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Related Material

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Guide to the Wayne Kenton Clymer Papers

Prepared by Morris Davis, Jr., Manuscripts Processor, Scott Leland, Nadia Imanishimwe, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist

United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church

2016-05-17


Overview of Collection

Record Creator: Clymer, Wayne Kenton
Title: Wayne Kenton Clymer Papers
Date Span: 1930-2013
Abstract: Wayne Kenton Clymer (1917-2013) minister, bishop and educator in the Evangelical United Brethren Church and The United Methodist Church. Among other aspects of his ministry he was involved in the United Methodist Committee on Relief. The collection his manuscripts,sermons and photographs.
Extent: 12.34 cubic feet
Resource ID: gcah.ms.740



Biographical Note

Wayne Clymer (1917-2013), minister, bishop, educator, and psychologist, was born in Napoleon, Ohio, on September 24, 1917, son of Grace Susan Hulvey and George A. Clymer, a minister in the Evangelical Church. Clymer attended Asbury College, receiving his B. A. in 1939. In the fall of that year he entered Columbia University, and while attending there he became pastor of Immanuel Evangelical Church in Ozone Park, New York, and then St. Paul's Evangelical Church in Forest Hills. He completed his M.A. in 1942. Clymer went on to receive a B.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 1944.

In 1946, Clymer was appointed to the faculty of Evangelical Theological Seminary (ETS) as professor of pastoral theology. While there, he continued his graduate studies toward a Ph.D. at New York University, receiving his degree in 1950.

Clymer was ordained by Evangelical United Brethren Bishop John S. Stamm, and was a member of the Atlantic Conference. He went on to post-doctoral work at the New School for Social Research, Columbia University, the William Alanson White School for Psychiatry, and took clinical training at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Saint Luke's Hospital in New York City. In 1957 Clymer was elected dean of ETS, succeeding Paul Eller. In 1967 he was he was chosen as President.

Clymer was ordained by Evangelical United Brethren Bishop John S. Stamm, and was a member of the Atlantic Conference. He went on to post-doctoral work at the New School for Social Research, Columbia University, the William Alanson White School for Psychiatry, and took clinical training at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Saint Luke's Hospital in New York City. In 1957 Clymer was elected dean of ETS, succeeding Paul Eller. In 1967 he was he was chosen as President. The year prior, 1966-1967, Clymer and his wife lived overseas where he served as consultant to the United Church of Christ in the Philippines on ministerial training, and taught at both Saint Andrew's Theological Seminary in Manila and at Trinity College in Singapore.

The North Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church elected Wayne Clymer to the episcopacy in 1972, and he was assigned to the Minnesota Area, where he served for eight years before being assigned to the Iowa Area in 1980. In 1976, Clymer was appointed president of the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Clymer traveled extensively during his tenure as bishop, visiting countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Clymer and his wife retired to Minnesota in 1984. Bishop Clymer died from a stroke on November 25, 2013, while delivering a eulogy at Brooklyn Center United Methodist Church in Minnesota.


Scope Note

This collection contains materials relating to Clymer's life after his college days at Asbury. The earliest records are correspondence, addresses/sermons, and the graduate papers from the 1940's. Clymer's correspondence, the largest quantity of the record types in the collection, covers every year from 1942 through 1993, except for about ten years between the mid-1950's and 1967. Clymer's collection of addresses, sermons, and lectures is the next largest group of records, and dates from the early 1940's through the late 1980's. The collection also contains copies of some of Clymer's publications. The original accession contained copies of his books and books in which he was a contributor, as well as articles in widely circulated journals. These have been removed and transferred to the Methodist Library, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. The collection also contains various clippings, programs, pamphlets, reports, and photographs.


Arrangement

Materials have been arranged in the following manner.

Correspondence
Education
Printed Matter
Ministry
Images
Family

Preferred Citation

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Wayne Kenton Clymer Papers, 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.


Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.


