Andover-Harvard Theological Library is now a participant in the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC).

NERFC awards grants to researchers who use the resources of this library and other libraries in the Consortium. The application deadline for 2020-2021 research grants is February 1, 2020.

Fellowship information and application available on the NERFC website.

Due to a large construction project at HDS, the library has a new temporary entrance.   The new entrance is located on the parking lot side (south side) of Andover Hall. It is across from Vanserg Building and the bike shelter. There is a ramp for wheelchair accessibility. Please have your Harvard ID to gain entrance into the library.  Guests will still be able to sign-in with a photograph ID.

Andover-Harvard Theological Library welcomes researchers in town for the 2018 UU Collegium.

• Come visit us!  Hours and Directions.

• Connect with a subject expert at Andover-Harvard Theological Library to locate information in our collections.

• Doing archival research? ...

Friday, September 28, 2018 | 1 p.m. 

Rabinowitz Room, Andover-Harvard Theological Library 

  The story of the Unitarian mission to Japan started in the late 19th century, when representatives of the American Unitarian Association were invited by one of the leading intellectuals of the time, Fukuzawa Yukichi. This presence on Japanese soil led to an enthusiastic reception from the elite—to the point of becoming a fad—as large segments of the population were dreaming of making Japan the first cosmopolitan nation of Asia.    

By 1923, the popularity of the Unitarian approach decreased to the point of forcing the mission to withdraw from Japan. The disappearance of liberal Christianity, unsurprisingly, coincided with the rise of nationalism.... Read more about Book Talk with Michel Mohr "Unitarianism in Japan: Unravelling Its Saga through the UUA Archives"