Collections | Archives of Wheaton College

Berea St. John Feiner Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 202

Scope and Contents Correspondence, articles, photographs, and various other materials created or compiled by Berea St. John Feiner. Collection includes items on a wide variety of missionary endeavors over a span of 140 years, notes of explanation with individual items, missionary stories, Feiner's and others' published articles concerning the work Harold L. and Biola Ogilvie in Nigeria and other Sudan Interior Mission personnel, a J. Herbert Kane article on Roland Bingham. Topics covered include missions in...

Dates: Created: 1834-1973

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Billy and Helen Sunday Ephemera

Collection

Identifier: CN 029

Scope and Contents Newspaper clippings, bulletins, counselor training materials, promotional pieces, correspondence, audio tapes, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, films and other materials gathered by the Archives from varied sources, all of which relate to the Billy and/or Helen Sunday lives and evangelistic ministry. These records had no existence as a unit until they were put together by the Archives staff. Hence they are called "ephemera" as opposed to a collection of Billy and Helen Sunday materials...

Dates: Created: 1907-1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Billy Graham Ephemera

Collection

Identifier: CN 015

Scope and Contents Collection contains materials gathered by the archivist relating to Billy Graham's life and early ministry. Includes miscellaneous correspondence to Ray Schulenberg, Richard, Mouw, and Charles Fuller, among others. Also includes a copy of Peace with God annotated by Ruth Bell Graham, which she revised for a second edition in 1984. Of particular interest is a scrapbook kept by Graham during his attendance at Florida Bible Institute and Wheaton College. The Archives only has a...

Dates: Created: 1934-2014

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Collection

Collection

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Bob Harrison Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 557

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Bob Harrison (1928-2012) in which he describes his family, grandmother's (Cornelia Jones Robertson) involvement in original Azusa Street church in Los Angeles and association with Aimee Semple Mc Pherson, racial conditions in America and the church, influence of his mother and grandmother, his musical development and experience as a jazz vocalist, conversion, writing When God Was Black; high receptivity of Third World people to...

Dates: Created: 1998

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Charles W. Colson Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 275

Brief Description Correspondence, memos, book, article and editorial manuscripts, texts of speeches, legal papers, newspaper clippings, testimony transcripts, magazine articles, audio tapes, and photographs, all documenting many of the major phases of Colson's life, including his work as a political advisor to President Richard Nixon, his involvement in the Watergate scandal, his conversion to Christian faith that caused him to plead guilty to one of the charges against him, his imprisonment, and his life...

Dates: Created: 1960-1990

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

CN 285 - Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers.

Collection

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 038 Ephemera of Paul Rader

Collection

Identifier: CN 038

Scope and Contents Newsletters, sermon manuscripts, scrapbooks, programs, pamphlets, photographs, negatives, brochures, a taped sermon, slides, thesis materials, and more, documenting Paul Rader's life and ministry. The material deals mainly with his radio work and the organizations he founded, including the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle. Additional material includes items about Rader gathered for a planned biography, sermons of other preachers who spoke at the Tabernacle, newsletters and magazines published by...

Dates: Created: 1899-1996

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 040 Papers of Andrew Wyzenbeek

Collection

Identifier: CN 040

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Chicago manufacturer and inventor, Andrew Wyzenbeek, who was very active as a layman in evangelistic work. Among other topics he discusses his early life in Holland, New York City, and Iowa at the turn of the century; his travels in Central and South America; his acquaintance with Billy Sunday, Paul Rader, and Peter Deyneka; the beginnings of the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle; and the beginning of Paul Rader's radio ministry. The collection also contains a folder with...

Dates: Created: 1978

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 047 Papers of Melvin E. Trotter

Collection

Identifier: CN 047

Scope and Contents Sermons, personal memorabilia, audio tape of Trotter's preaching, negatives, photographs, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, and correspondence related to Trotter's ministry as an evangelist and in rescue mission work. Collection combines Trotter's papers and the City Rescue Mission's records, including invitations to speak, responses to invitations from Trotter to speak at the mission, an abstract of a deed, requests for funds, testimonials to the good work of the mission, reports from...

Dates: Created: 1899-1972

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 050 Ephemera of Merrill Dunlop

Collection

Identifier: CN 050

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, photographs, and a video recordings relating to the ministry of Merrill Dunlop (1905-2002).The oral history interviews with Merrill Dunlop cover his association with evangelist Paul Rader, early religious radio programming in Chicago, the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Youth for Christ, Christian evangelism and Christian music work. Merrill Dunlop was interviewed by Robert Shuster on November 21, 1978 and June 1, 1979, at Dunlop's home in Oak Park, Illinois....

