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 10 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 169 Oral History Interviews with Harold P. Adolph
Collection 225 Records of the Baptista Film Mission
Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson
Collection 264 Records of Pioneer Ministries
Collection 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans
Collection 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook
Collection 325 Oral History Interview with Donald W. Berry
Collection 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer
Herbert J. Taylor 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.
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- Subject
- Children. 7
- Church and state. 7
- Conversion. 7
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 7
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Missions. 6
- Women 6
- Women -- Religious life. 6
- Children of missionaries. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 5
- Catholic Church. 4
- Children -- United States 4
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 4
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 4
- Christian leadership. 4
- Culture shock. 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Mass media in religion. 4
- Missions -- Finance. 4
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
- Radio in religion. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Women missionaries. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Youth 4
- Animism. 3
- Belief and doubt. 3
- Children -- Religious life. 3
- Christian education -- United States. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- College students -- United States 3
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- College students. 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Fundamentalism. 3
- Girls 3
- Girls -- United States 3
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Motion pictures in church work -- United States. 3
- Motion pictures in church work. 3
- Pentecostalism. 3
- Racism. 3
- Radio in religion -- United States. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Tribes. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 3
- Worship. 3
- Youth -- Religious life. 3
- Apartheid. 2
- Audio-visual materials -- United States. 2
- Audio-visual materials. 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Boys -- United States 2
- Boys. 2
- Boys. -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Chinese -- Missions. 2
- Chinese. 2
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 2
- Christian education of children -- United States. 2
- Christian education of children. 2
- Church and state -- United States. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Communism. 2
- Education 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses 2
- Evangelistic work -- Japan. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 2
- Faith. 2
- Girls -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- Girls -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Honduras. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Moravian Church -- Missions. 2
- Orphans 2
- Orphans -- United States. 2
- Pentecostalism -- United States. 2
- Persecution. 2 ∧ less