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College Church in Wheaton (Ill.)

 Organization

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Business Office and Accounting Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-07-015
Scope and Contents

Records of the Business Office and Accounting include budget and financial reports, correspondence, legal information, administrative committee minutes, annual reports  and audit reports.

Dates: Created: 1842-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 1984-2003

Collection 088 Papers of Paul and Catharine Gieser

 Collection
Identifier: CN 088
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Kenneth Gieser and letters reporting to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville, TN on the Gieser’s work in China, written between October 19, 1934, and November 1, 1936. Also contains audio tapes and transcripts of autobiographical statements.

Dates: Created: 1934-1979

Collection 656 Oral History Interviews with Cynthia L. Judge

 Collection
Identifier: CN 656
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Cynthia L. Judge, a volunteer leader in the Short-Term Missions movement (STM). Topics discussed: Judge’s childhood in Rockford, Illinois; development of her Christian faith; attendance at Moody Bible Institute; Chicago in 1968 after the assassination of Martin Luther King; work as a staff member of Campus Crusade for Christ in Tennessee and West Virginia; marriage to James Judge; short-term mission trips to Ecuador and Kenya; Africa Inland Mission and Africa...
Dates: 2010

Elsie Dow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-084
Scope and Contents

The Dow papers are organized into five series (Biographical, Correspondence, Manuscripts, Publish Material and Secondary). The bulk of the collection relates to Dow’s teaching and speaking career and includes notebooks, speeches and class notes. Another portion of some significance is genealogical files located with the biographical series. The collection contains several folders of correspondence in various series.

Dates: Created: 1827-1944

J.B. Russell Papers

 Collection — Container: Books
Identifier: SC-007
Scope and Contents The Russell papers contains biographical information, in the form of genealogical information.   Correspondence in the collection contains correspondence sent and received in the form of family letters, letters from Elizabeth Alexander, from Elbert and H. W. Sutcliffe, letters to Elsie Isabel Gunn Russell and various postcards.  Photographs of the Russell family are found in the collection.  Along with J. B. Russell's papers are several diaries of Edna Russell (November 19, 1894-June 2,...
Dates: Created: 1848-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1893-1930; Other: Date acquired: 1972

Jonathan Blanchard Papers

 Collection — Box: microfilm
Identifier: RG-02-001
Abstract The Jonathan Blanchard Collection is a diverse gathering of items covering the family of Wheaton College's first president. Ranging from the scribblings of grandchildren to a petition for the abolition of slavery, they illuminate Blanchard in many roles: Minister, College President, Abolitionist, Anti Secretist, Reformer, lecturer, and head of a large family. Jonathan Blanchard's life in both the public and private realm is detailed. In addition to the biographical interest of the materials,...
Dates: Created: 1808-2018; Majority of material found within 1808 - 1893

Julia and Herman Fischer Family Papers

 Collection — Container: Books
Identifier: SC-117
Scope and Contents The material of the Herman A. Fischer, Sr. Family Collection was likely given to the Wheaton College Special Collections by Raymond P. Fischer, son of Herman Fischer, Sr. Most of the information in this collection spans the years from 1858 to 1934, although it includes several pieces from before 1800. The material is divided into several main categories, each related to Herman Fischer, Sr., his wife Julia Waters Blanchard Fischer, or one of their children. Other categories include Untitled...
Dates: Created: 1733-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1858-1934; Other: Date acquired: 1991

Landon Chronicles (1929): College Church Split (hour 50, clip 4)

 Digital Record
Identifier: LC50-04
Dates: Digitized: 1929

Office of the President Records (J. Oliver Buswell)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-02-003
Scope and Contents

Records of the President J. Oliver Buswell include biographical files, correspondence, minutes, financial records and audio recordings.

Dates: Created: 1917-1980; Other: Majority of material found in 1926-1940

Office of the President Records (J. Richard Chase)

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02-006
Scope and Contents

The records document the presidency of J. Richard Chase, sixth president of Wheaton College.

Dates: Created: 1953-2018; Other: Majority of material found in 1982-1992

Oral history interviews

 Collection
Identifier: RG-11-001
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews conducted by history lab students and other interviewers.

Dates: Created: 1816-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1988

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Type
Collection 10
Digital Record 2
 
Subject
Correspondence 6
Financial Records 4
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
Diaries 3
Photographs 3
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Sermons 3
Speeches 3
Administrative Records. 2
Articles. 2
Audiotapes 2
Clippings 2
Evangelistic work. 2
Family Papers 2
Memorabilia 2
Minutes 2
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Missions. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty -- Correspondence. 2
Abolitionists -- Illinois. 1
Abolitionists -- Ohio. 1
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography. 1
Abolitionists. 1
Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
African Americans. 1
Amusements -- Religious aspects. 1
Annual Reports 1
Biographies. 1
Biography files. 1
Cartographic materials. 1
Catholic Church. 1
China -- Description and travel. 1
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
China -- History. 1
China -- Manners and customs. 1
Chinese language. 1
Christian biography -- United States. 1
Christian martyrs -- China. 1
Christian martyrs. 1
Church and social problems -- China. 1
Church and social problems -- United States. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- China. 1
Church and state. 1
Church work with prisoners -- China. 1
Church work with prisoners. 1
Church work with single people 1
Clippings Files 1
College students -- United States 1
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
College students in missionary work. 1
College students. 1
Community development -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
Congregationalism. 1
Conversion. 1
Dow, Elsie Storrs, 1859-1944 -- Manuscripts. 1
Economic and social conditions 1
Economic and social conditions -- China. 1
Education -- Illinois -- DuPage County -- Sources. 1
Epidemics 1
Epidemics -- China. 1
Essays 1
Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
Evangelicalism. 1
Evangelistic work -- China. 1
Evangelistic work -- Dominican Republic. 1
Evangelistic work -- Korea. 1
Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
Explo '72 (1972 : Dallas, Tex.) 1
Family -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
Festivals 1
Festivals -- China. 1
Fischer, Herman A. -- Correspondence. 1
Fischer, Herman A. Jr. -- Correspondence. 1
Freedmen 1
Freemasonry 1
Freemasonry -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
Freemasons. 1
Genealogies 1
Hospitals -- China. 1
Indigenous church administration 1
Inner cities -- United States. 1
Jesus People -- United States 1
Jiangsu Sheng (China) 1
Language in missionary work. 1
Legal Documents 1
Literature -- Societies, etc. 1
Medical care 1
Medical care -- China. 1
Medical care -- Korea. 1
Medical education 1
Medical education -- United States. 1
Methodism 1
Missionaries -- Training of. 1
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 1
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 1
Missionaries' spouses. 1
Missionaries. 1
Missions -- 19th century. 1
Missions -- China. 1
Missions -- Dominican Republic. 1
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