Boise, James R. Papers

File

Identifier: RG-1410

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1850-1958

Language of Materials

All materials within this collection are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

Biographical / Historical

James R. Boise graduated from Brown University in 1840 and was appointed tutor in Latin and Greek, which he did until 1843, when he became professor. Boise then taught 15 years at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In 1877, from the Baptist Union Theological Seminary, Boise accepted the professorship of New Testament Interpretation, which he taught for 14 years. He later received degrees from the University of Tubingen in Germany, University of Michigan and STD from Brown University in 1879. He became professor emeritus of Greek at the University of Chicago, though he never taught there, his position being honorary. Boise was recognized as one of the foremost Greek scholars in the county, holding chairs in four universities.

Extent

7 Files

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Sarah W. Lyons, 2010.

Appraisal

Acquuired by Betty J. Layton, Archivist in 2010. Layton made appraisal decisions at that time.

File Plan

Newspaper Scrapbook (sermons and exegetical articles)

Handwritten letter to James Boise from William Dean (February 13, 1883), Program: China Centennial: The General Conference / The Methodist Church / Boston, Mass. (dated May 4, 1948), Commemoration Program for Delmar Baptist Church / St. Louis, Missouri / Diamond Jubilee Year, Program and Schedule: Missionary Conference / The Gospel Tabernacle / Christian and Missionary Alliance / 65th Annual Meeting, Evangelistic Tract – “Who Is Jesus Christ?,” Souvenir Book: Sagamore Christian Endeavor Union / Forth-Fifth Anniversary (December 6, 1932), National Radio Pulpit (booklet of sermons broadcast July 1958), Evangelistic Tract – “Truth in a Nutshell,” Historical Booklet: The One-Hundredth Anniversary of the Union Baptist Church / Wyocena, Wisconsin

Booklet: Historical Sketch with List of Present Members of the First Baptist Church / Arlington, Mass. 1911, The Baptist Almanac (1852), The Baptist Almanac (1853), Booklet: Iniquity Unfolded: An Account of the Treatment of Mr. Fairchild (1844)

Booklet: A Letter to an American Missionary from the Bishop of Natal (1856)

Booklet: Correspondence between Rev. Nehemiah Adams and Rev. J.H. Fairchild with Notes and Comments, General Catalogue: The Publications of the American Baptist Publication Society, Publication Advertisement: “Ye Are My Witnesses” by Earle Pierce, Card: “Jesus Christ: The Same Yesterday and Today and Forever / Motto for 1890,” Advertisement: “Tea Party and Sale” held by the Womens’ Baptist Home Mission Society on March 21, 1879, Advertisement: “A Talk about London and Edinburgh” by Rev. Wayland Hoyt on February 22, 1877

License to preach, First Baptist Church, Providence, Rhode Island, 1850

Tributes, 1895

Processing Information

Arranged and described at the box level by Betty J. Layton, December 2010. Head of Archives and Special Collections Jill Sweetapple processed the collection in 2018 for inclusion in the online catalog. Sweetapple retained the order.