Guide to the Charles Fowler Papers
Prepared by Romina Cahiwat, Student Assistant, and Dale Patterson,
Archivist
United Methodist Archives and History Center
General
Commission on Archives and History, Madison, New Jersey
4/21/2004
(Published for the Drew University Methodist Library)
Overview of Records
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| Record Creator: |
Fowler, Charles Henry |
| Title: |
Charles Fowler Papers |
| Dates: |
1872-
1912 |
| Abstract: |
American Methodist Episcopal bishop. Fowler was active in the overseas mission work of the church, president of Northwestern University and editor of the Christian Advocate. The bulk of these papers were created during is episcopacy. |
| Extent: |
1.17 cu. feet |
| Resource ID:
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drew.ms.2386 |
Biograhpical Note
Charles Henry Fowler (1837-1908) was born in Burford, Ontario, Canada on August 11, 1837. His family moved to Illinois in 1841, where he attended Rock River Seminary in 1851. He went to New York in 1855 to study at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and was accepted into Genesee College that same year. He graduated with honors in 1859.
FFowler went back to Illinois with the intention of studying law, however he was converted and entered the ministry. He graduated from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1861. Following graduation, he was received in the Rock River Conference. He served Jefferson Street, Clark Street, Centenary, and Wabash Avenue churches in Chicago.
In 1872, Fowler was elected president of Northwestern University and served until 1876, when he was elected by the General Conference to serve as editor of The Christian Advocate. He was a member of General Conferences 1872-1880, and was elected to the episcopacy in 1884. After his election, Fowler traveled to overseas mission areas and helped found the University of Beijing and the University of Nanjing in China. At home, he was a co-founder of Nebraska Wesleyan University and the Twentieth Century Forward Movement. He died March 20, 1908 in New York.
Scope Note
The collection contains letters mostly from fellow bishops concerning matters of the Church and his election. Other correspondence also includes personal requests of Fowler. There are also scrapbooks with newspaper articles featuring Fowler and artifacts, including his address at Baltimore W. College. There are letters, scrapbooks and some photographs.
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Series: Articles
Series: Artifacts
Series: Incoming Correspondence
Series: Outgoing Correspondence
Preferred Citation
When citing material
from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file
folder, Bishop Fowler Papers, Methodist Collection - Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. Do
not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
Access Restrictions
Copyright
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Jersey
Restrictions on Use
Detailed use
restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the
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limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a
formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.
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Subject Terms |
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Subject Topics |
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Church polity. |
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Education, Higher |
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Missions-China |
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Episcopacy
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Occupations |
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Episcopacy. |
Series: Articles
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 2135-6-7:
19 |
Mission Rooms, Methodist Episcopal Church - Untitled |
Undated |
| 2135-6-7:
20 |
Greatness of the Ministry |
Undated |
| 2135-6-7:
21 |
Untitled |
Undated |
| 2135-6-7:
