Rodeheaver, Homer A. (Homer Alvan), 1880-1955.
Person
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 038 Ephemera of Paul Rader
Collection
Identifier: CN 038
Scope and Contents
Newsletters, sermon manuscripts, scrapbooks, programs, pamphlets, photographs, negatives, brochures, a taped sermon, slides, thesis materials, and more, documenting Paul Rader's life and ministry. The material deals mainly with his radio work and the organizations he founded, including the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle. Additional material includes items about Rader gathered for a planned biography, sermons of other preachers who spoke at the Tabernacle, newsletters and magazines published by...
Dates:
Created: 1899-1996
Collection 047 Papers of Melvin E. Trotter
Collection
Identifier: CN 047
Scope and Contents
Sermons, personal memorabilia, audio tape of Trotter's preaching, negatives, photographs, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, and correspondence related to Trotter's ministry as an evangelist and in rescue mission work. Collection combines Trotter's papers and the City Rescue Mission's records, including invitations to speak, responses to invitations from Trotter to speak at the mission, an abstract of a deed, requests for funds, testimonials to the good work of the mission, reports from...
Dates:
Created: 1899-1972
Collection 061 Papers of Billy and Helen Sunday
Collection
Identifier: CN 061
Scope and Contents
Microfilm edition of original documents held in Winona Lake, Indiana, including correspondence, sermons, reports, revival ephemera, and scrapbooks dealing mainly with the career of evangelist Billy Sunday from its beginning to his death and about the work of his wife Helen, who, besides acting as his general manager, was a fundamentalist leader in her own right, especially after his death. Persons featured include numerous fundamentalist figures and institutions; sermon topics cover a wide...
Dates:
Created: 1882-1974
Collection 108 Papers of J. Palmer Muntz
Collection
Identifier: CN 108
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, a book manuscript, a film script, tapes of sermons and speeches, and other items which describe Muntz's early career as director of the Winona Lake Bible Conference, the early development of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the criticism it received, the careers of Billy Sunday and other evangelists. There are also several sermons on Christian prophecy and evangelism to the Jewish people. Topics covered include information on Palmer's career...
Dates:
Created: 1947-1986
Collection 139 Oral History Interview with Frances Rader Longino
Collection
Identifier: CN 139
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Frances Rader Longino (1909-1996) in which she recounts memories of evangelists Billy Sunday, Mel Trotter, Homer Rodeheaver, and her uncle, Paul Rader. Other topics include: city mission work and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Pacific Garden Mission, Winona Lake, and Cedar Lake Conference Grounds. Also included are reminiscences of Rader's reaction to Aimee Semple Mc Pherson, the formation of Scripture Press, Billy Graham's early preaching and crusades, and some...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Collection 140 Oral History Interview with Everett Mitchell
Collection
Identifier: CN 140
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Everett Mitchell (1898-1990) who as a teenager sang invitation songs at Billy Sunday evangelistic campaigns. Other topics discussed include: Mitchell's background, music and radio career, musical training, Billy and Helen Sunday, evangelistic work in Chicago, Gipsy Smith, Homer Rodeheaver, other evangelists, career as a war correspondent during the Korean War, religious use of radio, evangelistic rallies and crusade music. The time period covered by the intervew...
Dates:
Created: 1989-1980
Collection 196 Oral History Interview with Edna Louise Asher Case
Collection
Identifier: CN 196
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Edna Louise Asher Case (1905-1999), in which she discusses her aunt, Virginia Asher, who was a co-worker of Billy Sunday; she was also involved in many other evangelistic efforts. Other topics include: Case's student days at Wheaton College, and her involvement in city mission work; impressions of Mel Trotter, Billy Sunday, Helen Sunday. The time frame covered by the interview is 1905 to 1929.Edna Case was interviewed by Robert Shuster on November...
Dates:
Created: 1905-1929
Collection 197 Papers of Virginia Healey Asher
Collection
Identifier: CN 197
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, procedures for evangelistic work, two diaries, autograph book, memorial booklets, clippings, tracts and photographs relating to Virginia Healey Asher’s ministry.The collection consists of a small amount of correspondence (folder 1-1), typed instruction for the Business Women's Invitation Committee (folder 1-6), two diaries and an autograph book (folders 1-3 to 1-5). Also included is a memorial booklet to J. Wilbur Chapman and clippings or tracts of other...
Dates:
Created: 1903-1941
Collection 488 Papers of John E. Phillips
Collection
Identifier: CN 488
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
Created: 1926-2003
Collection 565 Ephemera of J. Elwin Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 565
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, photo albums, photographs, films, reports, clippings, minutes, slides and other materials relating to J. Elwin Wright's activities as leader of the New England Fellowship and a founder and leader of the National Association of Evangelicals and the World Evangelical Fellowship.The bulk of the collection documents several overseas trips Wright took for the NAE and WEF between 1945 and 1955.
Dates:
Created: 1897-1986
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- Subject
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 9
- Evangelistic work. 9
- City missions. 7
- City missions -- United States. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Chicago. 5
- Bible. 4
- Church and social problems. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Evangelistic sermons. 4
- Fundamentalism. 4
- Religious institutions. 4
- Sermons, American. 4
- Belief and doubt -- Sermons. 3
- Belief and doubt. 3
- Chicago (Ill.) 3
- Church and social problems -- United States. 3
- Cities and towns -- United States. 3
- Cities and towns. 3
- Evangelistic invitations. 3
- Interdenominational cooperation -- United States. 3
- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Missions -- India. 3
- Radio in religion -- United States. 3
- Radio in religion. 3
- Salvation -- Sermons. 3
- Salvation. 3
- Sin -- Sermons. 3
- Sin. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Women in church work. 3
- Bible -- Sermons. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- Christian life -- Sermons. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Church work with women -- United States. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 2
- Great Commission (Bible) 2
- Independent churches -- United States. 2
- Independent churches. 2
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 2
- Mass media in religion. 2
- Missions to Jews. 2
- Missions. 2
- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 2
- Prayer. 2
- Prohibition 2
- Prohibition -- United States. 2
- Repentance -- Sermons. 2
- Repentance. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
- World War, 1914-1918. 2
- Allentown (Pa.) 1
- Amhara (African people) 1
- Animism -- Sudan. 1
- Animism. 1
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- United States 1
- Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Bible -- Prophecies. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church -- United States. 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Children of missionaries. 1
- Christian Beacon (Periodical) 1
- Christianity and culture -- Sermons. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Church and social problems -- Sermons. 1
- Church and state -- United States. 1
- Church and state. 1
- Church fund raising. 1
- Church work with military personnel -- United States. 1
- Church work with military personnel. 1
- Church work with students -- United States. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- Church work with the poor 1
- Church work with the poor -- United States. 1
- Church work with the working class 1
- Church work with the working class -- United States. 1
- Church work with youth -- United States. 1
- Church work with youth. 1
- City missions -- Chicago. 1
- City missions -- Grand Rapids. 1
- City missions -- Saint Louis. 1
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. 1
- Conversion -- Sermons. 1
- Creation. 1
- Creation. -- Sermons. 1
- Crime and criminals 1
- Crime and criminals -- United States. 1
- Death -- Sermons. 1
- Death. 1 ∧ less
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