Congregational Education Society. Records, 1816-1956 (bulk 1894-1925).
Records, 1816 - 1956 (bulk 1894 - 1925
MS 0755
32 linear feet
Deposit, ca. 1965.
Processed June - Sept.1996 by Lisa Plato.
Copyright: requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the archivist or librarian.
- Introduction
- Historical Note
- Scope and Content
- Series Description
- Container List
- Appendix A. Officers and Board of Directors
- Appendix B. Board of Directors Select Profiles
Introduction
The records were apparently deposited ca. 1965 by the Division of Christian Education of the Board of the Homeland Ministries of the United Church of Christ, formerly the Congregational Board of Homeland Missions (1).
Prior to processing in 1996, the Congregational Education Society records were stored in non - permanent manuscript boxes; much of the correspondence had been refoldered in non - buffered folders and thirty boxes were labeled miscellaneous. This pre - processing occurred prior to 1970 and appears to mirror the record keeping by Congregational Education Society secretaries, the main Congregational Education Society record keepers.
It appears as if the pre - 1970 work was to provide a rough inventory of the material and to store some of the material in more stable containers. It appears as if the pre - 1970 pre - processing did not disrupt the original order: all of the secretaries had a similar record keeping style, which appears to have been retained. It appears as if the last Congregational Education Secretary kept more subject - oriented files and possibly regrouped some correspondence based on subject (e.g., American Missionary Association property transfers). If letters were grouped by topic, this order was retained during the 1996 processing; this material is located in series III - A - 3.
There is evidence that the individual who kept some of the subject oriented files was Rev. Frank M. Sheldon, secretary from 1914 - 1921. There are subject - oriented notations made on the front and back of some of the documents and the handwriting appears to be Sheldon's. Material found in these folders was maintained in the same order, and refoldered in archival - quality folders to prevent overstuffing; clips and staples were also removed, which had not been done during the previous processing attempt. Approximately thirty percent of the material was still stored in non - archival 19th - century alphabetical letter files; this material was severely damaged and discolored by acid formation and was interleaved with permanent paper during the 1996 processing. Paper used ca. 1914 - 1918 was extremely brittle and the majority of it was photocopied onto permanent paper during the 1996 processing.
Top of pageHistorical Note
In 1894 the name of the American Education Society was changed to the Congregational Education Society, when the organization absorbed the New West Education Commission. Since the focus of the organization changed, it was decided to process the material as separate record groups.
The central office of the Congregational Education Society was located in the Congregational House, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.; the Congregational Education Society also maintained a western district office in Chicago, Illinois from 1894 - ca. 1913. The Chicago office was originally located at 151 Washington Street and moved to 153 La Salle Street ca. 1905.
The history of the American Education Society, Congregational Education Society, New West Education Commission and Society for the Promotion for Collegiate and Theological Education was very interrelated. The American Education Society was founded in 1815 as a joint venture between the Congregationalists and Presbyterians for the "purpose of aiding indigent young men of talents and hopeful piety in acquiring a learned and competent education for the gospel ministry," developing a more Congregational focus in the late 19th century. By the time the organization changed its name to the Congregational Education Society in 1894, the organization had taken on the work of the organizations it had absorbed, i.e. the Society for the Promotion for Collegiate and Theological Education and New West Education Commission.
The Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West was founded in 1843 for the purpose of providing financial support to struggling midwestern and western colleges; like the American Education Society, it was jointly sponsored by the Presbyterians and Congregationalists. In 1874 American Education Society and Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West merged as the American Education and College Society; this organization was sponsored and administered exclusively by the Congregationalists, reflecting the "renewed denominationalism" (2) occurring in Protestant denominations of the late 19th century. The American Education and College Society provided financial support for individual colleges, as well as needy individuals.
The New West Education Commission was founded 1879 as a Congregational organization in Chicago, Illinois; its purpose of being was to establish primary and secondary schools in Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. Its purpose was evangelical and primarily to combat the influence of Mormonism and Roman Catholicism in the western United States, primarily in schools. The organization provided financial support to teachers and staff at elementary and secondary academies.
In 1894 the Congregational Education Society united these various denominational organizations, providing financial support for theological students, private elementary and secondary schools in Utah and New Mexico, and pastors at state - supported universities and colleges. Until ca. 1910, the organization had three departments: Student Aid Department, College and Academy Department and Mission School Department.