Related Material

Records of the General Commission on Religion and Race of the United Methodist Church

Records of the Mission Education and Cultivation Program Department of the General Board of Global Ministries

Records of the World Division of the General Board of Global Ministries

Records of the National Division of the General Board of Global Ministries

Records of the General Commission on Archives and History

Index Terms

Subject Names - Corporate
Evangelical Theological Seminary
Evangelical United Brethren Church
United Methodist Church
Subject Geographic
Illinois
Minnesota
Genre
Addresses
Audiocassettes
Clippings
Correspondence
Correspondence
Diaries
Lectures
Pins (Jewelry)
Sermons
Occupations
Bishops
Subject Terms
Education, Higher
Homosexuality
Liturgy
Ministry
Stewardship, Christian
Theology -Study and teaching
Travel
Vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975


Container List


Series: Correspondence
Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1621-6-1: 01 Correspondence 1942-1946
1621-6-1: 02 Correspondence 1946-1947
1621-6-1: 3 New York University 1947-1950
1621-6-1: 4 Correspondence 1948
1621-6-1: 5 Correspondence 1948-1949
1621-6-1: 6 Correspondence 1949-1949
1621-6-1: 7 Correspondence 1950
1621-6-1: 8 Correspondence 1950-1951
1621-6-2: 1 Correspondence 1951-1952
1621-6-2: 2 Correspondence 1952
1621-6-2: 3 Correspondence 1952-1953
1621-6-2: 4 Correspondence 1953
1621-6-2: 5 Correspondence 1953-1954
1621-6-2: 6 Correspondence 1954-1955
1621-6-2: 7 North Central College 1959-1960
1621-6-3: 1 Correspondence 1967-1971
1621-6-3: 2 Correspondence 1972
1621-6-3: 3 Correspondence 1973
1621-6-3: 4 Correspondence 1974
1621-6-3: 5 Correspondence 1975
1621-6-3: 6 Correspondence 1976
1621-6-4: 1 Correspondence 1976
1621-6-4: 2 Correspondence 1977-1986
1621-6-4: 3 Correspondence 1987-1991
1621-6-4: 4 Friends of Soochow 1986-1989
1621-6-4: 5 Presidency of Evangelical Theological Seminary Congratulatory Letters - Folder 1 1967-1968
1621-6-4: 6 Presidency of Evangelical Theological Seminary Congratulatory Letters - Folder 2 1967-1968
1621-6-4: 7 Election to the Episcopacy Congratulatory Letters - Folder 1 1972
1621-6-4: 8 Election to the Episcopacy Congratulatory Letters - Folder 2 1972-1973
1621-7-1: 1 Correspondence 1945-1989
1621-7-1: 2 Correspondence 2000-2005
1621-7-1: 3 Correspondence 1990-2005
1621-7-1: 4 Clymer PhD Thesis 1950

Series: Education
Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1621-6-7: 1 Columbia University, Union Theological Seminary 1940-1946
1621-6-7: 2 Union Theological Seminary 1941-1943
1621-6-7: 3 Union Theological Seminary 1942-1943
1621-6-7: 4 The Life and Thought of James Reilly - Columbia University Master of Arts Thesis 1942
1621-6-7: 5 New York University 1946
1621-6-7: 6 Hawkeye columns 1980-1984
1621-6-7: 7 Minnesota Methodism, T. Otto Nall Undated
1621-6-7: 8 From Rome to Epworth; James Gaughan Undated
1621-6-7: 9 Evangelical Theological Seminary Presidents Report 1950
1621-6-7: 10 Theological Education Committee of the Council of Bishops 1986-1987
1621-6-7: 11 Miscellaneous 1972-1988
1621-6-8: 1 Articles in Serials - Folder 1 1942-1989
1621-6-8: 2 Articles in Serials - Folder 2 1942-1989
1621-6-8: 3 Articles in Serials - Folder 3 1942-1989
1621-6-8: 4 Programs 1950-1990
1621-6-8: 5 Pamphlets 1967-1972
1621-6-8: 6 Poems 1965-1988
1621-6-8: 7 Clippings 1953-1980
1621-6-8: 8 United Methodist General Conference 1980
1621-6-8: 9 Worship Service Programs 1973-1983
1621-6-8: 10 Topical file Peace 1972-1976
1623-1-4: 2 Baccalaureate Addresses 1969-1990
1623-1-4: 3 Benjamin F. Goodrich 1931
1623-1-4: 7 Nature/Work of the Church 1947-1980
1623-1-4: 8 New York University 1945-1946
1623-1-4: 9 Preachers 1928-1950
1623-1-4: 10 Psychotheraphy and Christian Faith 1957-1966
1623-1-4: 11 The Shape of the Liturgy 1960-1990
1623-1-4: 13 Union Seminary 1944
1623-1-4: 14 Miscellaneous Topics 1939-1972
1623-1-5: 3 Hamline 1979-1980
1623-1-5: 4 Rust College 1982
1623-1-5: 5 Iowa Wesleyan 1982
1623-1-5: 6 Scholarship Garrett 1986
1623-1-5: 7 Westmar College 1969
1623-1-5: 8 Professors in Practical Fields - Folder 1 1952
1623-1-5: 9 Professors in Practical Fields - Folder 2 1950

