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2023-2024 Research Fellowships

Applications for 2023-2024 research fellowships to work at the Congregational Library are now open! Click to learn more and apply.

Graduate Student Workshop in Research Methods: Records of African Americans and Native Americans at the Congregational Library

Graduate students are invited to apply to join us for a workshop on using archival materials related to 18th- and 19th-century African Americans and Native Americans at the Congregational Library.

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New Light on Cotton Mather

Join us to celebrate Cotton Mather's 360th birthday in a virtual conversation with Reiner Smolinski and Kenneth Minkema, editors of A Cotton Mather Reader.

We Do Give Up Ourselves to One Another

Explore our digital exhibit and consider the early Congregational question: What is our responsibility to one another?

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How to Store Your Church’s Records

Join the CLA's archivists as they demystify the complexities and challenges of storing archival and historic materials.

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