Dates: Created: 1978-1988

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 061 Papers of Billy and Helen Sunday

Collection

Identifier: CN 061

Scope and Contents Microfilm edition of original documents held in Winona Lake, Indiana, including correspondence, sermons, reports, revival ephemera, and scrapbooks dealing mainly with the career of evangelist Billy Sunday from its beginning to his death and about the work of his wife Helen, who, besides acting as his general manager, was a fundamentalist leader in her own right, especially after his death. Persons featured include numerous fundamentalist figures and institutions; sermon topics cover a wide...

Dates: Created: 1882-1974

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 068 Papers of Hugh Bourne

Collection

Identifier: CN 068

Scope and Contents

Microfilm copy of a journal kept by Hugh Bourne, British evangelist and revivalist, about his mission trip to Upper Canada on behalf of the Primitive Methodist Church. In 1845, he began a tour of the northeastern U.S.A. circuits, and then sailed from New York for England in March, 1846. Includes material on camp meetings, temperance, and Methodists.

Dates: Created: 1844 - 1848

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 076 Papers of Judson E. Conant

Collection

Identifier: CN 076

Scope and Contents Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, sermon notes and personal notes relating to the ministry of Judson Eber Conant. The collection also contains ordination materials and his examination for a preaching license. Of particular interest in the oversize collection is Conant's license to preach.[NOTE: In the Scope & Content section, the notation "folder 2-5" means box 2, folder 5.]This is a very small collection of materials pertaining to Rev. Judson E....

Dates: Created: 1875-1955

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 077 Papers of J. Wilbur Chapman

Collection

Identifier: CN 077

Scope and Contents

Microfilm from the Presbyterian Historical Society of correspondence, sermons, sermon notes, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia documenting the life and ministry of J. Wilbur Chapman. Materials detail Chapman's life from his early education through his pastoral Ministry and full-time evangelistic work. Documents also relate to his interests in Bible conference centers in Winona Lake, IN; Montreat, NC; and Stony Brook, NY.

Dates: Created: 1880-1918

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 085 Papers of William H. Wrighton

Collection

Identifier: CN 085

Scope and Contents

Sermons, clippings, articles, manuscripts, notebooks, personal records, correspondence and miscellaneous items relating to the William Wrighton's career as a pastor, professor, writer. Also in this collection are photographs of Wrighton and his family and friends.

Dates: Created: 1903-1963

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 087 Papers of Fredrik Franson

Collection

Identifier: CN 087

Scope and Contents Microfilm copy of correspondence, reports, excerpts from sermons and other writings collected by Rev. Edward P. Torjesen on the life and ministry of Fredrik Franson (1852-1908). Materials include articles written about evangelistic work, prophecy conferences, missionary efforts on several continents, and the recruitment of Christian workers. Persons featured include mission founders A.B. Simpson and James Hudson Taylor. Materials include articles in several languages. Documents are arranged...

Dates: Created: 1872-1909

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 088 Papers of Paul and Catharine Gieser

Collection

Identifier: CN 088

Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Kenneth Gieser and letters reporting to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville, TN on the Gieser’s work in China, written between October 19, 1934, and November 1, 1936. Also contains audio tapes and transcripts of autobiographical statements.

Dates: Created: 1934-1979

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 089 Papers of Paul P. Stough

Collection

Identifier: CN 089

Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews, films, videos relating to Paul P. Stough’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo with Africa Inland Mission. Materials contain information on Stough's father, Henry Stough, Wheaton College, Paul Stough's work as a missionary for Africa Inland Mission in the Belgian Congo (Zaire) and Kenya from the 1920s to the 1970s, and generally on the spread of Christianity in Africa.

Dates: Created: 1979-1992

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 090 Papers of George F. Spotts

Collection

Identifier: CN 090

Scope and Contents

An oral history interview, correspondence, reports and clippings relating to George Spotts’ work as a Youth for Christ staff member in France and the United States involved in evangelistic work among teenagers.

Dates: Created: 1960-1979

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 095 Ephemera of William B. Riley

Collection

Identifier: CN 095

Scope and Contents

Films, including a home movie, microfilm of scrapbooks, notebooks, clippings, and sermons of William Bell Riley, noted Fundamentalist, Baptist minister, theologian,and founder and president of of Northwestern Bible School in Minnesota.

