Congregational Library & Archives

Congregational Library & Archives

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Founded in 1853. An independent research library and archive preserving and sharing the 400+ year Congregational story.

06/05/2026

Save the date to join our friends at Old South Church in Boston for the world premiere of “Declarations” on Saturday, June 27th at 7 pm EDT. You can read more about the event and purchase tickets online at https://www.ensemblealtera.com/tickets.

Photos from Congregational Library & Archives's post 05/29/2026

Thinking back to last Friday when our reading room was filled with great conversation during our May collections tour and excellent cake to celebrate the CLA's 173rd birthday! (Just not at the same time. Food and archival materials should never mix!)

05/28/2026

Buying Christian books in a 19th-century slave insurance office? This troubling intersection was just one piece of Dr. Sonia Hazard’s full book talk on how the American Tract Society built a massive 19th-century mass media empire.

Explore her fascinating discussion of the broader history of print, power, & culture in the full book talk, now available on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Bu11Sz-0xF4

05/25/2026

It’s our 173rd birthday! 🎂 To celebrate, we’re unwrapping some history. In this clip from our “Oxford Handbook of Puritanism” program, Dr. Francis Bremer explains how Congregational church covenants quietly laid the groundwork for participatory democracy in the US.

Looking for more Congregational history? Watch our full “Oxford Handbook of Puritanism” program anytime on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/d6gLkbpeWpg

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