22 |
Advocate |
Undated |
| 2135-6-7:
23 |
Baltimore W. College |
Undated |
Series: Artifacts
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 2135-6-7:
24 |
Mallalieu Discount Tickets |
1895-1896 |
| 2135-6-7:
25 |
Pictures and Memorial Address book |
1885-1899 |
| 2135-6-7:
26 |
Scrapbook 1 |
1876-1877 |
| 2135-6-7:
27 |
Scrapbook 2 |
1878 |
| 2135-6-7:
28 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 1 |
1880 |
| 2135-6-7:
29 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 2 |
1880-1893 |
| 2135-6-7:
30 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 3 |
1884 |
| 2135-6-7:
31 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 4 |
1892-1893 |
| 2135-6-7:
32 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 5 |
1892-1893 |
| 2135-6-7:
33 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 6 |
1893-1894 |
| 2135-6-7:
34 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 7 |
1894 |
| 2135-6-7:
35 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 8 |
1894 |
| 2135-6-7:
36 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 9 |
1894 |
| 2135-6-7:
37 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 10 |
1895 |
| 2135-6-7:
38 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 11 |
1895-1896 |
| 2135-6-7:
39 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 12 |
1896 |
| 2135-6-7:
40 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 13 |
Undated |
| 2135-6-7:
41 |
Scrapbook 3 - Part 14 |
Undated |
| 2135-6-7:
42 |
Photographs |
Undated |
| 2135-6-7:
43 |
Certificates, Invitations, Correspondence |
Undated |
| 2135-6-7:
44 |
Fowler Portrait |
Undated |
| 2135-6-7:
45 |
Rev. George E. Strobridge - Jan. 6 |
1905 |
Series: Incoming Correspondence
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 2135-6-5:
26 |
Bishop Edward G. Andrews |
1873-1906 |
| 2135-6-5:
27 |
H. Bannister - July 8 |
1874 |
| 2135-6-5:
28 |
Bishop J.W. Bashford |
1906-1907 |
| 2135-6-5:
29 |
David H. Bates - March 2 |
1908 |
| 2135-6-5:
30 |
Thomas Francis Bayard - Dec. 22 |
1885 |
| 2135-6-5:
31 |
Bishop J. Berry |
Undated |
| 2135-6-5:
32 |
John L. Beverage |
1874 |
| 2135-6-5:
33 |
L.J. Birney |
Undated |
| 2135-6-5:
34 |
M.M. Bovard |
1886-1887 |
| 2135-6-5:
35 |
T. Bowman |
1887 |
| 2135-6-5:
36 |
John Braden - Oct. 8 |
1879 |
| 2135-6-5:
37 |
Bishop J.C. Broomfield |
Undated |
| 2135-6-5:
38 |
Wallace E. Brown - March 12 |
1907 |
| 2135-6-5:
39 |
James Monroe Buckley |
1894-1903 |
| 2135-6-5:
40 |
William Burt |
1897-1906 |
| 2135-6-5:
41 |
Henry Anson Buttz |
1906 |
| 2135-6-5:
42 |
Schuyler Colfax |
Undated |
| 2135-6-5:
43 |
Bishop Earl Cranston |
1894-1914 |
| 2135-6-5:
44 |
Joseph Cook |
1879-1889 |
| 2135-6-5:
45 |
George Richard Crooks |
1879 |
| 2135-6-5:
46 |
Joseph Cummings |
1874-1875 |
| 2135-6-5:
47 |
James R. Day |
1904 |
| 2135-6-5:
48 |
Howard Duffield - Oct 12 |
1904 |
| 2135-6-5:
49 |
Arthur Edwards |
Undated |
| 2135-6-5:
50 |
Edward Eggleston - June 6 |
1876 |
| 2135-6-5:
51 |
John Ferguson - Feb. 9 |
1905 |
| 2135-6-5:
52 |
Clinton B. Fisk - Aug. 20 |
1879 |
| 2135-6-5:
53 |
Bishop J.N. Fitzgerald |
1887-1907 |
| 2135-6-5:
54 |
Robert Forbes - March 18 |
1903 |
| 2135-6-5:
55 |
Cyrus Foss |
1887-1906 |
| 2135-6-5:
56 |
Andrew Gronblas |
Undated |
| 2135-6-5:
57 |
Frank C. Haddock - Nov. 14 |
1899 |
| 2135-6-5:
58 |
John William Hamilton |
1892-1930 |
| 2135-6-5:
59 |
M. Colbert Harris |
1877-1905 |
| 2135-6-5:
60 |
William L. Harris |
1882-1887 |
| 2135-6-5:
61 |
Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell |
1898-1907 |
| 2135-6-5:
62 |
E.D. Haven - Jan. 19 |
1875 |
| 2135-6-5:
63 |
Bishop G. Haven |
1873-1879 |
| 2135-6-5:
64 |
Bishop Theodore S. Henderson |
1906-1919 |
| 2135-6-5:
65 |
Bishop Ivan Lee Holt - Nov. 13 |
1930 |
| 2135-6-6:
1 |
J.B. Heingeley |
1904-1908 |
| 2135-6-6:
2 |
L. Hitchcock |
1879 |
| 2135-6-6:
3 |
George Hughes |
1876 |
| 2135-6-6:
4 |
Jesse L. Hurlburt |
1894 |
| 2135-6-6:
5 |
John F. Hurst |
1876-1901 |
| 2135-6-6:
6 |
Thomas C. Iliff - July 17 |
1900 |
| 2135-6-6:
7 |