Dates: Created: 1903-1945

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 098 Ephemera of William Booth

Collection

Identifier: CN 098

Scope and Contents An audio tape with excerpts from two of William Booth's sermons, one of which contains a reference to Salvation Army; two autographs of Booth, one dated 1921, one undated; one video tape containing black and white photos and filmed segments of Salvation Army activities, including Booth's funeral. Also includes a brief commentary of Salvation Army history in Depression years in the United States, and activities during World War II. Included on the video tape is a 5 minute sermon by Harry...

Dates: Created: 1921

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 099 Records of the Little Country Church of Hollywood Radio Program

Collection

Identifier: CN 099

Scope and Contents

Collection contains 24 recordings of radio broadcasts of The Little Country Church of Hollywood, a religious radio program founded by Dr. William B. Hogg in January 1933. Specific titles are available on the location record although the air dates are unknown. The broadcasts usually lasted fifteen minutes. Collections also contains a color postcard with a picture of the exterior fo the Little Country Church of Hollywood.

Dates: Created: 1933-1937

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 100 Ephemera of Charles E. Fuller

Collection

Identifier: CN 100

Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings, sermons, radio logs, form letters to supporters, publicity materials of Charles Fuller's Old Fashioned Revival Hour radio programs, and audio tapes and phonograph records of the program and of gospel music.

Dates: Created: 1940-1968

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 101 Papers of Robert W. Roberts

Collection

Identifier: CN 101

Scope and Contents Correspondence, account books, photographs, and other records mostly concerned with Robert William Roberts' tasks as a worker for the American Sunday School Union from 1907 to 1913.Most of the records in the collection date to Roberts' career as a worker for the American Sunday School Union from 1907-1913. A few items are from his post-1913 career. The bulk of the collection is made up of his account books with one folder each of commissions, correspondence, obituaries,...

Dates: Created: 1907-1964

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 103 Ephemera of Aimee Semple McPherson

Collection

Identifier: CN 103

Scope and Contents

Sermon transcripts, sermon notes, audio tape recordings of sermons, films, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, video tape, and evangelistic campaign literature related to Aimee Semple McPherson's ministry as an evangelist, radio speaker, public figure and founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. Most of the materials in this collection are available from the BGC Archives only on microfilm.

Dates: Created: 1921-1946

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 105 Oral History Interview with Paul D. Votaw

Collection

Identifier: CN 105

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Paul Dean Votaw (1917-2007) in which he describes his childhood; education at Wheaton College, Dallas Seminary, and Princeton Seminary; and missionary activities in Syria and Lebanon. The time period covered by the interview is roughly 1917-1954.Reverend Paul Votaw was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 4, 1980, at the Graham Center offices in Wheaton. The first ten minutes of the interview are barely decipherable due to technical difficulties. The...

Dates: Created: 1980

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 106 Ephemera of Henry W. Stough

Collection

Identifier: CN 106

Scope and Contents Evangelistic campaign materials, correspondence, an autobiographical manuscript, microfilm of clippings scrapbooks, scrapbook, sermons, sermon notebooks, and photographs relating to the evangelistic career of Stough.Sermon notes, autobiographical manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, a microfilmed scrapbook of Stough's 1915 campaigns in Altoona and Lancaster (Pennsylvania), sermon notebooks, and a xeroxed copy of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and pamphlets from the 1916...

Dates: Created: 1911-1939

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 108 Papers of J. Palmer Muntz

Collection

Identifier: CN 108

Scope and Contents Correspondence, newspaper clippings, a book manuscript, a film script, tapes of sermons and speeches, and other items which describe Muntz's early career as director of the Winona Lake Bible Conference, the early development of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the criticism it received, the careers of Billy Sunday and other evangelists. There are also several sermons on Christian prophecy and evangelism to the Jewish people. Topics covered include information on Palmer's career...

Dates: Created: 1947-1986

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 111 Papers of Charles H. Troutman, Jr.

Collection

Identifier: CN 111

Scope and Contents Correspondence, minutes, reports, manuals, and other records documenting Charles Troutman's career in Christian ministry among university students, first with Inter-Varsity in the United States and Australia and then with Latin America Mission. This collection also contains a great deal of information on evangelical Christianity in the United States, Australia and Latin America; Troutman's letters from his service in the Pacific in World War II; and reports and other information relative to...

Dates: Created: 1924-1992

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 112 Papers of J. Frank Norris

Collection

Identifier: CN 112

Scope and Contents Microfilm edition of about 29,000 items relating to the career of pastor, editor, and controversialist John Franklyn Norris. Major topics include: evolution, 1928 presidential election, radio evangelism, communist infiltration of the churches, and internal disruption at Baylor University. Originals (and copyright) is retained by the Dargan-Carver Library, Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville, TN. Documents record the 1928 presidential election, radio evangelism, communist infiltration of...

