Cobb Divinity School

Abstract

This collection contains the records of the Cobb Divinity School, a training institute for Freewill Baptist Miniters sponsored by Bates College.

Abstract The collection is comprised of correspondence, journals, and assorted papers of several members of the Anthony, Waterman and Angell families of Rhode Island which document in detail family, social, educational and religious life in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, particularly in New England. Includes significant material on Alfred W. and Harriet W. Anthony, including their time in Bangor, Maine where Alfred served as pastor of the Essex Street Free Baptist Church and his...