This collection contains drafts of John Pollock’s 1966 and 2004/2005 biographies of Billy Graham. The 1966 version was originally published as Billy Graham: The Authorized Biography. This book was reprinted in revised and expanded edition in 1969,  with the title Crusades: Twenty Years with Billy Graham.  It brought the story of Graham’s life up to 1969. Im 1979, Pollock published another biography of Graham entitled Billy Graham: Evangelist to the World, which covered the years from 1970 through 1979. Another condensed biography containing sections of the three previous books was published in 1985 under the title To All the Nations: The Billy Graham Story. This book also contained new material, carrying the story of Graham’s life and ministry up to 1984.

Boxes 1 and 2 contain handwritten and typewritten drafts of the biography of Dr. Graham written by John Pollock and published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. The manuscripts are not dated, but Pollock copyrighted his book in 1966. There is also a letter that Pollock sent with the manuscripts when he donated them to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in 1973.