WMBI (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 050 Ephemera of Merrill Dunlop
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
Collection 247 Oral History Interview with Louis E. Knowlton
Collection
Identifier: CN 247
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Louis E. Knowlton in which he discusses his career in evangelistic work and radio technology in Brazil for the Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. Topics discussed include Knowlton's early life, education, service as an Army chaplain's assistant, decision to go into technological ministry, work at WMBI and in Brazil, efforts as a street evangelist and beginnings of music studio, Brazilian churches, church-state relations, ethnic groups and cults, the use of...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Collection 285 Papers of Torrey Maynard Johnson Sr.
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
Collection 396 Oral History Interview with Perry C. Straw
Collection
Identifier: CN 396
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Perry Clark Straw, an executive of the Moody Radio Network. Topics covered include Straw's childhood in the northeastern United States, his parent's work in starting and administering Baptist youth camps, memories of Percy Crawford and Jack Wyrtzen, his education at Southeastern Bible College and Moody Bible Institute, his early work in radio, discussion of Christian youth camps, descriptions of Percy Crawford, Jack Wyrtzen, WMBI, and the Chicago Gospel...
Dates:
Created: 1988
George Beverly Shea Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 541
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, sheet music, business records, phonograph records, programs, songbooks, and other materials from Shea’s career as a soloist, radio personality, and composer. Most of the material is from the last decades of his life, especially his work with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), but the entire range of his life from the 1930s on is covered. Though representing only a fraction of Shea’s papers, it includes a rich collection of source material that Shea used in his...
Dates:
1931-2010
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
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- Radio in religion. 5
- Conversion. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Radio broadcasting -- United States. 4
- Chicago (Ill.) 3
- College students -- United States 3
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 3
- College students. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Fundamentalism. 3
- Gospel music. 3
- Liberalism (Religion) 3
- Mass media in religion. 3
- Radio broadcasting. 3
- Radio in religion -- United States. 3
- Youth 3
- Youth -- United States 3
- Chaplains, Military 2
- Chaplains, Military -- United States. 2
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 2
- Children -- United States 2
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- Children. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Church work with students -- United States. 2
- Church work with students. 2
- Church work with youth -- United States. 2
- Church work with youth. 2
- City missions -- United States. 2
- City missions. 2
- Conversion -- Hymns. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic invitations. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Chicago. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Hymns. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Music. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 2
- Gospel musicians -- United States. 2
- Gospel musicians. 2
- Hymn writers -- United States. 2
- Independent churches. 2
- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) -- United States. 2
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Motion pictures in church work. 2
- Music -- Religious aspects. 2
- Preaching. 2
- Radio audiences -- United States. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Radio stations -- United States. 2
- Radio stations. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Songs in the Night (Radio program) 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Youth -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- Youth -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 2
- African Americans. 1
- Audio-visual materials. 1
- Baptists -- United States. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Bass baritone. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Alabama. 1
- Bible colleges -- Illinois. 1
- Billy Graham Greater London Crusade (1966: London, England) 1
- Boca Raton (Fla.) 1
- Boys -- United States 1
- Boys. 1
- Boys. -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 1
- Brazil -- Religion. 1
- Brazil. 1
- Brazil. -- Economic conditions. 1
- Brazil. -- Social conditions. 1
- Brazil. -- Social life and customs. 1
- Businessmen -- Religious life -- United States. 1
- Catholic Church -- Brazil. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions -- Brazil. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Chapel Hour (Radio program) 1
- Children of missionaries. 1
- Children. -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian education of children -- United States. 1
- Christian education of children. 1
- Christian education, Outdoor -- United States. 1
- Christian education, Outdoor. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian life -- Hymns. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Church and social problems -- Brazil. 1
- Church and social problems -- United States. 1
- Church and state -- Brazil. 1
- Church and state -- United States. 1
- Church work with children -- United States. 1 ∧ less
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