Dates: Created: 1928-1952

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 114 Ephemera of Hyman J. Appelman

Collection

Identifier: CN 114

Scope and Contents Brochures, press releases, 1977 annual report, published biographical sketch, undated audio tape recording of Hyman J. Appelman's testimony, and materials relating to a crusade held in Grand Rapids, Mich., November 7-26, 1944: correspondence, mostly with Pat Zondervan, building lease, Christian Business Men's Committee's constitution and by-laws, and postcard reports of results of various crusades. is also included. Brochures mark the 30th, 35th, and 40th anniversaries of Appelman's...

Dates: Created: 1942-1978

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 118 Ephemera of Mordecai Ham

Collection

Identifier: CN 118

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, oral history interviews, newspaper clippings, microfilm, periodicals, photographs, sermon transcripts and notebooks. It documents in a non-comprehensive way Ham’s preaching style, some of his evangelistic meetings; his campaigns against Roman Catholics, Jews, evolution, and for the prohibition of alcohol and the racial hierarchy in the American South. There is in particular a great deal of material about the 1934 meetings in Charlotte when Billy...

Dates: Created: 1875-1983; Majority of material found within 1915-1934

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 120 Ephemera of John Elward Brown, Sr.

Collection

Identifier: CN 120

Scope and Contents

Collection includes twelve cassette tapes of John E. Brown's sermons comprise the bulk of the collection. The tapes contain thirty-five sermons and an introduction from the series "Whose Son Is He," recorded by Brown in 1955 on the deity of Christ.

Archive holdings also include a photograph of a children's choir taken during a campaign in Santa Ana, California. The date is unknown.

Dates: Created: 1955

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 123 Ephemera of William M. Branham

Collection

Identifier: CN 123

Scope and Contents Photographs, films, video tapes, and over 1,200 audio tapes containing sermons preached by charismatic-healing evangelist William Marrion Branham, including the healing portion of services.This collection contains primarily audio tapes, but also films, photographs, and books relating to William Branham's ministry as a healing evangelist. One of Branham's meetings (Washington, DC, 1953) was recorded on film, providing a visual example of his preaching style and healing work....

Dates: Created: 1947-1967

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 128 Ephemera of Henry Ward Beecher

Collection

Identifier: CN 128

Scope and Contents Autograph, newspaper clippings, photograph, and booklet. Clippings include coverage of Henry Ward Beecher's trial in civil court for adultery in 1875, articles about him with sermon excerpts, reminiscences by his widow and posthumously published articles by Beecher. The 176-page booklet was published as part of the lawsuit and contains transcripts of the proceedings.[Note: In the Scope & Content section, the notation "folder 2-5" means "box 2, Folder...

Dates: Created: 1870-1893

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 129 Ephemera of Thomas Dewitt Talmage

Collection

Identifier: CN 129

Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter to Dr. McKenzie inviting him to the dedication of Thomas Dewitt Talmage's new tabernacle in Brooklyn, New York; a second letter from Talmage refuting the charge that he had visited an actor to increase his speaking abilities; and news articles by Talmage clipped from the LADIES HOME JOURNAL. The clippings were part of a regular series of short articles by Talmage appearing each month in the magazine on topics such as Thanksgiving, women, and the Christian...

Dates: Created: 1891-1894

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 130 Ephemera of Homer Rodeheaver

Collection

Identifier: CN 130

Scope and Contents Audio tapes, newspaper clippings, phonograph records and photographs relating to the musical career and ministry of Homer Rodeheaver. This collection consists mostly of materials from the Homer A. Rodeheaver Company, a publisher of gospel music. There are several different types of order blanks and promotional materials. One newspaper clipping from 1937 refers to his appearance on a CBS radio affiliate playing his trombone. Other items include two issues of Rodeheaver's Musical News which...

Dates: Created: 1916-1939

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 139 Oral History Interview with Frances Rader Longino

Collection

Identifier: CN 139

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Frances Rader Longino (1909-1996) in which she recounts memories of evangelists Billy Sunday, Mel Trotter, Homer Rodeheaver, and her uncle, Paul Rader. Other topics include: city mission work and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Pacific Garden Mission, Winona Lake, and Cedar Lake Conference Grounds. Also included are reminiscences of Rader's reaction to Aimee Semple Mc Pherson, the formation of Scripture Press, Billy Graham's early preaching and crusades, and some...

