Henry (Carl French) collection, 1892-1957

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Summary

Title:
Carl French Henry collection
Dates:
1892-1957
Creators:
Henry, Carl French
Abstract:
This small collection consists of biographical materials of the Henry family (C.F. Henry, Rena M. Henry, his wife, Helen Henry, daughter and other family members), and Henry's records of marriages, correspondence, sermons, class lectures and information on Throop Memorial Universalist Church, Pasadena, CA. etc.
Extent:
2 boxes .5 linear ft.
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Carl French Henry collection, GTU 89-10-09. Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

This small collection consists of biographical materials of the Henry family (C.F.Henry, his wife Rena M. Henry, daughter Helen Henry and other family members), and Henry's records of marriages, correspondence, sermons, class lectures and information on Throop Memorial Universalist Church, Pasadena, CA. etc.

It is unknown when or from whom the collection was deposited in the Graduate Theological Union Library. The collection came in prior to the 1989 establishment of the GTU Archives, and there is no documentation. It is possible it came with material transferred from the Starr King School for the Ministry Library (Unitarian), when that library merged into the GTU Library in 1982.

Biographical / historical:

Carl French Henry, 1867-1929, was born in Ohio. He grew up on a farm going to school first at a local district school, later to a near-by town high school. He attended Buchtel College, a Universalist institution, graduating in 1891. He earned the money to attend college by teaching high school, and running a boarding club furnishing meals to students. He attended Tufts College divinity school graduating in 1894. Tufts later granted him the honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity in 1924. He served the Universalist Church in Cleveland until 1905. It was there he married Rena M. Lathrop and their only child Helen was born. Feeling the need for training in Sunday School work, he then attended the Hartford School of Religious Pedagogy, receiving his degree in 1905.

He was called to the pastorate of the Universalist Church, Bangor, Maine, 1906, then to North Attleboro, Massachusetts in 1911. In 1915, he accepted the call to Throop Memorial Universalist Church, Pasadena, CA. He was well liked in the church and the community. The major accomplishment of his time at Throop was the construction of the church, dedicated in 1923. He became ill in the summer of 1928 and died in January 1929, greatly mourned in the church and wider community leaving behind "a large company of devoted friends".

In the memorial booklet published after his death, Carl French Henry, A Memorial, which can be found in the Graduate Theological Union Library Rare Books collection, it is said that he "was a devoted Universalist, - proud of his church, its doctrines and its history. Yet he had no quarrel with the churches of the older faith. Life was too short and there was too much to be done to waste time in fruitless controversy over doctrines and dogmas. He counted among his closest friends numerous ministers of orthodox churches, who were prompt to testify to his worth when the end came to him."

Acquisition information:
It is unknown when or from whom the collection was deposited in the Graduate Theological Union Library. The collection came in prior to the 1989 establishment of the GTU Archives, and there is no documentation. It is possible it came with material transferred from the Starr King School for the Ministry Library (Unitarian), when that library merged into the GTU Library in 1982.
Physical location:
4/B/3
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Lucinda Glenn
Date Prepared:
© 2006
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by UCSC OAC Unit. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: May 22, 2006.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological Union as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Carl French Henry collection, GTU 89-10-09. Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Location of this collection:
2400 Ridge Road
Berkeley, CA 94709, US
Contact:
(510) 649-2523/2501
archives@gtu.edu
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