The Student Aid department provided financial aid for theological students; the scholarships were based on financial need and merit. The College and Academy Department supported colleges in Rollins, Florida; Fargo, North Dakota; Fairmont, Kansas and Salt Lake Training School, Utah. Previous colleges supported included Western Reserve University, Illinois, Wabash, Marietta, Carleton, Doane, Drury, Knox, Beloit, Iowa, Oberlin, Olivet, Washburn, Ripon, Colorado, Yankton, Pacific, Whitman and Pomona. Academies were located in: Kingfisher, Oklahoma; Proctor, Utah; Franklin, Nebraska; Chadron, Nebraska; Weeping Water, Nebraska; Eureka, Kansas; Gordon, Utah; Kidder, Missiouri; Iberia, Missiouri; Rogers, Arkansas; Woodcock, Washington, Puget Sound, Washington; Ward, South Dakota; Weiser, Idaho; Windom, Minnesota; Wilton Collegiate Institute, Iowa; Hull, Iowa; North Wisconsin, Wisconsin; Endeavor, Wisconsin; Benzonia, Michigan; and Southern Collegiate, Illinois.
The Mission School Department supported institutions and mission schools formerly sustained by the New West Education Commission in New Mexico and Utah. The Mission School Department also sought to increase the number of these schools, evangelize, control the influence of Mormonism in public schools and educate Mexicans in New Mexico. Mission schools were located in Bountiful, Coalville, Heber and Lehi, Utah; and San Rafael, Barelas, San Mateo, Atrisco, Cubero, and Cabezon, New Mexico (3).
The acts of 1907 enlarged the powers of the Congregational Education Society; the society was "authorized to promote Christian civilization in any territory or country acquired or hereafter acquired by the United States or coming under its sovereignty and dominion, or subject, as a possession, to the legislative power of Congress, and in foreign countries, by endowing, assisting, or establishing academic, collegiate, or theological institution of learning therein, and by aiding or assisting indigent children and young persons of either sex seeking an education in such institutions" (4).
By the early part of the twentieth century, the Congregational Educational Society was one of seven benevolent societies "recognized by the National Council as agents for carrying out the mission of the denomination" (5); the other six were the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Missionary Association, the Congregational Home Missionary Society, the Congregational Church Building Society, and the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society. The Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief was added at a later date.
The work of the Congregational Education Society differed from the missionary boards, in that it did not conduct churches, schools, or missions. The purpose at this point in the organizational history was to help state and local church forces organize and develop educational programs. The Society was organized into departments, each with a special secretary and committee of the Board of Directors. Later on the Congregational Education Society formed a partnership with the Congregational Publishing Society: the Congregational Publishing Society created and published educational texts and other materials and the Congregational Education Society developed and promoted educational policies and programs (6). Both organizations operated under the same Board of Directors.
The Congregational Foundation for Education was established in 1921, in order to develop closer relations between Congregational churches and colleges. As part of the merger of the Home Boards voted by the National Council in 1927, the Foundation for Education was merged with the Congregational Education Society. The former organization was maintained, however, so that the organization could receive any bequests made prior to the merger (7).
The National Council consolidated the home mission agencies in the 1930s; by 1931 "the term Home Board was employed to designate the totality of home mission agencies," with the consolidation completed in 1936 (8). Program functions were carried out by separate divisions, although the organization was organized under one Board of Directors. The Church Extension Boards, the American Missionary Association, Congregational Education Society, Congregational Publishing Society and Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief were "bound together for united planning and action...[and] were to be known as the Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches" (9).
Endnotes
(1) Findlay, James. "The Congregationalists and American Education." History of Education Quarterly. Winter 1977, p. 449.
(2) Ibid., p. 450.
(3) Series VII, folder 51. "Three Societies in One: the Congregational Education Society."
(4) Ibid.
(5) John Von Rohr. The Shapings of American Congregationalism. Pilgrim Press: Cleveland, Ohio, 1992. p. 364.
(6) Series I - B, folder 10. "Report to the National Council, 1925."
(7) Series VII, folder 41. "Pilgrim Colleges."
(8) Von Rohr, p. 428.
(9) Ibid.
Top of pageScope and Content Note
There are scant records from the Board of Directors: series I primarily contains printed annual reports. This series also contains a very useful index to votes by the Board of Directors (series I - C). The original card index dividers have been retained: the cards were vacuumed and rehoused in archival - quality card index files. The index is a subject index and includes the names of institutions.
Series II (Financial) contains various records from the office of the treasurer and finance committee. Much of the correspondence files are from J. Converse Gray (1855 - 1919), pro bono legal counsel for the Congregational Education Society, member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Finance Committee from 1892 until his death in 1919. He was affiliated with the law firm of Hyde, Dickerson and How and was elected to the Board of Directors following the retirement of his father, Joseph H. Gray (see Appendix B Board of Directors Select Profiles). The treasurer's correspondence files are also intermingled with some finance committee minutes.
