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| Record Creator: | Boehm, Henry | |
| Title: | Henry Boehm Collection | |
| Date Span: | 1800-1970 | Click here to view the finding aid format suitable for requesting material at the Archives. |
| Abstract: | Henry Boehm (1775-1875), an American itinerant preacher, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on June 8, 1775, the son of Martin Boehm and Eva Steiner. Boehm was self-educated, and became an itinerant preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1793 and a member of the Philadelphia Conference in 1801. Boehm was able to preach in both English and German. Before 1810, he had preached in German in fourteen different states. Boehm is buried in the churchyard of Woodrow United Methodist Church, Staten Island, New York. Boehm's handwritten journals are a major part of this collection. | |
| Extent: | 0.72 cubic feet | |
| Identification: | drew.ms.gcah531 |
Henry Boehm (1775-1875), an American itinerant preacher, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on June 8, 1775, the son of Martin Boehm and Eva Steiner. Martin was expelled from the Mennonites for his "too evangelical opinions," and became bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. The family home at Conestoga sheltered many of the itinerant preachers of the pioneer period of Methodism. Henry Boehm's boyhood was passed under frontier conditions amid these religious influences.
Boehm was self-educated, and became an itinerant preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1793 and a member of the Philadelphia Conference in 1801. He traveled circuits in Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey. Later, he served in Pennsylvania, introducing Methodism in Harrisburg and Reading.
Boehm was able to preach in both English and German. Before 1810, he had preached in German in fourteen different states. At Francis Asbury's request he superintended the translation of the 1805 Methodist "Discipline" into German . As traveling companion of Bishop Asbury for five years, he visited annually not only all the states along the Atlantic coast, but all the settlements and many of the isolated homes as well. He translated many of Asbury's sermons into German. After he ceased to travel with Asbury, he was appointed to various strategic districts where skilled leadership was especially needed for the rapidly growing denomination.
Boehm supplied pulpits of commanding influence in Pennsylvania and New Jersey until old age compelled him to ask release from regular ministerial duties. After his one hundredth birthday, he preached several times, and only a few days before his death on December 29, 1875, he gave a formal address to his Newark Annual Conference.
Boehm married Sarah. They had four children. Boehm is buried in the churchyard of Woodrow United Methodist Church, Staten Island, New York.
This collection includes manuscript items found in Rev. J.B. Wakeley's papers for his writing on the "Reminiscences of Rev. Henry Boehm." A folder of letters includes correspondence dated 1806, 1855, 1859, 1861, and 1863. It also includes three letters from his daughter Elizabeth from 1859 and one undated. There also are three newspaper clippings relating to Boehm's life.
The Boehm manuscript journals are a major part of this collection. Chronologically: May 11, 1800 - April 1, 1801; 1802 - December 1802; 1803 - February 1804; February 1804 - December 1804; January 1805 - March 1808; 1808 - May 1810; May 8, 1810 - May 23, 1812 (Note: this journal has the family genealogy written on the inside of the front cover and on the first page); May 1812 - February 1815; February 21, 1815 - July 14, 1816; July 1816 - January, 1818; No record for the remainder of 1818; No record for January 1819 - August 1819; August 1819 - December 1821; December 1821 - December 1824; No record for January 1825 - March 18, 1832; March 1832 - September 1834; August 1836 January 1839. There are two bound volumes of photocopied portions of the journals. Since that project was completed, the New England Genealogical Society forwarded from their collection additional Boehm journals. There is also a crystal goblet in the collection which is alleged to have been used by Boehm as a chalice used in serving Holy Communion.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
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When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Henry Boehm Collection, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
There are no restrictions regarding this collection.
Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.
William Roland Phinney Papers
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| A201: 1 | Crystal Communion Chalice | Undated |
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1350-6-2: 7 | Letters and Notes | 1806-1874 |
| 1350-6-2: 8 | Clippings | Undated |
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1350-6-1: 1 | Journal | 1803-1804 |
| 1350-6-1: 2 | Journal | 1804 |
| 1350-6-1: 3 | Journal | 1805-1808 |
| 1350-6-1: 4 | Journal | 1808-1810 |
| 1350-6-1: 5 | Journal | 1816-1818 |
| 1350-6-1: 6 | Journal | 1821-1824 |
| 1350-6-1: 7 | Journal | 1832-1834 |
| 1350-6-1: 8 | Journal | 1836-1839 |
| 1350-6-2: 1 | Journal | 1800-1801 |
| 1350-6-2: 2 | Journal | 1802 |
| 1350-6-2: 3 | Journal | 1810-1812 |
| 1350-6-2: 4 | Journal | 1812-1815 |
| 1350-6-2: 5 | Journal | 1815-1816 |
| 1350-6-2: 6 | Journal | 1819-1821 |
| 1350-6-3: 1 | Bound Photocopied Journals and Letters - Part 1 | 1800-1809 |
| 1350-6-3: 2 | Bound Photocopied Journals and Letters - Part 2 | 1810-1970 |
| 1350-6-4: 1 | Transcribed Journals 1800-1830 - Part 1 | 1954 |
| 1350-6-4: 2 | Transcribed Journals 1800-1830 - Part 2, Folder 1 | 1954 |
| 1350-6-4: 3 | Transcribed Journals 1800-1830 - Part 2, Folder 2 | 1954 |
