Watch Tower History

What poof is there that Wendell advocated world burning? Yes, yes, we all know I can't spell or type. ....

This is an extract from a letter to the editor published in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1844. We need to locate the original. Can you help? ...

by Jerome (slightly abridged from an article on blog 2) Before the title gives false hope, I must start by saying that this article is a sto...

1. Russell was never an Adventist. He did not believe, accept or see as meritorious, Adventist teaching. 2. When Russell met him, Storrs h...

Put optimistically, we’re about half to two-thirds done. I think our new research will present many surprises. Want a taste? Here is a very,...

A recent Watchtower article mentions the problems Russell had getting The Plan of the Ages into bookstores, retelling the story of his inter...

Dear Bruce, From reading the first chapter of the "Pittsburgh tour" book, I noticed that he didn't know whether father or son ...

We don't accept invitations to pod casts, internet talk shows, youtube subscriptions, or any similar thing. Don't invite us. It'...

On our private blog we’ve posted bits in rough draft of what will be chapter one of our next book. We’re not posting it here, but I will tel...

(Photo taken from Google Images from an old Victor record catalog) by "Jerome" Harry E Humphrey was the main voice of the Photodra...

Russell's theology did not derive from the Millerite movement. He was introduced to Literalist prophetic interpretation by his congregat...

by "Jerome" We've been getting many visits to this post in the last 2 months. This is curious. Please explain your interes...

The last Old Theology Quarterly was a 1911 reprint of Tabernacle Shadows.

On the move to Brooklyn in 1909 the Old Theology Series of tracts was discontinued. It was to be replaced by a new monthly series, which for...

Illustrated above are George Stetson’s meetings at Quincy Hall, Allegheny, as reported in The Advent Christian Times in November, 1873, and ...

Quite collectable, Lardent cards are often found as bookmarks in old publications of the Watch Tower Society when they become available. The...

The two rectangular pictures are postcards from the Photodrama of Creation. A set of 40 postcards was advertised in 1917 (see reprints page ...

I posted an longish section on Russell's early religious experience. We've identified the Congregational Church he associated with a...

With the success of the Photodrama in mind, and the realisation that records were now highly popular, a few Bible Students set up the An...

moved here from the private blog ... From Jenny Smith's Diary November 1, 1878.—At Sister Clark's. Two more interesting days h...

From a letter in the St Paul Enterprise for November 14, 1916 (page 3) written by the editor William Abbott to his wife, an eye witness ...

There was only one Congregational Church in Allegheny in 1868. This man was pastor. There continued to be only one Congregational Church i...

Israel's greater faith contrasted with "Zion's Watch Tower" doctrine. [Signed: W.D.F. i.e. William D. Forsyth.]. Author: ...

We have located nearly a full year of issues. The copy costs are huge. We do have a donation system, though it's not on this blog. But w...

We need to locate the personal papers of: REID, WILLIAM JAMES: United Presbyterian; b. at South Argyle, Washington County, N. Y., Aug. 17...

by “Jerome” This is a slightly revised version of an article that first appeared on the Watch Tower History Two blog. Caveat lector....

Quincy Hall as it looked in 1911. It's the building with the barber pole painted on the door posts. Russell found Wendell preaching...