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 61 Collections and/or Records:
Paul D. Votaw Oral History Interview
Peter Deyneka, Jr. Oral History Interview
Pioneer Ministries Records
Postcards of Wheaton College campus.
Raymond Buker Jr. Oral History Interview
Robert C. Van Kampen Papers
Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers.
W.H. Auden speaking at Lyceum.
Wheaton College Photographs
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.
William J. Barnett Papers
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- Unprocessed Material 15
- Digital Record 1
- Subject
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 25
- Conversion -- Christianity. 24
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 20
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 16
- World War, 1939-1945. 15
- Language in missionary work. 14
- Women missionaries. 14
- Women -- Religious life. 13
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 12
- Missions -- Educational work. 12
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 12
- Christianity and culture. 11
- Missionaries -- Training of. 11
- Culture shock. 10
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 10
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 9
- Missions -- Finance. 9
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 8
- Children of missionaries. 8
- Christian life. 8
- College students in missionary work. 8
- Religious institutions. 8
- Revivals -- Illinois -- Wheaton. 8
- Christian education -- United States. 7
- Christian leadership. 7
- Evangelicalism. 7
- Fund raising. 7
- Fundamentalism. 7
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 6
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 5
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 5
- Church development, New. 5
- Ecumenical movement. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 5
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 5
- Families. 5
- Huao Indians. 5
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Sex role. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 5
- Children -- Religious life. 4
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 4
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 4
- Church work with students -- United States. 4
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 4
- Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Education, Higher -- United States. 4
- Evangelistic invitations. 4
- Evangelistic work -- China. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses. 4
- Marriage. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 4
- Missions -- China. 4
- Missions -- Congresses. 4
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
- Motion pictures in church work -- United States. 4
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 4
- Presbyterians. 4
- Public worship -- Christianity. 4
- Radio in missionary work. 4
- Radio in religion -- United States. 4
- Rural missions. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 4
- Youth -- Religious life. 4
- Belgium -- Colonies -- Africa. 3
- Belief and doubt. 3
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- Christian education of children. 3
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- Church and state -- United States. 3
- Church discipline. 3
- Church work with youth -- United States. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions. 3
- Evangelicalism -- Relations -- Judaism. 3
- Evangelistic sermons. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Japan. 3
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018 -- Sermons. Selections. 3
- Holy Spirit. 3
- Intercultural communication. 3
- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 3
- Liberalism (Religion) -- United States. 3
- Medical care -- China. 3
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- Ecuador. 3
- Missions -- India. 3
- Missions -- Kenya. 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
- Missions. 3
- Organizational change -- United States. 3
- Prayer groups -- United States. 3
- Preaching. 3 ∧ less