Boynton, Charles Luther, 1881-

Dates:
Birth 1881

Biographical notes:

Biographical Note

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 Foreign Missions Conference of North America Editor, The Missions Code 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 Business Secretary of National Christian Council of China; Acting General Secretary, 1941; Honorary Secretary, 1947-1950 Compiled the handbook The Christian Movement in China 1943 1945 Interned at Chapei Civil Assembly Center during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai 1946 Returned to the United States

From the guide to the Charles Luther Boynton Papers, 1901-1967, (Hoover Institution Archives)

Biography / Administrative History

Brothers Charles Luther (1881-1967) and Edmund Cyrus Boynton (1879-1977) were born in Vermont. The Boynton family moved to Pasadena in 1887 and the brothers attended Pomona College, Edmund graduating in 1900 and Charles graduating in 1901.

Charles L. Boynton married Leila Byrd Dozier in 1908 and they had one child, Charles Dozier Boynton (Pomona College class of 1931) in 1910. He worked as a missionary in China and was on of the founders of the Shanghai American School. During his time in China he organized two fund raising campaigns for new buildings and successfully erected 10 structures from 1919-1923. He was also the founder of the Community Church in Shanghai. He served in the American Company Shanghai Volunteer Corps from 1915-1923.

Edmund C. Boynton owned and managed the Boynton Teachers Agency in Los Angeles. He married Agnes E. Chick in 1906. They had two children, H. Gratia in 1909 (Pomona College class of 1930) and Constance A. in 1911 (Pomona College class 1932).

From the guide to the Charles and Edmund Boynton papers, circa 1881-1969, (Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.)

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Subjects:

  • Los Angeles (Calif.)
  • Missionaries
  • Missions
  • Missions, American
  • Pasadena (Calif.)
  • Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)

Occupations:

  • Missionaries

Places:

  • Shanghai (China) (as recorded)
  • China. (as recorded)
  • Pasadena (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (as recorded)

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