The American Tract Society (ATS) is a publishing organization that publishes evangelistic literature. It was founded on May 11, 1825 and is currently headquarted in Garland, Texas. It produces tracts, e-tracts, digitracts, and books. Over the years, ATS has produced millions of pieces of literature. May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Garland is the name of two places in the United States: the city of Garland, Texas the town of Garland, North Carolina Garland is the surname of actress Judy Garland, best known for her role in The Wizard of Oz, and mother of Liza Minnelli. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ...
The AmericanTractSociety, founded in 1825, was one of the most influential of the scores of benevolent societies that flourished in the United States in the first decades of the nineteenth century.
The TractSociety, through the efforts of thousands of families like the one shown here, flooded the nation with evangelical pamphlets, aimed at converting their recipients and eradicating social vices like alcoholism and gambling that impeded conversion.
The six largest societies in 1826-1827 were all directly concerned with conversion: the American Education Society, the American Board of Foreign Missions, the American Bible Society, the American Sunday-School Union, the AmericanTractSociety, and the American Home Missionary Society.
This collection consists of numbered tracts produced by a variety of tractsocieties such as the New England TractSociety, the Protestant Episcopal TractSociety, the American Reform Tract and Book Society, The Worcester Temperance League, the American Woman Suffrage Association, the American Peace Society and the Universalist TractSociety.
Exceptions to this include "adult" tracts published by the AmericanTractSociety, the American Sunday School Union, and the American Unitarian Association which date after 1840, as well as tracts for children which were produced by any organization or tractsociety.
AmericanTractSociety, which traces its origins to the New England Religious TractSociety, founded in 1814, still publishes and distributes religious tracts today.
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