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Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

 Organization

Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:

Grant Wacker Research Materials

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2023-013

Grant Wacker's Billy Graham research files (digital)

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-020

Heart of America Crusade (Kansas City) slides, 1967

 Unprocessed Material — Container: 5
Identifier: 2023-008
Dates: 1967-09 - 1967-09

Herbert J. Taylor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 020
Brief Description Correspondence, photographs, reports, publications, posters, minutes of meetings, and other documentation of Herbert J. Taylor's long involvement in the leadership of such organizations as Child Evangelism, Youth for Christ, Christian Service Brigade, Pioneer Girls, Young Life, National Association of Evangelicals, Fuller Seminary, Christian Workers Foundation, and Inter-Varsity as well as his role in the planning and development of Billy Graham's Chicago crusades and of Key '73. Other...
Dates: Created: Ca. 1916-1979

Hudson T. Armerding miscellaneous files.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1, loose: 2
Identifier: 1981-080
Dates: 1942-1979

Iner and Emily Basinger papers.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1990-056
Dates: 1947-1978

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 300
Brief Description Administrative records of IVCF spanning the time period from its founding in 1940 until 1991; includes materials created prior to the establishment of IVCF. Includes records of the presidents (Woods, Hummel, Troutman, McLeish, Alexander, McLeish), Paul Little, Campus chapters, Regional divisions and directors, Missions department, Urbana Missions Conventions, Nurses Christian Fellowship, Development department, Jim Nyquist, Strategic Planning, Finance, and manuscript material for the 1991...
Dates: 1928-2017

Ivan Fahs evangelistic campaign project records.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2020-014
Dates: 1982-1985

Joel Fetzer photographs of Billy Graham's 1981 Baltimore Crusade.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-002
Dates: 1981

John C. Pollack Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 006
Scope and Contents This collection contains drafts of John Pollock’s 1966 and 2004/2005 biographies of Billy Graham. The 1966 version was originally published as Billy Graham: The Authorized Biography. This book was reprinted in revised and expanded edition in 1969,  with the title Crusades: Twenty Years with Billy Graham.  It brought the story of Graham’s life up to 1969. Im 1979, Pollock published another biography of Graham entitled ...
Dates: Created: 1973-2005

John Gration files on Africa and missions.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1996-002
Dates: Undated

L. Nelson Bell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 318
Brief Description Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, and other documents related to the life and ministry of L. Nelson Bell, first as a medical missionary in China, then as doctor, editor, and lay leader in the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Among the topics covered by the material in the collection are missions in China in the twentieth century between the two world wars; the work of Bell's son-in-law, Billy Graham; the founding and development of Christianity Today and The...
Dates: 1923-1973

Latin America Mission Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 236
Brief Description Records of the mission, including correspondence, minutes, reports, memos, financial reports, policy statements, planning documents, promotional material, photographs, etc. Documents describe the origins of LAM (particularly the contribution of the Strachan family); evangelistic, church planting, educational, medical, and literature activities (primarily in Colombia and Costa Rica, but also many other Latin American countries and the United States); the restructuring of the mission in the...
Dates: Created: 1903-1994

Leighton Ford Ministries (LFM) records.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 28
Identifier: 1995-182
Dates: 1959-1993

Leighton Ford Ministries (LFM) records.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2010-052
Dates: 1969-1984

Leighton Ford Reachouts and speaking engagements records.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2015-020
Dates: 1946-1997

Leighton Sandys Ford oral history interviews

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-012
Dates: 2023

Luis Palau Papers.

 Collection
Identifier: CN-722
Brief Description Papers of Luis Palau, international Christian evangelist, including crusade-related materials, correspondence, the Luis Palau Association strategic planning documents and reports, and personal diaries. While the paper documents in the collection are subdivided into several subseries, almost all of them relate to Palau's crusades or other events as a Latin American evangelist, most after he established his own evangelistic ministry and association separate from Overseas Crusades in 1978; far...
Dates: 1947-2017

Merv Rosell papers.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 34
Identifier: 2018-027
Dates: 1923-2001

Miscellaneous books, programs, brochures.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1987-151
Dates: Undated

Office of the President Records (A. Duane Litfin)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-02-007
Scope and Contents

Records of the President Duane Litfin include subject files, correspondence, speeches, budget and committee materials.

