Richard Wilson Boynton, minister from 1900 - 1907
About
Harvard Library: Boynton, Richard Wilson. Papers, 1893-1951.
Biographical / Historical
Richard Wilson Boynton (1870-1961) was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He graduated from the Meadville Theological School in 1895. He served the Unitarian congregation at Roslindale, Massachusetts, from 1895 to 1900, and spent 1898 studying at Harvard University. From 1900 to 1907 Boynton held a pastorate in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1908 he moved to Buffalo and began his service as pastor at the First Unitarian Church there. In 1922 he earned his BA from the University of Buffalo and the following year he earned a master's degree from that same institution. In 1902 Meadville Theological School awarded Boynton a DD. Boynton was a member of the University of Buffalo's philosophy department from 1926 to 1963. During his career he published numerous articles and books, including The Vital Issues of the War and Beyond Mythology. He was married twice and had two daughters. He died in Florida on November 30, 1961.
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Works
"The Drink Problem as We Must Face It," Official Report of the Proceedings of the Twentieth Meeting of the National Conference of Unitarian and Other Christian Churches, 1903, pp. 223 - 232
"A New Evangelism" Official Report of the Proceedings of the Twentieth Meeting of the National Conference of Unitarian and Other Christian Churches, 1906, pp. 106-113.
The Vital Issues of the War,1918. read online or download free e-book on Google Books
In the Historical Collection, Unity Church-Anderson Library: https://www.librarycat.org/lib/UnityChurch/search/text/Richard+Boynton
Mentions
Memoirs and Letters by Oscar W. Firkins, includes a large number of letters written to Rev. & Mrs. Boynton between 1904-1916.
"Temperance Work," The Unitarian Register, Vol. 11, July 1896.
Overview
Papers of Unitarian minister and University of Buffalo philosophy professor Richard Wilson Boynton (1870-1961) including sermons; personal journals and diaries; personal papers; lecture notes; and draft manuscripts, including multiple draft versions of Beyond Mythology: A Challenge to Dogmatism in Religion.
Dates: 1893-1951.
https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/12/resources/1020
SNAC (Social Networks and Archival Context): https://snaccooperative.org/view/34680869#resources