Henry C. Wyneken (1844-1899) Papers

Collection

Identifier: Collection ID-1775

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of documents related to the ministry of Heinrich (Henry) Wyneken.

One folder contains a few letters from Henry Wyneken, as well as his diploma from Concordia Seminary dated 1868 and signed by C. F. W. Walther. This is one of the oldest known diplomas from the seminary in the Institute’s collection. His call documents are also included in this folder.

Documents pertaining to the descendants of Henry Wyneken are preserved in the Institute’s general biographical collection.

Folder List

Correspondence, 1869–

Documents [Diploma signed by C. F. W. Walther, 1868; call document to Trinity, Cleveland, Ohio, signed by his father, F. Wyneken, 1870; poem written to his cousin Sophie Reese, 1864]

Class notes of Henry Wyneken in Springfield (Genesis, Psalms, Romans, Pauline Epistles), handwritten

“A Journal of Travels in Germany, 1869–1870” (original and translation)

“Kirchen-Geschichte” (notebook, 1884)

“Exeget. Alt. Test.” large bound notebook, signed but undated; despite the imprint on the spine, the contents include exegetical notes on the New as well as the Old Testament. Signature: H. C. Wyneken, Springfield, Ills.

Oversize

“Kirchengeschichte” (notebook, 1883–87, A. F. Mundt, 7.5” x 18” x 3/8”)

Dates

Creation: 1869 - 1885

Biographical / Historical

Heinrich C. Wyneken was born 15 December 1844 in Fort Wayne, the youngest of F. C. D. Wyneken’s twin boys (the other was Martin). Henry began his theological education at the Gymnasium in Saint Louis and after a short time at the school in Fort Wayne, he returned to Saint Louis in 1860 with his brother Martin. He entered the seminary in St. Louis in 1865 and graduated in 1868. As he was traveling through Germany in 1869, Friedrich Brunn in Steeden asked whether he could serve as assistant lecturer, which he did. He soon returned to his father’s side in Cleveland as assistant pastor. In 1876 he received a call to be professor at the Missouri Synod’s practical seminary in Springfield, Illinois. He carried out his duties there until he resigned in 1890. He died on 21 June 1899 in Springfield.