Watch Tower History

 From a legal journal. I need more details. Please.

           Maria Frances Ackley married CTR in March 1879.   She left the family address in 1897, and in 1903 started legal proceedings to f...

       Most articles on these history blogs have a very direct connection with Watch Tower history and pre-history. But others have a more t...

This was a reaction to "Pastor Russell's Newspaper Sermons." This was included in an longer article complaining that Mormon-ow...

 The editor published part of a very long letter from a former Mormon bishop who was "caught" between Mormonism and the Bible Stud...

 I need clear scans of the following 1898, A Letter to Major Whittle From the Berean Bible Class of Tiffin, Ohio (A. S. Herr) 1901, Future...

With thanks to Bernhard who supplied the photograph. The word “Operatoris” is the Latin for “operators.” The first showing of the Photod...

 I need a clear scan of this tract, published in the UK during World War 2. Please. Anyone?

 These are past the era we normally research but interesting. Most were sent by Tom S. to whom we owe our thanks

 

 Laim C., a friend of this blog, sent this. It's taken from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary archive. It is labeled "Taken at the A...

     For a collector of Watch Tower history and memorabilia, one of the prized items would have to be an original copy of the very first i...

     In the May 1880 issue of Zion’s Watch Tower, the list of contributors had a new name, L A Allen. This was Lizzie (Elizabeth) A Allen,...

This article was submitted by Liam C, a faithful blog reader and adept researcher. It has a few slight edits by a blog editor.  Russell’s La...

 

  The People's Christian Bulletin, January-February 1926, page 60

       When the Watch Tower Society moved its headquarters from Pittsburgh to Brooklyn in 1909 it was to become a time of great expansion ...