Straw, Darien A.
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 3 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott
Collection 293 Oral History Interview with Melvin D. Suttie
Collection 488 Papers of John E. Phillips
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.
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- Church work with women -- China. 2
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- Communism -- China. 2
- Communism. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of. 2
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
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- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
- Women missionaries. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
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- Animism. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Buddhists -- China. 1
- Buddhists. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
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- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
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- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese -- Philippines. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian education -- China. 1
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