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Collection 363 Papers of Ruth M. Mellis

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Identifier: CN 363
Scope and Contents Correspondence, prayer letters, clippings, photographs, oral history interviews and audio tapes of missionary conference relating to the missionary career of Ruth M. Mellis. Materials document her work among orphans and students in Greece, the Greek Bible Institute, the Greek language, and Greater Europe Mission; oral history interviews describe her childhood, attendance at Wheaton College, work with Near East Relief in Siros, teaching public schools in the St. Louis area, teaching at the...
Dates: Created: 1928-1987

Collection 398 Oral History Interview with Wayne L. Gordon

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Identifier: CN 398
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Wayne LeRoy Gordon, pastor of Lawndale Community Church, a nondenominational church in Chicago's predominantly black community, Lawndale. Topics covered include Gordon's youth, the influence of his family on his spiritual growth, his call to work in the black community, his education at Wheaton College, ministry through Lawndale Community Church in Chicago (its structure, various ministries, including health care, education, and recreation), and the African...
Dates: Created: 1988

Collection 166 Oral History Interview with Roger Walkwitz

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Identifier: CN 166
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Roger Walkwitz in which he describes his early life in Wheaton, Illinois, education at Wheaton College, and experiences of 23 years in the Philippines (1958-1980) as a missionary with Far Eastern Gospel Crusade.  Other topics discussed include: the influence of Gil Dodds; the 1950 Wheaton College revival; work as a teacher-coach at Bryan College; aspects of cultural, religious and political life in the Philippines, including ranslation, church planting in the...
Dates: Created: 1980

Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen

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Identifier: CN 260
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...
Dates: Created: 1983

Collection 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah

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Identifier: CN 302
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with David Livingstone Farah, in which he discusses his upbringing, education at Wheaton College, work as an administrator with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru and Bolivia, and relationships with other religious bodies, national groups and governments. Other topics include the 1950 revival at Wheaton College; Wycliffe jungle training in Mexico; the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the prevalence of syncretism; differences between Peru and Bolivia; description of...
Dates: Created: 1985

Wheaton College Revivals Collection

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Identifier: CN 514
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews, questionnaires, reports, videos, and other materials relating to spontaneous revivals on Wheaton College campus in the twentieth century. There are restrictions on some material in this collection. The collection primarily documents the March 1995 revival at the College, largely through oral history interviews conducted during or shortly after the event; also included are thirteen follow-up interviews conducted two years after the revival.

Dates: Created: 1936-1997; Other: Majority of material found in 1994-1995

Collection 285 Papers of Torrey Maynard Johnson Sr.

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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

Collection 567 Papers of H. Wilbert Norton

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Identifier: CN 567
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, photographs, correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, pamphlets, and manuscripts relating to Gustav H.W. Norton's (1915-2017) work as an administrator and professor of theology and missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Wheaton College, as well as his involvement with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Evangelical Literature Overseas, and Mid-American Keswick. The collection documents Norton’s childhood, education, and career as professor of missions...
Dates: Created: 1950-2000

David M. Howard, Sr., Papers

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Identifier: CN 484
Scope and Contents Four oral history interviews, paper records, and photographs documenting David Howard's life and work with Latin American Mission, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and World Evangelical Fellowship. Topics covered in the interviews include Howard's childhood, Christian faith, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary and administrator with Latin America Mission; missions director for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, director of the 1980 Consultation on World Evangelization; and...
Dates: Created: 1968-1993

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Evangelicalism. 4
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Names
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 6
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 5
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 3
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 3
Armerding, Hudson T. 2
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Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
Bright, Bill. 2
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
Dyrness, Enock. 2
Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 2
Engstrom, Ted W. (Ted Wilhelm), 1916- 2
Howard, David M. 2
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 2
LeTourneau, R. G. (Robert Gilmour), 1888-1969. 2
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 2
Mixter, Russell L. 2
Moody Bible Institute. 2
Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Northwestern College (Roseville, Minn.) 2
Redpath, Alan. 2
Torrey, Edith C. 2
Troutman, Charles Henry, Jr. 2
Wheaton '83 2
Wolgemuth, Sam. 2
Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
Alexander, John W. (John Wesley), 1918-2002. 1
American Association for Jewish Evangelism. 1
American Indian Crusade. 1
American Leprosy Missions. 1
American Messianic Fellowship. 1
American Society of Missiology. 1
Armerding, Carl, 1889-1987. 1
Armstrong, John H. (John Harper), 1949- 1
Arzoomanian, Rose. 1
Asbury College (Wilmore, Ky.) 1
Asia Missions Association (Korea) 1
Asia Theological Association. 1
Association of Evangelical Professors of Missions. 1
Association of Theological Schools in South East Asia. 1
Barnhouse, Donald Grey, 1895-1960. 1
Barrows, Cliff. 1
Beougher, Timothy K. (Timothy Ken) 1
Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
Bibletown Community Church (Boca Raton, Fla.) 1
Bihl, Carl J. 1
Bright, Vonette Z. 1
Bryan College. 1
Bryant, Anita. 1
Campbell, Ken, 1934- 1
Cathedral of Tomorrow (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) 1
Cedar Lake Bible Conference Grounds. 1
Central American Mission. 1
Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 1
Christian Nurses Fellowship. 1
Church of the Resurrection of Illinois. 1
Church, Donald Lee, 1934-2020. 1
Claus, Tom. 1
Coleman, Robert E., 1928- 1
Colson, Charles W. 1
Compassion International. 1
Cook, Robert A., 1912- 1
Coptic Church. 1
Cornerstone College and Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary. 1
Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 1
Culbertson, William, 1905-1971. 1
Danielson, Rudolph. 1
Deyneka, Peter, 1931-2000. 1
Dorsett, Lyle W. 1
Dorsett, Mary. 1
Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
Drury, William A. 1
Dunlop, Merrill. 1
Engel, Kevin W. 1
European Christian Mission. 1
Evangelical Confederation of Colombia. 1
Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
Evangelical Literature Overseas. 1
Evangelism Explosion, Inc. 1
Evangelism-in-Depth. 1
Evans, Robert P., 1918-2011. 1
Far Eastern Gospel Crusade. 1
Farah, David L. 1
Fawcett, John W. 1
Fawcett, Nathanael T. 1
Fenton, Horace L. 1
Ford, Leighton. 1
Fowler, Ernie. 1
Freed, Paul E. 1
Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 1
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. 1
George Fox College. 1
Gih, Andrew. 1
Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.) 1
Gordon, Wayne. 1
Graham, James R. (James Robert), 1898-1982. 1
Greater Europe Mission. 1
Green, Frank O. 1
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975. 1
Hale, Clarence B. (Clarence Benjamin), 1905-1992. 1
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