Watch Tower History

Unless important, new information shows up in my inbox, we think this is 'final' in rough draft; Thanks to Jerome and Bernhard for c...

We need to identity T. B. Hewitt, an Ohio resident in 1901. He signed a memorial attendance report and is mentioned just the one time in The...

Comments are helpful; additional research would be stellar: New Castle, Pennsylvania             The New Castle congregation had ...

A firm identity for W. A. Wallace, once a phrenologist, and then for a while a Millennial Dawn Colporteur in Pennsylvania and later in Ohio....

We need help improving this. We need more detailed biography and a clearer identification of those mentioned here. We need to know if A. C. ...

We need the full name of a Dr. A. Lewis of New Castle, Pennsylvania. He lived there in the 1880s and 1890s. Update: Dr. Lewis is Andrew Le...

It is unlikely that we will use this material, but some of our blog readers may be interested. Paton published a book of poems by one of his...

Herewith is one of those mysteries we'd like to solve: A letter from an O. R. to Paton appears in the February 15, 1911, World's H...

Nsukka Journal of History Today at 2:05 AM To B. W. Schulz Message body   Dear Bruce, I am happy to inform you t...

The invitation only blog is a failed experiment. I am reopening this blog.

The private blog is up and running. The first post by Jerome is up. I'm still taking requests to read the blog.

Comments will close on April 19, 2017. I am willing to entertain requests for the private blog from those who did not comment on this blog...

I am reopening the private, invitation only blog. You must apply for access which is limited to those who have previously left comments on t...

This blog does not serve the purpose for which it was intended. The number of deleted and disallowed comments is increasing because som...

by Jerome One of the keys I’ve found for researching history is to try to be a good communicator. That may mean sending dozens of ex...

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When dealing with an abusive comment we think we may have marked more than one person's comments as 'spam.' If you try to post a...

One of our blog readers sent me this. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. And I can say without too much of a smile that I've introduc...

We've asked before that readers not link to this blog through facebook. The message was clear, but apparently some still do not understa...

I despair of receiving analytical comments. But at Bruce's request, here it is with some additions and revisions. Usual rules. Ev...

With some English language assistance from Rachael:             The article of ZWT February 1881, entitled “Lay up for yourselves tre...

Below are some scans sent in by Franco. In order, they are: Portrait of Adolphe Weber Postcard with Weber’s stamp Weber’s copy of ...

            This is really fringe material, but we do need to know. I’m turning to our readers who are probably better at this particula...

We need the exact Watch Tower by date where Rutherford first condemns "Character Development." Anyone?

To answer Chris G.s question ...

Please read the article entitled "Lay up Treasures for Yourself," found in the February 1881 Watch Tower. We are interested in yo...

from Franco Alexandre Freytag was appointed by CTR as branch manager in Geneva, Switzerland. It did not end well. You will note that ...

This is in rough draft the first few paragraphs of current work. Tentative title for this chapter is Evangelical Voice. Usual rules. Do not ...

Suggestive Hints to New Colporteurs made its first appearance in 1887. We have a much later edition, but we need to see the first edition. ...