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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 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott

 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

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

Filtered By

  • Subject: Indigenous church administration -- China. X

Additional filters:

Subject
Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
Catholic Church -- Relations 1
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Catholic Church. -- China. 1
China -- Description and travel. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- Religion. 1
China -- Social life and customs. 1
Chinese -- Missions. 1
Chinese -- Philippines. 1
Chinese. 1
Christian education -- Philippines. 1
Christian education -- Taiwan. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
Christian literature. 1
Christian martyrs -- China. 1
Christian martyrs. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church development, New. 1
Church growth -- China. 1
Church growth. 1
Church work with children -- China. 1
Church work with children. 1
Church work with refugees -- China. 1
Church work with refugees. 1
Church work with women -- China. 1
Church work with women. 1
Crime and criminals 1
Crime and criminals -- China. 1
Culture shock. 1
Education 1
Education -- Taiwan. 1
Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 1
Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
India -- Description and travel. 1
Indigenous church administration -- Philippines. 1
Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 1
Medical care 1
Medical care -- China. 1
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
Missionaries' spouses. 1
Missionaries, Resignation of. 1
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 1
Missions -- Educational work. 1
Missions -- India. 1
Missions -- Philippines. 1
Missions -- Taiwan. 1
Missions, Medical. 1
Persecution -- China. 1
Persecution. 1
Religious institutions. 1
Rural churches -- China. 1
Rural churches. 1
Sex role -- China. 1
Sex role. 1
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 1
Social change. 1
Taiwan. 1
Theology 1
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 1
Tribes -- Philippines. 1
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 1
World War, 1939-1945. 1
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