ma72 Rev. Osmond Jesse Billings (AC 1900) Sermons, 1906-ca. 1960 Finding aid prepared by Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Peter Nelson. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
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 Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Sarang Gopalakrishnan. 2003-12-03 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 ma72 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Rev. Osmond Jesse Billings (AC 1900) Sermons, 1906-ca. 1960 2003 Jan Sarang Gopalakrishnan '06, Student Encoding Assistant Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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 Collection Overview Billings, Osmond Jesse Billings Sermons 1906-ca. 1960 4 records storage boxes (4 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Congregational minister. Papers consist mainly of handwritten sermons, but also include a journal and other miscellaneous writings. English. Biographical Note

Osmond Jesse Billings was born on July 9, 1878, in Sharon, Mass. He went to Sharon High School, Boston Latin School, Amherst (BA 1900) and Yale Divinity School (BD 1905). He served as minister at the First Congregational Church in Upton (1908-1915), Union Evangelical Church in Three River (1915-1924), Central Congregational Church in Orange (1925-1936), First Congregational Church in Newbury (1936-1944); and as pastor to the First Congregational Church in Georgetown (1944-1952). In 1926, Billings married Rena Nutting in Amherst. They had three children, Edward, Elizabeth and Carolyn. Billings died in 1978.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

Handwritten sermons, including children's sermons, preached by Billings as a minister in various Congregational churches in Massachusetts. Also included are a journal of sermons given and various undated writings, notes and letters.

 Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into two series:

1. SERMONS, 1904-1962 2. MISCELLANEOUS, n.d. Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

There is no restriction on access to the Billings Sermons for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Requests for permission to publish material from Billings Sermons should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Billings Sermons [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

 History of the Collection 2003 Jan Sarang Gopalakrishnan '06, Student Encoding Assistant Search Terms Billings, Osmond Jesse, 1878-1978. Sermons, American--20th century. Congregational churches--Sermons. Amherst College. Class of 1900. Billings. Series 1: SERMONS, 1904-1962

Series 1, SERMONS, 1904-1962, are handwritten sermons written by Rev. Billings. They are not arranged in any particular order. Three folders of children's sermons are filed at the end of the series.

 1 1 38 sermons 1905-1928 1 2 33 sermons 1907-1960 1 3 44 sermons 1905-1959 1 4 31 sermons 1906-1926 1 5 52 sermons 1911-1959 1 6 41 sermons 1910-1959 1 7 33 sermons 1905-1944 1 8 44 sermons 1905-1926 1 9 18 sermons 1905-1918 2 1 34 sermons 1905-1935 2 2 15 sermons 1907-1943 2 3 29 sermons 1906-1961 2 4 26 sermons 1905-1936 2 5 38 sermons 1908-1952 2 6 40 sermons 1904-1924 2 7 38 sermons 1909-1959 2 8 20 sermons 1913-1940 2 9 25 sermons 1905-1915 2 10 23 sermons 1905-1933 2 11 67 sermons 1906-1924 2 12 37 sermons 1906-1942 3 1 25 sermons 1910-1936 3 2 25 sermons 1905-1943 3 3 31 sermons 1905-1924 3 4 26 sermons 1907-1924 3 5 25 sermons 1905-1944 3 6 26 sermons 1905-1936 3 7 24 sermons 1905-1915 3 8 28 sermons 1910-1944 3 9 44 sermons 1906-1948 3 10 32 sermons 1905-1956 4 1 64 sermons 1905-1926 4 2 41 sermons 1906-1962 4 3 18 sermons 1912-1962 4 4 51 sermons 1908-1962 4 5 64 sermons 1908-1962 4 6 46 sermons 1949-1959 4 7 90 children's sermons n.d. 4 8 35 children's sermons n.d. 4 9 66 children's sermons n.d. 4 10 24 Old South Church sermons n.d. Series 2: MISCELLANEOUS, n.d.

Series 2, MISCELLANEOUS, n.d., includes a sermon journal kept by Rev. Billings as well as various undated writings, notes and letters.

 4 11 Writings, programs, clippings, assorted papers n.d 4 12 Writings, letters, book binding ("Parlor Games") n.d. 4 13 Notebooks, church constitution n.d. 4 14 Binder n.d. 4 15 Sermon Journal n.d.