Watch Tower History

So ... Roberto sent me a brief review of our book. It's nice. But who ever wrote it thinks I'm getting on in years. Becuase I'm ...

And your interest. I reluctantly deleted a recent comment with a link. I'm familiar with the website in question. It is controversial an...

An enquiry came in through Bruce about how to make direct contact with information or questions. Rachael’s email address is often feature...

The Letter: Greetings Rachael and Bruce,   I received and read carefully the Barbour book. Again, I found it very interesting and...

I'm not very good at this yet. But you might like to see these. Drama Script - Austria Kingdom School Reunion Bookmark   ...

I finally surrendered to need and bought a new camera. It’s harder to use than my old one, but my old one is now dead. I’ve been practicin...

If we’re to write a history of the Rutherford years we will need some significant support. I don’t mean money. I mean documentation. It...

Several have emailed concerns for our health. They see that we haven’t posted for a while, and they’re worried. Bruce suffers from old a...

(Advance warning: this is an article written by Jerome - a pedant writing for pedants) All readers of this blog will be familiar wi...

At the risk of upsetting some of our readers, I'm posting this. This is my half of an exchange between historians. I don't think the...

We need a clear photocopy or scan of Paton's Songs of Hope for All People. (1887)

Mr. Schulz is having issues with blogger. I am posting this on his behalf. I appreciate his comments as found in the last two paragraphs....

If he gives me permission, I'll post his email too, but I don't have permission yet. So herewith is my answer sans the original emai...

We need a clear photocopy or scan of No. 3 and No. 5 of E. C. Henninges’ Wake Up! This newsletter style sheet was published in 1909-191...

I wrote this for my personal blog. Mr. Schulz asked me to post it here too. So, herewith, is my rambling post ...             I continue...

Most will be familiar with this picture of the first convention away from Pittsburgh, taken in Chicago in 1893. The picture comes from the ...

Jewell's poems were also published on postcards and in a book and at least two booklets.

The photographs that accompany this article may be somewhat disappointing if you were perhaps expecting the lost sarcophagus of Cheops...

New York City. DEAR BROTHER RUSSELL:--   I have been working in Mount Vernon during the past week: sold 160 DAWNS--making ab...

One of the problems of writing articles about historic sites from a distance is that you have to rely on photographic evidence, or ...

Notice in The Pennsylvania School Journal October 1870

  Maria Russell was admited in 1864 with the class starting in the 1864-1865 school year.

If you’re so inclined, we have several areas of real need. We need help finding some things, and for others we do not have funds to purs...

I don't have permission to publish this with the writer's name, but the content made me happy so I'm sharing it with you: I...

This is the original filing for United Cemeteries, or an extract of it showing the original trustees. Our friend asks if it were possible ...

Thanks to a friend of this research, we've located the original organizing doucments for the United Cemeteries. We are in the process of...

September 2, 1889 W. T. Bown , sworn             I live in 32 nd Ward, Pittsburgh, Pa (Mount Washington) 67 years of age last Ja...