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Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967.

 Person

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
Identifier: CN 263
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Johanna (Larson) Carlson in which she describes growing up in Ecuador as the child of missionaries, her education at Westmont and Wheaton Colleges, her nursing experience, and her missionary service with her husband at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong. Other topics discussed include: the founding of a HCJB radio station by her father, Reuben Larson, and her involvement in Wheaton College's HNGR Program. Individuals described...
Dates: Created: 1983

Collection 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook

 Collection
Identifier: CN 317
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Ian Harper Cooke and Ruth Eileen (Witmer) Cook, in which Ian describes his childhood and education in South Africa, college education at Wheaton College, training for missionary work, medical missions work in South Africa with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), the Zulus, apartheid, and the national church; and Ruth describes her childhood, conversion, and intention to become a missionary nurse, education at West Suburban Hospital and Wheaton College,...
Dates: Created: 1985

Collection 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer

 Collection
Identifier: CN 328
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, speech manuscripts and prayer letters relating to the careers and ministries of Eric and Lydia Maillefer as missionaries and Christian workers with the Evangelical Free Church in Zaire, Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar (AEAM), and the Africa Evangelical Office (AEO). Lydia worked as a teacher and school administrator; Eric worked first as a teacher, then on loan as a conference coordinator to the Africa Evangelical Office, and later as administrative secretary...
Dates: Created: 1971-1991

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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Catholic Church. 3
Children of missionaries. 3
Christianity and culture. 3
Church and state. 3
Culture shock. 3
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Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
Missionaries. 3
Missions -- Finance. 3
Women missionaries. 3
Apartheid. 2
Boarding schools. 2
Children. 2
College students -- United States 2
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
College students in missionary work. 2
College students. 2
Conversion. 2
Education 2
Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
Evangelistic work -- Congresses 2
Fund raising. 2
Indigenous church administration 2
Liberalism (Religion) 2
Mass media in religion. 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
Racism. 2
Radio in religion -- United States. 2
Radio in religion. 2
Sex role. 2
Sunday schools. 2
Tribes. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
African Americans. 1
Animism -- South Africa. 1
Animism. 1
Belgium. 1
Belgium. -- Administration. 1
Belgium. -- Colonies 1
Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Boarding schools -- Ecuador. 1
Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
Boys -- United States 1
Boys. 1
Boys. -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 1
Businessmen -- Religious life -- United States. 1
Catholic Church -- Africa. 1
Catholic Church -- Kenya. 1
Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
Catholic Church. -- China. 1
Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Catholic Church. -- Hong Kong 1
Catholic Church. -- Missions -- South Africa. 1
Catholic Church. -- South Africa. 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Children -- Religious life. 1
Children -- United States 1
Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Children -- United States -- Religious life. 1
Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
Children. -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 1
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 1
China -- History. 1
China. 1
Chinese -- Missions. 1
Chinese. 1
Christian leadership. 1
Christian life. 1
Church and social problems -- Ecuador. 1
Church and social problems -- Hong Kong. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Church and state -- Ecuador. 1
Church and state -- United States. 1
Church development, New. 1
Church schools 1
Church schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Church work with students -- United States. 1
Church work with students. 1
Church work with women. 1
City missions -- United States. 1
City missions. 1
Colombia 1
Colombia -- Description and travel. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Communism. 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government. 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions. 1
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social life and customs 1
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