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Making the past relevant to the present

The Congregational Library and Archives strives to enliven a tradition of care for the world's future by preserving and interpreting the stories of the past.

an original manuscript record book and an article about NEHH in the New York Times

Records rescued for the future

We're expanding our New England's Hidden Histories program with some help from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Grow Deeper Roots

Learn the story of the Congregational and Christian tradition and why "history matters" in the world today.

a path in the historic Granary burial ground

Find a Congregationalist

Search our database of thousands of Congregational and Christian ministers and missionaries spanning nearly four centuries.

Puritan Boston Tests Democracy

We have an app! Download our comprehensive and interactive digital reference to the first 60 years of Boston's history.

New England's Hidden Histories

Congregational church records are an unparalleled source of information about the religious activities of the early colonists, and about many other aspects of early American life. The Congregational Library and Archives, in partnership with the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale is currently preserving these records and making them available to the public.
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Upcoming Events

History Matters: Plymouth Colony First Lady Penelope Winslow: Reconstructing a Life through Material Culture

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Michelle Marchetti Coughlin

On Thursday, March 21, 2019, at 4 p.m., the Library will welcome historian and author Michelle Marchetti Coughlin for her lecture, "Plymouth Colony First Lady Penelope Winslow: Reconstructing a Life through Material Culture". Penelope Pelham Winslow, a member of the English gentry who was married to Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow, was one of the most powerful women in Plymouth Colony, but she, like most of her female contemporaries, has largely been forgotten. Though she left few...

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April 11, 2019

History Matters: Good & Comfortable Words: The Coded Sermon Notes of John Pynchon And the Frontier Preaching Ministry of George Moxon

News & Highlights

New NEHH material - updated Natick First records

We are excited to announce the arrival of newly digitized documents in our New England's Hidden Histories program, brought to you in partnership with the historic

These new collections in our New England's Hidden Histories program are provided in partnership with the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

The latest additions to our New England's Hidden Histories program come from our project partners, the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

These new additions to our New England Hidden Histories program are provided in partnership with the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

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