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Wright, J. Elwin.

 Person

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans

 Collection
Identifier: CN 279
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Morrell Evans (1899-1976) in which she discusses her childhood; education at Wheaton College; work with J. Elwin Wright; her Christian education activities; the development of the New England Fellowship, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship; and her work as a missionary in Taiwan. The time period covered by the interviews is 1899-1976.Elizabeth Evans was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 8,...
Dates: Created: 1984-1985

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 341 Papers of Victor G. Plymire

 Collection
Identifier: CN 341
Scope and Contents Letters, articles, over 1200 photos, maps, diary and other material relating to Victor Plymire's missionary career in Tibet and China under the auspices of the Assemblies of God. The collection contains information not only on his evangelistic work among various strata of Tibetan society but also about his evangelistic/exploration expedition of 1927-28 which crossed from northeastern to southwestern Tibet; Tibetan culture and society; the Buddhist religion; and the early history of relations...
Dates: Created: 1908-1957

Collection 389 Papers of John A. Huffman, Sr.

 Collection
Identifier: CN 389
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, correspondence, films, negatives, photographs, and radio programs which document the life and ministry of John A. Huffman, Sr. The materials cover his presidency of the Winona Lake School of Theology dealing mainly with the work of the students and faculty. There are some materials on the relationship of the School with Fuller Theological Seminary, films about Islam, the WLST tour of Israel and over two dozen radio programs of Great Moments with the Master and...
Dates: Created: 1934-1988

Collection 414 Papers of Wade T. Coggins

 Collection
Identifier: CN 414
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews, papers and speech manuscripts relating to the ministry of Wade T. Coggins, Christian worker with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and the Evangelical Foreign Mission Association.

Dates: Created: 1964-1990

Collection 445 Oral History Interviews with Helen E. Evans

 Collection
Identifier: CN 445
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Helen Elizabeth Evans in which she decsribes her family background; spiritual development;  education at Wheaton College; ministry in rural Vermont with the New England Fellowship; the influence of her aunt, Elizabeth Evans; her missionary work in Vietnam and Indonesia with the Christian and Missionary Alliance; and work among Vietnamese in Charlotte, North Carolina. Evans' work in Vietnam was particularly among the Dega and other tribal groups often classified...
Dates: Created: 1991

Collection 446 Papers of Jack Wyrtzen

 Collection
Identifier: CN 446
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, audio tapes and video tapes relating to the ministry of Jack Wyrtzen.Series: Audio TapesTape 1 to Tape 7: Oral history interviews with Jack Wyrtzen in which he describes his parents, childhood, early influences, conversion, relations with other Christian leaders, development of the Word of Life Fellowship, radio and television work and youth work. The time period covered by the...
Dates: Created: 1991

Collection 483 Oral History Interview with Francis Sunderaraj

 Collection
Identifier: CN 483
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Francis Sunderaraj in which he describes committing his life to Christ as a teenager in India; the development of his faith; the institutions and leadership of Evangelical Protestantism in India; Methodist churches in India and Malaysia; Sunderaraj's education at the Union Biblical Seminary in Yeotmal, India, Princeton Seminary, and Wheaton College; the development of the Evangelical Fellowship of India. The time period covered by the interviews is ca....
Dates: Created: 1993

Collection 565 Ephemera of J. Elwin Wright

 Collection
Identifier: CN 565
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, photo albums, photographs, films, reports, clippings, minutes, slides and other materials relating to J. Elwin Wright's activities as leader of the New England Fellowship and a founder and leader of the National Association of Evangelicals and the World Evangelical Fellowship.The bulk of the collection documents several overseas trips Wright took for the NAE and WEF between 1945 and 1955.

Dates: Created: 1897-1986

Collection 597 Papers of Clyde W. Taylor

 Collection
Identifier: CN 597
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, minutes, lists and other materials mainly relating to a series of Protestant Evangelical international evangelism congresses which Clyde Taylor helped plan and organize between 1966 and 1974. There is also some material about his leadership in the World Evangelical Fellowship.

Dates: Created: 1950-1980

Elizabeth M. Evans materials.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1991-083
Dates: 1969-1979

Elizabeth M. Evans New England Fellowship materials.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1985-111
Dates: 1942-1962

Elizabeth M. Evans papers.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1991-088
Dates: 1923-1989

Elizabeth M. Evans papers.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 4
Identifier: 1993-085
Dates: 1895-1973

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

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

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 12
Unprocessed Material 4
 
Subject
Evangelicalism. 10
Evangelistic work. 10
Evangelicalism -- United States. 9
Evangelistic work -- United States. 7
Fundamentalism. 7
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Church and state. 6
Radio in religion. 6
Christian education. 5
Conversion. 5
Missionaries. 5
Radio in religion -- United States. 5
Women -- Religious life. 5
World War, 1939-1945. 5
Christian leadership. 4
Church and social problems. 4
Evangelistic work -- Congresses 4
Indigenous church administration 4
Interdenominational cooperation. 4
Mass media in religion. 4
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
Missions -- Taiwan. 4
Missions. 4
Preaching. 4
Women 4
Youth 4
Baptism. 3
Bible. 3
Children. 3
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
Christian literature. 3
Church work with students -- United States. 3
Church work with students. 3
College students. 3
Evangelicalism -- Asia. 3
Evangelicalism -- Europe. 3
Evangelicalism -- India. 3
Evangelicalism -- North America. 3
Evangelicalism -- South America. 3
Fund raising. 3
Liberalism (Religion) 3
Mass media in religion -- United States. 3
Missionaries -- Training of. 3
Missions -- India. 3
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
Persecution. 3
Seminary extension. 3
Women missionaries. 3
Youth -- Religious life. 3
African Americans. 2
Belief and doubt. 2
Bible colleges 2
Buddhists. 2
Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 2
Catholic Church -- United States. 2
Catholic Church. 2
Chaplains, Military 2
Chaplains, Military -- United States. 2
Chicago (Ill.) 2
Children -- United States 2
Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
Children -- United States -- Religious life. 2
Christian education -- Philosophy. 2
Christian life. 2
Church and state -- India. 2
Church and state -- United States. 2
Church work with military personnel -- United States. 2
Church work with military personnel. 2
Church work with women. 2
Church work with youth -- United States. 2
Church work with youth. 2
College students -- United States 2
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
College students in missionary work. 2
Communism. 2
Evangelicalism -- Africa. 2
Evangelicalism -- Australia. 2
Evangelicalism -- Catholic Church. 2
Evangelicalism -- Great Britain. 2
Evangelicalism -- Japan. 2
Evangelicalism -- Latin America. 2
Evangelicalism -- Oceania. 2
Evangelicalism -- Pakistan. 2
Evangelicalism -- Philippines. 2
Evangelicalism -- Singapore. 2
Evangelistic work -- Australia. 2
Evangelistic work -- China. 2
Evangelistic work -- Europe. 2
Evangelistic work -- Great Britain. 2
Evangelistic work -- India. 2
Evangelistic work -- North America. 2
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 2
Evangelistic work -- South America. 2
Interdenominational cooperation -- United States. 2
Language in missionary work. 2
Liberalism (Religion) -- United States. 2
Marriage. 2
Methodist Church. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
Missions -- Asia. 2
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