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Herbert H.H. Fox papers , 1906-1982

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Fox, Herbert H.H. (Herbert Henry Heywood), 1871-1943
Title
Herbert H.H. Fox papers
Dates
1906-1982 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.7 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
MC 234 (collection)
Summary
Herbert Fox served as Bishop Coadjutor, and Bishop Suffragan of Montana for the Episcopal Church from the 1920s to the 1940s. Collection consists of diaries (1921-1942); writings, including Of Gumbo Mud and the Model-T: The Autobiography of a Prairie Bishop (draft and final copies), and various sermons; audio cassettes; and miscellany. [Transferred from Museum. Printed materials transferred to the library.]
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library and Archives
Montana Historical Society, Library and Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 406-444-2681
Fax: 406-444-5297
mthslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions

Collection open for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Herbert H.H. Fox, born March 11, 1871 in Montclair, New Jersey, was the son of Ann Wood and James Fox. His parents immigrated from England to the east coast of the United States in the 1860s. His father was a master wood worker, and his mother died when he was three years old. James Fox remarried several years later, but this marriage did not last, and the father and son moved to California in 1886 to work on a ranch in Carmel Valley. They returned to the east coast a short time later and worked in the steel mills and potteries in New Jersey. During the late 1880s Herbert Fox attended the Newark Evening Technical School where he studied technical drawing. His pursuit of an engineering career, however, was abandoned for the study of theology at Hobart College in 1893. After graduation, he attended the General Seminary in New York, and was ordained by the Episcopal church in 1900. Fox took charge of several parishes in New York, and later in Michigan, before his appointment as the Coadjutor-Bishop for Montana in 1921. He retained that position until 1939, when he was appointed Bishop Suffragan for Montana. He married Alma Wather in the late 1890s. They had two children: Mary, born June 24, 1907, and Henry, born December 13, 1911. Herbert H.H. Fox died November 24, 1943.

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Content Description

This collection consists of diaries (1921-1939); cash books (1936-1943); a news release (1917); sermons (1906-1934; undated); autobiographical writings (1956, 1982) including Of Gumbo Mud and the Model-T: The Autobiography of a Prairie Bishop, edited by his son, Henry Fox; clippings (1920-1953); and miscellany (undated). These records related primarily to Bishop Fox's career as a Bishop in Montana, including information on church membership and the financial status of the parishes in which Fox served.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged into eight series: 1) Diaries, 2) Financial Records, 3) Press Releases, 4) Printed Materials, 5) Speeches, 6) Writings, 7) Miscellany, and 8) Clippings.

Location of Collection

12:6-4

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

  • Diaries

    • Description: Diaries
      Dates: 1921-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
      Location: Diaries
    • Description: Diaries
      Dates: 1923-1924
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
      Location: Diaries
    • Description: Diaries
      Dates: 1925, 1928
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3
      Location: Diaries
    • Description: Diaries
      Dates: 1931, 1935
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 4
      Location: Diaries
    • Description: Diaries
      Dates: 1936-1937
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
      Location: Diaries
    • Description: Diaries
      Dates: 1938-1939
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
      Location: Diaries

  • Financial Records

    • Description: Cash books (includes appointments)
      Dates: 1936-1943
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 1-2
      Location: Financial Records

  • Press Releases

    • Description: Press release (re Herbert H. H. Fox being offered the Coadjutor-Bishop position in Rhode Island)
      Dates: 1917
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 3
      Location: Press Releases

  • Printed Materials

    • Description: Articles (from "The Montana Churchman," "The Michigan Churchman," and St. John's Perish publications)
      Dates: 1920, 1945, 1958
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 4
      Location: Printed Materials

  • Speeches

    • Description: Sermons
      Dates: 1906-1910
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 5
      Location: Speeches
    • Description: Sermons
      Dates: 1912-1920
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 6
      Location: Speeches
    • Description: Sermons
      Dates: 1926-1934
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 7
      Location: Speeches
    • Description: Sermons
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 8
      Location: Speeches
    • Description: Sermons
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 1-4
      Location: Speeches

  • Writings

    • Description: Autobiography of Herbert H.H. Fox
      Dates: circa 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 5
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Of Gumbo Mud and the Model-T: The Autobiography of a Prairie Bishop (edited by his son, Henry Fox) [manuscript]
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 6
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Of Gumbo Mud and the Model-T: The Autobiography of a Prairie Bishop (edited by his son, Henry Fox) [manuscript with photocopies of original photographs]
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 7
      Location: Writings
    • Description: Of Gumbo Mud and the Model-T: The Autobiography of a Prairie Bishop (edited by his son, Henry Fox) [index]
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1
      Location: Writings

  • Miscellany

    • Description: Notes [re miscellaneous information about Montana parishes, including financial records, and membership lists; and statistics on international Episcopalian parishes]
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 2
      Location: Miscellany

  • Clippings

    • Description: Newspaper Clippings (re Fox's work in Michigan, and a predecessor of Fox's in Montana, Bishop Tuttle)
      Dates: 1920, 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 3
      Location: Clippings

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Subject Terms

  • Bishops
  • Episcopal Church--Montana
  • Religion

Personal Names

  • Fox, Herbert H.H. (Herbert Henry Heywood), 1871-1943 (creator)

Finding aid prepared by MHS staff
1992

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