Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 215 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 585 Oral History Interview with John B. Lutembeka
Collection
Identifier: CN 585
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with John B. Lutembeka in which he discusses his family and childhood in Tanzania, education in Uganda during the Idi Amin regime, conversion to the Christian faith while attending teacher's college; the development of his personal faith, the founding and growth of Big November Crusade Ministries; the rapid numerical growth of Christianity in Tanzania; the Tanzanian church's characteristics, strengths and weaknesses; his education at the Wheaton College Graduate...
Dates:
Created: 2003
Collection 604 Oral History Interview with Dan D. Crawford
Collection
Identifier: CN 604
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Dan Duvall Crawford in which he discusses his parents, Percy and Ruth (Duvall) Crawford; Percy Crawford’s evangelistic ministry at meetings, through radio and television programming; and the camps his father founded. Other topics discussed include Crawford’s experiences at Pine Brook Camp as a child; Pine Brook Praises and Young People’s Church of the Air; Percy Crawford’s relationship with Billy...
Dates:
Created: 2004
Collection 607 Oral History Interviews with Herbert and Frieda Atkinson
Collection
Identifier: CN 607
Scope and Contents
Oral History Interviews with Dr. Herbert Andrew Atkinson (1931-2009) and his wife, Frieda Elizabeth (Paul) Atkinson (1930- ), missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) in the Belgian Congo. Dr. Atkinson discusses his family background, conversion, Wheaton College, influence of his roommate Bill Kornfield and Dr. V. Raymond Edman, God's provision for his entering medical school, ministry in Oicha, obstacles in communication with the Congolese, lessons learned on the mission field. Frieda...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 611 Oral History Interview with Mary Ann Miller
Collection
Identifier: CN 611
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Mary Ann (Shook) Miller a missionary with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) to the Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and the Central African Republic. Topics discussed include her family background; conversion to Christianity; education at Wheaton College; InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Urbana Conference; call to the mission field; history of AIM; preparation for the mission field; language training; descriptions of her first mission station; traditional...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 614 Records of the Trinary Consultation
Collection
Identifier: CN 614
Scope and Contents
Papers, recordings of meeting sessions, planning materials and other documents from the Trinary Consultation, which examined how Christians in the late twentieth century should present the Christian gospel in large urban settings. The meeting was co-sponsored by Moody Bible Institute, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Wheaton College.
Dates:
Created: 1985-1986
Collection 625 Papers of Lois Gregory
Collection
Identifier: CN 625
Scope and Contents
Class papers and notes, correspondence, hymns, manuscript, post cards, sermon notes, and thesis documenting the ministry of Lois Vashti Gregory, American Methodist evangelist and teacher of Christian values to young people. Her ministry not only included preaching to adults but also teaching young people, especially children, in Christian ethics and living a morally pure life. Gregory was particularly active in the northeast region of the United States.
Dates:
Created: 1887-1961; Majority of material found in 1902-1961
Collection 628 Papers of Carl F. H. Henry
Collection
Identifier: CN 628
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, notes, minutes, and manuscripts related to theologian and author Carl Henry, documenting his work with the Institute for Advanced Christian Studies, but which also touch on a few other aspects of his life, including his association with Wheaton College and with the magazine Christianity Today.
Dates:
Created: 1925-1984
Collection 658 Papers of Samuel D. Faircloth
Collection
Identifier: CN 658
Scope and Contents
Prayer letters and an oral history interviews which document Samuel Douglas Faircloth’s childhood, conversion, education at Wheaton College and elsewhere, and his work as a United States Army chaplain in Italy immediately after World War II, as a church planter in Portugal, and a seminary professor at the Tyndale Theological Seminary in the Netherlands.
Dates:
Created: 1949-2011
Collection 698 Papers of Lois R. Ferm
Collection
Identifier: CN 698
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other documents relating to Lois R. Ferm’s work as a personal assistant to Billy Graham and particularly relating to the Billy Graham Center, Graham’s personal library, and the BGEA Oral History Project.This collection consists of materials documenting Ferm’s work as a personal assistant to Billy Graham and Resource Coordinator of the BGEA. Although there are a few earlier items, almost everything in collection dates from 1970 or later. The...
Dates:
Created: 1967-2000
Congress on the Church's Worldwide Mission Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 021
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to the Congress on the Church's Worldwide Mission which was held on the Wheaton College campus in 1966 and was jointly sponsored by the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association and the Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association. Audio tapes document various sessions of the Congress, including biblical expositions, study papers (on subjects like syncretism, church growth, cooperation, the Catholic Church and social issues), reports on missions on the world's...
Dates:
Created: 1964-1967
Conversion Narratives Collection
Collection — Container: Books
Identifier: SC-228
Scope and Contents
The contents of the Conversion Narratives Collection may be searched in the library catalog using keyword: SC/228
Dates:
Other: -
Found in:
Special Collections
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Conversion Narratives Collection
David Howard files about book manuscript.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2001-061
Dates:
1995-2001
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
David M. Howard, Sr., Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 484
Scope and Contents
Four oral history interviews, paper records, and photographs documenting David Howard's life and work with Latin American Mission, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and World Evangelical Fellowship. Topics covered in the interviews include Howard's childhood, Christian faith, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary and administrator with Latin America Mission; missions director for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, director of the 1980 Consultation on World Evangelization; and...
