Summary Information
Henry Faville Papers
1865-1930
- Faville, Henry, 1847-1926
La Crosse Mss BG; PH 6902
2.0 cubic feet (5 archives boxes) and 1 painting (1 oversize folder)
UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Papers of the Reverend Henry Faville, minister of the First Congregational Church of La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1888-1913, who earlier served the Methodist Episcopal Church in Oshkosh, 1883-1886. Included are sermons; summaries of sermons; diaries, 1865-1930; an 1899 address; and an account book of benevolences. Also present are three brief diaries of his wife, Harriet Conant Faville, and a typed record of marriages performed.
English
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Biography/History
Henry Faville was a member of the Faville family of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, well known in the dairy business and professional life of Wisconsin. Henry Faville and John Faville, sometimes referred to as Wisconsin's “twin ministers,” were the sons of Elijah Faville. They were born on the family farm on July 7, 1847. Both attended Lawrence College, both graduated from the theological school at Boston University, and both were ordained as Methodist Episcopal ministers. The obituary of Henry Faville further states that both men were eloquent pulpit orators and both had pleasing personalities that made them men of influence in their communities.
Henry Faville served several churches at Delavan, Janesville, Evansville, Oshkosh (the Algoma Street Methodist Episcopal Church), and Racine. In 1888 he left the Methodist denomination and accepted a call to the First Congregational Church of La Crosse, where he ministered for 25 years until his retirement. He was three times a delegate to the National Council, and moderator of the State Convention at Milwaukee in 1901. All through his life, says his biography in A Hundred Years of Congregational History in Wisconsin, he kept abreast of the age, both in his thinking and in his church leadership. He was the originator of the Men's Sunday Evening Club which his brother in Appleton then notably developed during his ministry in Oshkosh. (John Faville served the First Congregational Church of Oshkosh.).
Henry Faville married Harriet A. Conant of Janesville in 1876. They became the parents of three sons, the oldest (Harold) dying in childhood. Their second son, Theodore Rush Faville, was born in Evansville on August 23, 1881. He later also became a Congregational minister and in 1922 he became superintendent of the Wisconsin Congregational Conference. Henry Faville's other son was Henry Conant Faville.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Reverend Henry Faville consist primarily of sermons and diaries. The diaries are of considerable importance, as they date, with some gaps, from 1865 to 1926, and they trace his life from his youth through his theological education to his ministerial career. Although the books are small and the entries short, Faville's handwriting is legible and he wrote almost daily. Three additional diaries are those of Mrs. Faville.
The sermons consist of two small boxes that represent only a small portion of the total delivered during his career, even though many were delivered on more than one occasion. Supplementing this shortcoming are two record books in which Faville listed all of his sermons. These volumes generally list the dates delivered, the congregation, the subject, the lesson from the scriptures, and sometimes a note on the response of the congregation. In addition, the Wisconsin Historical Society holds a substantial collection of sermons delivered by Theodore Rush Faville. Taken together, the two collections provide important evidence of Congregational thought over a fifty-year period. Also included are a typed record of marriages Faville performed at La Crosse and an account book of benevolences.
Visual Materials consist of a single untitled painting on illustration board of keyboards, housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Related Material
Theodore Rush Faville Papers (M79-403, M2011-093)
First Congregational Church (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Records (La Crosse Public Library, MSS 045)
Related to the Henry Faville Papers is a collection of photographs of the Faville Family that is housed in the Visual Materials Archive in Madison (PH 3148). The photographs collection contains images taken over several generations of the family and it includes a group of turn-of-the-century glass plate negatives that document the Henry Faville home, 919 Main Street in La Crosse. Photocopies of the images that pertain to La Crosse have been included with this collection of Henry Faville Papers in La Crosse.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Mrs. Joseph Maloney, Madison; Henry Faville, Madison; and Hugh Faville, St. Paul, Minnesota; via the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ, 1972; and by Naomi Holmlund and Charles Haas, both of La Crosse, 1976-1980. Accession Number: M72-184, M76-616, and M80-658
Contents List
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La Crosse Mss BG
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Sermons
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Box
1
Folder
1-7
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1884-1918
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Box
2
Folder
1-6
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1919-1924, undated, and fragments
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Address (“Faults of Modern Preaching as Seen by Modern Laymen”), 1899
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Diaries
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Box
3
Folder
1-7
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1865-1866, 1874-1906
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Box
4
Folder
1-6
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1907-1924
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Box
5
Folder
1-2
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1925-1926
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Harriet Conant Faville, 1923-1930
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Box
5
Folder
4-5
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Summary of sermons preached, 1874-1876, 1888-1913
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Benevolences, circa 1891
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Typescript record of marriages performed by Henry Faville, 1888-1913
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Box
5
Folder
9
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Correspondence, 1885-1886
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Series: Visual Materials
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PH 6902
Oversize Folder
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Untitled painting
: Painting on illustration board, a triptych representation of keyboards, possibly a pipe organ, in blues and browns.
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La Crosse Mss BG
Box
5
Folder
8
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Photocopies of images from PH 3148 of the Henry Faville Family Home in La Crosse
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