Straw, Darien A.
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 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett
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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- Animism -- Sudan. 1
- Animism. 1
- Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Buddhists -- China. 1
- Buddhists. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 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 -- Taiwan. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Christian literature. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Church development, New. 1
- Communism -- China. 1
- Communism. 1
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. 1
- Conversion. 1
- Crime and criminals 1
- Crime and criminals -- China. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Dinka (African people) 1
- Education 1
- Education -- Taiwan. 1
- Evangelistic work -- China. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- Evangelistic work. 1
- Family. 1
- Indigenous church administration 1
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 1
- Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936. 1
- Kambata (African people) 1
- Keswick movement. 1
- Language in missionary work. 1
- Missionaries -- Training of. 1
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 1
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
- Missionaries' spouses. 1
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 1
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 1
- Missionaries. 1
- Missions -- China. 1
- Missions -- Ethiopia. 1
- Missions -- India. 1
- Missions -- Kenya. 1
- Missions -- Sudan. 1
- Missions -- Taiwan. 1
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 1
- Missions to Buddhists. 1
- Persecution -- Sudan. 1
- Persecution. 1
- Refugees 1
- Refugees -- China. 1
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- Taiwan. 1
- Theology 1
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 1
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- Women missionaries. 1 ∧ less