Series II - A - 2 (Budget Reports) appears to be information compiled for the annual report. Series II - A - 3 (Auditor's Report) contains the annual report completed by an outside auditor, along with any correspondence between the auditor and the Congregational Education Society. Series II - A - 4 (Real and Personal Property Assessment) contains forms filed with the Massachusetts state tax commissioner and contains an itemization of Congregational Education Society's real and personal property for the years 1897 - 1924, with gaps between the years 1907 - 1913. This subseries unfortunately does not itemize the real property held, but provides a flat figure. It does list the amount of mortgages and investments; statement of expenses is simply a page from the annual report.
Series II - C - 3 (Asst. Treasurer's Incoming Correspondence) contains fairly extensive correspondence from the desk of Mary A. Clarke. It appears as if Miss Clarke handled an extensive amount of the correspondence; her correspondence is also intermingled with Series III - C - 2. The only reason Series II - C - 3 is separated is that it was located in a separate box, in complete disarray. The material was grouped by correspondent and then chronologically, since the original order had been destroyed. There is extensive correspondence from secretary Rev. Edward S. Tead and Rev. Charles O. Day while they were on field trips, as well as correspondence from other Congregational Education Society officers.
Series II - D (Central Trust of Illinois) contains the account records for the Congregational Foundation for Education account with the Central Trust Company of Illinois from 1922 - 1927. The records were retained, since they document transactions, including contributions from individual churches. Series II - D - 2 (Central Trust of Illinois Correspondence) contains the correspondence files between the Congregational Foundation for Education president, Commission on Missions treasurer and Arthur T. Leonard and Miss A. T. Kringle of the Central Trust Company of Illinois.
The bulk of the Congregational Education Society records consists of correspondence from the office of the secretary (series II). The bulk of the organizational activities - - information from the field, observations by the field secretaries, and synthesis of information was primarily documented by correspondence, although there are occasional report drafts within these files. The correspondence is primarily from the corresponding/general secretary and the field secretaries (see Appendix A for a list of the officers and Board of Directors and their terms of office). As noted in the introduction, there was some consistency in the way the correspondence was organized: incoming and outgoing correspondence was maintained separately. Each incoming letter was alphabetically arranged by the first letter of the surname. As an alphabetical letter file was filled, a new one was started: a file generally contained A - Z. If all the space in a file was not used by the end of the year, the file was kept open, creating an overlap from one year to the following year. File labels reflect the labeling on the front of the letter files (e.g., if the file was 1896 - 1899 and the correspondence was actually 1896 - 1897, the original labeling was used, so that the user can approximate the correspondence that was originally filed in the same boxes).
Series III - A - 1 (Secretary's Outgoing Correspondence) from 1894 - 1924 is contained in letter books and is arranged chronologically. A name index in the front of each volume directs the user to the appropriate page. The name index usually lists personal names, although institutional names are sometimes listed. By determining the names affiliated with an institution, researchers may access the files for institutionally - related correspondence. The bulk of the correspondence is from John A. Hamilton, William E. Barton, Charles O. Day, Edward S. Tead and Frank M. Sheldon.
Series III - A - 2 (Incoming Correspondence) is for the most part organized by the first letter of the last name. Since the corresponding secretary appeared to be the primary record keeper for the Congregational Education Society, the correspondence often has relevant correspondence from the CES president, legal counsel or treasurer clipped to it. Correspondence and notes were retained and clipped together in their original order. The bulk of the correspondence is to John A. Hamilton, William E. Barton, Charles O. Day, Edward S. Tead and Frank M. Sheldon.
Series III - A - 3 (Secretary's Incoming and Outgoing Correspondence) deviates slightly from the pattern noted above. During the office of Rev. Frank Sheldon from 1914 - 1921, the files appeared to be organized topically; some of the previous secretaries also had some files organized by topic. Much of this correspondence clarifies mortgage issues and the property transfer from institutions to the Congregational Education Society. See the container list for specific topics. If the correspondence pertained to a specific institution, it was grouped into Series IV, alphabetically by the name of the institution.
Series III - A - 4 (Teaching Applications) contains applications sent by individuals interested in teaching at Congregational Education Society schools. These application files were maintained by the general corresponding secretary, usually by year and then alphabetically by last name. When this material was refoldered, all correspondence and completed applications were grouped together and filed alphabetically by the last letter of the surname, provided an application form was completed. If there are only a few letters from an individual and no application form, the correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the surname. This series provides credentials, birth information, as well as an interesting background of teachers employed by the Congregational Education Society, many of whom were women.
