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Born in Arlington, Massachusetts on September 29, 1887, Charles Gott was an ardent advocate for literature, drama, and education. After…

Edwin Courtland Bolles was a Universalist pastor and scholar with a robust enthusiasm for history and theology. He was born on September…

The Frédéric Louis Ritter Collection consists of approximately 2,500 items donated to Tufts College in 1901 by trustee Albert Metcalf to…

Hosea Ballou 2d was a prominent Universalist clergyman, educator, and writer in the 19th century. He was born in Guilford, Vermont on…

John Albert Holmes Jr. was a prolific poet and educator. He was born on January 6, 1904 in Somerville, Massachusetts. After attending…

John Rawls was one of the 20th century’s preeminent political philosophers, credited with reviving and transforming the field for all…

Tisch Library holds 50 manuscripts, both codices and single-leaf documents, covering the 13th through 19th centuries.

The Nineteenth Century was a golden age of pamphleteering in America. The confluence of several trends - a growing population, rising literacy,…

Richard Frothingham Jr. was a historian, journalist, and politician. He was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts on January 31, 1812. He…

After Gutenberg, the most important early European printer was the Italian, Aldus Manutius (Aldo Manuzio, 1449–1515).

 Humanist scholar…

Described variously as “Boston rough,” possessing “ready-wit, a never failing flow of spirits, and a genial temperament,” and “the…

Walter Frederick Welch Jr. was an avid lover of scholarship across many different fields and sought, throughout his life, to cultivate a…

William Henry Ryder was born in Provincetown, Massachusetts July 18, 1822 to Universalist parents. He received theological training at…