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The
following organizations are active in the Beverly Archives Project. Most
have web sites which may be accessed by clicking on their name. In
addition, some listings include a brief description of their archival material
and contact information.
Beverly City Clerk's Office
191 Cabot Street
Beverly MA 01915
Contact:
Frances MacDonald
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
117 Cabot Street
Beverly MA 01915
Contact:
Steve Hall
Beverly Public Library
22 Essex Street
Beverly MA 01915
Contact:
Anna
Langstaff
Beverly Public Schools
4 Colon Street
Beverly MA 01915
978-921-6100
Endicott College
376 Hale Street
Beverly MA 01915
Contact:
Barbara
Broudo
Dane Street
Congregational Church (organized
9 November, 1802)
10 Dane Street
Beverly MA 01915
Dane Street Church's collection consists of numerous
volumes of Church meeting minutes, membership, baptismal, and marriage records.
In addition there are numerous pictures and photographs. Files have been
set up on each minister as well as various anniversary celebrations. The
collection is in the process of being indexed and cataloged.
Contact:
Carol Mori
or
David Goss. The Church office may also be contacted by phone, Monday
thru Friday at 978-922-4325.
First Baptist Church
(organized 25 March 1801)
221 Cabot Street
Beverly MA 01915
| Church archives and resources include:
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 | Bound volumes of minutes from 1801;
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| Sabbath School and financial records to the early
1800’s; |
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| Memorabilia and publications sorted by year;
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| Uncatalogued sermons of Rev. Cary Chamberlin
(1906-1931); |
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| Complete collection of weekly Bulletins from the
early 1900’s; |
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| Partially sorted photographs, movies and videos;
a wall-mounted timeline; |
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| A published, indexed history of the Church (‘The
Church with the Harbor Light”) available at the church and in the Beverly
Public Library and Library of Congress, ISBN 0-9709010-0-03. |
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Contact:
John
Thomson , the Church office (978-922-3295) or Church
Historian,
Sharon Duysen (978-922-3295).
First Parish Church, Unitarian-Universalist
(organized 20 September, 1667)
225 Cabot Street
Beverly MA 01915
Contact:
Charlie
Wainwright
The First Parish Church was organized in Beverly in
1667 by a group who petitioned the Salem Church for leave to establish their own
parish on the "Bass River Side". There has been an active congregation
ever since. Until 1718, the Church and the Town government were one and the
same.
First Parish is in possession of a large indexed
collection of historical archives including tax records, membership lists, pew
rentals, Parish meetings, Orders of Service, Newsletters, building
records, and other Church business from its beginning. We also have
extensive records of our Sunday School, founded in 1810 and considered the
oldest continuously operating Sunday School in New England.
First Parish Church maintains a web site dedicated
to its history and its archives at
http://history.firstparishbeverly.org
St. John's
Episcopal Church
705 Hale Street
Beverly Farms MA 01915
Constructed in 1902 as a mission for St.
Peter's Beverly, it became a separate parish in 1912. Archives include
minutes of all parish meetings and Vestry meetings back to 1912; some photos,
scrapbooks of church fair publicity, programs for various dedication services,
some parish histories, blueprints etc. plus a book describing all of the
Connick stained glass windows dedicated between 1919 and 1935. The
Church bell (1946) is a memorial to Gen. George S. Patton.
Contact:
Betsey Lynch, Parish Administrator at
978-927-0229
St. Mary's Church Star of the
Sea Church
253 Cabot Street
Beverly MA 01915
Contact:
Sister
Marguerite
Second Congregational Church
(Established 1713)
35 Conant Street
Beverly MA 01915
Record books prior to 1900 are located at the Beverly Historical Society.
Later material is in the process of being organized and stored in a more
suitable location. An index of this material or other information is
available.
Contact:
Crystal
Atherton (978-927-2943) or
John Suminsby
(978-468-3778). The church office may also be contacted directly by
phone 9:00 to 1:00 Monday through Friday (978-922-5722).
Temple B'nai Abraham
200 East Lothrop Street
Beverly MA 01915
TBA archives are in the process of being organized, to be stored in a
single location. There are pictures and newspaper articles about the various
locations and name changes of what is now Temple B’nai Abraham. There are also
records and pictures of various celebrations. In addition, there are records and
pictures of our Hebrew School, including photos of some of our graduation
classes.
Contact:
Elaine
Israelsohn for further information
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