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 9 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 248 Papers of William J. Barnett
Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen
Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely
Collection 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah
Collection 325 Oral History Interview with Donald W. Berry
Collection 381 Oral History Interview with Peter Deyneka, Jr.
Collection 658 Papers of Samuel D. Faircloth
Prayer letters and an oral history interviews which document Samuel Douglas Faircloth’s childhood, conversion, education at Wheaton College and elsewhere, and his work as a United States Army chaplain in Italy immediately after World War II, as a church planter in Portugal, and a seminary professor at the Tyndale Theological Seminary in the Netherlands.
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.
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- Evangelistic work. 8
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 7
- Christianity and culture. 6
- Conversion. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Children of missionaries. 5
- Church and state. 5
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- College students in missionary work. 4
- College students. 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 4
- Women missionaries. 4
- Animism. 3
- Bible colleges 3
- Boarding schools. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Missions. 3
- Prayer groups -- United States. 3
- Prayer groups. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Worship. 3
- Bible. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Church growth. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- College students -- United States 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Family. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Leprosy. 2
- Marriage. 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Revivals -- United States. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Soldiers 2
- Street preaching. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Tribes. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Buildings. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Worship (Christian) 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Aleuts. 1
- Animism -- Bolivia. 1
- Animism -- Kenya. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Arminianism -- United States 1
- Arminianism. 1
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- United States 1
- Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges -- India. 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
- Bible colleges -- United States. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Kenya. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Bolivia -- Religion. 1
- Bolivia. 1
- Bolivia. -- Politics and government. 1
- Calvinism -- United States 1
- Calvinism. 1 ∧ less