Watch Tower History

As seen on Ebay The blurb reads: Don't get TOO excited, this is a nicely bound copy of a photocopy (of a photocopy) of the or...

A Witness newsletter from Baltimore, 1935. We're told that this was put out by Anton Koerber and that Rutherford objected. It was stoppe...

This is a rough draft of a chapter from volume 2. The usual rules apply. You may copy it for your own use. Do not quote from it or rely on i...

This is the best my scanner will do. I need a better scan or photo. Can you help?

I'm posting the pictures before it leaves our collection forever. Bruce attended this convention.

In recounting the very early years of Bible Students in Britain, Bruce and Rachael wrote about Tom Hart and Jonathan Ling. Both names wer...

The name in Italy The question of group designation was an issue for the first Italian Watch Tower believers. All the Italian publications...

.... and so far I'm extremely impressed. After I read it twice or thrice, I'll post a review.

This was recently sold on eBay. The blurb read: This is a genuine strip of 35mm film from the Photodrama of Creation, taken from on...

Modern photos courtesy of : Instagram: watchtower_of_allegheny_tour Two years ago when I visited Pittsburgh I was taken to see t...

And Donald who also reads this blog. Soon:

Ernest Charles Henninges was born on 12 July, 1871. He became a Bible Student c. 1891. He married Rose Ball on 11 September 1897. He d...

My comments about another's research drew an email response. In fairness to the author, I reproduce it here: Dear Rachel, Your recent ...

            There are, I think, things you do not understand. Let me clarify issues for you.             Some of you believe this p...

(revised) I didn’t realize, until I did a search, but I have actually posted something on this several years ago - J F Rutherford’s...

Don't expect much from us for a few weeks. It's end of term and we're both busy with that. This blog's readership is decli...

Approach to Eighteen Eighty-One Worldwide people expected key events, prophetic fulfillments for 1881. An Australian newspaper repo...

This is a history blog. There is no room here for poorly-done, polemically based research. I will not give a voice to agenda driven, faulty ...

We've acquired a fairly regular reader from Washington D.C. Would you like to help us with a project requiring a visit to the Library of...

Much was expected for the year 1881 both inside and outside Watch Tower congregations. We have a huge amount of material from the US and Aus...

Rough Draft extracted from a chapter entitled "Out of Babylon": Called by His Name Two issues attached to the earliest ...