Dates:
Created: 1968-1993
Donald Hoke papers related to Billy Graham and Billy Graham Center (BGC).
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1998-083
Dates:
1974-1998
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Elizabeth Green Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-032
Scope and Contents
The Elizabeth Green papers contain material relating to the life and career of Elizabeth and Albert Green, father and daughter. It comprises fifteen series and includes Articles, Biographical, Correspondence, Business Correspondence, Music Education, Programs, Travel, Books, Manuscripts, Music Scores, Personal Journals, Lectures, Media and Photographs.
Dates:
Created: 1914-1988; Other: Majority of material found in 1928-1974; Other: Date acquired: 1987
Found in:
Special Collections
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Elizabeth Green Papers
Enock Dyrness Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-085
Scope and Contents
The papers of Enock C. Dyrness contains one folder containing biographical material; however, the bulk of the collection deals primarily with his professional interests, including correspondence with Henry C. Thiessen, and later Thiessen's estate. Secondary material includes pamphlets and surveys about Wheaton College and various mission agencies. The collection occupies .42 linear ft.
Dates:
Created: 1931-1969; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-1952
Found in:
Special Collections
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Enock Dyrness Papers
Helen Renich Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 124
Brief Description
Two oral history interviews with Helen Gignilliat Torrey Renich in which she describes her grandfather, Reuben Archer Torrey, Sr., and her experiences growing up in China as a child of missionaries. Other topics discussed include her experiences at Wheaton College and culture shock. The collection also includes photographs of her family life in China and Chinese nationals, ca. 1920-30s.Helen Renich was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 15, 1980 in Michigan and on May 17, 1982...
Dates:
Created: 1920-1982
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Helen Renich Papers.
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
Institute for Advanced Christian Studies Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-241
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2013
Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 352
Brief Description
Correspondence, form letters, financial and statistical reports, minutes, memos and promotional material related to IFMA administration and its service to its member missions. The files on IFMA members and numerous other Christian agencies predominate. Also includes series of maps of Latin American countries identifying nondenominational and denominational mission activity. Numerous mission-related subjects are documented. Persons prominently featured include Jack Frizen, Billy Graham, and...
Dates:
Created: 1934-1983, undated
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
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
Jill Peláez Baumgaertner Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-237
Scope and Contents
Jill Peláez Baumgaertner Papers are organized into four series: Essays/Reviews, Poetry, Biographical, and Correspondence.Essays/Reviews contain material over three decades from 1972-2003. Poetry (published and unpublished) is organized by year and contains manuscripts from 1983 to 2012. Biographical contains letters written by Chaplain Martin Baumgaertner (USAF) during WWII and Korean War, as well as, media and photographs. Correspondence (personal) covers over fifty years from...
Dates:
Created: 1972-2016; Other: Date acquired: 07/12/2017
Found in:
Special Collections
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Jill Peláez Baumgaertner Papers
John J. Coleman Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-166
Scope and Contents
The John J. Coleman diary numbers 96 pages in a leather binding, now dis-attached at the covers. Each page contains Coleman's script. The book measures 3 X 5 1/2. His handwriting is legible as he engagingly relates daily life at Wheaton College during the years in which he attended, 1886-89.
Dates:
Created: 1886-1887
Found in:
Special Collections
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John J. Coleman Papers
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
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
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Jonathan Blanchard Papers
Joseph C. Jeter Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 532
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Joseph C. Jeter, who discusses his family and growing up, social and racial conditions in Philadelphia, education and employment, conversion and church involvement, first pastorate, limited missionary positions available to African Americans in White agencies, experience in Uganda and burden for missions, return to Uganda to survey mission stations staffed by African American missionaries, dire condition, and resulting burden to serve missionaries. Topics...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1996
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
Ken and Kay Gieser book.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1997-088
Dates:
1984
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Landon Chronicles (1921): Margaret Decides to Go to Wheaton (hour 16, clip 15)
Digital Record
Identifier: LC16-15
Dates:
Digitized: 1921
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
Landon Chronicles (1921): Margaret's Beginnings at Wheaton (hour 17, clip 4)
Digital Record
Identifier: LC17-04
Dates:
Digitized: 1921
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
Landon Chronicles (1921): Margaret's Parents Bribed Her to Go to Wheaton College (hour 17, clip 2)
Digital Record
Identifier: LC17-02
Dates:
Digitized: 1921
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
Landon Chronicles (1922-1924): Kenneth was a Philosophy Major at Wheaton (hour 22, clip 14)
Digital Record
Identifier: LC22-14
Dates:
Digitized: 1922-1924
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
Landon Chronicles (1922): Kenneth Decided to Go to Wheaton College (hour 6, clip 6)
Digital Record
Identifier: LC06-06
Dates:
Digitized: 1922
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
Landon Chronicles (1922): Kenneth Got Into a Class Fight at Wheaton (hour 19, clip 6)
Digital Record
Identifier: LC19-06
Dates:
Digitized: 1922
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
Landon Chronicles (1922): Kenneth's Adjustment to Wheaton After His Wayward Youth (hour 21, clip 9)
Digital Record
Identifier: LC21-09
Dates:
Digitized: 1922
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
Landon Chronicles (1923-1924): Kenneth Found Out He Would Graduate Early (hour 7, clip 2)
Digital Record
Identifier: LC07-02
Dates:
Digitized: 1923-1924
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
Landon Chronicles (1924): Kenneth Graduated from Wheaton (hour 21, clip 2)
Digital Record
Identifier: LC21-02
Dates:
Digitized: 1924
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
Leighton Sandys Ford oral history interviews
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-012
Dates:
2023
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Lyle Dorsett Papers
Collection — Container: Books
Identifier: SC-083
Scope and Contents
The Lyle Dorsett papers relate to Dorsett's research for an uncompleted project on Ulysses S. Grant from the early 1980s.