Series: Printed Matter
Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1623-1-7: 11 Bishop - Wayne - Clippings 1946-1978
1624-1-4: 3 The Christian Leader 1943
1624-1-4: 1 General Conference - Preaching Hour Bulletin 1972
1624-1-4: 2 General Denominational Publications 1942-1947
1624-1-4: 6 Karl Barth - Sunday Morning 1928
1624-1-4: 7 Newspapers Clippings - Folder 1 1980-1984
1624-1-4: 9 Professional Journals 1960-1985
1624-1-4: 10 Reprints 1953
1624-1-4: 11 Samuel Emerick - Autobiography 1990
1624-1-4: 12 Seminary Review 1946-1953
1624-1-4: 8 Newspapers Clippings - Folder 2 1980-1984

Series: Ministry
Sub-series: Sermons
Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1623-1-1: 1 Accepting-Born 1970-1990
1623-1-3: 1 Time to Remember, A 1970-1995
1623-1-3: 11 Christians Before the New Testament 1970-2000
1624-1-5: 1 Corinth - Dr. Wayne Clymer 1962
1624-1-5: 2 Methodist Protestant 1970 Hour Series - Program #1 1970
1624-1-5: 4 Program 3 - April 19 "God Knows You" Program 4 - April 26 "The Gifts of God" 1970
1624-1-5: 3 Program 1 - April 5 "Faith Is Affirmation " Program 2 - April 12 "The Will of God" 1970
1624-1-5: 5 Program 5 - May 3 "Affirming the Past" Program 6 - May 10 "Affirming the Future" 1970
1624-1-5: 6 Program 7 - May 17 "Affirming the Present" Program 8 - May 24 "Affirming God's Claim" 1970
1624-1-5: 7 Program 9 - May 31 "Affirming the Drama of the Gospel" Program 10 - June 7 "Affirming the Love of God" 1970
1624-1-5: 8 Bishop Wayne Clymer - Sermon at NorthCentral Jur. conf.7-76 1976
1624-1-5: 9 Conference 1978 - Bishop Clymer - Morning 1978
1624-1-5: 10 Evangelism and Stewardship / Commitment Issues - Bishop Wayne K. Clymer 1980
1624-1-5: 11 Sermon by Bishop Wayne K. Clymer - Evening Worship June 24 1981
1624-1-5: 12 Sermon by Bishop Wayne K. Clymer - Ordination Service June 25 1981
1624-1-5: 13 Sermon by Bishop Wayne K. Clymer - Morning Devotions June 25 1981
1624-1-5: 14 Bishop Clymer Broadcast - Parables of Faith 1981
1624-1-5: 15 Council Bluffs District Africa Emph. Keynote Address: Bishop Wayne Clymer - Shenandoah UMC Jan. 31 1982
1624-1-5: 16 Bishop Clymer (Thurs )- Mar. 29. 11:25 a m. (Communion) 1984
1624-1-5: 17 Bishop Clymer's Farewell - Sat. 8:30 p m. 6/2/ 84 1984
1624-1-5: 18 Bishop Clymer ( Mon) Mar.26, 1984 7 p m. Iowa United Methodist School For Ministry 1984
1624-1-5: 20 "Awakening to Miracles" - Bishop Wayne K. Clymer - 8/24/86 - 1 1986
1624-1-5: 22 "Reality of the World Church" - Bishop Wayne K. Clymer - 5/3/87 - 1 1987
1624-1-5: 24 "The Star Thrower" - Bishop Wayne K. Clymer - 5/15/87 1988
1624-1-5: 26 Worship - Bishop Wayne Clymer - Episcopal Address: Bishop Leontine T.C. Kelly 7-13-88 1988
1624-1-5: 27 Bishop Wayne Clymer - "How is it With Your Soul" - 8/20/89 1989
1624-1-5: 28 Bishop Wayne Clymer - "Religious or Christian?" - 5/20/90 - 1 1990
1624-1-5: 30 Bishop Wayne K. Clymer - "Going From Easter to Pentecost" - 4/14/91 1991
