Archives, Diocesan

Archives Repository

"What's a repository", some may. A repository is the part of an archives where a church keeps its old stuff. This old stuff may include items like old Church Registers (of services or members), minutes, newsletters, bulletins, financial reports, correspondence, pictures, audio and video recordings, and the like. The Diocesan Archives Repository holds these materials along with materials from past bishops, closed congregations (and open ones too!), and papers of diocesan committees and commissions.

The Archives Repository is located in Grafton Hall, behind St. Paul's Cathedral in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The offices of Solutions Center, a not-for-profit social service agency are also located in this building. Access or research requests should be made to the Diocesan Archivist. Those seeking information about an active congregation should contact the congregation directly before contacting the Archivist. A request typically requires four to six weeks to complete. Fees collected are used to further the purposes of the Archives.

Archives Task Force

Bishop Jacobus has appointed an Archives Task Force with two jobs. The first is to run the Diocesan Archives. The second job is to give a hand to local congregations so they can create, develop or maintain their own church archives. It's current members are:

• Dave Annis (St. Anne’s, De Pere)
• Emily Gilbert (All Saints, Appleton)
• Pete Gilbert (All Saints, Appleton)
• Carol Gottard (St. Ambrose, Antigo)
• Matthew P. Payne, Chair (Diocesan Office)
• Betty Potter (Grace, Sheboygan)
• Barb Milligan (St. Paul’s Cathedral, Fond du Lac)

Links

The following links connect you to resources that you should find helpful for creating and maintaining an archives.

• Archives of the Episcopal Church USA - located on the campus of the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.
  • database search for 'diocese of fond du lac'
  • Records Management for Congregations: A Manual for Episcopal Parishes and Missions (PDF)
• Historical Society of the Episcopal Church (HSEC)
  Preserving and disseminating information about the history of the Episcopal Church in the United States.
• National Episcopal Historians and Archivists (NEHA)
  Promoting The Preservation and Dissemination of the Heritage of Episcopal Congregations and Dioceses.
• Society of American Archivists (SAA) - North America's oldest and largest national archival professional association.
• Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS)- Click to search their database for the term 'episcopal'
• Wisconsin Archives Mentoring Service
  Connects volunteer professional archivists with institutions that need assistance with their historical collections.
• United States' National Archives
  The nation's record keeper.

Miscellaneous Diocesan Related Documents & Links

Listed below are a number of links that are posted here to simply make them available to researchers on the internet.

	Biographical sketches of the Bishops of the Diocese of Fond du Lac. Found at wikipedia.com.
	Papers of the Diocese of Fond du Lac back to 1877. More added over time. Found at diofdl.org.
	A History of the Diocese of Fond du Lac and its Several Congregations, Compiled Under The Direction of the Bishop in Commemoration of its Fiftieth Anniversary, 1875-1925. Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. P.B. Haber Printing. The Rev. Alonzo Parker Curtis. 1925. Found at anglican history.org.
	Enthronement was Impressive Affair, Article about the Rt. Rev. Reginald Weller, Third Bishop of Fond du Lac from The Daily Commonwealth. Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Monday, Oct 7, 1912. Page Five. Found at diofdl.org.
	Consecration of S. Paul's Cathedral Fond du Lac and Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Diocese. Sermon and Historical Addresses. Includes Bishop Seymour's Sermon, Historical Sketch, The Two Episcopates, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. P.B. Haber Printing. 1900. Found at anglican history.org.
	Variety of Works about and by the Rt. Rev. Charles Chapman Grafton, Second Bishop of the Diocese of Fond du Lac. Found at anglican history.org.
	John Henry Hobart Brown. The episcopate in America; sketches, biographical and bibliographical, of the bishops of the American Church, with a preliminary essay on the historic episcopate and documentary annals of the introduction of the Anglican line of succession into America. New York. The Christian Literature Company. William Stevens Perry. 1895. Found at Google Books.

Church Cemeteries located in the Diocese

Over the years there have been a number of cemeteries of the Diocese and its congregations. Below are links to more information about them.

	Church of the Precious Blood Cemetery, Gardner Township, Door County, Wisconsin. Item transcribed by Judy Srnka, Beverly Diefenbach, and Sally Treichel, May 14, 1977
	Church of the Holy Apostles Cemetery, Village of Hobart, Brown County, Wisconsin, Item transcribed by Compilers: Tara Konkle, Kelly Van Hoof, Justin Konkle, Craig Konkle, Januar 2 & 23, 1993
	Duvall Cemetery, Red River, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. Formerly of St. Mary's, Duvall. Item transcribed by Leon Raether, Bev Diefenbach and Judy Srnka on July 31, 1976.
	Church of the Holy Nativity Cemetery, Jacksonport Township, Door County, Wisconsin. Contact Christ the King Holy Nativity for for more information.