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 3 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
Collection 293 Oral History Interview with Melvin D. Suttie
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
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- Subject: Missions -- China. X
Additional filters:
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- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Bible. 2
- Buddhists -- China. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- Christian education -- China. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Church work with women -- China. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Family. 2
- Indigenous church administration 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
- Missions to Buddhists. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Refugees 2
- Refugees -- China. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Tribes. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 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 -- 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 and state -- China. 1
- Church and state. 1
- Church growth -- China. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church work with children -- China. 1
- Church work with children. 1
- Church work with military personnel -- China. 1
- Church work with military personnel. 1
- Church work with refugees -- China. 1
- Church work with refugees. 1
- Church work with students -- China. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- College students -- United States 1
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- College students. 1
- Conversion. 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, Withdrawal of. 1
- Missions -- Educational work. 1
- Missions -- Finance. 1
- Missions -- India. 1 ∧ less
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