1624-1-5: 19 Bishop Wayne Clymer - "The Birth of a New Perspective" 06/16/85 1985
1624-1-5: 25 "Everyday Holy Communion" - Bishop Wayne K. Clymer - 2/10/88 1988
1624-2-1: 10 Viewpoints in Mid-America - November 16 1990
1624-1-5: 21 "Awakening to Miracles" - Bishop Wayne K. Clymer - 8/24/86 - 2 1986
1624-1-5: 23 "Reality of the World Church" - Bishop Wayne K. Clymer - 5/3/87 - 2 1987
1624-1-5: 29 Bishop Wayne Clymer - "Religious or Christian?" - 5/20/90 - 2 1990
1624-2-3: 1 Ordination Service Lake Junaluska Assembly 1976 - Bishop Wayne Clymer 1976
1624-2-3: 6 Bishop's Week, Mt. Sequoyah Arkansas June 1977 8 Bible- W. Clymer 1977
1624-2-3: 7 Bishop's Week, Mt. Sequoyah Arkansas June 1977 5 Bible- W. Clymer 1977
1624-2-3: 8 Bishop's Week, Mt. Sequoyah Arkansas June 1977 2 Bible Study - W. Clymer 1977
Sub-series: Office Files
Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1621-7-2: 1 China 1980-1983
1621-7-2: 2 Social Issues 1981
1621-7-2: 3 Colombia-Ecuador 79 1978-1979
1621-7-2: 4 Communion Meditations 1988-1990
1621-7-2: 5 Council of Bishops Meeting - April 1975 1975
1621-7-2: 6 Eastern Europe 1991 1991
1621-7-2: 9 Guatamala-Nicaragua 1979 1978-1979
1621-7-2: 10 Haiti 1977 1976-1977
1621-7-3: 1 Haiti 1987 Folder 1 1987-1988
1621-7-3: 2 Haiti 1987 Folder 2 1987-1988
1621-7-3: 3 Clymer Birthday 2007 2007
1621-7-3: 4 India-Pakistan 1983 1983-1984
1621-7-3: 5 India 1987 1986-1987
1621-7-3: 6 Miscellaneous 1930-1972
1621-7-3: 8 Oxford 1977 1977
1621-7-3: 9 Oxford 1982 1982
1621-7-3: 10 Peru 1983 1970-1983
1621-7-4: 1 Minnesota Conference 1972-1989
1621-7-4: 2 Philippines 1988-1989
1621-7-4: 3 Philippines-Korea 1989 1989-1990
1621-7-4: 5 Pre-Nicene Communion 1985-1990
1621-7-4: 6 Recovery of the Sacred 1982
1621-7-4: 8 Revelation 1978
1621-7-4: 9 Rhodesia 1975
1621-7-4: 11 St. Lucia 1990-1991
1621-7-4: 12 Philippine Association for Pastoral Care 1966
1621-7-4: 13 The Psalms 1967-1970
1621-7-4: 14 Travel Seminar 1986 - Folder 1 1984-1987
1621-7-4: 15 Travel Seminar 1986 - Folder 2 1984-1987
1621-7-5: 1 Travel Seminar 1987-1988 1980-1990
1621-7-5: 2 Trivialization/Membership 1986
1621-7-5: 3 Vietnam-Cambodia 1999 - Folder 1 1979-1990
1621-7-5: 4 Vietnam-Cambodia 1999 - Folder 2 1979-1988
1621-7-5: 5 Welcome to Iowa 1980-1984
1621-7-5: 6 Yugoslavia 1985 1984-1985
1621-7-6: 1 Personal Calendars 1949-1952
1621-7-6: 2 Personal Calendars 1953-1961
1621-7-6: 3 Personal Calendars 1962-1970
1621-7-6: 4 Personal Calendars 1971-1977
1621-7-6: 5 Personal Calendars 1978-1984
1623-1-7: 7 Burma - Malaysia - Singapore 1976-1979
1623-1-7: 9 Farewell to Bishop Clymer 1972
1624-1-3: 2 The Bishop as Teacher 1988
1624-1-3: 5 Bishop - Bio Directory 1984
1621-7-2: 11 Haiti 1981 1980-1983
1621-7-2: 12 Brazil 1980 1977-1980
1621-7-5: 7 Nicaragua 1982 1981-1983
1621-7-5: 8 Ghana 1982 1981-1988
1621-7-5: 9 Cuba 1980 1979-1981
1621-7-2: 13 Zimbabwe 1981 1980-1983
1624-2-3: 2 Mother Theresa November 1983 1983
