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InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 300

Dates

  • 1928-1992

Conditions Governing Access:

The contents of all folders which include material less than ten (10) years old are closed to researchers. Materials related to the Board of Trustees are closed for thirty (30) years from the date of the latest document in the file. Files identified to contain personnel information are restricted for seventy-five (75) years from the latest date of the folder. All the restricted files, listed below, cannot be used until the date noted without the written permission of two IVCF corporate officers. Request forms to be sent to the contact person should be obtained from the staff in the Reading Room. Requests for permission should be directed to:

Mr. Jim Lundgren, President

Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship

PO box 7895

Madison, WI 53707-7895

The following files have been restricted until December 31 of the corresponding year:

Folder # Restriction removed

2-15 2026

4-1,2 2025

7-13 2031

10-16 2025

10-20 2034

19-4 2044

19-5 2049

20-1 2051

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215-9 to 11,13 to 15,17 to 23,26,27 2053

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216-1 to 5,8,9,15 to 18,22,26 2053

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220-1 to 5 2054

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231-16,17,18 2055

232-1 to 6 2056

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349-18 2038

349-19,21 2041

349-20 2040

350-1,2,6 2040

350-3,4,8 2042

350-5 2039

350-7,9 to 13 2041

351-1 to 4,6 to 9 2041

351-5 2042

352-6 2055

352-9 2043

354-7,9 2040

354-10 2029

354-13,16 2032

355-1 2038

361-5 2014

365-20 2057

366-5 2014

368-6 2011

368-7 2016

368-8 2019

369-1 2011

369-2,3 2015

369-4 2016

372-4 2019

381-18 2021

381-19 2020

383-7 to 10 2018

Administrative History:

Evangelical organization working among college students in the United States; founded in 1940; headquarters in Chicago (1940-1969) and Madison, Wisc. (1969-present); lead by C. Stacey Woods (1940-1960), CharlesĀ  Hummel (1960-1961), Charles Troutman (1961-1965), John Alexander (1965- 1981), James McLeish (1981-1984), Gordon McDonald (1984-1987), Tom Dunkerton (1987-1988), Steve Hayner (1988- ); emphasizes evangelism and discipleship of students and participation in world missions; campus groupsĀ  are directed by student leaders; publishes books through InterVarsity Press; convenes triennial Student Missions Conventions in Urbana, Ill., after its first in Toronto in 1946; has ministry among nurses (Nurses Christian Fellowship) and a media division (Twenty-One Hundred); is a member movement in International Fellowship of Evangelical Students.

Founded: November 1940. Inter-Varsity was pioneered by staff of Canada's Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, which was in turn launched by staff from Great Britain's Inter-Varsity Fellowship (later called Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship).

Location of headquarters:

1940-1969 Chicago, Illinois

20 N. Wacker Dr. (1940-1943)

64 E. Lake St. (1943-1946)

64 W. Randolf (1946-1950)

1444 N. Astor (1950-1956)

1519 N. Astor (1956-1965)

130 N. Wells (1965-1969)

1969-present Madison, Wisconsin

Carroll Hall (1969-1970)

233 Langdon (1970-1986)

6400 Schroeder Rd. (1986-present)

Directors:

1940-1960 C. Stacey Woods

1960-1961 Charles Hummel

1961-1965 Charles Troutman

1965-1981 John Alexander

1981-1984 James Mc Leish

1984-1987 Gordon Mc Donald

1987-1988 Tom Dunkerton

1988- present Steve Hayner Ministry speciality or emphasis: Evangelism and discipleship among college and university students in the United States, and promoting participation in and support of world missions. IVCF's philosophy was built on student leadership of campus groups, served by staff workers. Inter-Varsity has made a significant contribution to American Evangelicalism through its grass roots leadership training of students, its books published by Inter-Varsity Press, its missions emphasis particularly as expressed in the triennial Urbana Student Missionary Conventions (held first in Toronto in 1946, and from 1948 afterward in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois).

Major ministry areas: Campus ministry, Inter-Varsity Press (produced HIS Magazine, 1941-1987), Twenty-One Hundred (media division), Nurses Christian Fellowship

Affiliations: Inter-Varsity is one of many member movements which comprise the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), representing different nations.

Other historical background sources: Inter-Varsity's history is extensively documented in Keith and Gladys Hunt's For Christ and the University, published in 1991 by Inter-Varsity Press, which includes an extensive organizational time line.

Extent

404 Boxes (DC), Audio Recordings, CDs, Films, Negatives, Oversize Materials, Photographs, Sound Recordings

Language of Materials

English

Accruals:

The records in the collection were created or gathered by the staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. They were given to the BGC Archives in August 1984, March 1985, September 1987, February 1988, March 1989, April 1992 and May 1996. Materials which were not included in the collection, whether as duplicates or for other reasons, were discarded at the donor's request.

August 28, 1997

Acc.: 84-100, 85-40, 87-114, 88-9, 89-16, 92-41, 96-37

Paul A. Ericksen

M. Bergstedt

J. Breithaupt

M. Congdon

J. Ericksen

M. Ericksen

S. Ericksen

T. Harder

S. Henning

Updated: November 19, 2010

Accessions: 95-8

Paul Ericksen

B. Shuster Updated: June 19, 2013

Accession: 82-103, 07-68, 12-25 Bob Shuster P. Bartow

Related Materials:

The Branch: Student Newspaper of Inter-Varsity, 1972-1977

Vol. 1, No. 1-9 Vol. 2, No. 1-9 Vol. 3, No. 1-9, plus overseas special issue Vol. 4, No. 5 Vol. 5, No. 1-5, 7,8 Vol. 6, No. 1 (final issue)

Christian International Student

The publication was written "for Christian students from other countries who are temporarily studying in the United States." Includes articles by David Adeney, Bakht Singh, Paul E. Little, Samuel Kamalesan, P.T. Chandapilla, Edwin Yamauchi.

Vol. I, No. 1, 2 Vol. II, No. 2 Vol. III, No. 1,2 Vol. IV, No. 1,2 Vol. V, No. 1,2

Christian News from Israel

Vol. XIII No. 1 Vol. XIV No. 1, 3, 4

The International Student (later titled International Students Conquest for Christ, see below)

1955: Mar., Jun., Jul. 1956: Jan., Feb., Apr., May, Jul., Sep., Nov., Dec. 1957: Jan., Mar., Apr.

International Students Conquest for Christ

1957: Jun., Aug., Sep., Nov., Dec. 1958: Feb., Mar., May, Jun., Jul., Sep. 1959: Jan., Mar., Apr., May, Jul., Aug.

Student & World Connection

Vol. 2 No. 1

Physical Description

159.00

Title
Guide to the Collection 300 Records of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Language of description
English
Script of description
Roman Script

Repository Details

Part of the Evangelism & Missions Archives Repository

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