Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) was a
graduate school
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and
seminary
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in
Newton, Massachusetts
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. Affiliated with the
American Baptist Churches USA
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and the
United Church of Christ
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. It was the product of a merger between
Andover Theological Seminary
Andover Theological Seminary (1807–1965) was a Congregationalist seminary founded in 1807 and originally located in Andover, Massachusetts on the campus of Phillips Academy. From 1908 to 1931, it was located at Harvard University in Cambridge. ...
and
Newton Theological Institution
Newton Theological Institution was a Baptist theological seminary founded on November 28, 1825 in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.Hovey, Alvah, Historical Address Delivered at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Newton Theological Institution, June 8, 1 ...
. In recent years, it was an official
open and affirming seminary, meaning that it was open to students of same-sex attraction or transgender orientation and generally advocated for tolerance of it in church and society.
In November 2015, the school announced that it would sell its campus and become part of
Yale Divinity School
Yale Divinity School (YDS) is one of the twelve graduate and professional schools of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Congregationalist theological education was the motivation at the founding of Yale, and the professional school has ...
in New Haven, Connecticut,
a process it completed in July 2017.
History
Andover Newton was a product of a 1965 merger between two schools of
theology
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:
Andover Theological Seminary
Andover Theological Seminary (1807–1965) was a Congregationalist seminary founded in 1807 and originally located in Andover, Massachusetts on the campus of Phillips Academy. From 1908 to 1931, it was located at Harvard University in Cambridge. ...
and
Newton Theological Institution
Newton Theological Institution was a Baptist theological seminary founded on November 28, 1825 in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.Hovey, Alvah, Historical Address Delivered at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Newton Theological Institution, June 8, 1 ...
. The two institutions had been co-resident on the same campus in
Newton Centre, Massachusetts, since 1931. Andover Newton took the earlier founding date (1807) of the Andover Theological Seminary for its founding year.
The school created the educational model used by almost all
Protestant
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seminaries
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today and pioneered many training programs for prospective clergy, including
field education. Its alumni and alumnae included important
abolitionists
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The Britis ...
, educators, clergy, and theologians; three presidents of
Brown University; the founding presidents of
Wabash College
Wabash College is a private liberal arts men's college in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Founded in 1832 by several Dartmouth College graduates and Midwestern leaders, it enrolls nearly 900 students. The college offers an undergraduate liberal arts cu ...
,
Grinnell College
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Grinnell has the fifth highest endowment-to-stu ...
, and the
Union Theological Seminary in New York City; and one of the most important presidents of
Dartmouth College
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.
Andover
Andover Theological Seminary was founded in 1807 by orthodox
Calvinists who were members of Congregational churches (forebears of the United Church of Christ) who fled
Harvard College
Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...
after it appointed Unitarian theologian
Henry Ware to the Hollis Professorship of Divinity in 1805. One of the founders of the school, and of the Massachusetts Missionary Society, was Rev.
Samuel Spring
Rev. Samuel Spring (1746–1819) was an early American Revolutionary War chaplain and Congregationalist minister.
Early life and education
Spring was born in Uxbridge in the Massachusetts Colony on February 27, 1746.
His father was John Spring ...
. Widely reported in the national press, the founding by the Calvinists was one of the significant events that contributed to the split in the New England
Congregationalist tradition, and to the eventual founding of the
American Unitarian Association
The American Unitarian Association (AUA) was a religious denomination in the United States and Canada, formed by associated Unitarian congregations in 1825. In 1961, it consolidated with the Universalist Church of America to form the Unitarian Uni ...
in 1825. The Unitarians in 1961 joined the
Universalists
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A belief in one fundamental truth is another important tenet in universalism. The living truth is seen as more far-reaching th ...
to become the
Unitarian Universalist Association.
The new school built a suite of Federal-style buildings at
Phillips Academy in
Andover, Massachusetts
Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was settled in 1642 and incorporated in 1646."Andover" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th ed., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 387. As of th ...
, which the school occupied for its first century. (Most of the original seminary campus survives today as part of the historic core of the Phillips Academy campus.)
Before Andover was founded, American Protestant clergymen attended undergraduate college, then learned their profession by studying under a minister. The new seminary was the first to formalize graduate study for
clergymen
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with a resident student body and resident faculty. The program was for three years of study in four subjects: the
Bible
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, church history, doctrinal theology and the practical arts of ministry.
