Caswall family papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Caswall family papers
- Date
- 1821-1965
- Extent
- 0.6 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Church buildings--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Clergy--Kentucky.
- Episcopal Church--Clergy.
- Genealogical correspondence.
- Memoirs.
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 63M257: [Identification of item], Caswall family papers, 1821-1965, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Born in England in 1810, Henry Caswall became in 1830, the first graduate of Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, to be ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church. In 1834 he was named Professor of Sacred Literature at the Theological Seminary of the Diocese of Kentucky in Lexington. His son Robert Clarke Caswall, a priest of the Church of England, came to the United States in 1871 and first served parishes in Maine and Canada. He later worked with African Americans in Tennessee and in 1899 became Archdeacon of Colored Work in the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, establishing a Sunday school and kindergarten for the Black children of St. Andrew's Church. One of his daughters, Muriel Caswall, was a member of the editorial staff of the Boston Post.
- Scope and Content
- The Caswall family papers contain materials concerning the Reverend Henry Caswall, his son the Reverend Robert Clarke Caswall and Muriel Caswall, Henry's granddaughter. Correspondence from Caswall to his family in England describes early nineteenth century life in Ohio and Kentucky. Included in the collection is a New Testament Bible from 1821 and a Book of Common Prayer from 1864. Also included are documents that reflect Henry Caswall's service as priest for the Episcopalian church. There are pictures of family in England, Ireland, and the United States from the mid nineteenth century through the mid twentieth century.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
New Testament Bible printed in London, 1821
Book of Common Prayer, 1862
Henry Caswall letter to his Mother, 1833 August 9
Typed copies of family correspondence, 1830-1835
An act to enable Henry Caswell to exercise office of priest for the Church of England, 1843 May 31
Memoir of Henry Caswall, Diocese newsletter, New Years hymn, 1871-1906
Newspaper and magazine articles about Caswall family and the episcopal church in Lexington, Kentucky, 1898-1961
Typed family history, 1952-1953
Muriel Caswall letter to Francis Smith, 1927-1965
Muriel Caswall molds of John Keats and Lord's Prayer, undated
Bishop Burgess of Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire, England, circa 1850
Reverand Robert C. Caswall and wife Madeline Jane Frazer in Belfast, Ireland, circa 1860
Harry Caswall, undated
Reverand Robert C. Caswall in Lexington, Kentucky, 1902
Sketch of memorial for Robert C. Caswall in cemetery, undated
Reverand Robert C. Caswall at 452 Woodland Avenue in Lexington, Kentucky, 1904
Caswall home on Versailles Pike in Lexington, Kentucky, undated
Tomb of Bishop Burgess in Salisbury Cathedral, undated
Muriel Caswall in Boston, Massachusetts, undated
The Old Gately home in Wiltshire where Robert Caswall was born, undated
Reverend Henry Caswall's silver badge from the Philomathesian Society of Kenyon College, undated
Tomb of Bishop Burgess, uncle of Henry Caswall, in Salisbury Cathedral, undated
Negative and print of Henry Caswall, 1965
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