MTLMC234.xml Guide to the Herbert H.H. Fox papers 1906-1982 Fox (Herbert H.H.) papers Finding aid prepared by MHS staff Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Montana Historical Society 1992
Helena, MT
Finding aid encoded by Ellie Arguimbau with assistance by Cuadra Assoc. 2004 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2nd Edition) 2022 November 1 Updated by Lindsey Mick 2022 November 1 Updated to fix some errors. Montana Historical Society Archives MC 234 Fox, Herbert H.H. (Herbert Henry Heywood), 1871-1943 Herbert H.H. Fox papers 1906-1982 1.7 linear feet of shelf space 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.] 12:6-4 English

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.

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.

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

Collection open for research.

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

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Fox, Herbert H.H. (Herbert Henry Heywood), 1871-1943 Bishops Episcopal Church--Montana Religion Montana Religion Detailed Description of the Collection

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

Diaries 1 / 1 Diaries 1921-1922 1 / 2 Diaries 1923-1924 1 / 3 Diaries 1925, 1928 1 / 4 Diaries 1931, 1935 1 / 5 Diaries 1936-1937 1 / 6 Diaries 1938-1939 Financial Records 2 / 1-2 Cash books (includes appointments) 1936-1943 Press Releases 2 / 3 Press release (re Herbert H. H. Fox being offered the Coadjutor-Bishop position in Rhode Island) 1917 Printed Materials 2 / 4 Articles (from "The Montana Churchman," "The Michigan Churchman," and St. John's Perish publications) 1920, 1945, 1958 Speeches 2 / 5 Sermons 1906-1910 2 / 6 Sermons 1912-1920 2 / 7 Sermons 1926-1934 2 / 8 Sermons undated 3 / 1-4 Sermons undated Writings 3 / 5 Autobiography of Herbert H.H. Fox circa 1956 3 / 6 Of Gumbo Mud and the Model-T: The Autobiography of a Prairie Bishop (edited by his son, Henry Fox) [manuscript] 1982 3 / 7 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] 1982 4 / 1 Of Gumbo Mud and the Model-T: The Autobiography of a Prairie Bishop (edited by his son, Henry Fox) [index] 1982 Miscellany 4 / 2 Notes [re miscellaneous information about Montana parishes, including financial records, and membership lists; and statistics on international Episcopalian parishes] undated Clippings 4 / 3 Newspaper Clippings (re Fox's work in Michigan, and a predecessor of Fox's in Montana, Bishop Tuttle) 1920, 1953