Dates:
Created: 1851-1979; Other: Majority of material found in 1862-1911
Found in:
Special Collections
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Lyle Dorsett Papers
Media: Photo | USSR Trip
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1046
Dates:
Other: 8/24/1991
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
Media: Photo | Wheaton College
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1036
Dates:
Other: 2001 July 9
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
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 by Dwight L. Moody; chiefly from ca. 1910 through 1946.Topics documented include worship services, Sunday school, the weekly activities of 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...
Dates:
Created: 1864-1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Moody Church Records
MSS | A Reflection of Koinonia: Theatre Workout
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1041
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
MSS | Billy Graham
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1023
Dates:
Other: 2010
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
MSS | Faculty Faith and Learning Papers (2 vol.)
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1020
Dates:
Other: 2009-2010
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
MSS | Haddock Artwork {2010-1076}
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1076
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
MSS | Marketing Design Sampler
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1078
Dates:
Other: 2010
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
MSS | Spring 2011 and Fall 2010 Course Schedules
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1052
Dates:
Other: March 2010
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
MSS | Stones of Remembrance: Recollections from the Presidential Selection Committee
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1025
Dates:
Other: 2010 May
Found in:
Wheaton College Archives
Office of Alumni Association Records
Collection
Identifier: RG-07-009
Scope and Contents
Records of the Office of Alumni Association include correspondence, reports, financial information, subject files, research files and publicity material.
Dates:
Created: 1892-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1990
Additional filters:
- Type
- Collection 183
- Unprocessed Material 23
- Digital Record 9
- Subject
- Evangelistic work. 136
- Missionaries. 103
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 91
- Conversion. 86
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 84
- Church and state. 68
- Women 63
- Women -- Religious life. 63
- Missionaries -- Training of. 61
- Christian education. 59
- Women missionaries. 59
- Christianity and culture. 58
- Language in missionary work. 56
- Children of missionaries. 55
- Indigenous church administration 53
- Evangelicalism. 51
- Catholic Church. 47
- Christian life. 47
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 47
- Missions -- Educational work. 43
- Church and social problems. 38
- Medical care 38
- Missions, Medical. 37
- Family. 36
- Tribes. 36
- Bible. 35
- World War, 1939-1945. 35
- Christian leadership. 34
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 34
- Missions. 34
- College students. 33
- Sex role. 33
- Education 31
- Religious institutions. 30
- Communism. 29
- Animism. 28
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 28
- Pentecostalism. 27
- Church development, New. 26
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 26
- Persecution. 26
- Christian literature. 24
- Worship. 24
- Culture shock. 23
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 23
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 22
- Missions -- Finance. 22
- College students in missionary work. 21
- Missionaries' spouses. 21
- Missions -- China. 21
- Revivals. 21
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 21
- Church growth. 20
- Evangelistic work -- China. 20
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 20
- Muslims. 20
- Children. 19
- China -- History. 19
- Church work with students. 19
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 19
- Rural missions. 19
- College students -- United States 18
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 18
- Fund raising. 18
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 18
- Youth 18
- Bible colleges 17
- Christian education -- United States. 17
- Church work with youth. 17
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses 17
- Mass media in religion. 17
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 17
- Missions to Muslims. 17
- Radio in religion. 17
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 16
- Fundamentalism. 16
- Missions -- Congresses. 16
- Theological seminaries. 16
- Theology 16
- Boarding schools. 15
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 15
- Intercultural communication. 15
- Interdenominational cooperation. 15
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 15
- Presbyterians. 15
- Church work with women. 14
- Communism -- China. 14
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. 14
- Radio in missionary work. 14
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 14
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 13
- Church work with children. 13
- Marriage. 13
- Prayer. 13
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 13
- Worship (Christian) 13
- Belief and doubt. 12
- Bible -- Translating. 12
- Church and social problems -- United States. 12
- City missions. 12 ∧ less
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