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Orr, J. Edwin (James Edwin), 1912-

 Person

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 111 Papers of Charles H. Troutman, Jr.

 Collection
Identifier: CN 111
Scope and Contents Correspondence, minutes, reports, manuals, and other records documenting Charles Troutman's career in Christian ministry among university students, first with Inter-Varsity in the United States and Australia and then with Latin America Mission. This collection also contains a great deal of information on evangelical Christianity in the United States, Australia and Latin America; Troutman's letters from his service in the Pacific in World War II; and reports and other information relative to...
Dates: Created: 1924-1992

Collection 176 Records of the National Prayer Congress

 Collection
Identifier: CN 176
Scope and Contents Audio tapes and 1 film of 30 addresses given at the National Prayer Congress held in October 1976 in Dallas, Texas. Tapes were prepared as part of a series for radio broadcast. Topics cover both theoretical and practical aspects of prayer, including its role in evangelism, national revival, biblical teaching, and impact on the family. Speakers included Harold L. Fickett, Paul Toms, Rex Humbard, Jack McAlister, W.A. Criswell, Cliff Barrows and Billy Graham, William Richardson, Bruce Cook,...
Dates: Created: 1976-1977

Collection 221 Ephemera of Campus Crusade for Christ

 Collection
Identifier: CN 221
Scope and Contents Ten phonograph records and one audio tape containing messages by William R. Bright, Billy Graham, Richard C. Halverson, F.J. Huegel, J. Edwin Orr, Eugenia Price, Bernard Ramm, Wilbur Smith, and others used for various aspects of CCC ministry.The ten phonograph records are approximately twenty minutes on each side and consist of talks on selected topics delivered by Bill Bright, members of the CCC Board, and other outstanding individuals, authors, professors, and missionaries. ...
Dates: Created: 1960

Collection 286 Oral History Interview with Marilyn J. Suttie

 Collection
Identifier: CN 286
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Marilyn Joy Suttie in which she describes her work as a missionary in Cameroon with the United Presbyterian Ecumenical Mission. Topics discussed include: Suttie's childhood in China, education at Wheaton College, and short-term missionary work, mainly teaching missionary children in Cameroon. Also includes information on the Cameroon church, polygamy, Muslims in Cameroon, and medical care, and other political, social, and religious issues in Africa. The time...
Dates: Created: 1984

Collection 355 Papers of J. Edwin Orr

 Collection
Identifier: CN 355
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, academic papers, clippings, reports, films, videos, and other materials relating to Orr’s life as an evangelist active around the world and as a professor and historian of spiritual awakenings (revivals) and evangelism. The collection is an excellent source on Protestant Evangelicalism as a global movement in the twentieth century.

Dates: Created: 1907-1993; Majority of material found in 1933-1987

Collection 459 - Fellowship Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 459
Brief Description Correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, reference files, clippings, newsletters and other material related to the work of the Foundation (also known as International Christian leadership) which involved developing small group prayer fellowships, especially among government, business and academic leaders. There is a great deal of information on the United States and other countries. Also documented is the group's involvement in various community development, patriotic, and personal...
Dates: Created: 1937-1988, undated

Collection 476 Oral History Interview with Trent Sheppard

 Collection
Identifier: CN 476
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Trent Sheppard in which he discusses the influence of his parents and the International Prayer Ministry, the development of his own Christian faith, the influence on him of Loren Cunningham, Corrie ten Boom, and J. Edwin Orr, among others; the purpose and methods of Youth with a Mission (YWAM); his activities in England with The Fellowship, a Christian community; and his hopes for a worldwide Christian renewal movement among young people. The time period covered...
Dates: Created: 2002

Collection 517 Papers of Armin R. Gesswein

 Collection
Identifier: CN 517
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and photographs relating to the ministry of Armin R. Gesswein in which he discusses his childhood as the son of a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor, the characteristics of that denomination, his education, his conversion, the influence of Paul Rader upon him, his work at Concordia Seminary, his work with Walter Maier, his first pastorate and first experience of revival, his involvement in revival in Norway 1937-1938, friendship with Billy Graham, Charles Fuller,...
Dates: Created: 1995-1997

