Watch Tower History

We need a good scan [or photocopies] of his What is Russellism? Commonly Called Millennial Dawn. It was published in 1910. Anyone?

Go back and READ the post titled The social graces in the Internet Age http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-social-graces-in-inter...

Zion's Watch Tower original volumes: 1896, 1899, 1903, 1910, 1911, 1912.

            This blog has seen a pleasing readership increase. I appreciate those who share their finds, and I appreciate those who com...

In statistics from 2013, around 9,500,000 Americans declared they were of Polish descent. That is around 3% of the American population. Va...

From the South Wales Daily Post for June 30, 1910 With grateful thanks to correspondent "Dienw" who pointed me in the righ...

The 1890 American census recorded nearly 800,000 Swedish immigrants. Between 1885 and 1915 around 1.2 million from Sweden made the trip. I...

We know that the Watch Tower message made it to Sweden via personal letters from America by 1882. But we have very sparse documentation, an...

The caption reads Photo Drama of Creation - Drill Hall Merthyr - October 10th - 17th, 1915 The United Kingdom is made up of four c...

from Franco Below are some pages from the booklet What Say the Scriptures About Hell? published in the Swedish language in 1903. (Click o...

This is a personal historical request. Has anyone ever come across a Welsh translation of Tabernacle Shadows? The received story is that t...

In an interview with the New York Sun in August 1881, A. Bergner suggested that there were 'probably' Watch Tower adherents in Germ...

From chapter on early work in the UK Sheffield             Bender contracted with Clarkson & Company: Advertising Contractors...

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 The Rules Calling me at home to "discuss" my book is a no-no. This blog exists as a forum f...

by Franco Below is the first Watch Tower issued in the French and Italian languages. The date is October 1903 and the content is the same...

We need to see the German language material noted in the final footnote. I thought we had that, but, if so, I cannot find it in our researc...

O. von Zech published a short-lived English language periodical starting in 1903. It's title was Witness to Prophecy. I can't locat...

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I'm posting this for helpful comments. We like the 'well done' comments, and do make them. But we want to further this research ...

The earliest reference to Watch Tower adherents in Germany appears in a New York City newspaper in 1881, four years before von Zech started...

Stellar contributions either in the comments sections or through posts. Specific thanks to: Stéphane. One of her comments went to spam. I ...

from Franco Postcard dated November 10, 1911 sent by the brothers of San Germano Chisone (Italy)...

We know that Otto von Zech wrote to his relatives in Germany, sending them tracts and writing persuasive letters. These probably do not exi...

Supplied by Franco (the correct spelling is Robison) This postcard dated 11 April 1912 was written in German by Brot...

We've returned to this while we wait on documents to arrive. Minor changes and updates. Usual rules. Do not share it. Copy for your own ...

Not a WT publication: See comment trail ....

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There are several German language anti-Russell and anti-Bible Student booklets, mostly from the 1920s. We need any from before 1910. Do you...

We read a large amount of commentary on Witness and Bible Student history. Many of those who write about these groups lack understandin...

from Franco From the 1982 Yearbook pages 129-130 “Now let us go back to the end of World War 1. Shortly after 1918, Brother Marcello...

from Franco L'ETUDIANT DE LA BIBLE for November 1915 (The Bible Students Monthly in French) LE JOURNAL POUR TOUS for Octobe...

It is unlikely because of the date, but it is not impossible. Anyone want to pursue this research?   Chater was a Brethren writer. ...

We need to know the date of the earliest Chart Talks in the UK. Anyone? We need someone who subscribes to this: https://www.britishnewspa...

You may be interested in a photo on Rachael's personal blog: http://wardancingpixie.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-perils-of-research.html

This is the first edition of Divine Plan of the Ages in French. Released in 1897, both hard cover and soft cover. With grateful thanks to...

Never underestimate the importance of what may seem merely interesting, even trivial. One of the recent letters posted here changed a paragr...