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Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.)

 Organization

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Redpath Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 238
Scope and Contents

Audio tapes containing sermons by Alan Redpath at various church services. Sermons include: "The Spirit-filled Life," series delivered between November 2 and December 14, 1958, at Moody Memorial Church, Chicago, Illinois, by Dr. Redpath and “Assurance of Salvation” delivered January 29, 1961 at Moody Church. Sermon topics covered include spiritual life, obedience, consecration, cleansing, and assurance of salvation.

Dates: Created: 1958, 1961

Andrew Wyzenbeek Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 040
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Chicago manufacturer and inventor, Andrew Wyzenbeek, who was very active as a layman in evangelistic work. Among other topics he discusses his early life in Holland, New York City, and Iowa at the turn of the century; his travels in Central and South America; his acquaintance with Billy Sunday, Paul Rader, and Peter Deyneka; the beginnings of the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle; and the beginning of Paul Rader's radio ministry. The collection also contains a folder with...
Dates: Created: 1978

Collection 511 Oral History Interviews with E.J. Cummins

 Collection
Identifier: CN 511
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Dr. Erwin Jephthah Cummins, Jr. (1918-1997), SIM International medical missionary to Nigeria from 1952 to 1983. Topics discussed include Cummins's Christian background and education; early medical training and practice in Chicago, involvement in Christian Medical and Dental Society; transition to the mission field in Nigeria; medical work building and directing leprosaria in the Nigerian interior; indigenous church administration; Evangelical Church of West...
Dates: Created: 1995

Collection 567 Papers of H. Wilbert Norton

 Collection
Identifier: CN 567
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, photographs, correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, pamphlets, and manuscripts relating to Gustav H.W. Norton's (1915-2017) work as an administrator and professor of theology and missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Wheaton College, as well as his involvement with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Evangelical Literature Overseas, and Mid-American Keswick. The collection documents Norton’s childhood, education, and career as professor of missions...
Dates: Created: 1950-2000

Collection 569 Oral History Interviews with Donna Sue Wasson

 Collection
Identifier: CN 569
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Donna Sue Wasson, a missionary of Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) working in Taiwan starting in 1985. Topics discussed include her childhood and early spiritual seeking, conversion while in college, membership in Moody Church in Chicago and education at Moody Bible Institute, acceptance as a missionary by Overseas Missionary Fellowship, orientation in Singapore, her evangelistic ministry in Taiwan among factory workers, including teaching English classes;...
Dates: 2000

Collection 602 Oral History Interview with Esther L. Filkin

 Collection
Identifier: CN 602
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Esther L. (Wyzenbeek) Filkin (1911-2007) in which she describes childhood memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, especially its efforts in evangelism, its music program and radio ministry; and memories of her father, Andrew Wyzenbeek. Other figures discussed include Clarence Jones, Torrey Johnson, Peter Deyneka, and Ralph and Luke Rader. The time period covered by the interview is 1911 to 1984.Esther L. Filkin was interviewed by Bob...
Dates: Created: 2004

Collection 624 Ephemera of the ZamZam Incident

 Collection
Identifier: CN 624
Scope and Contents

Diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, oral history interviews, correspondence, photos, and other materials relating to the passengers, mainly American missionaries, who were aboard the ship Zamzam, sunk in the south Atlantic Ocean in 1941 by a German warship. Materials describe the sinking, the subsequent experiences of the passengers as German prisoners and the internment of some for the duration of the war, and reunions held in later years by the survivors and their families.