In 1908,
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school's mission is to educate its students either in the academic study of religion or for leadership roles in religion, gov ...
and Andover attempted to reconcile (both institutions were strongly theologically liberal by this point), and for a period of 18 years shared Harvard's
Cambridge
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campus. The seminary moved its faculty and library to Cambridge, built a large academic-Gothic style facility there, and began to develop plans for a more formal merger with Harvard. However, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts disallowed the alliance. Although the court decision was later reversed, Andover eventually relocated to the Newton Centre campus of the Newton Theological Institution in 1931.
![Campus view, Andover Newton Theological School - IMG 0323](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Campus_view%2C_Andover_Newton_Theological_School_-_IMG_0323.JPG)
The original Andover Seminary library remained on the Harvard campus, where, merged with the library collections of the Harvard Divinity School, it is now known as
Andover-Harvard Theological Library. Andover Newton retained ownership of the books.
Harvard later purchased the school's Cambridge real estate, which, known as Andover Hall, now houses most of the Harvard Divinity School. Although the planned merger with Harvard was never completed, the two schools remained loosely affiliated. Andover Newton students and faculty had access to the Harvard College Library system and Andover Newton students were able to register for classes at any of the university's schools.
Newton
Newton Theological Institution began instruction in 1825 on an former estate at
Newton Centre
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in
Newton, Massachusetts
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, as a graduate seminary formally affiliated with the Northern Baptist Convention, now known as the
American Baptist Churches USA
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. Its founders were
Joseph Grafton,
Lucius Bolles,
Daniel Sharp, Jonathan Going, Bela Jacobs, Ebenezer Nelson,
Francis Wayland, Henry Jackson, Ensign Lincoln, Jonathan Bacheller, and Nathaniel R. Cobb.
An important early benefactor and long-time treasurer of Newton Theological Institution was
Gardner Colby, Boston industrialist and resident of Newton Centre near the campus. Colby Hall (designed by architect
Alexander Rice Esty
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) and Colby Chapel on the Andover Newton campus were named in his honor. Colby also contributed to a number of other New England Baptist institutions, including Brown University and
Colby College
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in
Waterville, Maine, which was also named in his honor.
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From 1931 on, the facilities of the Newton Centre campus expanded many times, especially during a boom in enrollment during the 1950s and '60s. The last addition was Wilson Chapel, a modern interpretation of the traditional New England meetinghouse, constructed to mark the school's bicentennial in 2007.
Andover Newton
Andover and Newton formally merged in 1965, creating Andover Newton Theological School. Another important 21st-century construction on "the Hill" in Newton Centre was the contemporary campus of
Hebrew College
Hebrew College is a private college of Jewish studies in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. Founded in 1921, Hebrew College is committed to Jewish scholarship in a pluralistic, trans-denominational academic environment. The president of the colleg ...
, designed by the architect
Moshe Safdie
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. The two schools collaborated on a number of interfaith programs and their students were able to cross-register for classes.
In 2010, Andover Newton and
Meadville Lombard Theological School
The Meadville Lombard Theological School is a Unitarian Universalist seminary in Chicago, Illinois.
History
Meadville Lombard is a result of a merger in the 1930s between two institutions, a Unitarian seminary and a Universalist seminary.
M ...
, a Chicago-based seminary affiliated with the
Unitarian Universalist Association, announced plans to create a "new university-style institution" at the Newton Centre campus, with an interfaith model for theological education. Meadville was to sell its campus in Chicago and become the "Unitarian" division of the new institution, with Andover Newton becoming the "Christian" component. The two institutions withdrew from the plan in April 2011, citing issues related to governance and finances.
Andover Newton at Yale
In May 2016, ANTS president Martin Copenhaver announced that Andover Newton would begin a process of formal affiliation with
Yale Divinity School
Yale Divinity School (YDS) is one of the twelve graduate and professional schools of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Congregationalist theological education was the motivation at the founding of Yale, and the professional school has ...
over a two-year period. In the 2016–17 academic year, a cohort of faculty relocated to
New Haven, Connecticut
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, teaching students and launching pilot initiatives focused on congregational ministry education, while Andover Newton continued to operate in Massachusetts. Copenhaver projected that a sale of the Newton campus would pay off debt and create an endowment for the institution at Yale.
