Watch Tower History

     Charles Taze Russell gave his thoughts on William Henry Conley in a Watch Tower magazine for July 1, 1912. The article was “Delivered f...

 The image below is from a Watch Tower letter to colporteurs dated August 15, 1924. Do you know of any examples of locally produced inserts,...

 Another bit of German text I cannot decipher on my own. Can you translate this?

 I had my last surgery yesterday. No word yet on the biopsy. Ugly looking thing. The doctor showed it to me before sending it to the lab. Th...

A recent post (September 21) reviewed the photograph of Henry Weber, who was a Society director for nearly 12 years and who died in 1904. ...

    Guest post by Gary      First produced in July 1879 as  Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence , on January 1, 1909, the ...

A year or more ago there was a flurry of correspondence on this blog about a picture hanging on the wall of the Bible House parlor. Who was ...

When what became World War 1 started J F Rutherford was in Hamburg, Germany. This wasn’t a problem as America didn’t enter the war until A...

On May 22, 1921, at the now historic Kismet Temple in Brooklyn, J F Rutherford gave his famous Millions talk. Below is an advertising leafl...

Bruce had his surgery today, the first of two. It went well, but he is experiencing significant pain. He will be away from his blog for some...

  One of the “joys” of historical research is deciphering old documents. Forget issues like Latin or ancient languages, just the vagaries of...

  We have strayed from this blog’s purpose. It is my fault, but I am with this post remedying the problem. 1. This is not a news site. I d...

 I need scans of handbills from the 1940s and 1950s. Anyone?

WHAT PYRAMID?   The pyramid was removed very carefully on September 1. These photographs are from September 2. On top of the CTR grave stone...

 Usher Instructions was a four page instruction sheet for convention administration in the 1930-40s. I need a good pdf scan of it. Anyone?

  by Chris G Photographs and recollections of the Estate Sale. If you haven’t already done so, please read the original article as publi...

 On ebay at a very reasonable price. Storrs and Russell were both influenced by this book. https://www.ebay.com/itm/154579514299?hash=item23...

 Another German language document I need translated. Can you help?

Please see addenda from August 24 and September 1, 2021 (below) Visitors to Pittsburgh with an interest in Watch Tower history have often vi...

 I would welcome a well-researched article considering opposition to Russell as it was before 1895. I cannot pay for submissions. Though thi...

This will, I suppose, seem off topic, but it is not. I need newspaper and other accounts of supposed or real scandals involving people assoc...

  By Chris G. In my studies of religion, my interest became laser focused on the faith of my mother and grandmother, Jehovah’s Witnesses...