Background
Colcord, Elmer Danforth was born on November 4, 1895 in Canton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederick Elmer and Sadie Holway (Hill) Colcord.
Colcord, Elmer Danforth was born on November 4, 1895 in Canton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederick Elmer and Sadie Holway (Hill) Colcord.
AB, Tufts University, 1917. STB, Tufts University, 1919. Her Majesty, Springfield College, 1923.
Master of Education, Springfield College, 1928.
Minister, 2d Universalist Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1919-1926;
minister, Unitarian Church, Trenton, New Jersey, 1926-1930;
minister, Mount Vernon (New York) Unitarian-Universalist Church, 1930-1939;
minister, Universalist Church, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1939-1942;
minister, Universalist Church, Gardiner, Maine., 1942-1950;
minister, Unitarian Universalist Church, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1950-1987. Minister Universalist Church, Greene, Maine, summers 1943-1990. Professor psychology Springfield College, 1925-1926.
Teacher Boston Center for Adult Education, 1966-1972. Lecturer on poet Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Secretary, director National Universalist Summer Meetings, Ferry Beach, Maine, 1922-1944. President City Somerville Council Churches, 1972-1979. Member Odd Fellows, Lions, Knights of Pythias, Rotary, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Evelyn Ruth Huntsinger, May 6, 1930. Children: Robin Hill, Carol Annual.