Series III - B - 1 (Eastern Field Secretary) contains correspondence from
Rev. Frank L. Ferguson, except for one folder from Rev. J. L. Maile.
Series III - C (Western Field Secretary Outgoing Correspondence) contains correspondence from Rev. Theodore Clifton, except for one folder from Rev. Theodore Y. Gardner.
Series IV (Institutions) contains correspondence grouped by institutional name. These files appeared to have been kept by Rev. Frank Sheldon, although it is possible that some were kept by the Institutions Committee. Since the exact provenance is unclear and since the material reflects a coherent and useful series, it was maintained and organized alphabetically by the name of the institution. Correspondence was sometimes grouped around a state name (e.g. New Mexico or Utah); users should check the institutional name, town/city name and state name for material relating to Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, since material was maintained under each system, depending on the nature and specificity of the correspondence.
Series V (Special Committees and Departments) contains records from Congregational Education Society committees and departments; in some cases these departments became separate committees with separate boards under the National Council. The material is marginal and is maintained in the original order. This series also contains newsletters from the Department of Social Relations.
Series VI (Historical Material) contains miscellaneous drafts and printed material relating to the Congregational Education Society acts of incorporation, bylaws, charter, and constitution.
Series VII (Lantern Slides) contains 50 lantern slides ca. 1890 - 1905. Many of the midwestern academies are represented. There are also a number of images from the Oberlin College Slavic Department, which trained theological students to work with Eastern European immigrant communities.
Series VIII (Printed Material) contains educational and promotional material published by the Congregational Education Society, Congregational Publishing Society and National Council. This series is a good source for historical information on the Congregational Education Society.
Series IX (Oversize) contains photostatic copies 1816 act to incorporate the American Society for the Education of Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry; 1820 act to change the name to the American Education Society; 1872 act to incorporate the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education; 1894 act to change the name to the Congregational Education Society; and the 1907 act to enlarge the powers of the Congregational Education Society. Note that these documents remain with the Congregational Education Society, since they were requested in 1956 from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as part of the Congregational Education Society records.
Top of pageDescription
Series I. Board of Directors
Subseries A. Annual Reports
Subseries B. Minutes
Subseries C. Index to Votes of Board of Directors
Series II. Financial
Subseries A. Office of the Treasurer
Sub - subseries 1. Financial Statement
Sub - subseries 2. Treasurer's Report
Sub - subseries 3. Budget Reports
Sub - subseries 4. Bequests, estates and annuities
Sub - subseries 5. Investments and Funds
Sub - subseries 6. Auditor's Report
Sub - subseries 7. Real and Personal Property Assessment
Sub - subseries 8. Ledgers
Sub - subseries 9. Bills/receipts
Sub - subseries 10. Misc.
Subseries B. Finance Committee
Sub - subseries 1. Minutes, including New West Education Committee Minutes, 1893 - 1907
Sub - subseries 2. Finance Committee Statement
Subseries C. Correspondence
Sub - subseries 1. Outgoing
Sub - subseries 2. Treasurer's incoming
Sub - subseries 3. Asst. Treasurer's incoming
Subseries D. Central Trust Company of Illinois
Sub - subseries 1. Account Records
Sub - subseries 2. Correspondence
Series III. Office of the Secretary
Subseries A. Corresponding Secretary/Secretary
Sub - subseries 1. Outgoing correspondence
Sub - subseries 2. Incoming correspondence
Sub - subseries 3. Outgoing and incoming correspondence - - topical and misc.
Sub - subseries 4. Teaching applications
Subseries B. Eastern Field Secretary
Sub - series 1. Incoming/some outgoing correspondence
Subseries C. Western Field Secretary Outgoing Correspondence
Sub - subseries 1. To President Rev. William R. Campbell
Sub - subseries 2. To Treasurer S. F. Wilkins
Sub - subseries 3. To Assistant Treasurer Mary E. Clarke
Sub - subseries 4. To Corresponding Secretary Rev. Charles O. Day
Sub - subseries 5. To Corresponding Secretary Rev. Edward S. Tead
Subseries C. Western Field Secretary Outgoing Correspondence (box 20)
Sub - subseries 1. From President Rev. William R. Campbell
Sub - subseries 2. From Treasurer S. F. Wilkins
Sub - subseries 3. From Assistant Treasurer Mary E. Clarke
Sub - subseries 4. From Corresponding Secretary Rev. Edward S. Tead
Sub - subseries 5. Other incoming correspondence
Series IV. Institutions
Series V. Special Committees and Departments
Subseries A. Commission on Missions
Subseries B. Department of Social Relations
Subseries C. Institutions Committee (see also Series IV. Institutions)
Subseries D. Joint Committee for Conference of Congregational Education Committee and American Missionary Association
Subseries D. Student Aid Committee
Subseries E. Congregational Sunday School Publishing Society/Commission on Missions reorganization, ca. 1924
Subseries F. Religious Education
Subseries G. Miscellaneous
Series VI. Historical Material
Subseries A. Acts of Incorporation/acts and resolves (see also Oversize) Subseries B. Bylaws
Subseries C. Charter and Historical Note
Subseries D. Constitution
Subseries E. Other
Series VII. Printed Material
Series VIII. Lantern Slides (50 ca. 1890 - 1905?)
