History & Archives Commission

Mission: to discover, preserve and publish the many threads of Emmanuel's unique history

Publications

• Frederic Dan Huntington (1891-1904): Emmanuel Church's First Rector
• Lindsey Chapel: Its History & Architecture
• Restoration of Emmanuel's Land Window
• Timeline of Emmanuel's History

Accomplishments

• inventory of archives collections
• inventory of Emmanuel Library books

Current Projects

• collection of names and some biographical material on vestry members, memorial donors and those being remembered and pew owners
• chronological file of newsletters

Volunteer Opportunities

Materials

1. 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. 
2. 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. 

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:

1. The Library of Congress  has a film of Theodore Roosevelt and family at Emmanuel in 1917, when his son Archie married Emmanuelite Grace Lockwood. 
2. The Belmont 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 .