Theodore Rush Faville Papers, 1894-1967

Contents List

Container Title
M79-403
Part 1 (M79-403): Original Collection, 1909-1951
Physical Description: 2.4 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Handwritten and typed sermons, mainly 1909-1924, delivered by Theodore Rush Faville, superintendent of the Wisconsin Congregational Conference. The majority of the sermons were presented while Faville was pastor of the First Congregational Church of Kenosha (1913-1918) and the First Congregational Church of Oshkosh (1918-1922), or as a visiting minister to other Wisconsin churches after he was appointed superintendent in 1922. Also included are a few addresses by Faville on secular topics.
Arrangement of the Materials: The sermons are chronologically arranged with those that were revised for repeated presentation being filed by the earliest date.
Box   1
Sermons, 1909-1915
Box   2
Sermons, 1915-1951, undated
Box   3
Addresses on secular topics
M2011-093
Part 2 (M2011-093): Additions, 1894-1967
Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1894-1967 (bulk 1900-1956), consisting primarily of a pastor's register from his assignment to the Oshkosh Congregational Church listing marriages, deaths and sermons. Also included is correspondence to his parents from his days as a student detailing his studies, social life, and daily routine at Beloit College (Beloit, Wisconsin), as well as general correspondence from friends and colleagues regarding work, his health, retirement, and death. A small amount of ephemera and personal papers from his travels to Turkey, church assignments, and family history are also included.
Box   1
Folder   1
Pastor's Register, 1914-1949
Box   1
Folder   2
Licensure and ordination papers, 1910-1914
Box   1
Folder   3
“Through Twenty-Five Years,” 1947
Box   1
Folder   4
Obituaries, personal papers, 1907-1955
Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   5
Postal cards, 1900-1917
Box   1
Folder   6-8
From Faville to family, 1900-1905
General
Box   1
Folder   9
1905-1967
Box   1
Folder   10
1909-1933
Box   2
Folder   1
1933-1947
Box   2
Folder   2
Resignation letter, 1946
Box   2
Folder   3
General, 1947-1952
Box   2
Folder   4
Condolences, 1955-1956
Box   2
Folder   5
Condolences from relatives, 1955-1956
Box   2
Folder   6
Pamphlets, clippings, 1894-1947
Box   2
Folder   7
Robert College, 1921, 1926-1927
Box   2
Folder   8
Bulletins and programs, 1936-1965
Box   2
Folder   9
Ephemera, 1940-1950