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Subjects

Denominational organizations
Historical societies
     Religious
     States (New England)
Professional organizations and services
Reference and resources
     Gale and ProQuest databases
Repositories

 


 

Denominational Organizations

     
  Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
http://www.ccccusa.com/
  National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
http://www.naccc.org/
  United Church of Christ
http://www.ucc.org/
  Unitarian Universalist Association
http://www.uua.org/
     
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Historical Societies


 
Religious
  American Baptist Historical Society
http://www.abhsarchives.org/
  Disciples of Christ (Christian Church) Historical Society
http://www.discipleshistory.org/index.htm
  Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society
http://www.erhs.info/
  Historical Society of the United Methodist Church
http://www.historicalsocietyunitedmethodistchurch.org
  Presbyterian Historical Society
http://www.history.pcusa.org/
  Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archives
http://www.sbhla.org/info.htm
  Unitarian Universalist Historical Society
http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/
   
States (New England)
  Connecticut Historical Society
http://www.chs.org/
  Maine Historical Society
http://www.mainehistory.org/
  Massachusetts Historical Society
http://www.masshist.org/
  New Hampshire Historical Society
http://www.nhhistory.org/
  Rhode Island Historical Society
http://www.rihs.org/
  Vermont Historical Society
http://www.vermonthistory.org/
   
  New England Historic Genealogical Society
http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html
   
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Professional Organizations and Services

  American Theological Library Association
http://www.atla.com/
  New England Archivists
http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/
  Society of American Archivists
http://www.archivists.org/
  Special Libraries Association
http://www.sla.org/
  Alban Institute
http://www.alban.org/
  Northeast Document Conservation Center
http://www.nedcc.org/
  COSTEP MA: Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness
     -- an emrgency management framework for cultural resources
http://costepma.groupieguide.com/
    COSTEP Cultural Resources Inventory Form 2011
http://www.congregationallibrary.org/sites/all/files/COSTEP-MA_CRIF2011.pdf (PDF format)
   
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Reference and Resources

  Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums, 2009 edition
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/foundtn-grants.pdf
  Google --
    Books -- http://books.google.com/
Maps -- http://maps.google.com/
Scholar -- http://scholar.google.com/
  Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/index.php
  Open Content Alliance
http://www.opencontentalliance.org/
  Digital Commonwealth
http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/
  Archives Hub (United Kingdom) union catalog
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/
  The Association of Religion Data Archives
http://www.theARDA.com
  Surman Index of UK Congregational Ministers
http://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk/
  Find A Grave cemetary records
http://www.findagrave.com/index.html
Worldcat
http://www.worldcat.org/
  Gale and ProQuest databases -- access within Massachusetts only, via the MBLC
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=gale&locid=mlin_b_acl
    Academic OneFile
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=AONE&locid=mlin_b_acl
    Biography Resource Center
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=BIORC&locid=mlin_b_acl
    Biography Resource Center: African Americans
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=AFAM&locid=mlin_b_acl
    Diversity Studies Collection
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=SP20&locid=mlin_b_acl
    Expanded Academic ASAP
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=EAIM&locid=mlin_b_acl
    General Reference Center Gold
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=GRGM&locid=mlin_b_acl
    Gale Virtual Reference Library
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=GVRL&locid=mlin_b_acl
    GLBT Life and Issues Collection
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=SP06&locid=mlin_b_acl
    History Resource Center : United States
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HistRC?locID=mlin_b_acl
    History Resource Center : World
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History?locID=mlin_b_acl
    Massachusetts History Online
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=SP23&locid=mlin_b_acl
    Massachusetts Newsstand
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=Proquest_Newsstand&locid=mlin_b_acl
    The New York Times
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=SP24&locid=mlin_b_acl
    Religion and Philosophy Collection
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=SP13&locid=mlin_b_acl
     
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Repositories

  Amistad Research Center
http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/
    Archive and Manuscript collections at Amistad
http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/manu-list.htm
    United Church of Christ material at Amistad
http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/new_UCC/contents.htm
    United Church Board of Homeland Ministries record collection at Amistad
http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=42&q=ucbhm
  Digital Commonwealth
http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/
  Digtal Treasures -- central & western Massachusetts digital history archive
http://dlib.cwmars.org/index.php
  Eden Theological Seminary Archives
http://www.eden.edu/EducationalResources/Archives.aspx
  Elon University Library
http://www.elon.edu/library/
  HathiTrust Digital Library
http://www.hathitrust.org/
  Hymnary.org
http://www.hymnary.org/
  OpenThesis
http://www.openthesis.org/
  Memorial University of Newfoundland's Restoration Movement (Christian Connection) materials
http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/index.html
  Seamen's Church Institute Archives
http://www.seamenschurch.org/archives
  United Church of Canada Archives
http://www.united-church.ca/local/archives/on
  Yale's Jonathan Edwards Center collection online
http://edwards.yale.edu/
  West Texas Digital Archives
http://wtda.alc.org/
   
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