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Collection 327 Oral History Interview with James K. Friedrich

 Collection
Identifier: CN 327
Scope and Contents Oral history with James Kempe Friedrich (1903-1966) by Mr. Kearney (?) in which Friedrich discusses his career as a pastor specializing in production of Christian films to be used in churches, particularly for children. Included is a discussion of his reasons for choice of actors, use of Walt Disney Studios, and effectiveness of a film ministry. The time period covered by the interview is circa 1930 to 1947.James K. Friedrich was interviewed by a Mr. Kearney (?) during the Fourth...
Dates: Created: 1947

Collection 216 Oral History Interview with Horst Marquardt

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Identifier: CN 216
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Horst Marquardt, in which he discusses his childhood in Germany under the Nazi government, his work for the Communist party in east Germany, his conversion to Christianity, and his career as director of Evangeliums-Rundfunk, the German branch of Trans World Radio. Other topics discussed include: Marquardt's involvement with Hitler's "Youth Movement," conversion to Christianity, his early radio career in East Germany, listener responses and conversion experiences,...
Dates: Created: 1982

Collection 382 Oral History Interview with Paul E. Freed

 Collection
Identifier: CN 382
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Paul Ernest Freed (1918-1996) in which he describes the founding of Trans World Radio in 1952, the history of the development of its administrative policies and work from that time to 1981, and about the use of radio in missionary work. Other topics discussed include: Freed's childhood as the son of Christian and Missionary Alliance workers in Syria, his education in Jerusalem and at Wheaton College, the business he started to help pay his way through college...
Dates: Created: 1981

Collection 190 Oral History Interview with Alan Travers

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Identifier: CN 190
Scope and Contents Oral History interviews with Alan Travers in which he discuess his work with Trans World Radio from 1959 to 1981, and the use of radio in missionary work. Topics discussed include: the history of TWR; technical and administrative details and policy of the organization; it's broadcasting and programming philosophy, finances, effectiveness and TWR's founder, Paul Freed; the locations of its stations throughout the world; how the staff members function in the stations and relate to the...
Dates: Created: 1959-1981

Collection 211 Oral History Interview with Maxwell A. Kerr

 Collection
Identifier: CN 211
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Maxwell A. Kerr (1912-1997) in which he discusses his early life, conversion, C. O. Baptista (his work, personality, and family), technical problem-solving and innovations, his career after Baptista Films, and his assessment of the Christian film industry. Other topics discussed include Kerr's conversion, impressions of Carl McIntire, and expriences while a professor at Wheaton College. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1935 to 1982....
Dates: Created: 1982

Collection 383 Oral History Interview with Itchaya Sitterley

 Collection
Identifier: CN 383
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Itchaya Sitterley in which she describes her family, life in Thailand, education, career in television and radio, conversion, the evangelistic use of folk drama, the Thai church and comparisons between it and the American church, and Buddhism. Other topics discussed include Sitterley's work with the Chrisitan Communicatins Institute; her marriage; main denominations and seminaries in Thailand; and education at Wheaton College; competition among churches in...
Dates: Created: 1987

Collection 399 Oral History Interview with Paul E. Johnson

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Identifier: CN 399
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Paul E. Johnson (1909-1997) in which he talks about his family background; conversion; lay witness as a musician involved in the work of Pacific Garden Mission and various prison ministries; Chicago in the 1930's; the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle; the Christian Businessmen's Committee; Paul Rader, Jack Wyrtzen, Roger Malsbary; and the early days of Youth for Christ in Indianapolis. Other topics discussed include the Great Depression in Chicago, and Johnson's...
Dates: Created: 1988

Collection 250 Oral History Interview with Robert Savage

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Identifier: CN 250
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Robert Carlton Savage (1914-1987) in which he discusses his work as a missionary evangelist in Colombia (1942-1944) and his work in Ecuador for missionary radio station HCJB and Youth for Christ (1944-1969). Topics discussed include: his call to mission work and service in Colombia and Ecuador with the Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), radio station HCJB, Youth for Christ, and various other mission-related topics. The time period covered by the interview is...
Dates: Created: 1983

Collection 346 Oral History Interview with Joshua Adjabeng

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Identifier: CN 346
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Joshua Adjabeng in which he discusses his childhood in Ghana, family, conversion to Christianity, education at Wheaton College; the Church of the Pentecost, evangelistic work among university students, Christian literature in Ghana. Other topics discussed include the condition of the church in Ghana, African Pentecostalism, and a comparison of the Christian church and Ghana and the United States. The time period covered by the interview is 1950-1986....
Dates: Created: 1986

Collection 270 Oral History Interview with Ray Schulenburg

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Identifier: CN 270
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Roy Harvey Schulenberg (1909-2003) in which he discusses his conversion and involvement in Christian work, his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, the early days of Youth for Christ, evangelistic preaching, and city missions. Other topics discussed include: Rader’s radio ministry, Moody Memorial Church, evangelical figures who worked with or were influenced by Rader (Lance Latham, Richard Oliver, Howard Ferrin, Oswald Smith, Clarence Jones,...
Dates: Created: 1984

Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson

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Identifier: CN 263
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Johanna (Larson) Carlson in which she describes growing up in Ecuador as the child of missionaries, her education at Westmont and Wheaton Colleges, her nursing experience, and her missionary service with her husband at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong. Other topics discussed include: the founding of a HCJB radio station by her father, Reuben Larson, and her involvement in Wheaton College's HNGR Program. Individuals described...
Dates: Created: 1983

Collection 416 Oral History Interviews with Benjamin L. Armstrong

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Identifier: CN 416
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Benjamin Leighton Armstrong in which he describes his family, particularly his father (Benjamin Leighton Armstrong Sr.) and grandfather (Benjamin Franklin Armstrong), his own conversion and spiritual growth, education at Nyack Bible College, New York University, Union Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, religious radio and television, Samuel Shoemaker, Paul Tillich, missions in the Christian and Missionary Alliance church, Voice of Tangiers and Trans World...
Dates: Created: 1989

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

Collection 247 Oral History Interview with Louis E. Knowlton

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Identifier: CN 247
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Louis E. Knowlton in which he discusses his career in evangelistic work and radio technology in Brazil for the Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. Topics discussed include Knowlton's early life, education, service as an Army chaplain's assistant, decision to go into technological ministry, work at WMBI and in Brazil, efforts as a street evangelist and beginnings of music studio, Brazilian churches, church-state relations, ethnic groups and cults, the use of...
Dates: Created: 1982

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Collection

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Identifier: CN 074
Brief Description Collection consists of a wide variety of materials (correspondence, form letters, audio tapes, films and videotapes, etc.) that document the ministry and history of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) in the United States and around the world. Based on earlier collecting protocols, the collection also contains material about Billy Graham personally, such as oral history interviews with his Wheaton College classmates.Originally this collection contained mainly...
Dates: Created: 1863-1999

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 387 Papers of William M. Miller

 Collection
Identifier: CN 387
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews and transcripts with William M. Miller in which he describes his education at Princeton, Christian faith, and work as a Presbyterian missionary to Iran from 1919 to 1962. Besides descriptions of his evangelistic, pastoral, and educational work, he also describes many aspects of Iranian and Islamic society. Most of the transcripts are of interviews done for the Presbyterian Historical Society.

Dates: Created: 1979-1988

Collection 446 Papers of Jack Wyrtzen

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Identifier: CN 446
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, audio tapes and video tapes relating to the ministry of Jack Wyrtzen.Series: Audio TapesTape 1 to Tape 7: Oral history interviews with Jack Wyrtzen in which he describes his parents, childhood, early influences, conversion, relations with other Christian leaders, development of the Word of Life Fellowship, radio and television work and youth work. The time period covered by the...
Dates: Created: 1991

Collection 078 Papers of Corrie ten Boom

 Collection
Identifier: CN 078
Scope and Contents

Papers of Dutch watchmaker, evangelist, author, and Christian aid worker Corrie ten Boom. The collection includes information on her father Casper ten Boom, her imprisonment in Ravensbrück concentration camp during World War II, her work among refugees after the war, her travels as an evangelist, the work of her two foundations, and the production of the film The Hiding Place. The collection includes audio tapes, correspondence, a film, notebooks, photos, photo albums, and video tapes.

Dates: Created: 1902-1997; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1983

Christianity Today Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 008
Brief Description Correspondence, memos, forms, financial reports, minutes of meetings, study papers, clippings and other records of the Evangelical Christian publishing organization. The records describe the founding of the organization to publish the magazine Christianity Today and its creation or acquisition of other publications such as Campus Life, Leadership, Leadership 100, Partnership, and Your Church. Besides material on the editing, publishing and distribution of these periodicals, the files also...
Dates: Created: Majority of material found within 1930, 1954-2002

Collection 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans

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Identifier: CN 279
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Morrell Evans (1899-1976) in which she discusses her childhood; education at Wheaton College; work with J. Elwin Wright; her Christian education activities; the development of the New England Fellowship, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship; and her work as a missionary in Taiwan. The time period covered by the interviews is 1899-1976.Elizabeth Evans was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 8,...
Dates: Created: 1984-1985

Latin America Mission Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 236
Brief Description Records of the mission, including correspondence, minutes, reports, memos, financial reports, policy statements, planning documents, promotional material, photographs, etc. Documents describe the origins of LAM (particularly the contribution of the Strachan family); evangelistic, church planting, educational, medical, and literature activities (primarily in Colombia and Costa Rica, but also many other Latin American countries and the United States); the restructuring of the mission in the...
Dates: Created: 1903-1994

Collection 349 Papers of Clarence W. Jones

 Collection
Identifier: CN 349
Scope and Contents Collection includes correspondence, reports, sermons, memos, minutes of meetings, clippings, photographs, videotapes, slides, and other materials relating to the career of mission executive Clarence W. Jones. The materials deal mainly with his work at the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle and the growth and development of the organization he helped found, the World Radio Missionary Fellowship, and especially its primary broadcasting station, HCJB in Ecuador. There is also an extensive amount of...
Dates: Created: 1915-1986