Subseries A. Florida, Winter Park, Rollins College
Subseries B. Illinois, Chicago, Bryn Mawr Community Church
Subseries C. Illinois, Chicago. Rogers Park Congregational Church
Subseries D. Louisiana.
Subseries E. New Mexico
Subseries F. Ohio, Oberlin, Oberlin College, Slavic Department
Subseries G. Texas, El Paso
Subseries H. Utah, Ogden, Gordon Academy
Subseries I. Utah
Subseries J. Utah, Salt Lake City
Subseries K. Misc.
Top of pageContainer List
To be added.
Top of pageAppendix A
LIST OF OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The following list is compiled from the annual reports 1896 - 1921, the period of the bulk of the records. Note that the exact title for the corresponding/general secretary varied somewhat over the years, as did the name of the various departments and committees. The titles and department names given below reflect the titles and names provided by the annual reports.
Note that the officers and board members changed dramatically for the year 1916 - 1917; many of the members did not continue their terms and a woman, Mrs. Hastings H. Hart, was elected to the board of directors for the first time. For the first time, members of the board of directors were from states outside Massachusetts. See the annual reports for 1916 for a geographic distribution of the board of directors.
TITLE, NAME AND TERM OF OFFICE
President
Hon. Nathaniel Shipman 1892
William H. Willcox, D.D., LL.D.1894 - 1905
Rev. William R. Campbell 1905 - 1914
Charles R. Brown, D.D. 1914 - 1915
Albert E. Dunning, D.D. 1915 - 1916
Clarence F. Swift, D.D., LL.D. 1916 - 1919
Charles R. Brown, D.D., LL.D. 1920 - 1921
Honorary Directory for Life
Joshua W. Wellman, D.D., 1904 - .
Vice President
Joshua W. Wellman, D.D., Samuel Holmes, Esq. 1892
Rev. James Brand, D.D. 1893 - 1899
J. H. Barrows, D.D. 1899 - 1902
Dan F. Bradley, D.D. 1903 - 1906
Henry C. King, D.D. 1906 - 1912
Charles R. Brown, D.D. 1912 - 1914
Rev. James A. Richards 1914 - 1915
Charles R. Brown, D.D., LL. D. 1915 - 1918
William Horace Day, D.D. 1918 - 1921
Recording Secretary
Albert H. Plumb, D.D. 1892
Corresponding Secretary
John A. Hamilton, D.D. 1892 - 1898
William E. Barton, D.D. 1898 - 1899
Rev. Charles O. Day 1899 - 1901
Rev. Edward S. Tead 1901 - 1914
Secretary
Rev. Edward S. Tead 1914 - 1916
Rev. Frank M. Sheldon 1914 - 1917
General and Recording Secretary
Rev. Frank M. Sheldon 1917 - 1921
Field Secretary
Rev. John L. Maile 1892
Assistant Secretary
Rev. Edward S. Tead 1916 - 1918
Western District Office, Chicago, Ill. Editorial Secretary
Rev. Charles R. Bliss 1894 - 1895
Western Field Secretary
Rev. C. S. Harrison 1892
Rev. Charles R. Bliss 1893 - 1897
151 Washington St., Chicago, Ill.
Rev. Theodore Clifton 1898 - 1913
151 Washington St./153 La Salle St. (ca. 1905), Chicago, Ill.
Eastern Field Secretary
Rev. Frank L. Ferguson 1895 - 1898
Room 10, Congregational House
Western Secretary
Rev. Theodore Y. Gardner 1892
George M. Herrick 1894 - 1895
Field Secretaries
Rev. F. L. Ferguson 1893 - 1894
Boston, Mass.
Rev. T.Y.Gardner 1893 - 1894
Cleveland, Ohio
George M. Herrick 1893
Cleveland, Ohio
Rev. J. L. Maile 1893 - 1894
Hartford, Conn.
