Collections | Archives of Wheaton College

Human Needs Global Resources (HNGR) Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-016

Scope and Contents

Minutes of the HGNR Committee

Dates: Created: 1981-1987; Other: Majority of material found in 1981-1987

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Human Resources Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-07-026

Scope and Contents

Policies, manuals, Handbooks, Scales, general files of the Human Resources Department

Dates: Created: 1958-1987; Other: Majority of material found in 1969-1987

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Scope and Contents This collection includes a letter, several articles, and photographs, which contain information about the college or people connected with the college. The letter is dated 1930 and is by missionary Dorothea Keeney. She describes the inauguration of the college's first Chinese president, Lucy C. Wang; the school's commencement; and a wedding of one of the staff. One of the articles is by Lucy Wang and from the July 31 issue of Woman's Missionary Friend. It...

Dates: Created: 1920-1931

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Hyman J. Appelman Collection

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

Hymnal Collection

Collection — Container: Books1

Identifier: SC-015

Scope and Contents This extensive hymnal collection serves as an historical collection of Anglo-American, Protestant hymnals, ranging in date from the 1790s to the present and provides examples of hymns of praise, exhortation, description, and meditation. Chronologically, the collection contains items representing nearly every year of the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries with peaks in the 1900s and 1920s. Nearly 400 volumes are undated. Additionally, this collection exhibits titles from many different...

Dates: Other: -

Found in: Special Collections

Ian and Helen Anderson Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 231

Scope and Contents Correspondence, diaries, articles, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, photo albums, songbooks, lecture and sermon notes, maps, audio tapes, etc. related to the Ian and Helen Anderson's mission work with the Overseas Missionary Fellowship. The materials document their careers in China until 1951, in Taiwan until 1956, and in the Philippines until 1971, and again in Taiwan until 1974. Materials also reflect their work as regional representatives for OMF following their retirement in 1974....

Dates: Created: 1928-1995

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 317

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Ian Harper Cooke and Ruth Eileen (Witmer) Cook, in which Ian describes his childhood and education in South Africa, college education at Wheaton College, training for missionary work, medical missions work in South Africa with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), the Zulus, apartheid, and the national church; and Ruth describes her childhood, conversion, and intention to become a missionary nurse, education at West Suburban Hospital and Wheaton College,...

Dates: Created: 1985

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ian M. Hay Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 503

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Ian M. Hay in which he describes his childhood; missionary parents and their work in Nigeria; Hay's spiritual growth and call to missions; education and training for missionary work; Sudan Interior Mission (later renamed SIM International) for which he worked (as a missionary, administrative executive and director); missionary work in Nigeria; indigenous church administration (particularly in the Evangelical Church of West Africa or ECWA); Other topics discussed...

Dates: Created: 1994

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Illinois Institute Records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: RG-00-001

Scope and Contents

Records of the predecessor Illinois Institute (1852-1860)

Dates: Created: 1855-1902; Other: Majority of material found in 1855-1857

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Inge Rydland Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 440

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Inge Herman Rydland in which he describes his family's Lutheran evangelistic work in Norway; his own call to become a missionary; his and his wife's departure to Ethiopia as workers of the Swedish Evangelical Mission in 1977; his work in Ethiopia as a teacher and as a community development work. Other topics discussed include: the work of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Meaken Yesus; church state relations; effect of the Ethiopian political situation on the...

Dates: Created: 1991

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ingrid H. Trobisch Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 400

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Ingrid Hult Trobisch (1926-2007) in which she describes her childhood in Tanzania as the daughter of missionaries and her own missionary service in Africa with husband Walter Trobisch. Other topics discussed include: first impressions of Africa, especially French Cameroon; observations about the role of women in Africa; African views of marriage and gender roles; medical care in Africa; the Christian church in Cameroon; the Muslim population in Cameroon;...

Dates: Created: 1988

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Institute for Advanced Christian Studies Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-241

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2013

Found in: Special Collections

Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals (ISAE) Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-05-002

Scope and Contents

Records of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals include papers and planning files for sponsored conferences, correspondence and financial and grant information.

Dates: Created: 1900-2018; Other: Majority of material found in 1983-1996

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Institute of Soviet and East European Studies (ISEES) Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-053

Scope and Contents The Institute of Soviet and East European Studies Collection comprises subject and vertical files, including clippings, on activities in Soviet-bloc countries and helped form the institute's research files. The institute was a part of the Slavic Gospel Association and ceased to function when Anita and Peter Deyneka left the organization. The bulk of the files are organized by country and then with sub-headings.Books within the collection can be searched in the ...