1624-2-3: 3 An Interview with Bishop Muzorewa/Rukwadzano Report of the Rodesia Annual Conference January 3, 1975 1975
Sub-series: Addresses and Lectures
Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1621-6-5: 6 Evangelical United Brethren Church - General Convention 1956
1621-6-5: 7 Oakwood Park Convention, Evangelical United Brethren Church West Central Area Ministers Institute 1961
1621-6-5: 8 Art of Living series, NBC radio broadcasts 1962
1621-6-5: 9 At Worship in Chicago radio broadcasts 1964
1621-6-5: 10 Missions Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah 1968
1621-6-5: 11 School of the Prophets, Lectures 1970
1621-6-5: 12 Protestant Hour 1984
1621-6-6: 1 Berger Lectures, Dubuque University Theological Seminary 1984-1985
1621-6-6: 2 Illinois United Methodist Pastors School 1984-1985
1621-6-6: 3 Memorial Services - Bishops Nall and Washburn 1989
1621-6-6: 4 Annual Conference Sermons 1974-1988
1621-6-6: 5 Evangelical Theological Seminary Chapel Sermons - Folder 1 1946-1972
1621-6-6: 6 Evangelical Theological Seminary Chapel Sermons - Folder 2 1946-1972
1621-6-6: 7 General Addresses - Folder 1 1950-1988
1621-6-6: 8 General Addresses - Folder 2 1950-1988
1621-6-6: 9 General Addresses - Folder 3 1950-1988
1621-6-6: 10 General Addresses - Folder 4 1950-1988
1623-1-7: 4 Addresses to Conference - Annual, Jurisdiction, General 1950-1991
1624-2-3: 15 Bishop Wayne Clymer - Denman Lecture 1 1976
1624-2-3: 16 Bishop Wayne Clymer - Denman Lecture 2 1976
1624-2-3: 17 Bishop Wayne Clymer - Denman Lecture 3 1976
1624-2-3: 18 Bishop Wayne Clymer - Denman Lecture 4 1976
Sub-series: Artifacts
Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1624-2-4: 1 North Central Jurisdiction - Duluth - Helen Clymer 1984
1624-2-4: 2 World Methodist Conference - Helen E. Clymer 1981
1624-2-4: 3 World Methodist Conference - Nairobi - Helen E. Clymer 1986
1624-2-4: 5 General Conference Badge - Oregon, Idaho - Helen E. Clymer 1976
1624-2-4: 6 General Conference Badge - Indianapolis, Indiana - Helen E. Clymer 1980
1624-2-4: 7 General Conference Badge - Baltimore, Maryland - Helen E. Clymer 1984
1624-2-4: 4 World Methodist Conference - Nairobi - Wayne K. Clymer 1986
1624-2-4: 8 Episcopal Investment - Central Texas Conference - October 16 1988
1624-2-5: 1 Resolution Honoring Wayne K. Clymer - October 29 1979

Series: Images
Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1621-6-8: 11 Evangelical Theological Seminary Presidential Inauguration 1967
1621-6-8: 12 Miscellaneous Undated
1623-1-3: 19 Photograph of Bishops Class 7 of 1972 1972
1623-1-3: 21 Assuming Presidency Slides 1967

Series: Family
Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1621-6-5: 1 Reflections on an Unremarkable Life 1993
1621-6-5: 2 Travel Diary - Folder 1 1974-1979
1621-6-5: 3 Travel Diary - Folder 2 1979-1987
1621-6-5: 4 Travel Log 1954-1992
1621-6-5: 5 Report from Haiti 1987
1624-1-2: 8 Seventy-one (Poem - W. Clymer) 1988