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 4 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson
Collection 313 Papers of Robert C. Van Kampen
Collection 599 Ephemera of the "Auca" Incident
Audio tapes, comic book, film, filmstrips, oversize materials, phonograph records, postage stamps, and video tapes documenting the martyrdom of five American missionaries in Ecuador by the Huaorani Indians in 1956. Documents describe the deaths of the missionary, the response by Protestant evangelical Christians in the United States, and later missionary work with the Indians by Rachel Saint and Elisabeth Elliot.
Office of the President Records (V. Raymond Edman)
Records of the President V. Raymond Edman , include biographical files, subject files, correspondence, financial records, sermons, audio recordings and memorabilia.
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- Evangelistic work. 3
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- Missions -- Ecuador. 2
- Missions. 2
- Radio in religion. 2
- Annual Reports 1
- Audiotapes 1
- Back Home Hour (Radio program) 1
- Bible and evolution. 1
- Bible. English. Revised standard. 1952 1
- Boarding schools -- Ecuador. 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Businessmen -- Religious life -- United States. 1
- Calendars. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Hong Kong 1
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children -- Religious life. 1
- Children of missionaries. 1
- Children. 1
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 1
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- China. 1
- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian biography. 1
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian martyrs. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Church and social problems -- Ecuador. 1
- Church and social problems -- Hong Kong. 1
- Church and state -- Ecuador. 1
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- Fundamentalism. 1
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- Funeral rites and ceremonies. 1
- Glossolalia. 1
- Graham, Billy -- 1918-2018 -- Sermons 1
- Guatemala 1
- Guatemala -- Description and travel. 1
- Huao (Language) 1
- Indians of South America -- Missions. 1
- Indians of South America. 1
- Indigenous church administration 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Hong Kong. 1
- Intercultural communication -- China. 1
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