Trans World Radio.

Collection 190 Oral History Interview with Alan Travers

Collection

Identifier: CN 190

Scope and Contents Oral History interviews with Alan Travers in which he discuess his work with Trans World Radio from 1959 to 1981, and the use of radio in missionary work. Topics discussed include: the history of TWR; technical and administrative details and policy of the organization; it's broadcasting and programming philosophy, finances, effectiveness and TWR's founder, Paul Freed; the locations of its stations throughout the world; how the staff members function in the stations and relate to the...

Dates: Created: 1959-1981

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 190 Oral History Interview with Alan Travers

Collection 209 Papers of Eugene R. Bertermann

Collection

Identifier: CN 209

Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, minutes, manuscripts, photographs, phonograph records, and other materials relating to Eugene R. Bertermann's involvement in religious broadcasting, particularly in regard to his responsibilities as president and one of the board of directors of the National Religious Broadcasters; executive director and board member of Far East Broadcasting Company; and one of the planners of the ecumenical evangelistic effort known as Key '73.Materials particularly...

Dates: Created: 1955-1981

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 209 Papers of Eugene R. Bertermann

Collection 216 Oral History Interview with Horst Marquardt

Collection

Identifier: CN 216

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Horst Marquardt, in which he discusses his childhood in Germany under the Nazi government, his work for the Communist party in east Germany, his conversion to Christianity, and his career as director of Evangeliums-Rundfunk, the German branch of Trans World Radio. Other topics discussed include: Marquardt's involvement with Hitler's "Youth Movement," conversion to Christianity, his early radio career in East Germany, listener responses and conversion experiences,...

Dates: Created: 1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 216 Oral History Interview with Horst Marquardt

Collection 382 Oral History Interview with Paul E. Freed

Collection

Identifier: CN 382

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Paul Ernest Freed (1918-1996) in which he describes the founding of Trans World Radio in 1952, the history of the development of its administrative policies and work from that time to 1981, and about the use of radio in missionary work. Other topics discussed include: Freed's childhood as the son of Christian and Missionary Alliance workers in Syria, his education in Jerusalem and at Wheaton College, the business he started to help pay his way through college...

Dates: Created: 1981

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 382 Oral History Interview with Paul E. Freed

Collection 416 Oral History Interviews with Benjamin L. Armstrong

Collection

Identifier: CN 416

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Benjamin Leighton Armstrong in which he describes his family, particularly his father (Benjamin Leighton Armstrong Sr.) and grandfather (Benjamin Franklin Armstrong), his own conversion and spiritual growth, education at Nyack Bible College, New York University, Union Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, religious radio and television, Samuel Shoemaker, Paul Tillich, missions in the Christian and Missionary Alliance church, Voice of Tangiers and Trans World...

Dates: Created: 1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 416 Oral History Interviews with Benjamin L. Armstrong

International Christian Broadcasters Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 086

Brief Description The collection contains correspondence, audiotapes, photographs, financial reports, slides, blueprints, and memos related to the activities of International Christian Broadcasting's (originally the World Conference on Mission Radio) work to promote interest in Christian broadcasting and to support and encourage Protestant Christian radio and television broadcasters, largely engaged in evangelism. Materials include data on the International Communications Congress in Tokyo (1970), Muslim...

Dates: Created: 1937-1978; Other: Majority of material found within 1954-1978

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / International Christian Broadcasters Records