Dates: Created: 1941-2012

Collection 650 Records of Say Yes, Chicago

 Collection
Identifier: CN 650
Scope and Contents Correspondence, memos, reports, newspaper clippings, lists, financial records, questionnaires and training videos other materials of the Say Yes Chicago committee, a group of Protestant Christian leaders that incorporated to sponsor Say Yes Chicago, a 1996 city-wide evangelistic effort led by evangelist Luis Palau. These files contain significant information about the planning and organizing of the campaign, with some material on the actual events of the campaign, the results, and the...
Dates: Created: 1973-1997

Collection 666 Papers of Arvilla E. Garner

 Collection
Identifier: CN 666
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, prayer letters, sermon transcripts, and photographs relating to the career of Arvilla E. Garner, personal secretary to H. A. Ironside. Correspondence and photographs in this collection is from Helen Mae Doderlein, a friend of Garner and a missionary with the Christian & Missionary Alliance. Also includes transcripts of sermons by Ironside, preached at The Moody Church of Chicago.

Dates: Created: 1922-1940, undated

Dial-A-Story program audio tapes.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2000-038
Dates: Undated

Evangelical publications and Bible conference photo.

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2005-014
Dates: 1918-1930

J. Stratton Shufelt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 224
Scope and Contents

Reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, handbills, photographs, and other ephemera relating to J. Stratton Shufelt's evangelistic activities as a speaker and song leader for Youth for Christ, Jack Shuler, John R. Rice, Harry Ironside and others, and as a performer or teacher at Bible conferences and other events. This collection also contains information on the Wheaton College Revival of 1950.

Dates: Created: 1908-1982; Majority of material found in 1924-1982

John Wesley White TV program video tapes.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1999-042
Dates: 1999

Merrill Dunlop Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 050
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, photographs, and a video recordings relating to the ministry of Merrill Dunlop (1905-2002).The oral history interviews with Merrill Dunlop cover his association with evangelist Paul Rader, early religious radio programming in Chicago, the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Youth for Christ, Christian evangelism and Christian music work. Merrill Dunlop was interviewed by Robert Shuster on November 21, 1978 and June 1, 1979, at Dunlop's home in Oak Park, Illinois....
Dates: Created: 1978-1988

Merrill Dunlop papers.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 9
Identifier: 2018-039
Dates: 1916-2002

Misc. Moody church materials

 Unprocessed Material — Container: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2022-040
Dates: Majority of material found within 1931 - 1960

Moody Church, Mount Hermon School materials.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1987-062
Dates: 1906-1916

Moody Church records.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2014-039
Dates: 1940-1959

Moody Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 330
Brief Description Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, church bulletins, minutes of meetings, and other records documenting the activities of the influential independent Chicago church started in 1864 by Dwight L. Moody; chiefly from ca. 1910 through 1946. Topics documented include worship services, Sunday school, the weekly activities in the congregation, the governance of the body, and various urban evangelistic outreaches of the church. Besides the history of the church, the collection also documents such...
Dates: Created: 1864-1987

Paul Rader and Luke Rader materials.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 8
Identifier: 2001-021
Dates: 1905-1994

Paul Rader Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 038
Scope and Contents Newsletters, sermon manuscripts, scrapbooks, programs, pamphlets, photographs, negatives, brochures, a taped sermon, slides, thesis materials, and more, documenting Paul Rader's life and ministry. The material deals mainly with his radio work and the organizations he founded, including the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle. Additional material includes items about Rader gathered for a planned biography, sermons of other preachers who spoke at the Tabernacle, newsletters and magazines published by...
Dates: Created: 1899-1996

Ray Schulenburg Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 270
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Roy Harvey Schulenberg (1909-2003) in which he discusses his conversion and involvement in Christian work, his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, the early days of Youth for Christ, evangelistic preaching, and city missions. Other topics discussed include: Rader’s radio ministry, Moody Memorial Church, evangelical figures who worked with or were influenced by Rader (Lance Latham, Richard Oliver, Howard Ferrin, Oswald Smith, Clarence Jones,...
Dates: Created: 1984

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

Small Collection 040 Ephemera of Homer Hammontree

 Collection
Identifier: Small CN 040
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Homer Hammontree, 1901 report card, article on his ordination, obituaries, and letter written about him after his death by Howard Hermansen and Paul Beckwith, which includes a tribute by Wilbur M. Smith.

