History & Archives Commission

Mission

To discover, preserve and publish the many threads of Emmanuel's unique history

Publications

• Civil-War-History Walking Tour
• Emmanuel Church Building Guide
• Emmanuel Church, 1860-1960: The First Hundred Years
  • Introduction & appendix
  • Chapters on early clergy
• Frederic Dan Huntington (1891-1904): Emmanuel Church's First Rector
• Lindsey Chapel: Its History & Architecture
• Musical History of Emmanuel Church
• Records of Emmanuel Church: minutes of the founding meeting, reprinted in Voices, March 2002.
• Restoration of Emmanuel's Land Window
• Timeline of Emmanuel's History

Accomplishments

• Catalog of Emmanuel Library books
• Our section of the Annual Report lists what has been accomplished, thanks to many collaborators. Please email us if you cannot read PDF documents.

Current Projects

• Collection of names and some biographical material on vestry members, memorial donors and those being remembered and pew owners
• Creating a chronological file of newsletters
• Developing a webpage on the Emmanuel Movement

Volunteer Opportunities

Materials

• Do you have papers or artifacts from your time at Emmanuel?  Please help us fill gaps in our collection and check those boxes in your attic, basement or under beds. 
• Who has interviewing skills? What equipment is needed for taking oral histories?  Who would be good people to interview?   Written memories would be good, too.   Help us solicit these memoirs of Emmanuel. 

Memory

• Did you attend Emmanuel in the early seventies? Do you recognize any of the musicians playing with Craig Smith in these two photos? Please contact Mary Chitty if you can help identify anyone.

Expertise

We could use your expertise in photography, writing, research and layout and design. We have both short and long term research projects. Help us find what is out there. Here are two examples:

• The Library of Congress has a film of Theodore Roosevelt and family at Emmanuel in 1917, when his son Archie married Emmanuelite Grace Lockwood.
• The Boston Public Library has our second rector Alexander Vinton’s sermon at the 1877 consecration of Trinity Church in Copley Square.

For more information, please contact: Mary Chitty.

	Is that Craig conducting Emmanuel Music in the early 1970s?
	The soloist is Kathy Edmonds. Do you recognize any other musicians in these photos?
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5/10/12