Keys to Andover Newton History
Since 1807, the Andover Newton community has crossed borders, climbed over barriers, and made connections. The nation’s oldest theological school and its first graduate institution, Andover Newton’s many innovations created the model used by almost all American theological schools today.
Few schools of any kind have had as profound and lasting an impact on American life--- in religious and public service, in government, on public and higher education, in literature, linguistics, scholarship, social justice, equality, freedom, and the development of America’s core ideals and values. Andover Newton alumni and alumnae have included founders of schools and colleges around the world. many nationally distinguished preachers, clergymen, and scholars of theology, three presidents of Brown University, the 9th president of Dartmouth College, and the author of the national hymn, “America.”
To learn more about Andover Newton History, please click on one of the links below:
Bicentennial Edition of Today's Ministry
About Andover Newton: A short history of the school
Thomas Gallaudet '14: Crossing the Borders of Silence
Francis Wayland: A Founding Father of American Learning
Newton Theological Seminary: A School on a Hill
Barnas Sears: "Sifter" of men, "loved" president of Newton and Brown
Calvin and Harriet Beecher Stowe: Partners for freedom
The Andover-Harvard Library: An historic legacy in Cambridge
Illustration: Andover Newton's Newton Centre Campus as it was in 1850. From a drawing by Amanda Rice.