Dates: Created: 1980

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 140 Oral History Interview with Everett Mitchell

Collection

Identifier: CN 140

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Everett Mitchell (1898-1990) who as a teenager sang invitation songs at Billy Sunday evangelistic campaigns. Other topics discussed include: Mitchell's background, music and radio career, musical training, Billy and Helen Sunday, evangelistic work in Chicago, Gipsy Smith, Homer Rodeheaver, other evangelists, career as a war correspondent during the Korean War, religious use of radio, evangelistic rallies and crusade music. The time period covered by the intervew...

Dates: Created: 1989-1980

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 143 Papers of Charles Finney

Collection

Identifier: CN 143

Scope and Contents Microfilm edition of originals in the Oberlin College Library. Includes incoming correspondence, sermon outlines from 1853-75, lecture outlines, and articles. Calendar and index are on reel 1. Also includes two letters relating to Finney, one dated January 6, 1845, written by Lydia to William Westervelt, describing a sermon of Finney's to which many responded. A second letter from Finney, dated January 15, 1873, was written to Brother Pierson discussing the location of Pierson's parents'...

Dates: Created: 1817-1875

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 144 Records of the Missionary Society of Connecticut

Collection

Identifier: CN 144

Scope and Contents

Microfilm edition of missionary correspondence, superintendents' correspondence, administrative records, and printed matter generated by the Missionary Society of Connecticut. Mission areas included those with a heavy concentration of New England settlers: Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, New Connecticut (Ohio). There was also an effort toward American Indians. All reels are 35mm.

Dates: Created: 1759-1948; Other: Majority of material found in 1793-1899

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 154 Records of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Lambeth Palace Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 154

Scope and Contents The collection consists of about two thousand five hundred letters and eight volumes of minutes covering the formative years of the Society, 1701-1750. Later papers document the establishment of the American episcopate after the Revolution. The correspondence is primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns Eurasia, especially China and India. Correspondence primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns work in Eurasia, particularly China and India. Topics covered...

Dates: Created: 1679-1790

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 155 Records of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts

Collection

Identifier: CN 155

Scope and Contents This collections consists of 27 reels of microfilm containing incoming and outgoing letters written by S.P.G. secretaries, including letters and papers from and to missionaries in the American colonies both on the North American continent and in the Caribbean from colony governors and other individuals, from SPG subscribers in England, and from churches on the European continent. Subjects documented include missions and evangelistic work.The collection consists of 27 reels of...

Dates: Created: 1701-1786

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 168 Records of the American Sunday School Union

Collection

Identifier: CN 168

Scope and Contents Correspondence records social and political history, including slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction period. Also documented is outreach to African and Native Americans, missions in Canada, China, France, Germany, Russia, India, and South America. This microfilm edition of the ASSU records, arranged in three series: (l) Correspondence and Reports, 1817-1915; (2) Administrative Records, 1817-1915; and (3) YOUTH'S PENNY GAZETTE, 1843-1860, and Catalogs, 1817-1910. Originals are housed in...

Dates: Created: 1817-1915

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby

Collection

Identifier: CN 171

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and personal papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby, missionaries in Lisbon and Santiago do Cacem, Portugal, under The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Collection includes interviews, articles, correspondence, prayer letters, manuscript notes, and other material from the Bobbys about their mission work, including evangelism and radio broadcasting. The correspondence also includes information on various theological issues and American Christian leaders. The oral...

Dates: Created: 1980-1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 177 Papers of Zoe Anne Alford

Collection

Identifier: CN 177

Scope and Contents This collection contains curriculum materials and lecture notes, manuscripts of messages, correspondence, prayer letters, financial records, clippings, maps, promotional materials, minutes, photographs, newsletters, oral history interview, documenting Zoe Anne Alford's work in India and among Navajo Indians in New Mexico. The collection provides a broad overview of her education, preparation and missionary career, extending from her grammar school education into her retirement. It provides...

Dates: Created: 1925-1983

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 180 Papers of Carl Armerding

Collection

Identifier: CN 180

Scope and Contents Diaries, correspondence, scrapbook, travel documents, oral history interview, sermons and other materials documenting Carl Armerding's career and ministry, especially his work as a Bible teacher, preacher, and leader of Central American Mission.Interview topics covered include Armerding's family background, education, recollections of Billy Sunday, Gipsy Smith, Henry Ironside and Will Houghton, missions and evangelism in Honduras and the Bahamas, speaking engagements, teaching...

Dates: Created: 1903-1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

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