District Office Field Supertendents
Rev. Samuel H. Goodwin, Utah 1910 - 1916
J. H. Heald, D.D., New Mexico 1910 - 1916
Secretary of Social Service
Henry A. Atkinson, D.D. 1917 - 1918
Arthur E. Holt, Ph.D. 1918 - 1921
Secretrary of Missionary Education
Miles B. Fisher, D.D. 1917 - 1918
Herbert W. Gates, D.D. 1918 - 1921
Honorary Secretary
J. A. Hamilton, D.D. 1898 - 1916
Treasurer
John A. Hamilton, D.D. 1892
Edward A. Studley, Esq. 1893 - 1894
S. F. Wilkins, Esq. 1895 - 1917
Harry M. Nelson 1917 - 1919
Joseph B. Robson 1920 - 1921
Assistant Treasurer
S. F. Wilkins 1918 - 1919
Auditor
Charles C. Burr, Esq. 1892 - 1893
George R. Chapman, Esq., 1894
H. N. Ackerman, Esq. 1895 - 1918
Standing Committees
Financial Committee/Committee on Finance
As of 1916, this committee was named Financial and Business Committee, in 1917, the ; in 1918, Business and Finance
Walter K. Bigelow 1898 - 1916
C. H. Beale, D. D. 1907 - 1916
Charles W. Bond 1915 - 1916, 1918 - 1919
George V. Brock 1917 - 1918
Charles C. Burr, Esq. 1892
Arthur J. Crockett 1918 - 1919
Charles W. Davidson 1917 - 1919
Nathan B. Day 1916 - 1917
David Fales 1894, 1899 - 1902, 1916 - 1917
Ethelbert V. Grabill 1917 - 1919
J. Converse Gray, Esq. 1892 - 1918
W. L. Greene, Esq. 1897 - 1906
W. E. Hale, Esq. 1897 - 1899
Rev. J. A. Hamilton, D.D. 1892
Albert Bushnell Hart 1914 - 1915
William H. Hubbard 1895
G. A. Kimball, Esq. 1894 - 1895
William T. McElveen, D.D. 1916 - 1918
Edward P. Merriam 1904 - 1916
Edwin Stockin 1918 - 1919
Edward A. Studley, Esq. 1892
Joseph J. Tillinghast 1916 - 1918
Thomas Todd, Esq. 1896 - 1916
J. W. Wellman, D.D. 1893
Thomas Weston 1901 - 1916
Thomas Weston, Jr., Esq. 1892
Thomas Weston 1893 - 1895
J. W. White, Esq. 1896 - 1901
Rev. William H. Willcox, D.D. 1892 - 1893
Percy R. Ziegler 1918 - 1919
Committee on Institutions
As of 1916, this committee was named: Institutions and Student Life
Rev. William E. Barton, D.D. 1898 - 1907
Rev. Samuel C. Bushnell 1906 - 1915
Rev. C. H. Beale, D.D. 1899 - 1907
Rev. Charles R. Brown 1913 - 1914
Rev. Samuel C. Bushnell 1910 - 1916
Rev. Edward C. Camp 1916 - 1918
Rev. William R. Campbell 1898 - 1905
Rev. DeWitt S. Clarke, D.D. 1898 - 1902
Edward D. Eaton 1917 - 1918
Rev. Simeon Gilbert, D.D. 1898 - 1899
J. Converse Gray 1916 - 1918
Rev. Harris G. Hale 1904 - 1917
Albert Bushnell Hart 1907 - 1913
C. W. Huntington, D.D. 1904 - 1906
Rev. J. F. Loba 1907 - 1908
Rev. Frederick H. Page 1904 - 1916
Rev. Harry E. Peabody 1910 - 1918
Rev. J. N. Pierce 1914 - 1917
Rev. Winifred C. Rhoades 1908 - 1916
Rev. James A. Richards 1913 - 1916
Frank K. Sanders, D.D. 1905 - 1910
Pres. William F. Slocum 1916 - 1917
Rev. J. W. Wellman, D.D. 1898 - 1902
Rev. William H. Willcox, D.D. 1898 - 1902
As of 1918, Institutions and Student Life and Young People's
Edward C. Camp 1918 - 1919
Ashley D. Leavitt 1918 - 1919
Jason N. Pierce 1918 - 1919
Frank G. Ward 1918 - 1919
Committee on Student Aid
William E. Barton, D.D. 1907 - 1916
Rev. Edward C. Camp 1915 - 1916
Rev. C. H. Cutler 1914 - 1915
Charles O. Day 1901 - 1902
David Fales 1898 - 1899, 1904 - 1916
Rev. Simeon Gilbert, D.D. 1899 - 1916
Rev. B. F. Hamilton, D.D. 1898 - 1916
Albert Bushnell Hart 1913 - 1914
John R. Nichols, D.D. 1915 - 1916
Rev. John H. Quint 1914 - 1916
Rev. Charles B. Rice, D.D. 1898 - 1914
G. S. F. Savage, D.D. 1904 - 1915
