The Examiner and Chronicle was a Baptist newspaper published in the United States from 1865 to 1913 under various names. It was consolidated from several other publications. At its peak, the paper was the largest Baptist publication by circulation.
22-585: The Baptist Advocate was founded in New York City by a group of Baptists. It first published an issue on May 11, 1839. William H. Wyckoff edited the paper, which purchased the Gospel Witness six months later. Although with that purchase the Advocate had eliminated all competition, it was financially unsuccessful and the owners were forced to sell to James L. Thompson and a Mr. Wyckoff in 1842. S. S. Cutting edited
44-479: A doubling of circulation in the first ten years, a which point The New York Chronicle was merged and the paper adopted its final name of The Examiner and Chronicle . In 1867 it expanded to six columns and eight pages, and two years later to seven columns. The paper absorbed The Christian Press in 1868 and The Outlook in 1875. Henry Clay Vedder , a prominent Baptist journalist, joined the paper's staff in 1876 as an editorial writer. The New York Times profiled
66-498: A hand-woven cloth to an industrial pulp. AAS undertakes special efforts to preserve printed records from this time period, as the Society maintains an on-site conservation department with various sewing, cloth, and binding materials to aid in the preservation process. Over its two-hundred-year history, the Society has had 14 formal leaders who have shaped the organization's vision, collections, and day-to-day operations. Leadership roles at
88-656: A number of them are unique. Historic materials from all fifty U.S. states, most of Canada and the British West Indies are included in the AAS repository. One of the more famous volumes held by the Society is a copy of the first book printed in America, the Bay Psalm Book . AAS has one of the largest collections of newspapers printed in America through 1876, with more than two million issues in its collection. Its collections contain
110-604: A tutor at Waterville College, later being appointed as professor of rhetoric and lecturer on modern history, remaining there until 1850, when he removed to New York City and became the editor of the Baptist weekly New York Recorder . He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1864. He was president of the American Baptist home missionary society , 1864; of the missionary union, 1869-'72. He
132-470: Is printing technology , especially in eighteenth-century British North America. Since Isaiah Thomas was a newspaper man himself, he collected a large number of printed materials. With regard to printing, paper making , edition setting, and reprinting, not much had changed in European technology by the eighteenth century. It was not until the late eighteenth century that paper-making material began to evolve from
154-659: Is a U.S. National Historic Landmark in recognition of this legacy. The mission of the AAS is to collect, preserve and make available for study all printed records of what is now known as the United States of America. This includes materials from the first European settlement through the year 1876. The AAS offers programs on a wide variety of subjects including but not limited to Environmental History, Indigenous Peoples Studies, and American Religion for professional scholars, pre-collegiate, undergraduate and graduate students, educators, professional artists, writers, genealogists , and
176-527: Is buried in the University of Rochester plot at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester. After his death, he bequeathed his property to the University of Rochester. He served in the position from 1853 to 1888. His initial salary was $ 1,800 per year. In addition to being president, he served as professor of moral and intellectual philosophy, 1853-'87, and of political economy, 1887-'90. He has also served as trustee of
198-510: The 1650s. On the initiative of Isaiah Thomas , the AAS was founded on October 24, 1812, through an act of the Massachusetts General Court . It was the third historical society established in America, and the first to be national in its scope. Isaiah Thomas started the collection with approximately 8,000 books from his personal library. The first library building was erected in 1820 in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1853,
220-439: The AAS have historically overlapped in chronology, as different roles oversaw different aspects of the Society simultaneously. The American Antiquarian Society's membership includes scholars, writers, journalists, historians, artists, filmmakers, collectors, American presidents, and civic leaders. Notable members include the following individuals: AAS was presented with the 2013 National Humanities Medal by President Obama in
242-525: The Society moved its collections to a larger building at the corner of Highland Street, also in Worcester. This building was later abandoned and another new building was constructed. Designed by Winslow, Bigelow & Wadsworth , the Georgian Revival building was completed in 1910 and stands on the corner of Park Avenue and Salisbury Street. There have been several additions to this building to accommodate