Dates: Created: 1955-2019; Other: Majority of material found in 1994-2007

Office of the President Records (Hudson T. Armerding)

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02-005
Scope and Contents

Records of the President Hudson T. Armerding include subject files, correspondence, sermons, writings, budget and committee materials.

Dates: Created: 1927-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 1963-1982

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

Office of the President Records (V. Raymond Edman)

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02-004
Scope and Contents

Records of the President V. Raymond Edman , include biographical files, subject files, correspondence,  financial records, sermons, audio recordings and memorabilia.

Dates: Created: 1918-2020; Other: Majority of material found in 1931-1966

Phonograph records of messages, testimonies, and music by evangelists and artists.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2002-012
Dates: 1969-1978

Prison Fellowship Ministries Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 274
Brief Description Correspondence, memos, reports, newspaper clippings and other documents describing the founding and development of Prison Fellowship. Among the subjects covered in the files are the part played in the organization by Charles Colson, the realities of prison ministry, the conditions of prisons in the United States, relations between organizations involved in prison ministries, the testimonies of inmates, and the relationship between PFM and its constituents.  Persons featured included those...
Dates: Created: 1961, 1975-1989, 1990, undated

R. Allan Mitchell papers.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005-039
Dates: 1926-1966

"Reachout Stories with Dr. Leighton Ford, 1970-1973" manuscript.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2017-006
Dates: 2013

Robert Coleman oral history interview.

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2019-013
Dates: 2019

Roy Lundquist Papers.

 Collection
Identifier: CN 002
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the collection is comprised of charts created by Roy Lundquist that attempted to trace the effect of Billy Graham Crusades on the crime rates of thirteen selected cities. Also contains a few letters, notes, and newspaper clippings relating to Moody Memorial Church in Chicago, Wheaton, Illinois local politics, and unidentified architectural drawings.

Dates: Created: 1925-1974

Senior Vice President of Finance Records (David Johnston)

 Collection — Container: xAccession 2011-0166
Identifier: RG-03-004
Scope and Contents

Records of the Senior Vice-President of Finance include subject files, correspondence, budget and committee materials.

Dates: Created: 1971-2011; Other: Majority of material found in 1972-1990

Small Collection 112 Papers of Victor E. Cory

 Collection
Identifier: Small CN 112
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, reports, lists and other materials relating to Cory's participation in the 1962 Greater Chicago Crusade as a member of the Laymen's Committee. The materials also contain information about the naming of Decision Magazine, the opposition of the Independent Fundamental Churches of America (IFCA) to the Chicago crusade, and a critique from Harold Warren to Charlie Riggs of the BGEA's policy of working with Roman Catholic...
Dates: Created: 1958-1962

The Cove (Billy Graham Training Center) video tape.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2004-004
Dates: Undated

The Navigators Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 007
Scope and Contents Correspondence, memos, reports, forms, manuals, statistical summaries, publicity materials, newspaper clippings relating to the counseling and follow-up systems the Navigators created and supervised for Billy Graham Evangelistic Association meetings between 1950 and 1957. Records document the details of this system for counseling people who came forward at BGEA evangelistic meetings and maintaining contact with them as they began to develop a Christian lifestyle. For some crusades, besides...
Dates: Created: 1947-1974

Vernon W. Patterson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 005
Scope and Contents Correspondence, clippings, reports, financial records, press releases, promotional material, forms, newsletters, and oral history interviews relating to Vernon W. Patterson's (1892-1991) active participation and leadership in evangelistic activities in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area. The papers focus particularly on his involvement in various evangelical lay organizations and other institutions and the early career of Billy Graham. The interviews were recorded on 3/4/85 and 3/5/85 and...
Dates: Created: 1900-1985

Werner Burklin papers.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 3
Identifier: 2012-029
Dates: 1996-2011

Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 003
Brief Description Correspondence, proposals, reports, minutes, programs, publications brochures, budgets, audio tapes, clippings, photographs, and video tapes related to the founding, ground breaking and dedication and continuing work of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College as a research and training center in evangelism, and its ongoing activities. Includes audio and video recordings of Center-sponsored conferences (on themes including evangelism and evangelistic preaching, outreach to various...
Dates: Created: 1919-2011

World Evangelical Alliance Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 338
Brief Description

Correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, audio tapes, photographs. Topics documented included the formation of the WEF; the gradual growth of influence by non-Western associations; the activities of Evangelical Protestants in many different parts of the world; the leadership of J. Elwin Wright, Clyde Taylor, Waldron Scott, and David Howard, among others. Many of the twenty-eight audiotapes are of addresses presented at the Eighth General Assembly in Singapore in 1986.