Rev. W. B. Thorp 1904 - 1907
Thomas Weston 1898 - 1901
Social Service Department
Charles R. Brown, D.D. 1916 - 1918
Clarence F. Swift, D.D. 1916 - 1918
Prof. Frank G. Ward 1916 - 1918
Field Work
Stephen A. Norton 1917 - 1918
Clarence F. Swift 1917 - 1918
Dan F. Swift 1917 - 1918
Frank G. Ward 1917 - 1918
Religious Educational Publications
As of 1918, Religious Educational Publications and Field Work
Marion L. Burton 1917 - 1918
William H. Day 1917 - 1918
Ethelbert V. Grabill 1918 - 1919
Hugh Hartshorne 1918 - 1919
Stephen A. Norton 1918 - 1919
Orville A. Petty 1918 - 1919
Robert S. Smith 1918 - 1919
Edward P. St. John 1917 - 1918
Luther A. Weigle 1917 - 1919
Congregationalist and General Publications
Charles R. Brown 1917 - 1918
Charles W. Davidson 1918 - 1919
William H. Day 1917 - 1919
Herbert R. Gibbs 1917 - 1919
William T. McElveen 1917 - 1919
Warren J. Moulton 1918 - 1919
Edwin Stockin 1918 - 1919
Joseph J. Tillinghast 1917 - 1918
Ambrose W. Vernon 1917 - 1918
Missionary Education
As of 1918, Missionary Education and Society Service
Charles R. Brown 1918 - 1919
Miss Miriam F. Choate 1918 - 1919
Edward D. Eaton 1917 - 1919
Mrs. Hastings H. Hart 1917 - 1918
Horace Holton 1918 - 1919
Harry E. Peabody 1918 - 1919
Lewis T. Reed 1917 - 1919
Frank R. Shipman 1917 - 1918
Ambrose W. Vernon 1917 - 1918
Luther A. Weigle 1917 - 1918
Young People's Department Committee
E. V. Grabill 1917 - 1918
Rev. Harry N. Peabody 1917 - 1918
Rev. Jason N. Pierce 1917 - 1918
Board of Directors
Current president and vice president are directors ex officiis
Rev. Edmund K. Alden, D.D. 1892 - 1893
W.E. Barton, D.D. 1894 - 1918
Rev. D. N. Beach 1894
Charles H. Beale, D. D. 1899 - 1916
Walter K. Bigelow, Esq. 1898 - 1917
Charles W. Bond 1915 - 1925
Rev. Nehemiah Boynton 1892 - 1893
Dan F. Bradley, D.D. 1916 - 1923
George E. Brock 1917 - 1923
Dean Charles R. Brown 1917 - 1919
Charles C. Burr, Esq. 1892
Marion L. Burton 1916 - 1923
Rev. Samuel C. Bushnell 1906 - 1917
Rev. H. Q. Butterfield, D.D. 1892
Rev. Edward C. Camp 1916 - 1925
Rev. William R. Campbell 1898 - 1905
Miss Miriam F. Choate 1918 - 1925
DeWitt S. Clark, D.D. 1892 - 1902
Rev. William H. Cobb 1892
Judge Alfred Coit 1920 - 1923
A. J. Crockett 1918 - 1923
Rev. Calvin Cutler 1892 - 1895
Rev. Vaughn Dabney 1920 - 1927
C. W. Davidson 1916 - 1925
Charles O. Day 1901 - 1902
Rev. George E. Day, D.D. 1892
Nathan B. Day, 1916 - 1917
Rev. William Horace Day, D.D. 1917 - 1927
Samuel F. Dutton, Esq. 1896
E. D. Eaton, D.D., LL.D. 1916 - 1925
David Fales, Esq. 1893 - 1917
Rev. B. M. Fullerton 1892 - 1896
H. R. Gibbs 1916 - 1925
Simeon Gilbert, D.D. 1893 - 1917
E. V. Grabill 1917 - 1923
J. Converse Gray, Esq. 1892 - 1919
W. L. Greene, Esq. 1896 - 1906
Rev. Harris G. Hale 1903 - 1917
W. E. Hale, Esq. 1893 - 1899
B. F. Hamilton, D.D. 1892 - 1918
Rev. John A. Hamilton, D.D. 1892
Mrs. Hastings H. Hart 1916 - 1919
Albert Bushnell Hart 1907 - 1917
Prof. Hugh Hartshorne, Ph.D. 1918 - 1921
H. H. Hilton 1920 - 1927
Rev. Horace Holton 1918 - 1927
W. H. Hubbard, Esq. 1893 - 1902
Rev. J. Percival Huget 1916 - 1917
C.J. Hurlburt, Esq. 1893 - 1902
C. W. Huntington, D.D. 1904 - 1906
George A. Kimball, Esq. 1894
Rev. Ashley D. Leavitt 1918 - 1923
Rev. J. F. Loba 1907 - 1908
William T. McElveen, D.D. 1916 - 1923
Rev. Alexander McKenzie, D.D. 1892
Edward P. Merrian 1904 - 1918