On June 29, 2017, the sale of the Andover Newton campus was finalized, and on July 20, 2017, the boards of Andover Newton and Yale Divinity School signed an agreement to formalize their affiliation beginning in the 2017–18 academic year. Under the agreement,
Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School
Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School is an American seminary program founded in 2017 within Yale Divinity School and located in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the successor institution of Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS), the o ...
was established as a unit within Yale Divinity School, similar to Yale's arrangement with the Episcopal seminary
Berkeley Divinity School
Berkeley Divinity School, founded in 1854, is a seminary of The Episcopal Church in New Haven, Connecticut. Along with Andover Newton Theological School and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Berkeley is one of the three "Partners on the Quad," ...
.
Andover Newton students at YDS earn a diploma from Andover Newton in addition to their Yale degrees, and receive scholarship support from the Andover Newton Seminary Program. Andover Newton also funds some faculty positions at YDS.
Academics and student life
Andover Newton was first accredited by the
New England Association of Schools and Colleges in 1978,
and granted
master's degree
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doctor of ministry The Doctor of Ministry (abbreviated DMin or D.Min.) is a professional doctorate, often including a research component, that may be earned by a minister of religion while concurrently engaged in some form of ministry. It is categorized as an advance ...
. Andover Newton students were also allowed to take classes in any of
Harvard University
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's ten graduate schools due to the prior affiliation of Andover Theological Seminary and the
Harvard Divinity School
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, which combined their libraries in 1911 to form the Andover-Harvard Theological Library on the Harvard campus. While there were 350 students enrolled in 2007,
who represented 35
Christian denominations, a decade later, it had dropped to 225, mostly part-time students, down from 450 full-time enrollees a generation earlier.
United Church of Christ students remained the largest segment of the student body, followed by Unitarian Universalists and Baptists.
Academic awards
The ‘Spirit of the Hill’ award, announced at the annual Fall Convocation, is conferred upon one alumnus/a who has exhibited exemplary skills in ministry. Additionally, the Seminary awards several prizes to its students in recognition of outstanding achievements. A prize for Excellence in Writing is awarded annually by the faculty, named after American theologian and writer,
Frederick Buechner
Carl Frederick Buechner ( ; July 11, 1926 – August 15, 2022) was an American author, Presbyterian minister, preacher, and theologian. The author of thirty-nine published books, his work encompassed different genres, including fiction, autob ...
.
Notable persons
Andover Theological Seminary and Newton Theological Institution has held graduations for many notable graduates. Collectively, many of these graduates had big influence to America.
Prior to the American Civil War, when there were few fully developed graduate programs in the United States, the two schools trained some of the nation's most important scholars, linguists, social activists, educational innovators, and college presidents as well as many of its leading Protestant clergy.
Below are the graduates of the school:
*
Adoniram Judson, class of 1810, is one of the earliest notable alumni and among the first U.S. missionaries sent by the
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
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. He later became a
Baptist
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missionary to
Myanmar
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, then known as Burma. He also founded the Boston Missionary Training Institute, later named
Gordon College in his honor. Gordon College was named after Adoniram Judson Gordon, who is not the same person as Adoniram Judson.
*
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
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, class of 1814, was the founder of education for the deaf in the United States, established the first American school for the deaf, and was the principal developer of what became American Sign Language.
Gaulladet University in Washington, D.C., was renamed in his honor in 1893.
*
Hiram Bingham and
Asa Thurston
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Asa Thurston
...
, class of 1816, were the first missionaries to
Hawaii
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, where they devised an alphabet for written Hawaiian.
*
Francis Wayland entered Andover Theological Seminary in 1816 but was too poor to complete his studies there. He later helped found Newton Theological Institution. Like two later Newton alumni, Wayland was president of
Brown University. He held the position for 28 years and is remembered as one of that school's most important early leaders.
*
David Oliver Allen, class of 1824, was an American missionary.
*
Nehemiah Adams, class of 1829, was a clergyman and author.
*
Bela Bates Edwards
Bela Bates Edwards (1802–1852) was an American man of letters.
Biography
Edwards was born at Southampton, Massachusetts, on 4 July 1802. He graduated at Amherst College in 1824, was a tutor there from 1827 to 1828, graduated at Andover Theologic ...
, class of 1830, was editor of ''
American Quarterly Observer'', ''
Biblical Repository'', and ''
Bibliotheca Sacra''.