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#1732855324610264-485: The college from 1887 until his death in 1890. American Antiquarian Society The American Antiquarian Society ( AAS ), located in Worcester, Massachusetts , is both a learned society and a national research library of pre-twentieth-century American history and culture. Founded in 1812, it is the oldest historical society in the United States with a national focus. Its main building, known as Antiquarian Hall,
286-424: The first American women's magazine edited by a woman, The Humming Bird, or Herald of Taste . The collection also contains over 60,000 pieces of sheet music, over 300 games (including puzzles, board games, and cards), a large historical pottery collection, extensive New England diaries and personal papers, a diverse collection of photographs dating from the 1830s to the 1920s, and children's literature dating back to
308-411: The general public. The collections of the AAS contain over four million books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, graphic arts materials and manuscripts. The Society is estimated to hold copies of two-thirds of the total books known to have been printed in what is now the United States from the establishment of the first press in 1640 through the year 1820; many of these volumes are exceedingly rare and
330-494: The growing collection. The most recent addition was completed in 2019 and created room for an updated HVAC system, conservation lab, and multi-use learning lab. AAS was presented with the 2013 National Humanities Medal by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House. As part of AAS's mission as a learned society, it offers a variety of public lectures and seminars. One topic to which AAS dedicates significant academic energies
352-578: The paper The New York Recorder and Register , absorbing The New York Baptist which had been formed in 1823 in Utica, New York . The New York Chronicle was established either in 1840 or in 1849 by O. B. Judd as a monthly paper. Shortly the next year it switched to a weekly format. The paper was known for its support of the American Bible Society . It was purchased about three years later by J. S. Backus and by 1856 Pharcellus Church had bought
374-597: The paper from 1844. The Advocate changed its name to The New York Recorder before it was sold to Lewis Colby and Joseph Ballard. Colby and Ballard in turn sold the paper to the educator Martin Brewer Anderson and James S. Dickerson in February 1850. Anderson sold the paper when he became president of the University of Rochester three years later, to L. F. Beecher. Ownership later passed to Andrew Ten Brook , who renamed
396-469: The paper from Backus. Church combined the Chronicle with Philadelphia's Christian Chronicle in 1863 . Edward Bright and Sewell S. Cutting purchased The New York Recorder and Register . He renamed the publication The Examiner . At this point, it had a circulation of approximately 10,000. Cutting left the publication to accept a job at the University of Rochester, while Bright remained as editor. He oversaw
418-459: The paper in 1880 as "A Vigorous Baptist Paper", praising the efforts of Bright and describing it as "the organ" of the Baptists, noting that "it is wielded for good in every community where a Baptist church is to be found." Contributors to the paper included Francis Wayland , the president of Brown University. In 1883 the paper was described as having "the largest circulation of any Baptist newspaper in
440-417: The world." By 1887 it had reverted to being known as simply The Examiner again. Bright died in 1894 and the paper continued to expand, purchasing The National Baptist that year , at which point H. L. Wayland joined its staff, and the following year The Christian Inquirer . In 1913 Publishers Weekly reported that the paper would be merged with The Watchman , a Bostonian Baptist publication. In 1919 it
462-912: Was described as having been "the foremost force in American Baptist journalism." Martin Brewer Anderson Rev. Martin Brewer Anderson (1815–1890) was the first president of the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York . Anderson was born February 12, 1815, in Brunswick, Maine . His father was of Scotch-Irish descent and his mother of English origin, a woman of marked intellectual qualities. He graduated from Waterville College in 1840 and then attended Newton Theological Institution in Newton, Massachusetts . He married Elizabeth Gilbert, of New York. He taught Latin, Greek, and mathematics as
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#1732855324610484-639: Was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1867. He served as trustee of Vassar College from 1864 to his death in 1890. He was a member of the New York board of charities, 1868-'81. He received the degree LL.D. from Colby , 1853, and from the University of the State of New York , 1883, and L.H.D. from Columbia , 1887. He died February 26, 1890, in Lake Helen, Florida , and
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