Collection 563 Papers of Robert Coleman

 Collection
Identifier: CN 563
Brief Description Correspondence, manuscripts, oral history interviews, class lecture notes, meeting files and other materials relating to Coleman's ministry as an evangelist, scholar and church leader. Besides Coleman's own life and ministry, the collection contains voluminous material on the theology of evangelism and Christian discipleship, American 20th century Evangelicalism; the growth of Christianity in Africa, Asia and Latin America in the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly in regard to the...
Dates: 1936-2019

Collection 727 Papers of the Vereide Family

 Collection
Identifier: CN 727
Scope and Contents Papers of the Vereide family relating to the work of International Christian Leadership (ICL, later known as the Fellowship Foundation), mainly the efforts of Abraham Vereide and his daughter Alicia Davison. The collection reflects the activities ICL and its associated group International Council for Christian Leadership (ICCL) in fostering prayer groups, leadership seminars, and informal contacts involving government officials, business people, and civic leaders to promote spiritual unity...
Dates: 1945-2014, undated; Majority of material found in 1953-1985

Evangelical leaders audio tapes.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2011-051
Dates: 1958

J. Edwin Orr letters.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1986-124
Dates: 1933-1938

Mel Lorentzen resource audio tapes.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2005-065
Dates: 1976-1987

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Type
Collection 10
Unprocessed Material 3
 
Subject
Evangelistic work. 7
Evangelicalism. 6
Conversion. 4
Evangelicalism -- United States. 4
Prayer. 4
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Belief and doubt. 3
Christian leadership. 3
Conversion -- Personal narratives. 3
Evangelicalism -- Europe. 3
Evangelistic sermons. 3
Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
Faith. 3
Indians of North America. 3
Prayer groups. 3
Preaching. 3
Presbyterians. 3
Revivals. 3
Women -- Religious life. 3
Abortion 2
Abortion -- Religious aspects. 2
Anti-communist movements -- United States. 2
Bible -- Devotional use. 2
Businessmen -- Religious life -- United States. 2
Businessmen -- Religious life. 2
Christian life. 2
Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
Christianity and politics. 2
Church and social problems. 2
Church and state. 2
Church work with students. 2
College students. 2
Conversion -- Sermons. 2
Ecumenical movement. 2
Evangelicalism -- Africa. 2
Evangelicalism -- Asia. 2
Evangelicalism -- Oceania. 2
Evangelicalism -- South America. 2
Evangelistic work -- Argentina. 2
Evangelistic work -- Australia. 2
Evangelistic work -- Central America. 2
Evangelistic work -- Congresses 2
Evangelistic work -- Guatemala. 2
Evangelistic work -- Nepal. 2
Evangelistic work -- New Zealand. 2
Evangelistic work -- South America. 2
Fundamentalism. 2
Graham, Billy -- 1918-2018 -- Sermons 2
Liberalism (Religion) 2
Missionaries. 2
Prayer -- Sermons. 2
Prayer breakfasts -- United States. 2
Prayer breakfasts. 2
Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
Presbyterian Church. 2
Religious institutions. 2
Sermons, American. 2
Theology 2
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
Women 2
Youth 2
African American clergy. 1
Anti-communist movements. 1
Armstrong, Ben -- Sermons. 1
Athletes 1
Athletes -- United States 1
Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
Baptists -- Brazil. 1
Baptists. 1
Belief and doubt -- Sermons. 1
Bell, B. Clayton. -- Sermons. 1
Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
Bible -- Homiletical use. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Bible. 1
Boone, Pat -- Sermons. 1
Brazil -- Religion. 1
Brazil. 1
Bright, Bill -- Sermons. 1
Bright, Vonette Z. -- Sermons. 1
Bulu (African people) 1
Businessmen. 1
Cameroon. 1
Cameroon. -- Politics and government. 1
Catholic Church -- United States. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Chaplains, Military -- United States. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
China -- History. 1
Chinese students. 1
Christian education of adults. 1
Christian giving. 1
Christian leadership -- United States. 1
Christian life -- Sermons. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Christianity and justice. 1
Church and social problems -- United States. 1
Church and state -- Cameroon. 1
Church and state -- United States. 1
Church work with military personnel -- United States. 1
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