Watch Tower History

A brief mention of Viola Gilbert from a chapter on the book Plan of the Ages: Bill Arp’s endorsement was used to promote the book to ...

... to transcribe the article about the Children of Zion found here http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhis...

Basil Stephanoff gets short mention in Proclaimers. He was active in Macedonia (European Turkey) and Bulgaria in the late 1880s. He was imp...

Besides me (Y. Dyuo), Ambassador and former minister of foreign affairs Liberia, Christopher Minikon, read the article. He is a historian...

한국인들은 여기 환영 하지 않습니다. hangug-indeul-eun yeogi hwan-yeong haji anhseubnida. For puzzled English readers, this is an invitation to the  K...

That you misunderstood my previous post. We have no intention of abbreviating anything. The issue is format. And to a lesser extent timing. ...

We've looked over the accumulating pile of manuscript pages and have decisions to make. The point of our work is to preserve a detailed ...

Please do not link to this blog through Facebook, tumblr or pinerest. Twitter is okay. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET YOUR ATTENTION? NO FACEBOO...

Recently on this blog, there have been two articles on the 1922 issued Kinemo films, all of which present the beliefs of the Bible Students...

Bruce said to post this partially written material. We hope for helpful comments, though I personally don't expect any. ... If we found ...

We need a basic biography for Felix R. Bunot, teacher at Hoffman Station, Liberia in the 1870s. Correction: His name is Felix R. Brunot. ...

A previous article has shown frames from the two Kinemo films on Palestine and Egypt. The third film sold with the kit was Imperial Valley,...

We have tentatively identified the people mentioned here. Can you do better? He sought reinstatement in 1882, but this was denied. He...

            We’re seldom introduced to other Liberian interest. Seton’s letter takes us to the name of another reading and circulating ...

We've contacted the archive that has the Seton letters and other material relevant to the Watch Tower presence in Liberia in the 1880s,...

We need to raise some funds (don't know how much yet) to buy scans of S. W. Seton's letters from the Library of Congress. We want hi...

As his health allows, Bruce maintains a low level email exchange with some. His .edu email is down for upgrades. Don't expect to hear fr...

In Bernard’s recent article on James Augustus Weimar it is noted that Wiemar (a Society director for a short time) ceased association with...

In 1897, Randle wrote, had printed and circulated a handbill among missionaries in China. We have the text, but would like to have a clear c...

If you have any original documentation you think we lack, please contact us. The story best comes from the participants. Here is an example ...

by Jerome The September 13, 1922 issue of Golden Age carried the following advertisement for the Kinemo Kit Corporation. They had produc...

A really nice comment: Andrew Martin has left a new comment on your post " Really Good Review of Separate Identity vol 1 ": H...

Ich lese während meines Urlaubs gerade A Separate Identity: Organizational Identity Among Readers of Zion's Watch Tower: 1870-1887 von B...

Usual rules. You may copy for personal use. Do not share with others. Understand that this is rough draft and will change. The research is i...

A really good photo of William Robert Fuller, once a Methodist minister and missionary to China. Anyone?

Russell sent a Miss F. L. MacKenzie to China as a missionary. We need biographical details. Anyone?

School starts soon and I'm swamped with 'planning' meetings. We need more information about this person:

Just because Andrew Martin has mentioned these two women in the article "Italy 1910, Watch Tower Believers" Property of the Pri...

The Korean, Japanese and Russian griefers and trolls are back. Nothing from them should get through onto the blog. Their comments are blocke...

                      Russell visited Italy three times: in 1891, 1910, and 1912. [1] The only lecture he documents was that in 1910, and...

1910, Watch Tower believers. Congregation of S. Germano Chisone, Piedmont, Italy. Thanks to the Private Library Emanuele Pace

I found A Separate Identity to be extremely helpful in the study of the origins of the Bible Students and Russell's doctrinal developme...

We need a volunteer to transcribe the article by Keith (A Townsman's ...) found here: http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?fil...

From the comment trail. I can be flattered ... I am writing a history of my own Witness congregation, and your example of clear and accur...

We owe much to our blog readers and others who pointed us to documents and facts. Thanks to everyone. This is rough draft. It will change. T...