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Plymouth's Pilgrims Curriculum

The Congegational Library & Archives is proud to present our four-part historical introduction and discussion guide, “Plymouth’s Pilgrims: Their Church, Their World, and Ours.” This curriculum and supplementary materials are now available to download, free of charge and right in time for your 2020 planning.

Renovations

The Congregational Library & Archives is currently undergoing renovations! While the library will remain open during renovations, we ask researchers to please provide 48 hours notice regarding which materials you're interested in using.

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.

a group of researchers read manuscript records

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.

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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Transcribe an 18th-Century Document

News & Highlights

CLA Participates in Ask an Archivst Day, October 7, 2020

As an institution founded to preserve, celebrate, and advance the history and practice of Congregationalism, the Congregational Library and Archives (CLA) affirms a Christian tradition that has, for hundreds of years, taken a stand against the immorality of racism in this country. In our collect

New at the CLA: February 2020

Appologies for the late February update. A lot happened at the beginning of the month which pushed back the completion of this post until now. First among them were the near completion of renovations, which took a lot of staff time as they began to reorganize new and old spaces.

This spring marks an end and a beginning. Dr. Margaret Bendroth, who has served as executive director of the CLA since 2004, will retire and Dr. Stephen Butler Murray will come in to lead the organization into its future.

Welcome

Due to the coronavirus public health emergency, the Congregational Library & Archives will be closed to the public until further notice. During this time, we will be available via email or by leaving a phone message (see below)

LIBRARY HOURS
Monday through Friday
9am - 5pm and by appointment.

Phone: 617-523-0470 ext. 102

Email: info@14beacon.org