WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA
(Formerly called Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society; Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society)
(See also Bethel [United States]; Branch Offices of Jehovah’s Witnesses; International Bible Students Association [IBSA]; Tower Publishing Company; Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.; Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society)
address: km 5/94 7
Charitable Planning Office (formerly Planned Giving Desk): w08 11/15 7; w98 11/1 27
financial matters: km 5/08 3; w07 11/1 20
Legal Department: km 6/96 7
not using as return address: be 73; km 5/00 7
annual corporation meetings: w01 1/15 28
Britain (Leicester): yb00 114-118; w97 12/1 28
U.S. (Jersey City, New Jersey): yb15 24-25; w12 8/15 16-19; w11 8/15 18-21; w10 6/15 3-5; w01 1/15 10-11, 31; w01 7/1 30; w01 7/15 28; w00 7/1 30; w00 7/15 27; w99 7/1 29; w99 7/15 29; w98 7/1 29; w98 7/15 24; w97 7/1 21; w97 7/15 19; w96 7/1 31; w96 7/15 29; w95 7/1 30; w95 7/15 31; w94 7/1 31; w94 7/15 24; w93 7/15 23; w93 8/1 30; w92 7/15 22; w92 8/1 31; w91 7/15 30; w91 8/1 23; w90 8/15 31; w90 9/1 31; w89 8/1 29; w89 8/15 29; w88 8/1 31; w88 8/15 31; w87 8/1 29; w87 8/15 31; w86 8/1 30; w86 8/15 31
U.S. (Newburgh, New York): w24.05 14
U.S. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania): w18.10 3; w01 1/15 28; jv 65, 68, 72-74, 228-229
U.S. (with supplementary meetings) (2001): w02 4/1 25-29
Bible publishing: w09 5/1 25; w01 1/15 30; w97 10/15 11-12; jv 603-615; si 321, 323-327
board of directors: w90 3/15 18
1917: jv 65
1919: w19.10 2-3; jv 72-74
1942: jv 90-91
1945: w01 1/15 28; jv 91
1950’s: jv 100
changeover to Witnesses with earthly hopes (2000): w02 7/1 17; w01 1/15 31; ip-2 317-318
Executive Committee (1917): jv 65, 67
Executive Committee (1918-1919): jv 70-71
opposers attempt to gain control (1918): w18.10 3
opposition to Rutherford by four members (1917): yb17 174-175; jv 66-68
relationship to Governing Body: w17.02 26; w01 1/15 28-29, 31; w01 4/15 29; w97 5/15 17; w95 5/15 22; jv 228, 233; w90 1/15 26; w90 3/15 14, 17-18; je 26
building programs: w86 1/1 17, 24-26
charter:
amended (1944): w01 1/15 28, 30; jv 228-229; w90 3/15 17-18
no individual to profit: rs 202
contributions to: jv 345-346
discussion: ijwfq article 42; w09 5/1 25
expenses by year in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, circuit overseers: syr22 2; syr21 2; syr20 2; syr19 2; syr18 2; syr17 2; yb17 177
expenses by year in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, traveling overseers: yb16 176; yb15 176; yb14 176; yb13 178; yb12 55; w11 8/15 22; yb11 51; yb10 31; yb09 31; yb08 31; yb07 31; yb06 31; yb05 31; yb04 31; yb03 31; yb02 31; yb01 31; yb00 31; yb99 31; yb98 31; yb97 33; yb96 33; yb95 33; w94 1/1 15; yb94 33; w93 1/1 15; yb93 33; yb92 7, 33; yb91 44; yb90 40; w89 12/1 27; yb89 40; yb88 40; yb87 11-12, 40
expression “the Society”: w98 3/15 18-19; jv 219, 639
formation: jv 229
headquarters: kr 29; w09 5/1 22-24; je 8-10
incorporation (1884): w09 5/1 25; jv 229; si 321; rs 201-202; je 26
membership: jv 228-229; w90 3/15 17-18
name changes: kr 84; jv 229, 603
nonprofit corporation: w90 12/1 24; rs 201-202
officers: jv 229
unjustly imprisoned (1918): w18.10 4-5; kr 23-24; re 39-40, 167-168; w00 4/1 19; w00 10/1 26-27; dp 286-287; jv 69-71, 650-654; w89 4/1 9; w89 5/1 4; w87 6/15 16; w86 2/1 13
presidents: w93 3/15 31-32; sh 352-355, 359; br78 6-9; je 8-9, 11, 26
Franz, Frederick W.: jv 109
Henschel, Milton G.: w93 3/15 31
Knorr, Nathan H.: w03 11/1 21-22; jv 90-92; br78 8-9
Russell, Charles T.: jv 576; br78 6-7
Rutherford, Joseph F.: w19.10 2-3; w18.10 3; jv 65-68, 72-74; br78 7-8
purpose: w09 5/1 25; w98 3/15 18-19; om 26-27
relationship to “faithful and discreet slave” (Mt 24:45): w01 1/15 31; w98 3/15 18-19