Youth for Christ Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 048
Brief Description Minutes, constitution and by-laws, clippings, newsletters, manuals, pamphlets, directories, press releases, audio tapes, videotapes, photographs, posters, club yearbooks, correspondence, etc., about the founding, development and growth, and activities of Youth for Christ in the USA and internationally.Collection documents organizational policies, correspondence of the organization's presidents, conventions and Bible quiz competitions, the operation of Campus Life clubs, Youth...
Dates: Created: 1944-ongoing; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-ongoing

E.J. Pace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 702
Brief Description

Copies of hundreds of E.J. Pace's cartoons, which applied a Protestant Fundamentalist theology to living the Christian life, the nature of God, and moral issues in the first half of the twentieth century in the United States. The collection consists mainly of lantern slides meant to be used in conjunction with prepared sermons, but there are also tracts and cartoons.

Dates: Created: 1917-1961

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Mass media in religion. 23
Evangelistic work. 22
Radio in religion. 18
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Evangelistic work -- United States. 11
Mass media in religion -- United States. 10
Radio in missionary work. 10
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Christian life. 8
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Mass media in missionary work. 8
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Bible. 7
Church work with youth. 7
Indigenous church administration 7
Missions -- Finance. 7
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Television in religion. 7
Catholic Church. 6
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City missions. 3
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College students in missionary work. 3
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Depressions -- 1929 3
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 3
Evangelistic invitations. 3
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Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 11
Wheaton College (Ill.) 10
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 8
Jones, Clarence W. 6
Johnson, Torrey Maynard, 1909- 5
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McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 5
Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996. 5
Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 4
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 4
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
Freed, Paul E. 4
Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 4
Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 4
Jones, Bob, 1911-1997. 4
National Association of Evangelicals. 4
Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 4
Trans World Radio. 4
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
Cook, Robert A., 1912- 3
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 3
HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 3
Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 3
Larson, Reuben. 3
LeTourneau, R. G. (Robert Gilmour), 1888-1969. 3
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 3
National Religious Broadcasters (U.S.) 3
Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 3
Savage, Robert Carlton, 1914-1987. 3
Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August) 3
Shea, George Beverly, 1909-2013. 3
Smith, Oswald J. 3
Taylor, Clyde W. (Clyde Willis), 1904-1988. 3
World Wide Pictures, Inc. 3
Wright, J. Elwin. 3
Armerding, Hudson T. 2
Barrows, Cliff. 2
Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 2
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
Bright, Bill. 2
Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 2
Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 2
Davis, Ralph T. 2
Dunlop, Merrill. 2
ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 2
Emery, Allan C. 2
Evangeliums-Rundfunk. 2
Evans, Robert P., 1918-2011. 2
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006. 2
Gaebelein, Frank E. (Frank Ely), 1899-1983. 2
Houghton, Will H., 1887-1947. 2
International Christian Broadcasters. 2
Jones, Howard O. 2
Kantzer, Kenneth S. 2
Kesler, Jay. 2
Latham, Lance B. 2
Latin America Mission. 2
Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968. 2
Marquardt, Horst. 2
Moody Bible Institute. 2
Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. 2
Northwestern College (Roseville, Minn.) 2
Oliver, Richard Weber, 1900-1930. 2
Palau, Luis, 1934- 2
Pierce, Bob, 1914-1978. 2
Rice, John R., 1895-1980. 2
Riley, W. B. (William Bell), 1861-1947. 2
Schaeffer, Edith. 2
Simpson, A. B. (Albert B.) 2
Smith, Wilbur M. (Wilbur Moorehead), 1894-1976. 2
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 2
Sunday, Helen Amelia Thompson, 1868-1957. 2
Taylor, Herbert John, 1893-1978. 2
Templeton, Charles Bradley., 1915- 2
Ten Boom, Corrie. 2
Tillich, Paul, 2
Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-1982. 2
Trotman, Dawson E. 2
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 2
Visser 't Hooft, Willem Adolph, 2
Voice of Tangiers (Radio station : Tanger, Morocco) 2
WMBI (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) 2
Wolgemuth, Sam. 2
World Evangelical Fellowship. 2
World Radio Missionary Fellowship. 2
World Vision International. 2
Youth for Christ/USA. 2
Adjabeng, Joshua. 1
Africa Inland Mission. 1
Afromedia Productions. 1
Ali, Muhammed, 1942-2016. 1
American Association for Jewish Evangelism. 1
American Bible Society. 1
American Council of Christian Churches. 1
American Indian Crusade. 1
American Messianic Fellowship. 1
American Scientific Affiliation. 1
Andrew, Brother. 1
Aquino, Benigno S., Jr., 1932-1983. 1
Armstrong, Ben (Benjamin L.), 1923-2010. 1
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