Prof. Warren J. Moulton, Ph.D. 1916 - 1925
John R. Nichols, D.D. 1915 - 1918
S. A. Norton, D.D. 1916 - 1921
Prof. L. A. Olney 1920 - 1927
Rev. Frederick H. Page 1904 - 1916
Mrs. Cornelius A. Patton 1920 - 1925
Rev. Harry E. Peabody 1910 - 1921
Rev. O. A. Petty 1916 - 1923
Rev. Jason N. Pierce 1915 - 1925
Rev. Albert H. Plumb, D.D. 1892
Rev. John H. Quint 1915 - 1918
Rev. L. T. Reed 1917 - 1923
Rev. Winfred C. Rhoades 1908 - 1917
Charles B. Rice, D.D. 1892 - 1915
Rev. James A. Richards 1914 - 1916
Frank K. Sanders, D.D. 1905 - 1910
G. S. F. Savage 1893 - 1897, 1904 - 1915
Prof. Frank R. Shipman 1916 - 1921
Pres. William F. Slocum 1916 - 1917
Prof. R. S. Smith 1918 - 1923
Prof.. Edward P. St. John 1916 - 192
Edwin A. Stockin 1918 - 1923
Alexander R. Thain, D.D. 1887 - 1902
Rev. W. B. Thorp 1904 - 1907
Joseph J. Tillinghast 1916 - 1925
Thomas Todd, Esq. 1896 - 1916
Rev. A. S. Twombly, D.D. 1892 - 1893
Prof. Frank G. Ward 1916 - 1927
Prof. L. A. Weigle, Ph.D. 1917 - 1927
J. W. Wellman, D.D. 1894 - 1902
Thomas Weston, Esq. 1892 - 1918
George Henry Whitcomb, Esq. 1892
J. W. White, Esq. 1894 - 1901
Herbert C. Wilder, Esq. 1896 - 1897
Rev. William H. Willcox, D.D. 1892 - 1893
Rev. A. W. Vernon 1917 - 1921
Percy R. Ziegler 1918 - 1927
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS SELECT PROFILES
Many of the officers were involved with the Congregational Educational Organization were involved with the organization for a number of years and their records form the core of the collection. Following are some short profiles of these members. This list of profiles is a small representation of the resources contained within the annual reports and only represents a small portion of the necrology notices contained within the annual reports.
J. Converse Gray (1855 - 1919) served as the pro bono legal counsel for the Congregational Education Society. Affiliated for a few years with the law firm of Hyde, Dickerson and How, Gray was elected to the Board of Directors in 1892, following the retirement of his father, Joseph H. Gray from the position. J. Converse Gray was a member of the board of directors and Chairman of the Finance Committee from 1892 until his death in 1919 (Series I - A, 1919, p. 7).
Rev. Clarence F. Swift, D.D. (1861 - 1919) became a member of the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society in 1907; he was a board member until CSSPS and the CES came under one management in 1915. In 1915 he was elected president of both societies and held this office until his death in 1919. A graduate of Union Theological Seminary and a 1866 graduate of Union Seminary in 1886, Swift held pastorates in Smyrna and saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Plymouth Church, Lansing, Mich.; Park Avenue Church, Minn.; Central Church, Fall River, Mass. He was pastor of Plymouth Church, Denver, Colo. at the time of his death. (Series I - A, 1919, p. 7).
Edward S. Tead (1852 - 1919) a graduate of Amherst College in 1875 and graduate of Andover Theological Seminary in 1878, Tead held pastorates in Warren Church, Westbrook, Me., and Prospect Hill Church, Somerville, Mass. Tead became secretary in 1901; during his office, CES absorbed the New West Education Commission. The CES work in Utah and New Mexico was a particular interest of Tead's (Series I - A, 1919, p. 7).