Descriptive Summary
Heinsohn, Edmund, 1888-1989
Edmund Heinsohn Papers
1912-1990
Materials are written in English.
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9 ft. 6 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
University of Texas at Austin
Correspondence, articles, sermons,
news clippings, sound recordings, printed materials and photographs, comprise the
Edmund Heinsohn Papers, 1912-1990, documenting his ministries at the First Methodist
Church in Georgetown and United Methodist Church in Austin, Texas.
Biographical Note
Attorney and Methodist minister Edmund Heinsohn (1888–1989), was born to Charles and
Louise (Schwecke) Heinsohn, in Fayetteville, Texas. Heinsohn received his A.B.
(1911) and LL. B. (1912) degrees from the University of Texas and opened a law
office in Temple in 1912. He married Lollie Grimes in 1917, and they had three
daughters. After practicing law for eleven years, Heinsohn entered the Methodist
ministry in 1923 and served six years at the First Methodist Church in Georgetown.
The pastor of the United Methodist Church in Austin from 1934 to 1958, Heinsohn
supported the desegregation of the Methodist Church and the University of Texas.
A trustee of Southwestern University and Huston-Tillotson College, Heinsohn received
honorary degrees from these institutions and was the first alumnus to receive the
J.D. degree from the University of Texas law school. Heinsohn was also chairman of
the Texas State Library and Historical Commission, a member of the Kiwanis Club of
Austin, and the 1959 Most Worthy Citizen of the City of Austin.
Source: Gronberg, Les. “Heinsohn, Edmund.” Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed on
March 8, 2011.http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhe49.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, articles, sermons, news clippings, sound recordings, printed
materials and photographs, comprise the Edmund Heinsohn Papers, 1912-1990,
documenting his ministries at the First Methodist Church in Georgetown and United
Methodist Church in Austin, Texas. Correspondence concerns both church
administration and social issues, such as World War II and racial segregation. Sound
recordings document Heinsohn’s sermons at the United Methodist Church (1951-1957),
while photographs depict church parishioners and events. Additionally, the
collection includes birthday and anniversary tributes, as well as documents relating
to his academic career at the University of Texas and membership in the Kiwanis Club
of Austin.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Henson, Edmund, 1888-1989 -- Archives.
Subjects (Organizations)
University of Texas at Austin -- History -- 20th
century.
Kiwanis Club of Austin.
United Methodist Church (Austin, Tex.)
First Methodist Church (Georgetown, Tex.)
Subjects
Methodist Church -- Texas -- History.
Methodist Church -- Texas -- Clergy.
Places
Austin (Tex.) -- History -- 20th
century.
Austin (Tex.) -- Social life and
customs.
Georgetown (Tex.) -- History -- 20th
century.
Georgetown (Tex.) -- Social life and
customs.
Preferred Citation
Edmund Heinsohn Papers, 1912-1990, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Les Gronberg, April 1985. Subsequent revisions were
made by Evan Usler, March 2011.
This collection contains unprocessed materials.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
3U280
General correspondence 1934-1976
Correspondence on special issues:
War, race, poverty, separation of church and state,
1934-1973
Letters from men in service (World War II),
1943-1945
3U281
Correspondence, United Methodist Church (Austin):
Completion of twenty years,
1954
Completion of twenty-five years,
1959
"Most Worthy Citizen Award,"
1959
Bishop A. Frank Smith,
1917-1970
Comments on sermons,
1927-1973
Official retirement, 1959
David Lowes Watson, Heinsohn Lectures,
1986
3U282
Written works:
Articles in The University Methodist entitled "From my
Study," 1949-1959, undated
Articles in the Kiwanis Klarion,
1969-1972
Reactions to books written by Heinsohn, correspondence,
1952-1974, undated
Printed materials:
News clippings, 1912-1979,
1985
Journals and certificates,
1912-1968
Additional printed materials
3U283
Miscellaneous printed materials
Birthday Tributes
Speeches and addresses:
Special occasion messages
3U284
General messages
Associations with the University of Texas:
The board of regents removes President Rainey,
1944
Correspondence with J. Frank Dobie, Walter Webb, and G. B.
Smedley
Reunions of the 1911 law class
Transcript of taped interview with Dr.
Heinsohn,1970
Miscellaneous:
Correspondence course, “Admission on Trial,”
SMU,1923
Awards, tributes, photographs,1950- ca.
1980s
Speeches, tributes, University Methodist
Church1942-1990
Kiwanis Club of Austin1969-1972
Newspaper clippings1943-1954
3U285
Sermons:
Red Oak, Sterrett, Ovilla,
1923-1925
Sagamore Hill (Ft. Worth),
1925-1927
3U286
Georgetown, Texas:
January 15, 1928; April 22, 1928; September 28, 1928;
September-December, 1929
January, 1930 - June, 1931
3U287
January, 1930 - June, 1931
3U288
Austin, Texas (includes San Angelo and BMC-Belton?):
January, 1934 - June, 1936
3U289
July, 1936 - December, 1938
3U290
January, 1939 - July, 1941
3U291
August, 1941 - December, 1943
3U292
January, 1944 - May 1946
3U293
June, 1946 - December, 1948
3U294
January, 1949 - March 1951
3U295
April, 1951 - December 1953
3U296
January, 1954 - July 1956
3U297
August, 1956 - December, 1958
3U298
January-June, 1959, undated
3U299
Funeral services:
Eulogies by Dr. Heinsohn, alphabetical, A-Y August,
1956 - December, 1958
Sermons about funerals and death
3Y6
Photographs:
13 snapshots, 1955 Christmas party, 3 with Dr.
Heinsohn
7 photographs of Dr. Heinsohn
6 photographs of methodists, parishoners, and
churches
1 photograph of George Bruce Halsted
2.325/D14a
Tribute booklet (oversize)1954
2.325/R
Taped sermons at University Methodist Church
(Austin):
June 10, 1951
June 17, 1951
July 8, 1951
July 15, 1951
July 22, 1951
October 14, 1951
February 1958
March 31, 1957
June 8, 1958
October 20, undated
Phonodisc, special recognition service for Dr. and Mrs. Heinsohn:
n. d., two ten-inch, 33 1/3 L. P.s