Gocthag (Armenian Cochnak) Periodical Collection

Authors

Hasmik Grigoryan
Lamisa Muksitu

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 1-25-2022

Keywords

Gocthag, Armenian Cochnak, Armenian Revolutionary Federation, ARF, American Missionary Association, Armenian Protestant Church, Reverend Herbert Allen, Gotchnag Hayastani (The Bell of Armenia), Hayastani Gotchnag (Armenia’s Bell)

Abstract

Historical/Biographical Note:

The Rose Library is the beneficiary of a valuable Armenian language weekly donated to the Strassler Center by George Aghjayan, Director of the Armenian Historical Archives and chair of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Central Committee of the Eastern United States. The Gotchnag periodical collection is comprised of 41 incomplete volumes (1908 to 1956). The Reverend Herbert Allen, an American missionary, founded Gotchnag (meaning Church Bell) in Boston in 1900 and served as its first editor. Sponsored by the American Missionary Association and the Armenian Protestant Church in America, Gotchnag represented the Protestant Armenian community.

Scope and Content

This collection is the Gocthag (Armenian Cochnak) periodicals bound from around 1908 through 1956 (incomplete – 41 volumes).

Recommended Citation

Gocthag (Armenian Cochnak) Periodical Collection – Courtesy of The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts.