Rader, Paul, 1879-1938.
Person
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Andrew Wyzenbeek Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 040
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Chicago manufacturer and inventor, Andrew Wyzenbeek, who was very active as a layman in evangelistic work. Among other topics he discusses his early life in Holland, New York City, and Iowa at the turn of the century; his travels in Central and South America; his acquaintance with Billy Sunday, Paul Rader, and Peter Deyneka; the beginnings of the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle; and the beginning of Paul Rader's radio ministry. The collection also contains a folder with...
Dates:
Created: 1978
Armin R. Gesswein Papers
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
Arthur Rorheim Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 410
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Arthur Rorheim, executive director of Awana Clubs, International. Topics disussed include his childhood, his parents' Christian example, his conversion, the youth work of the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Paul Rader, Lance Latham, the origins of AWANA, and principles for establishing programs for boys and girls. The time period covered by the interviews is 1918 to 1989.
Arthur Rorheim was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 31 and April 24, 1989.
Dates:
Created: 1989
Burt E. Long Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 351
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Burt E. Long by Wheaton College student Heather Conley in which Long discusses his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, his education at Wheaton College, and his decades of services as a medical missionary for Sudan Interior Mission in Niger and Nigeria. The time period covered by the interviews is 1930-1986.
Burt Long was interviewed by Wheaton College student Heather Conley on November 26 and December 3, 1986.
Dates:
Created: 1986
Chicago Gospel Tabernacle material.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2005-043
Dates:
1922-1947
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Chicago Gospel Tabernacle Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 133
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle founded by Paul Rader in 1922. Mateterials include photographs, negatives, correspondence, financial reports, church bulletins, newspaper clippings, and form letters and span 1954-1979. Several folders contain financial records and reports of the congregation. Data may be obtained from accounting records (folders 1-1 to 1-8), bank ledgers and statements (folders 3-34 to 4-19), and receipts from mission organizations (folders...
Dates:
Created: 1952-1979
Clarence W. Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 349
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence, reports, sermons, memos, minutes of meetings, clippings, photographs, videotapes, slides, and other materials relating to the career of mission executive Clarence W. Jones. The materials deal mainly with his work at the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle and the growth and development of the organization he helped found, the World Radio Missionary Fellowship, and especially its primary broadcasting station, HCJB in Ecuador. There is also an extensive amount of...
Dates:
Created: 1915-1986
Collection 225 - Baptista Film Mission Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 225
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, newsletters, scripts, catalogs, films, and other material related to the work of the Baptista Film Mission. This collection contains much information on the beginnings of the Protestant evangelical Christian film industry. Included are films featured are evangelical and fundamentalist figures like V. Raymond Edman, Billy Graham, Henry A. Ironside, Bob Jones Jr., Paul Rader, Oswald J. Smith, and Walter Wilson and nondenominational organizations. Subjects documented...
Dates:
Created: 1908-1977; Majority of material found in 1939-1963
Collection 602 Oral History Interview with Esther L. Filkin
Collection
Identifier: CN 602
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Esther L. (Wyzenbeek) Filkin (1911-2007) in which she describes childhood memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, especially its efforts in evangelism, its music program and radio ministry; and memories of her father, Andrew Wyzenbeek. Other figures discussed include Clarence Jones, Torrey Johnson, Peter Deyneka, and Ralph and Luke Rader. The time period covered by the interview is 1911 to 1984.Esther L. Filkin was interviewed by Bob...
Dates:
Created: 2004
Collection 604 Oral History Interview with Dan D. Crawford
Collection
Identifier: CN 604
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Dan Duvall Crawford in which he discusses his parents, Percy and Ruth (Duvall) Crawford; Percy Crawford’s evangelistic ministry at meetings, through radio and television programming; and the camps his father founded. Other topics discussed include Crawford’s experiences at Pine Brook Camp as a child; Pine Brook Praises and Young People’s Church of the Air; Percy Crawford’s relationship with Billy...
Dates:
Created: 2004
Collection 625 Papers of Lois Gregory
Collection
Identifier: CN 625
Scope and Contents
Class papers and notes, correspondence, hymns, manuscript, post cards, sermon notes, and thesis documenting the ministry of Lois Vashti Gregory, American Methodist evangelist and teacher of Christian values to young people. Her ministry not only included preaching to adults but also teaching young people, especially children, in Christian ethics and living a morally pure life. Gregory was particularly active in the northeast region of the United States.
Dates:
Created: 1887-1961; Majority of material found in 1902-1961
Edna Louise Asher Case Oral History Interview
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 27,...
Dates:
Created: 1905-1929
Fort Wayne Gospel Temple scrapbooks and memorabilia.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2021-021
Dates:
1928-1938
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Frances Rader Longino Oral History Interview
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
Harold Day Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 273
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Harold Louis Day (1913-2006) in which he describes his experiences working at the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle during the pastorate of Paul Rader and his successor, Clarence Erickson. The time period covered by the interview is 1913-1978.
