Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967.
Dates
- Existence: 1900 - 1967
Biographical Statement
Victor Raymond Edman was born in 1900 to Swedish immigrant parents and one of six children. He left home in 1918 to join the army and served for one year, spending much of that time in Allied-occupied Germany. After returning home, he attended college and became a missionary to the Quichua Indians in Ecuador from 1923 to 1928. During this time he married Edith Olson, whom he had met in the United States. He came to Wheaton College in 1936 as an associate professor of history and became the college’s fourth president in 1940, a position he held until he became chancellor in 1965.
During his term as president, the College expanded its financial endowments, its enrollment, and its campus. Fourteen major buildings were erected during his twenty-five year presidency. Buildings included Centennial Gymnasium, Memorial Student Center, Old Dining Hall, Smith Hall, Breyer Science Building, McAlister Conservatory, Health Center, Nicholas Library and Edman Chapel, named by the Trustees in his honor. During this time the College also acquired land for the Black Hills Science Station in South Dakota and HoneyRock Camp in Wisconsin.
Over the years Dr. Edman had a number of serious health problems: typhoid fever (from which he nearly died while in Ecuador), cataracts, gallstones, and ever-increasing heart attacks. One of these attacks, which finally proved fatal, occurred on September 22, 1967, while he delivered a chapel message entitled, “In the Presence of the King.”
Dr. Edman had been a very active public speaker with engagements in Africa, Europe, the Far and Near East, South America, and, of course, all over the United States. He authored nineteen books and numerous articles, most of them devotional in nature. Many were translated into several foreign languages. His correspondence often gave personal counsel and advice and reached thousands. He was a personal friend of Billy Graham and often worked with him on his crusades.
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 093 Oral History Interview with Earl A. Winsor
Collection 248 Papers of William J. Barnett
Collection 259 Oral History Interviews with Donald A. Cook
Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson
Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely
Collection 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah
Collection 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook
Collection 325 Oral History Interview with Donald W. Berry
Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright
Collection 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer
Collection 344 Oral History Interview with Paul B. Long
Collection 361 Oral History Interviews with C. René Padilla
Collection 392 Oral History Interviews with Dorothy J. Mainhood
Collection 628 Papers of Carl F. H. Henry
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.
Helen Renich Papers.
Wheaton College Revivals Collection
Oral history interviews, questionnaires, reports, videos, and other materials relating to spontaneous revivals on Wheaton College campus in the twentieth century. There are restrictions on some material in this collection. The collection primarily documents the March 1995 revival at the College, largely through oral history interviews conducted during or shortly after the event; also included are thirteen follow-up interviews conducted two years after the revival.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Evangelistic work. 13
- Missionaries. 12
- Conversion. 11
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 11
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 9
- Catholic Church. 8
- Church and state. 8
- Language in missionary work. 8
- Missions -- Finance. 8
- Women missionaries. 8
- Children of missionaries. 7
- Education 7
- Evangelicalism. 7
- Indigenous church administration 7
- Missionaries -- Training of. 7
- Animism. 6
- Missions -- Educational work. 6
- Revivals. 6
- Tribes. 6
- Women 6
- Women -- Religious life. 6
- World War, 1939-1945. 6
- Boarding schools. 5
- Christian education. 5
- Christian life. 5
- College students in missionary work. 5
- Culture shock. 5
- Family. 5
- Medical care 5
- Missions. 5
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 5
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Christian leadership. 4
- Church and social problems. 4
- Church development, New. 4
- College students. 4
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 4
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 4
- Intercultural communication. 4
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
- Missions, Medical. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Bible. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 3
- Church discipline. 3
- Church schools 3
- Church work with women. 3
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions. 3
- Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Kenya 3
- Mass media in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Missions -- Kenya. 3
- Pentecostalism. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Racism. 3
- Radio in missionary work. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Sunday schools. 3
- Syncretism (Religion). 3
- Theological seminaries. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 3
- Worship. 3
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Apartheid. 2
- Belgium. 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Bible colleges 2
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
- Children. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Christianity and politics. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Church work with prisoners. 2
- Church work with students. 2
- Church work with youth. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- College students -- United States 2
- Colombia 2
- Communism. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government. 2
- Demoniac possession 2
- Ecuador 2 ∧ less