Rev. Osmond Jesse Billings (AC 1900) Sermons, 1906-ca. 1960
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collection
Billings Sermons
Billings, Osmond Jesse
Biographical History for: Billings Sermons
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.
Sermons, American--20th century.
lcsh
Congregational churches--Sermons.
Billings, Osmond Jesse, 1878-1978.
lcnaf
Amherst College. Class of 1900. Billings.
series
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.
38 sermons 1905-1928
33 sermons 1907-1960
44 sermons 1905-1959
31 sermons 1906-1926
52 sermons 1911-1959
41 sermons 1910-1959
33 sermons 1905-1944
44 sermons 1905-1926
18 sermons 1905-1918
34 sermons 1905-1935
15 sermons 1907-1943
29 sermons 1906-1961
26 sermons 1905-1936
38 sermons 1908-1952
40 sermons 1904-1924
38 sermons 1909-1959
20 sermons 1913-1940
25 sermons 1905-1915
23 sermons 1905-1933
67 sermons 1906-1924
37 sermons 1906-1942
25 sermons 1910-1936
25 sermons 1905-1943
31 sermons 1905-1924
26 sermons 1907-1924
25 sermons 1905-1944
24 sermons 1905-1915
28 sermons 1910-1944
44 sermons 1906-1948
32 sermons 1905-1956
64 sermons 1905-1926
41 sermons 1906-1962
18 sermons 1912-1962
51 sermons 1908-1962
64 sermons 1908-1962
46 sermons 1949-1959
90 children's sermons n.d.
35 children's sermons n.d.
66 children's sermons n.d.
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.
Writings, programs, clippings, assorted papers n.d
Writings, letters, book binding ("Parlor Games") n.d.
Notebooks, church constitution n.d.
Binder n.d.
Sermon Journal n.d.