Joseph Francis collection
Collection
Identifier: L247
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, sermons, diaries, photographs, publications, clippings, biographies and writings, speeches, a guestbook, and scrapbooks from Joseph Francis, ranging from 1863 to 1950, regarding Francis' travels abroad, his clerical vocation and career, family life, travel, and service during World War I. Correspondence includes letters to Harriet Louise Hooker in Indianapolis. There is also material regarding the history of the Episcopalian Church in Indianapolis.
Dates
- 1863-1950, undated
Creator
- Francis, Joseph, 1862-1939 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Joseph Marshall Francis was born in Eaglesmere, Pennsylvania on April 6, 1862 to James Booth and Charlotte Augusta (Marshall) Francis. He was the youngest of four children. His mother was a descendant of Chief Justice John Marshall. Francis received his education from the Episcopal Academy in Pennsylvania, his B.A. from Racine College in Wisconsin, his B. Div. from Nashotah House and did graduate work at Oxford University in 1885. Francis married Kate Stevens on June 14, 1887. He received honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from Nashotah House in 1899 and Hobart College in 1901. He was ordained a deacon in 1884 and ordained in 1886. Francis served parishes in Wisconsin from 1884 to 1887, was a missionary in Japan from 1887 to 1897 and a rector of Saint Paul's Church in Evansville, Indiana in 1898. He was consecrated as the sixth bishop of the (Episcopalian) Diocese of Indianapolis, Indiana, serving from 1899 to 1939. Bishop Francis served as chaplain of Base Hospital No. 32 in France during 1917-1918. Francis died in Indianapolis on February 13, 1939 and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
FindaGrave.com. "Joseph Marshall Francis." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed June 24, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12965/joseph-marshall-francis.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
FindaGrave.com. "Joseph Marshall Francis." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed June 24, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12965/joseph-marshall-francis.
Extent
0.9 Cubic Feet (2 manuscript boxes, 1 small manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Alice Hooker Russell on 1977/10/12.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2016/06/24 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid created 2016/06/24 by Edythe Huffman. Collection reprocessingn completed 2024/12/02 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid revised 2024/12/02 by Brittany Kropf.
- Biographical sketches
- Clergy
- Clergy -- Indiana
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Episcopalians
- Europe -- Description and travel -- 20th century
- Evansville (Ind.)
- France
- Hooker, Harriet Louis
- Indianapolis (Ind.)
- Japan
- Missionaries
- Missionaries -- Japan -- 19th century
- Paintings
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Sermons
- Travel
- Wills
- World War, 1914-1918
Creator
- Francis, Joseph, 1862-1939 (Person)
- Title
- Joseph Francis collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