Eben Samuel Johnson - Nov. 27 |
1906 |
| 2135-6-6:
8 |
Bishop Isaac Willam Joyce |
1892-1903 |
| 2135-6-6:
9 |
William V. Kelley - Jan. 8 |
1880 |
| 2135-6-6:
10 |
Daniel P. Kidder - June 18 |
1878 |
| 2135-6-6:
11 |
John Lanahan |
1894 |
| 2135-6-6:
12 |
Charles J. Little - March 18 |
1904 |
| 2135-6-6:
13 |
Bishop Charles E. Locke |
1903-1908 |
| 2135-6-6:
14 |
John A. Logan |
1872-1876 |
| 2135-6-6:
15 |
Orrington Lunt |
1878-1879 |
| 2135-6-6:
16 |
R. S. Maclay |
1882 |
| 2135-6-6:
17 |
Bishop William F. McDowell |
1904-1906 |
| 2135-6-6:
18 |
Bishop Francis John McConnell - Jan. 1 |
1908 |
| 2135-6-6:
19 |
Bishop Willard F. Mallalieu |
1878-1910 |
| 2135-6-6:
20 |
Wiilliam McKinley - Nov. 8 |
1894 |
| 2135-6-6:
21 |
Bishop S.M. Merrill |
1887-1897 |
| 2135-6-6:
22 |
R. Miller - Sept. 14 |
1905 |
| 2135-6-6:
23 |
R. J. Miller - May 8 |
1899 |
| 2135-6-6:
24 |
Bishop David H. Moore |
1898-1908 |
| 2135-6-6:
25 |
John P. Newman |
1890 |
| 2135-6-6:
26 |
Thomas Nicholson - March 8 |
1895 |
| 2135-6-6:
27 |
W.X. Ninde |
1888-1900 |
| 2135-6-6:
28 |
W.F. Oldham - March 11 |
1904 |
| 2135-6-6:
29 |
A. J. Palmer - June 19 |
1890 |
| 2135-6-6:
30 |
Charles Parkhurst |
1897-1908 |
| 2135-6-6:
31 |
J. O. Peck - Jan. 5 |
1877 |
| 2135-6-6:
32 |
J. T. Peck - May 20 |
1874 |
| 2135-6-6:
33 |
Lovick Pierce - Oct. 7 |
1876 |
| 2135-6-6:
34 |
James H. Potts - Nov. 19 |
1900 |
| 2135-6-6:
35 |
Theodore Price - May 4 |
1884 |
| 2135-6-6:
36 |
James Morley Punshon - Oct. 14 |
1871 |
| 2135-6-6:
37 |
William A. Quayle - May 18 |
1905 |
| 2135-6-6:
38 |
John M. Reid - Sept. 6 |
1866 |
| 2135-6-6:
39 |
Henry Wade Rogers - Feb. 25 |
1891 |
| 2135-6-6:
40 |
James F. Rusling - June 18 |
1877 |
| 2135-6-6:
41 |
Bishop I.B. Scott - Jan. 26 |
1907 |
| 2135-6-6:
42 |
Bishop M. Simpson |
1869-1891 |
| 2135-6-6:
43 |
Thomas Bowman Stephenson - Aug. 3 |
1898 |
| 2135-6-7:
1 |
Melville E. Stone - Sept. 11 |
1891 |
| 2135-6-7:
2 |
Homer Clyde Stuntz - Jan. 14 |
1903 |
| 2135-6-7:
3 |
S. C. Swallow - Nov. 12 |
1900 |
| 2135-6-7:
4 |
G.W. Switzer |
Undated |
| 2135-6-7:
5 |
Bishop James Mills Thoburn - March 13 |
1889 |
| 2135-6-7:
6 |
W. W. Van Orsdel - Jan. 11 |
1894 |
| 2135-6-7:
7 |
Bishop John H. Vincent |
1874-1912 |
| 2135-6-7:
8 |
Leonard W. Volk - Sept. 15 |
1875 |
| 2135-6-7:
9 |
Bishop John M. Walden |
1887-1910 |
| 2135-6-7:
10 |
Bishop Frank W. Warne |
1903-1912 |
| 2135-6-7:
11 |
Elizabeth Ilift Warren - Sept. 22 |
1900 |
| 2135-6-7:
12 |
Bishop Henry White Warren |
1877-1929 |
| 2135-6-7:
13 |
William Fairfield Warren |
1905 |
| 2135-6-7:
14 |
W. L. Watkinson - Jan. 28 |
1907 |
| 2135-6-7:
15 |
Arthur H. Wilde - Jan. 30 |
1905 |
| 2135-6-7:
16 |
A. W. Wilson - May 10 |
1890 |
| 2135-6-7:
17 |
Bishop Luther Barton Wilson |
1905-1907 |
| 2135-6-7:
18 |
Mrs. William Butler to Mrs. Fowler |
1907 |
Series: Outgoing Correspondence
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 2135-6-5:
1 |
G.G. Farmer - Sept. 7 |
1875 |
| 2135-6-5:
2 |
Oliver - Feb. 8 |
1877 |
| 2135-6-5:
3 |
George N. Hill - May 1 |
1877 |
| 2135-6-5:
4 |
J.O. Peck - Dec. 14 |
1877 |
| 2135-6-5:
5 |
J.J. Hoag - May 10 |
1878 |
| 2135-6-5:
6 |
Reverend J. Fitzgerald - Sept. 7 |
1882 |
| 2135-6-5:
7 |
Mrs. Bentley - Nov. 6 |
1890 |
| 2135-6-5:
8 |
Wife - May |
1891 |
| 2135-6-5:
9 |
Reverend John A. Edmunson - May 15 |
1894 |
| 2135-6-5:
10 |
Dr. George H. Goodsell - May 15 |
1894 |
| 2135-6-5:
11 |
Wife - Sept. 18 |
1894 |
| 2135-6-5:
12 |
Unknown |
1894 |
| 2135-6-5:
13 |
S.W. McCaslin - Sept. 25 |
1896 |
| 2135-6-5:
14 |
S.H. Hicks |
1896 |
| 2135-6-5:
15 |
Chauncey F. Black - January |
1898 |
| 2135-6-5:
16 |
Unknown - Nov. 11 |
1900 |
| 2135-6-5:
17 |
Wife and Son - Oct. 6 |
1904 |
| 2135-6-5:
18 |
S.W. Bovine - April 10 |
1905 |
| 2135-6-5:
19 |
Bishop Spellmeyer - Sept. 18 |
1905 |
| 2135-6-5:
20 |
G.W. Switzer |
1905 |
| 2135-6-5:
21 |
Rev. Wallace E. Brown - March 18 |
1907 |
| 2135-6-5:
22 |
J.W. Parmley - Feb. 19 |
1908 |
| 2135-6-5:
23 |
Moyra |
Undated |
| 2135-6-5:
24 |
Unknown |
Undated |
| 2135-6-5:
25 |
W. Hurst |
Undated |