Harold Day was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 31, 1984 at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.
Dates:
Created: 1984
Helen R. Lowery Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 268
Scope and Contents
Oral History Interview with Helen R. Bott Lowery (1920-2011) which she discusses her experiences as a member and singer for Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, late 1920s-1930s and Paul Rader's leadership. Topics include: Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, 1927-1930s during Paul Rader's period as leader, music under Merrill Dunlop, Homer Rodeheaver, the food program, sermon topics, and mission rallies; also includes description of Tabernacle programs under Rader's successor, Clarence Erickson. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Howard Ferrin Interview.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1979-045
Dates:
1979
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 188
Scope and Contents
Letters, diaries, book and article manuscripts, sermon manuscripts and photographs related to Goforth's evangelistic work as a Presbyterian missionary in China, Korea and Manchuria.Includes some papers of Goforth's wife, Rosalind; reports on fleeing the Boxer Rebellion; descriptions of famine relief, attitudes about growing theological liberalism in North America, and the process of raising a family on the mission field. Persons featured include Feng Yu-hsiang, evangelist Paul...
Dates:
Created: 1888-1981
Melvin E. Trotter Papers
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
Merrill Dunlop Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 050
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, photographs, and a video recordings relating to the ministry of Merrill Dunlop (1905-2002).The oral history interviews with Merrill Dunlop cover his association with evangelist Paul Rader, early religious radio programming in Chicago, the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Youth for Christ, Christian evangelism and Christian music work. Merrill Dunlop was interviewed by Robert Shuster on November 21, 1978 and June 1, 1979, at Dunlop's home in Oak Park, Illinois....
Dates:
Created: 1978-1988
Merrill Dunlop oral history interview transcript and accompanying materials.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1998-060
Dates:
1938-1998
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Merrill Dunlop papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 9
Identifier: 2018-039
Dates:
1916-2002
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Miscellaneous evangelism materials.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2012-008
Dates:
1913-1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Moody Church Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 330
Brief Description
Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, church bulletins, minutes of meetings, and other records documenting the activities of the influential independent Chicago church started in 1864 by Dwight L. Moody; chiefly from ca. 1910 through 1946. Topics documented include worship services, Sunday school, the weekly activities in the congregation, the governance of the body, and various urban evangelistic outreaches of the church. Besides the history of the church, the collection also documents such...
Dates:
Created: 1864-1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Moody Church Records
"Only Believe" sheet music.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1984-029
Dates:
1971
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
"Only Believe" sheet music.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1984-030
Dates:
1949
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Oswald J. Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 322
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, audio tapes, hymn and poem manuscripts, lantern slides, phonograph records, negatives, photographs, tracts, posters, audio tapes, clippings, scrapbooks, etc., related to Oswald J. Smith's career as an evangelist, pastor, author and editor, hymn writer and poet, colporteur, and promoter of missions involvement. Includes material on the Smith family; his evangelistic ministry, particularly in Canada; the North American hymn publishing industry, particularly correspondence with...
Dates:
Created: 1890-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Oswald J. Smith Papers
Paul A. Contento Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 472
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul A. Contento in which he discusses his childhood, conversion, attendance at Moody Bible Institute, going to China in 1928 as a China Inland Mission worker, evangelistic work in Ningxia province (Inner Mongolia) and work among university students in southwest and northwest China, founding of the Inter-Varsity student movements in China, Singapore and Vietnam; Calvin Chao; the Sino-Japanese war; the communist takeover in China; founding of Singapore Bible...
