Straw, Darien A.
Person
Biographical Statement
Darien Austin Straw was born March 6, 1857 and was married to Isabel Eaton from Vermillionville, Illinois. He graduated from Wheaton College in 1881 and took coursework towards a master’s degree at the University of Chicago. He received an honorary Master of Science degree from Wheaton in 1884.
Beginning in 1882 he served as Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at Wheaton College and was also principal of the Preparatory School and served as the Secretary of the Faculty. Straw was granted an honorary doctorate (Litt.D.) from Wheaton in 1895.
While serving as a professor of rhetoric and logic Straw wrote his own textbook for the course. He also taught the school’s four-year Bible course. Straw retired from the faculty of Wheaton College in 1940 after serving the college for fifty-eight years.
He was a member of College Church of Christ and served as an elder. Straw died as a result of a fall at his home on April 24, 1950.
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Bruce F. Hunt Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 104
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews in which Bruce Finley Hunt (1903-1992) discusses his boyhood in Korea, college and seminary education at Wheaton College, Rutgers University and Princeton Seminary; a portion (1928-1942) of his missionary work in Korea and Manchuria; and his impressions of Korean culture. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1903-1976.Bruce Finley Hunt was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 22 and May 21, 1980 and October 16, 2002 in Abington, PA and...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
Darien Straw Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-093
Scope and Contents
The Straw papers are organized into six series (Biographical, Correspondence, Financial, Manuscripts, Publications, Secondary and Memorabilia). The manuscripts portion of the collection comprise the bulk and relate almost entirely to his teaching career and include notes, grades and addresses. The biographical materials represent the second largest portion of the collection and contains personal and family information, as well as materials relating to the Wheaton College Executive Council,...
Dates:
Created: 1900-1942
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Darien Straw Papers
Edna Louise Asher Case Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 196
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Edna Louise Asher Case (1905-1999), in which she discusses her aunt, Virginia Asher, who was a co-worker of Billy Sunday; she was also involved in many other evangelistic efforts. Other topics include: Case's student days at Wheaton College, and her involvement in city mission work; impressions of Mel Trotter, Billy Sunday, Helen Sunday. The time frame covered by the interview is 1905 to 1929.Edna Case was interviewed by Robert Shuster on November 27,...
Dates:
Created: 1905-1929
Eleanor R. Elliott Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 187
Scope and Contents
Family correspondence, prayer letters, brochures, newspaper clippings, prayer cards and letters from other missionaries, photographs, slides, negatives, journals and diaries, and eight interviews concerning Elliott's childhood in China, mission work with China Inland Mission (now Overseas Missionary Fellowship) in China and the Philippines, her experiences as an evangelist and teacher, her life in China during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, and the civil war that followed. Her retirement...
Dates:
Created: 1910-1988
Elizabeth Evans Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 279
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Morrell Evans (1899-1976) in which she discusses her childhood; education at Wheaton College; work with J. Elwin Wright; her Christian education activities; the development of the New England Fellowship, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship; and her work as a missionary in Taiwan. The time period covered by the interviews is 1899-1976.Elizabeth Evans was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 8,...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1985
John E. Phillips Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 488
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, letters, newspaper clipping, a booklet and other materials, relating mainly to John E. Phillips' work as a missionary with the Sudan Interior Mission among the Kambatta people of Ethiopia (1932-1937) and among the Dinka people of Sudan (1938-1949). There is also some information on his involvement in other ministries, such as Ambassadors for Christ and the Allentown Rescue Mission.
Dates:
Created: 1926-2003
Lyndon Hess Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 228
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Lyndon Roth Hess in which he describes his missionary service in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) between 1932 and 1975 as a teacher of missionary children, assistant to village pastors and other work with the Lunda people. Topics include cultural influences on missionary children, education at Wheaton College, missionary service with Brethren Assemblies in Zambia teaching children of missionaries, the national African church, tribal tensions, Marxism, influence of...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Melvin D. Suttie Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 293
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin David Suttie (1912-2006) in which he discusses his childhood, Christian growth, education at Wheaton College and Biblical Seminary in New York and Omaha Presbyterian Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission (1940-1950), work among university students, persecution, evangelistic work among the Chinese population and Nationalist troops, his wife Mary's work among women, their children, church and state relations in China, the impact of the...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Vincent L. Crossett Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 288
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Vincent Leroy Crossett (1907-1999) in which he describes his education at Wheaton and Westminster Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Taiwan, and pastoral work in a local church in Hawaii. Topics discussed include Crossett's education at Wheaton College and Westminster Seminary; decision to join China Inland Mission; language school; evangelism methods; characteristics of the Chinese church; CIM's...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1986
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni -- Oral history. 7
- Children of missionaries. 6
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Church development, New. 4
- Conversion -- Christianity. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- 1920s 4
- Women missionaries. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Evangelistic work -- China. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions -- India. 3
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- 1930s 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Buddhists -- China. 2
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Christian education -- China. 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Church work with women -- China. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Families. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- Taiwan. 2
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Refugees -- China. 2
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 2
- Allentown (Pa.) 1
- Amhara (African people) 1
- Animism -- Sudan. 1
- Baptism. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhists -- Korea. 1
- Buddhists -- Taiwan. 1
- Catholic Church -- China. 1
- Catholic Church -- Korea. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Evangelicalism. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations. 1
- Catholic Church -- United States. 1
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- 1949- 1
- China -- Religion. 1
- China -- Social life and customs. 1
- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese -- Philippines. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian education -- Korea. 1
- Christian education -- Philippines. 1
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian education -- Zambia. 1
- Christian education of children. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian literature -- Publishing. 1
- Christian martyrs -- China. 1
- Church and social problems -- United States. 1
- Church and social problems. 1
- Church and state -- China. 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Korea. 1
- Church and state -- Zambia. 1
- Church growth -- China. 1
- Church growth -- Korea. 1
- Church work with children -- China. 1
- Church work with military personnel -- China. 1
- Church work with military personnel -- United States. 1
- Church work with refugees -- China. 1
- Church work with students -- China. 1
- Church work with the poor -- United States. 1
- Church work with the working class -- United States. 1 ∧ less
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