Dates: Created: 1926-1992, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1948-1986

Youth for Christ Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 048
Brief Description Minutes, constitution and by-laws, clippings, newsletters, manuals, pamphlets, directories, press releases, audio tapes, videotapes, photographs, posters, club yearbooks, correspondence, etc., about the founding, development and growth, and activities of Youth for Christ in the USA and internationally.Collection documents organizational policies, correspondence of the organization's presidents, conventions and Bible quiz competitions, the operation of Campus Life clubs, Youth...
Dates: Created: 1944-ongoing; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-ongoing

Youth for Christ (YFC) and 1950 Christ for Greater Columbia Crusade.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1991-003
Dates: 1950

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 57
Unprocessed Material 35
 
Subject
Evangelistic work. 44
Evangelistic work -- United States. 39
Evangelicalism. 35
Evangelicalism -- United States. 26
Conversion. 22
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Evangelistic work -- Congresses 22
Mass media in religion. 18
Religious institutions. 18
Church and social problems. 17
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 17
Christian leadership. 16
Radio in religion. 14
Fundamentalism. 13
Missions. 13
Bible. 12
Fund raising. 12
Interdenominational cooperation. 12
Missions -- Congresses. 12
Church work with students. 11
Evangelistic invitations. 11
African Americans. 10
Church and state. 10
College students in missionary work. 10
Communism. 10
Organizational change. 10
Preaching. 10
Sermons, American. 10
Theology 10
Ecumenical movement. 9
Evangelistic sermons. 9
Evangelistic work -- Australia. 9
Journalism, Religious. 9
Mass media in religion -- United States. 9
Catholic Church. 8
Christian life. 8
Christian literature. 8
Church and social problems -- United States. 8
Church and state -- United States. 8
Evangelistic work -- Europe. 8
Evangelistic work -- Study and teaching. 8
Liberalism (Religion) 8
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 8
Radio in religion -- United States. 8
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 8
Women -- Religious life. 8
Belief and doubt. 7
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 7
Christianity and culture. 7
Church work with students -- United States. 7
City missions. 7
Discipling (Christianity) 7
Evangelistic work -- Canada. 7
Evangelistic work -- China. 7
Evangelistic work -- Great Britain. 7
Evangelistic work -- New Zealand. 7
Evangelistic work -- South America. 7
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 7
Missionaries. 7
Television in religion. 7
Women 7
Youth 7
African Americans -- Social conditions. 6
Bible -- Study and teaching. 6
Christian education. 6
Church work with youth. 6
College students. 6
Evangelistic work -- Africa. 6
Evangelistic work -- Biblical teaching. 6
Evangelistic work -- Caribbean Area. 6
Evangelistic work -- Germany. 6
Evangelistic work -- Music. 6
Faith. 6
Family. 6
Liberalism (Religion) -- United States. 6
Motion pictures in church work. 6
Organizational change -- United States. 6
Pentecostalism. 6
World War, 1939-1945. 6
Youth -- Religious life. 6
Authors and publishers -- United States. 5
Businessmen -- Religious life -- United States. 5
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 5
Christian education -- United States. 5
Church development, New. 5
City missions -- United States. 5
Conversion -- Christianity. 5
Conversion -- Personal narratives. 5
Correspondence 5
Evangelistic work -- Argentina. 5
Evangelistic work -- Central America. 5
Evangelistic work -- North America. 5
Evangelistic work -- Public relations. 5
Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 5
Financial Records 5
Glossolalia. 5
Hispanic Americans -- Religious life. 5
Journalism, Religious -- United States. 5
Missionaries -- Training of. 5
Prayer. 5
Racism. 5
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