American Congregational Association

NEHH: RECOVERING UNTOLD STORIES FROM REVOLUTIONARY NEW ENGLAND [NEW ENGLAND?S HIDDEN HISTORIES IS A PROJECT SPONSORED BY THE CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY & ARCHIVES WHICH SEEKS TO DIGITIZE, DESCRIBE, TRANSCRIBE, AND MAKE ACCESSIBLE EARLY CHURCH RECORDS FROM THE NEW ENGLAND REGION FOR THE USE OF SCHOLARS, EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE PROJECT PROPOSES TO DIGITIZE 22,000 PAGES OF RECORDS FROM SIX PARTNER INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS TO TRANSCRIBE 7,500 PAGES OF RECORDS, AND MAKE THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE TO THE PUBLIC. PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL FOCUS ON RECOVERING UNTOLD STORIES, ESPECIALLY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, FROM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH MATERIALS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH. AS THE NATION BEGINS TO COMMEMORATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THESE PRIMARY SOURCES PROVIDE MATERIAL FOR NEW HISTORIES OF THIS FORMATIVE PERIOD, DRAWN FROM THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THE REVOLUTION BEGAN.]

NEW ENGLAND'S HIDDEN HISTORIES: PROVIDING ACCESS TO FOUNDING DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

NEW ENGLAND'S HIDDEN HISTORIES: PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE RECORDS OF AMERICA'S FIRST FOUNDERS

NEW ENGLAND'S HIDDEN HISTORIES: PROVIDING ACCESS TO FOUNDING DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY [NEW ENGLAND'S HIDDEN HISTORIES IS A PROGRAM, SPONSORED BY THE CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES, TO COLLECT AND DISPLAY ON ITS WEBSITE ALL EXTANT SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHURCH RECORDS OF MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CONNECTICUT, AND MAINE AS WELL AS SUPPORTING ECCLESIASTICAL PAPERS?DIARIES, SYNOD RECORDS, SERMONS, ETC. WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND ONGOING EFFORTS (FUNDED BY NEH IN 2015 AND 2018) TO CREATE A MINIMUM OF 18,000 NEW DIGITAL SCANS OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, ALONG WITH FINDING AIDS AND OTHER TOOLS (INCLUDING TRANSCRIPTIONS). WE INTEND TO EXPAND OUR GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE TO REGIONS, LIKE MAINE, THAT ARE HISTORICALLY UNDER-DOCUMENTED, AND TO STRATEGICALLY EXTEND PARTNERSHIPS WITH LIKE-MINDED INSTITUTIONS THAT EMBRACE OUR MISSION AND ARE EAGER TO DO THEIR PART TO MOVE IT FORWARD.]