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Collection 475 Oral History Interview with W. Scott Nyborg

 Collection
Identifier: CN 475

Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with W. Scott Nyborg in which he describes his childhood, work with High School Evangelism Fellowship; the 1957 Billy Graham New York Crusade; the Sermons from Science exhibit at the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair; Office of Worldwide Evangelism-in-Depth (OWED) for Latin America Mission; In-Depth Evangelism Associates (IDEA); Reality Seminars with Latin America Mission; Christ for the City-Miami; co-workers Ruben Lores, Rene Padilla, Orlando Costas and John Huffman; attitudes of the American church towards the rest of the world; affect of Hurricane Andrew on Miami. The time period covered by the interview is 1917-1993.

Scott Nyborg was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on January 15, 1993, at the office of Latin America Mission in Miami, Florida.

Dates

  • Created: 1993

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on the use of this collection

Biographical Information

Full Name: W. Scott Nyborg

Birth: 1923, in Tacoma, Washington, United States

Death: 2020

Family:

Parents: Parents immigrated to the United States from Norway, 1917. Father was a pastor in the Evangelical Free Church denomination.

Siblings: 5 brothers & sisters

Marital Status: Married to Jane A. Newell in 1950s

Education:

?-1960 - Graduated Columbia Bible College, Columbia , South Carolina

Career:

AT&T, personnel department

?, 1957 - High School Evangelism Fellowship, oversaw high school clubs in Brooklyn & Queens

(?) 1950s, 1960-1963 - Gospel Volunteers of the World (Camp-of-the-Woods)

1963 - Christian Businessmen's Committee

1963-1965 - Director of Sermons from Science at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965, for Moody Institute of Science

1966-1970 - Latin America Mission, worked in Office of Worldwide Evangelism-in-Depth (OWED)

1970-1976 - Latin America Mission, seconded to In-Depth Evangelism Associates (IDEA)

? - Latin America Mission, Reality Seminars

1986-199? - Latin America Mission, director of Christ for the City-Miami

Extent

1 Audio Tape

75 Minutes

Language of Materials

English

Accruals and Additions

The materials in this collection were given to the Billy Graham Center Archives by Scott Nyborg in January 1993.

Accession: 93-07

April 2003

Christian F. Sawyer

Title
Collection 475 Oral History Interview with W. Scott Nyborg
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Roman Script

Repository Details

Part of the Evangelism & Missions Archives Repository

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