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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 60 Collections and/or Records:

MSS | V. Raymond Edman letter to Homer Dowdy [2020-0008}

 Unprocessed Material — Container: Box 1
Identifier: 2020-0008
Dates: Majority of material found in 1963 - 1963

Office of the President Records (V. Raymond Edman)

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02-004
Scope and Contents

Records of the President V. Raymond Edman , include biographical files, subject files, correspondence,  financial records, sermons, audio recordings and memorabilia.

Dates: Created: 1918-2020; Other: Majority of material found in 1931-1966

Office of the President: V. Raymond Edman

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2024-0004
Dates: 1967

Oral History Interview with Ray H. Smith

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2024-0040
Dates: 5 June 2024

Oral History Interview with Ray H. Smith

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2024-0048
Dates: 19 June 2024

Postcards of Wheaton College campus.

 Unprocessed Material — Container: 1
Identifier: 2022-0011
Dates: 1930 1960

Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers.

 Collection
Identifier: CN 285
Scope and Contents Correspondence, oral history interviews, scrapbooks, sermons, minutes, reports, photos, posters, newspaper and magazine clippings, brochures, audio recordings, video recordings reflecting Johnson’s life as an influential American Protestant from the 1930s through the 1990s. Besides documenting Johnson’s pastorates of Midwest Bible Church (Illinois) and Bibletown Community Church (Florida), his leadership of Youth for Christ International, and his activities as an independent evangelist, the...
Dates: Created: 1919 -2001

W.H. Auden speaking at Lyceum.

 Unprocessed Material — Container: 1
Identifier: 2021-0063
Dates: Majority of material found in 1963 - 1963

Wheaton College Photographs

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2024-0001
Dates: 1928-1972

Wheaton College Revivals Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 514
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Created: 1936-1997; Other: Majority of material found in 1994-1995

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 45
Unprocessed Material 14
Digital Record 1
 
Subject
Evangelistic work. 33
Conversion. 24
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 24
Missionaries. 22
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 20
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Church and state. 19
Evangelicalism. 17
Christianity and culture. 16
Evangelistic work -- United States. 16
World War, 1939-1945. 15
Language in missionary work. 14
Missionaries -- Training of. 14
Women missionaries. 14
Catholic Church. 13
Children of missionaries. 13
Indigenous church administration 13
Women 13
Women -- Religious life. 13
Christian education. 12
Evangelicalism -- United States. 12
Missions -- Educational work. 12
Missions. 12
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 12
Education 11
College students in missionary work. 10
College students. 10
Culture shock. 10
Medical care 10
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 10
Children. 9
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 9
Missions -- Finance. 9
Missions, Medical. 9
Revivals. 9
Tribes. 9
Animism. 8
Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 8
Christian life. 8
College students -- United States 8
Radio in religion. 8
Religious institutions. 8
Revivals -- Wheaton. 8
Boarding schools. 7
Christian education -- United States. 7
Christian leadership. 7
Fund raising. 7
Fundamentalism. 7
Mass media in religion. 7
Sex role. 7
Youth 7
Bible. 6
Church and social problems. 6
Church development, New. 6
Church work with students. 6
Family. 6
Intercultural communication. 6
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 6
Motion pictures in church work. 6
Persecution. 6
Children -- United States -- Religious life. 5
Children -- United States. 5
Children of missionaries -- Education. 5
Church work with women. 5
Church work with youth. 5
Ecumenical movement. 5
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 5
Evangelistic work -- Congresses 5
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 5
Huao Indians. 5
Interdenominational cooperation. 5
Mass media in religion -- United States. 5
Missions -- Congresses. 5
Missions to Muslims. 5
Radio in missionary work. 5
Rural missions. 5
Sunday schools. 5
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 5
Belief and doubt. 4
Bible colleges. 4
Children -- Religious life. 4
Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 4
China -- History. 4
Christian education -- Philosophy. 4
Christian education of children. 4
Christian literature -- Publishing. 4
Christian literature. 4
Church growth. 4
Church work with students -- United States. 4
Communism. 4
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 4
Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
Education, Higher 4
Education, Higher -- United States. 4
Evangelistic invitations. 4
Evangelistic work -- China. 4
Leprosy. 4
Liberalism (Religion) 4
Marriage. 4
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 4
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