*
William Adams, class of 1830, was one of the founders of the
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
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and later its president.
*
Caleb Mills
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, class of 1833, was the founding president and first faculty member of Wabash College is considered the father of the
Indiana
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public education system.
*
Samuel Francis Smith, class of 1834, was the Baptist minister who wrote the words to ''America'' or ''
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
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'' while still a student on the Andover campus (where his dormitory, still in use at
Phillips Academy, is now known as "America House").
*
George Frederick Magoun, class of 1847, was co-founder and the first president of
Grinnell College
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Grinnell has the fifth highest endowment-to-stu ...
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*
George Park Fisher
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Biography
He was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University in 1847, ...
, class of 1851, was a church historian and president of the
American Historical Association
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.
*
Charles Augustus Aiken
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Biography
He was born in Manchester, Vermont, on October 30, 1827, to John Aiken and Harriet Adams Aiken. He graduated from Dartmouth College i ...
, class of 1853, was a noted professor of
Latin
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at
Dartmouth College
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, the sixth president of
Union College
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, and later taught at
Princeton Theological Seminary
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.
*
George Trumbull Ladd
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Biography
Early life and ancestors
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, class of 1869, was an American philosopher, educator, and psychologist.
*
George Washington Williams
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He served in the ...
, class of 1874, was an American Civil War soldier, Baptist minister, politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer on African-American history. His open letter to King Leopold of Belgium spurred a public outcry against the brutal Belgian colonization of the Congo.
*
William Scott Ament
William Scott Ament (Chinese Names: 梅子明 and 梅威良 Mei Wei Liang) (14 September 1851 – 6 January 1909 in San Francisco) was a missionary to China for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) from 1877, and wa ...
, class of 1877, was a controversial Congregational missionary to
China criticised by
Mark Twain.
*
Claude Black, class of 1943, was pastor of
Mt. Zion First Baptist Church, a civil rights icon, and politician.
*
Rufus Tobey, class of 1880, founder of
Tufts Childrens Hospital
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*
Joseph Twichell
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, class of 1865, writer and minister of Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut
*
Albert Edward Winship
Albert Edward Winship (February 24, 1845 – February 16, 1933) was a pioneering American educator and educational journalist.
Biography
Winship was born in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He attended Andover Theological Seminary in 1875. He wa ...
is known for his work as an educator.
*
Joseph Hardy Neesima
(born ; 12 February 1843 – 23 January 1890), better known by his English name Joseph Hardy Neesima, was a Japanese Protestant missionary and educator of the Meiji era who founded Doshisha English School (later Doshisha University).
He ...
did not graduate, but was the founder and president of
Doshisha University
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in
Japan.
*
Lucius Walker
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, a 1958 graduate, was a Baptist minister best known for his opposition to the
United States embargo against Cuba
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.
*
Arthur Luther Whitaker, a 1954 graduate, first African-American to be appointed as an executive minister within the American Baptist Churches USA.
*
Major General
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William G. Everson, 1908,
Chief of the National Guard Bureau
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Notable faculty
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Harvey Cox
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, theologian, author of ''
The Secular City
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'', scholar of Christian social ethics, international peace activist, and vice president of the
National Council of Churches
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*
George Foot Moore, distinguished theologian and church historian
*
Calvin Ellis Stowe
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, class of 1828, is considered one of the creators of the American public school system. He published widely on issues of public education and established the
College of Teachers
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in
Cincinnati
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. A prominent
abolitionist
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The British ...
, he was married to
Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of ''
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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'', and was an enthusiastic supporter of her literary career.
*
William Jewett Tucker, class of 1866, was described at his death as "the great president" of
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...
who transformed a small, rural, regional school into a major
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. The term ''Ivy League'' is typically used beyond the sports context to refer to the eight school ...
university.
The Tucker Foundation at Dartmouth was founded to carry on his legacy on campus.
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Amos Niven Wilder, poet, critic,
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...
scholar, and brother of the writer
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes — for the novel '' The Bridge of San Luis Rey'' and for the plays ''Our Town'' and '' The Skin of Our Teeth'' — ...
Current
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Carole R. Fontaine
Notes and references
External links
Official websiteThe Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex MuseumThe Library maintains a collection of papers of the Andover Theological School (manuscript number E 6).
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