Dates:
Created: 19992
Paul E. Johnson Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 399
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul E. Johnson (1909-1997) in which he talks about his family background; conversion; lay witness as a musician involved in the work of Pacific Garden Mission and various prison ministries; Chicago in the 1930's; the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle; the Christian Businessmen's Committee; Paul Rader, Jack Wyrtzen, Roger Malsbary; and the early days of Youth for Christ in Indianapolis. Other topics discussed include the Great Depression in Chicago, and Johnson's...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Paul Rader advertizing card, Family Bible League letter, and Family Altar League brochure.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2000-015
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Paul Rader and Luke Rader materials.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 8
Identifier: 2001-021
Dates:
1905-1994
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Paul Rader Collection
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Paul Rader Collection
Paul Rader materials
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2024-020
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Paul Rader materials.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1999-037
Dates:
1915-1988
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Paul Rader materials.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2021-009
Dates:
1911-1975
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Perry C. Straw Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 396
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Perry Clark Straw, an executive of the Moody Radio Network. Topics covered include Straw's childhood in the northeastern United States, his parent's work in starting and administering Baptist youth camps, memories of Percy Crawford and Jack Wyrtzen, his education at Southeastern Bible College and Moody Bible Institute, his early work in radio, discussion of Christian youth camps, descriptions of Percy Crawford, Jack Wyrtzen, WMBI, and the Chicago Gospel...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Peter Deyneka, Jr. Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 381
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Peter Simon Deyneka, Jr. (1931-2000) in which he describes his father, Peter Deyneka Sr; his own education at Wheaton College; and his early Christian work in Alaska, South America and Korea. Other topics discussed include: Deyneka's childhood in Chicago as the child of Russian immigrants, spiritual life on Wheaton College campus, decision to go into full-time ministry with the Slavic Gospel Association, working among the Aleut people in Alaska, refugee camps in...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Ray Schulenburg Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 270
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Roy Harvey Schulenberg (1909-2003) in which he discusses his conversion and involvement in Christian work, his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, the early days of Youth for Christ, evangelistic preaching, and city missions. Other topics discussed include: Rader’s radio ministry, Moody Memorial Church, evangelical figures who worked with or were influenced by Rader (Lance Latham, Richard Oliver, Howard Ferrin, Oswald Smith, Clarence Jones,...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Ruth M. Long Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 347
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruth Margaret (Hollander) Long in which she discusses her conversion, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary for the Sudan Interior Mission tohgether with her husband Burt) in Niger and Nigeria from 1950 through 1984. Other topics discussed include raising a family on the mission field, development of an AWANA program for Hausa children, evangelistic activities, impressions of the French colonial system, the independence of Niger, Hamami Diori,...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 285
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, oral history interviews, scrapbooks, sermons, minutes, reports, photos, posters, newspaper and magazine clippings, brochures, audio recordings, video recordings reflecting Johnson’s life as an influential American Protestant from the 1930s through the 1990s. Besides documenting Johnson’s pastorates of Midwest Bible Church (Illinois) and Bibletown Community Church (Florida), his leadership of Youth for Christ International, and his activities as an independent evangelist, the...
Dates:
Created: 1919 -2001
William B. Hogg sermons.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1984-009
Dates:
1932
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Willis Lowe papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2013-010
Dates:
1924-1996
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Additional filters:
- Type
- Collection 27
- Unprocessed Material 15
- Subject
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 19
- Conversion -- Christianity. 15
- Evangelistic work -- Illinois -- Chicago. 12
- Fundamentalism. 12
- Evangelistic sermons. 10
- Preaching. 10
- Radio in religion. 10
- Radio in religion -- United States. 9
- Sermons, American. 9
- Christian life. 8
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 7
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 7
- Gospel musicians -- United States. 7
- Religious institutions. 7
- Christian leadership. 6
- Church work with youth -- United States. 6
- Evangelistic invitations. 6
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 6
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Women -- Religious life. 6
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 5
- Christian education -- United States. 5
- Church and social problems -- United States. 5
- Cities and towns -- United States. 5
- City missions -- Illinois -- Chicago. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Songs and music. 5
- Gospel music. 5
- Missions -- Nigeria. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 5
- Chicago (Ill.) 4
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 4
- Christian education, Outdoor -- United States. 4
- Church work with youth -- Illinois -- Chicago. 4
- City missions -- United States. 4
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 4
- Evangelistic work -- China. 4
- Independent churches -- United States. 4
- Missions -- China. 4
- Missions -- Sermons. 4
- Music -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 4
- Salvation -- Sermons. 4
- Vacation schools, Christian. 4
- Youth -- United States -- Religious life. 4
- Youth -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 4
- Belief and doubt -- Sermons. 3
- Bible -- Sermons. 3
- Christian education of children -- United States. 3
- Church fund raising. 3
- Church work with children -- Illinois -- Chicago. 3
- Conversion -- Sermons. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Korea. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 3
- Evangelistic work -- South America. 3
- Evangelistic work. 3
- Faith -- Sermons. 3
- Independent churches -- Illinois -- Chicago. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions -- Public relations. 3
- Music -- United States. 3
- Radio audiences. 3
- Radio broadcasting -- United States. 3
- Radio in missionary work. 3
- Religious broadcasting -- United States. 3
- Sin -- Sermons. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- African Americans -- Religious life. 2
- Back Home Hour (Radio program) 2
- Bible -- Prophecies. 2
- Christian education -- Niger. 2
- Christian life -- Sermons. 2
- Church and state -- Niger. 2
- Church and state -- Nigeria. 2
- Church growth -- Niger. 2
- Church growth -- Nigeria. 2
- Church work with children -- United States. 2
- Church work with military personnel -- United States. 2
- Church work with the poor -- United States. 2
- Church work with women -- Niger. 2
- Divorce. 2
- Evangelicalism -- Relations -- Judaism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Ireland. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Japan. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Niger. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Vietnam. 2
- France -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Girls -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Commission (Bible) 2
- Hausa (African people) -- Niger. 2
- Heaven and home hour (Radio program) 2
- Hispanic Americans -- Religious life. 2
- Holy Spirit -- Sermons. 2
- Hymn writers -- United States. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Niger. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 2
- International relief -- Niger. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Journalism, Religious. 2 ∧ less
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