Collection 528 Ephemera of Mission Aviation History
Collection
Identifier: CN-528
Correspondence, prayer letters, audio tapes, clippings, brochures, negatives, photos, and slides collected by former aviator John R. Wells.
Includes documentation on various denominational and nondenominational organizations and individuals covering the time period 1922 to 1989; represented are such agencies as the Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Wycliffe Bible Translators, and individuals such as Paul Carlson, George Fisk, Wally Herron, William Larkins, Fritz Loose, Carl Mortenson, Paul Robinson, Clarence Soderberg, and others. Hundreds of photos and slides depict the airplanes used, pilots, accidents, and other missionary activities.
Includes documentation on various denominational and nondenominational organizations and individuals covering the time period 1922 to 1989; represented are such agencies as the Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Wycliffe Bible Translators, and individuals such as Paul Carlson, George Fisk, Wally Herron, William Larkins, Fritz Loose, Carl Mortenson, Paul Robinson, Clarence Soderberg, and others. Hundreds of photos and slides depict the airplanes used, pilots, accidents, and other missionary activities.
Dates
- Created: 1922-1989
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Extent
6.00 boxes
Biographical or Historical Information
Aviator and compiler of historical materials; born January 15, 1929; attended Houghton College and Moody Bible Institute; flew as a pilot for North Central Airlines; employed at Wheaton College (1972-1992).
Other Descriptive Information
Related URL: http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/guides/528.htm
- Aeronautics in missionary work.
- Africa Inland Mission.
- Andes Evangelical Mission.
- Australian Inland Mission.
- Baptist Mid-missions (Organization)
- Carlson, Paul Earle,
- Catholic Church
- Catholic Church -- Missions.
- Christian Reformed Church
- Christian Reformed Church -- Missions.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions -- Alaska.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions -- Australia.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions -- Bolivia.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions -- Greenland.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions -- Indonesia.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions -- Laos.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions -- Mexico.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions -- Nigeria.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions -- Papua New Guinea.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions -- Philippines.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions -- Tanzania.
- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- Missions.
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society.
- Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Church -- Missions.
- Fisk, George,
- Herron, Walter,
- Mennonites
- Mennonites -- Missions.
- Methodist Church
- Methodist Church -- Missions.
- Mission Aviation Fellowship.
- Moody Bible Institute.
- Mortenson, Carl A.
- New Tribes Mission (Chicago, Ill.)
- OMS International.
- Robinson, Paul F.,
- SIM (Organization)
- Salvation Army.
- Soderberg, Clarence A.
- Southern Baptist Convention
- Southern Baptist Convention -- Missions.
- Wells, John R.,
- Wertheimer, Paul.
- World Gospel Mission.
- Wycliffe Bible Translators.
- Title
- Collection 528 Ephemera of Mission Aviation History
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Billy Graham Center Archives Repository