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 4 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 228 Oral History Interview with Lyndon Hess
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.
Conversion Narratives Collection
The contents of the Conversion Narratives Collection may be searched in the library catalog using keyword: SC/228
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Catholic Church. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Communism. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelistic work. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missionaries. 3
- Tribes. 3
- Bible. 2
- Brethren Assemblies -- Missions. 2
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Christian education -- Zambia. 2
- Church and state -- Zambia. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Communism -- Zambia. 2
- Education -- Zambia. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Zambia. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Zambia. 2
- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Jevovah's Witnesses -- Missions. 2
- Laity. 2
- Medical care 2
- Medical care -- Zambia. 2
- Missions -- Africa -- Politics and government. 2
- Missions -- Africa. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Zambia. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Occultism. 2
- Racism -- Zambia. 2
- Racism. 2
- Rural churches -- Zambia. 2
- Rural churches. 2
- Southern Lunda (African people) 2
- Superstition. 2
- Tribes -- Africa. 2
- Tribes -- Zambia. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Zambia 2
- Zambia -- History 2
- Zambia -- History -- 1953-1964. 2
- Zambia -- History -- 1964- 2
- Zambia -- Politics and government -- 1964-1991 2
- Zambia -- Politics and government -- To 1964. 2
- Zambia -- Politics and government. 2
- Allentown (Pa.) 1
- Amhara (African people) 1
- 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. -- China. 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 literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Christian literature. 1
- Communism -- China. 1
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. 1
- Conversion. 1
- Crime and criminals 1
- Crime and criminals -- China. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Dinka (African people) 1
- Education -- Taiwan. 1
- Evangelistic work -- China. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- Family. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 1
- Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936. 1
- Kambata (African people) 1
- Keswick movement. 1
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
- Missionaries' spouses. 1
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 1
- Missions -- China. 1 ∧ less