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Title: Charles Luther Boynton papers
Date (inclusive): 1901-1967
Collection Number: XX284
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
13 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder, 2 envelopes
(5.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, writings, pamphlets, and photographs, relating to missionary work in Shanghai, the Shanghai American
School, and social conditions in China.
Creator:
Boynton, Charles Luther, 1881-1967
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975
[Identification of item], Charles Luther Boynton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1881, June 8 | Born, Townshend, Vermont |
| 1901 | Graduated, Pomona College |
| 1901-1903 | Assistant Secretary, State Committee YMCAs of Kansas |
| 1903-1906 | Business Secretary, Student Department, International Committee YMCA, New York |
| 1906-1914 | Business Secretary, National Committee YMCAs of China |
| 1907 | Attended Centenary Conference, New York |
| 1908, June 8 | Married Leila Dozier |
| 1909-1920 | Member, original Board of Managers of the Shanghai American School, which he founded |
| 1914-1915 | Editor, The Missions Code |
| Foreign Missions Conference of North America | |
| 1915-1920 | Business and Statistical Secretary of China Continuation Committee |
| 1915-1923 | Served with U.S. Army, Shanghai Volunteer Corps |
| 1920-1922 | Business Manager, Shanghai American School; Executive Secretary, 1922-1923; Acting Principal, 1923-1924; Principal, 1924-1926 |
| 1927-1947 | Compiled the handbook The Christian Movement in China |
| Business Secretary of National Christian Council of China; Acting General Secretary, 1941; Honorary Secretary, 1947-1950 | |
| 1943-1945 | Interned at Chapei Civil Assembly Center during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai |
| 1946 | Returned to the United States |
Charles and Edmund Boynton papers. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
China -- Social conditions
Missions -- China
China -- Description and travel
Shanghai (China)
Missionaries