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Straw, Darien A.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1857 - 1950

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 2 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans

 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

Collection 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett

 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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Baptism. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
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Bible. 1
Buddhists -- China. 1
Buddhists -- Taiwan. 1
Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 1
Catholic Church -- United States. 1
Catholic Church. -- China. 1
Chaplains, Military 1
Chaplains, Military -- United States. 1
Children -- United States 1
Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Children -- United States -- Religious life. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
Children. 1
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
China -- History. 1
China -- Social life and customs. 1
Christian education -- China. 1
Christian education -- Philosophy. 1
Christian education -- United States. 1
Christian education of children -- United States. 1
Christian education of children. 1
Christian leadership. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
Christian literature. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Church and social problems -- United States. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- India. 1
Church and state. 1
Church development, New. 1
Church work with military personnel -- United States. 1
Church work with military personnel. 1
Church work with the working class 1
Church work with the working class -- United States. 1
Church work with women -- United States. 1
Church work with women. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Communism. 1
Congregationalists 1
Congregationalists -- United States. 1
Conversion. 1
Crime and criminals 1
Crime and criminals -- China. 1
Culture shock. 1
Education 1
Education -- Taiwan. 1
Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
Evangelicalism. 1
Evangelistic work -- Boston. 1
Evangelistic work -- China. 1
Evangelistic work -- Great Britain. 1
Evangelistic work -- New England. 1
Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 1
Family. 1
Fund raising. 1
Fundamentalism. 1
Indigenous church administration -- China. 1
Language in missionary work. 1
Mass media in religion -- United States. 1
Mass media in religion. 1
Missionaries -- Training of. 1
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
Missionaries' spouses. 1
Missionaries, Resignation of. 1
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 1
Missions -- China. 1
Missions -- Educational work. 1
Missions -- India. 1
Missions to Buddhists -- China. 1
Missions to Buddhists -- Taiwan. 1
Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 1
Motion pictures in church work -- United States. 1
Motion pictures in church work. 1
Orphans 1
Orphans -- United States. 1
Park Street Church -- Boston (Mass.) 1
Pentecostalism -- United States. 1
Pentecostalism. 1
Preaching. 1
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