
Extent
4 linear feet (16 boxes)This collection includes Society, Proprietors, and Church records, 1795-1873; financial records, 1792-1864; Sunday School and Teachers Association records, 1828-1909; photographs and clippings; and correspondence, 1792-1864. There is also specific correspondence concerning Charles Bulfinch, Paul Dean, James Eastwood, Sumner Ellis, Noah Murray Gaylord, John Murray, Noah Murray, Alonzo A. Miner, Edward Mitchel, George Richards, Thomas W. Silloway, Sebastian Streeter, Edward Turner, and James Harvey Tuttle.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Universalist Historical Society, 1976.
Digitization Funding
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
- Title
- First Universalist Church (Boston, Mass.) Records: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00302
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository
Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.
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