Dates: Created: 1901-1965

Talmadge J. Bittikofer photograph.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-036
Dates: Undated

Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers.

 Collection
Identifier: CN 285
Scope and Contents Correspondence, oral history interviews, scrapbooks, sermons, minutes, reports, photos, posters, newspaper and magazine clippings, brochures, audio recordings, video recordings reflecting Johnson’s life as an influential American Protestant from the 1930s through the 1990s. Besides documenting Johnson’s pastorates of Midwest Bible Church (Illinois) and Bibletown Community Church (Florida), his leadership of Youth for Christ International, and his activities as an independent evangelist, the...
Dates: Created: 1919 -2001

Warren Filkin papers.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 2
Identifier: 2007-046
Dates: 1932-2006

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 17
Unprocessed Material 10
 
Subject
Evangelistic work -- United States. 11
Conversion -- Christianity. 9
Evangelistic work -- Illinois -- Chicago. 7
Church and social problems -- United States. 6
Evangelistic work -- Songs and music. 5
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Chicago (Ill.) 4
Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 4
Church work with youth -- United States. 4
Cities and towns -- United States. 4
City missions -- United States. 4
Evangelicalism -- United States. 4
Fundamentalism. 4
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
Radio in religion -- United States. 4
Radio in religion. 4
Sermons, American. 4
Women missionaries. 4
Church fund raising. 3
Church work with youth -- Illinois -- Chicago. 3
Conversion -- Personal narratives. -- Christianity. 3
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 3
Evangelistic invitations. 3
Evangelistic sermons. 3
Evangelistic work. 3
Gospel musicians -- United States. 3
Independent churches -- United States. 3
Mass media in religion -- United States. 3
Music -- Religious aspects. 3
Preaching. 3
Religious institutions. 3
World War, 1939-1945. 3
African Americans -- Religious life. 2
Back Home Hour (Radio program) 2
Bible -- Congresses. 2
Children -- United States -- Religious life. 2
Christian education -- United States. 2
Christian education, Outdoor -- United States. 2
Christian life. 2
Church work with children -- Illinois -- Chicago. 2
Church work with children. 2
City missions -- Illinois -- Chicago. 2
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
Evangelistic work -- Canada. 2
Evangelistic work -- China. 2
Evangelistic work -- Great Britain. 2
Evangelistic work -- Ireland. 2
Good News (Periodical) 2
Gospel music. 2
Hymn writers -- United States. 2
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
Missionaries. 2
Missions -- China. 2
Missions -- Congresses -- United States. 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
Missions -- Finance. 2
Missions -- India. 2
Missions -- Japan. 2
Missions -- Russia. 2
Missions to Muslims. 2
Prayer groups -- United States. 2
Revivals. 2
Salvation -- Sermons. 2
Songs in the night (Radio program) 2
Vacation schools, Christian. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
Women -- Religious life. 2
World War, 1914-1918. 2
Youth -- Religious life. 2
Youth -- Societies and clubs. 2
Youth -- United States -- Religious life. 2
Youth -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 2
Animism -- Taiwan. 1
Assurance (Theology) -- Sermons. 1
Belief and doubt -- Sermons. 1
Biarritz (France) 1
Bible -- Prophecies. 1
Bible -- Sermons. 1
Bible. 1
Billy Graham Wheaton Crusade (1959 : Ill.) 1
Boca Raton (Fla.) 1
Chapel Hour (Radio program) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Church history. 1
Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Children -- United States. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
Children. 1
Christian Stewardship 1
Christian education -- Nigeria. 1
Christian education. 1
Christian leadership. 1
Christian life -- Sermons. 1
Christian vacation schools. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Church architecture -- United States. 1
Church buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago. 1
Church discipline. 1
Church management. 1
Church work with African Americans. 1
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