Dates: Created: 1974-1994; Other: Date acquired: 1993

Found in: Special Collections

InterAct Ministries Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 407

Scope and Contents Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, brochures, handbook, video tapes, and historical sketches documenting the ministry of the mission. Topics covered include administration of the mission, the Arctic Bible Institute, infant baptism, the Moravian Church, Arctic Training Center, Victory High School, Multi Media Production, the correspondence school program, Victory Bible Camp, Slavic Gospel Association's transfer of its work in Alaska to AMI, Native Institute of Canada, Native Bible Centre...

Dates: Created: 1947-1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Intercessors for the Suffering Church Collection

Collection

Identifier: SC-079

Scope and Contents

The Mary Ann Gilbert and Intercessors for the Suffering Church (ICS) collection contains files on over one hundred and twenty organizations and their publications that relate to the persecuted church and Christians. The collection contains correspondence to and from these organizations, as well as correspondence and publications of ICS.

Dates: Created: 1971-1997; Other: Majority of material found in 1982-1995; Other: Date acquired: 1998

Found in: Special Collections

Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 352

Brief Description Correspondence, form letters, financial and statistical reports, minutes, memos and promotional material related to IFMA administration and its service to its member missions. The files on IFMA members and numerous other Christian agencies predominate. Numerous mission-related subjects are documented, among them those related to the theoretical, theological, or practical aspects of the missionary enterprise, such as missionary aviation, the education of future missionaries, theological...

Dates: Created: 1934-1983, undated

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Interdisciplinary Studies Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-018

Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Interdisciplinary Committee

Dates: Created: 1987-1991; Other: Majority of material found in 1987-1991

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

International Christian Broadcasters Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 086

Brief Description The collection contains correspondence, audiotapes, photographs, financial reports, slides, blueprints, and memos related to the activities of International Christian Broadcasting's (originally the World Conference on Mission Radio) work to promote interest in Christian broadcasting and to support and encourage Protestant Christian radio and television broadcasters, largely engaged in evangelism. Materials include data on the International Communications Congress in Tokyo (1970), Muslim...

Dates: Created: 1937-1978; Other: Majority of material found within 1954-1978

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

International Missionary Council/Conference of British Missionary Societies Records Microfiche

Collection

Identifier: CN 162

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 2,587 sheets of microfiche containing correspondence and memos, chiefly 1910-1945, especially to Joseph H. Oldham and William Paton. The microfiche primarily concerns India and British Africa, but includes material about African areas under Belgium, Portuguese and French control as well. Manuscript material is correspondence and memoranda related especially to key mission figures Joseph H. Oldham (1874-1969) and William Paton (1886-1943); much printed material...

Dates: Created: 1910-1945

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

International Prison Ministries Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 320

Scope and Contents Collection consists of audio and video recordings, including sermons by Raymond Hoekstra, founder of International Prison Ministry, as well as interviews and testimonies by prisonders, chaplains, law enforcement officers, and Vietnam War veterans. Topics covered include conversion, life in prison, crime and criminals, and other topics related to prisons and prisoners.Audio tapes T1-T24 prepared for broadcast with interviews of converted prisoners, a prison chaplain, a Texas...

Dates: Created: 1977-1985

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

International Student Scholarship Committee Records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: RG-06-054

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the International Scholarship Committee

Dates: Created: 1977-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1977-1982

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Collection 300 - InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 300

Brief Description Administrative records of IVCF spanning the time period from its founding in 1940 until 1991; includes materials created prior to the establishment of IVCF. Includes records of the presidents (Woods, Hummel, Troutman, McLeish, Alexander, McLeish), Paul Little, Campus chapters, Regional divisions and directors, Missions department, Urbana Missions Conventions, Nurses Christian Fellowship, Development department, Jim Nyquist, Strategic Planning, Finance, and manuscript material for the 1991...

Dates: 1928-2017

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ira E. Hartman Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 137

Scope and Contents Sermons and sermon outlines, diaries, poetry, financial ledgers, and other items related to Ira Everett Hartman's evangelistic ministry. Primarily sermons and sermon outlines--over 250 in all--delivered by Hartman in evangelistic services in Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado. The sermons also contain reflections of contemporary issues and mores. Diaries covering 1939-47 report national and international news; financial ledgers reflect the Great Depression.Sermons and outlines cover a...

Dates: Created: 1901-1958

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ira Sankey Collection

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 057

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials by or about Ira David Sankey, including an undated autograph with an inscription, "Hallelujah What a Savior"; a letter dated January 15, 1894, from Sankey to a friend sending a requested autographed letter by Dwight L. Moody; a letter from Sankey to Edward Bok dated April 9, 1887, concerning Sankey's contribution to a volume eulogizing Rev. Henry Ward Beecher--an accompanying essay contains Sankey's impressions and opinions of Beecher; and a...

Dates: Created: 1887-1894

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Irina Ratushinskaya Papers

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-044

Scope and Contents

Ocuppying .5 linear feet, the Irina Ratushinskaya papers, housed in Special Collections, include her works of poetry, secondary material, correspondence, articles, audio and artwork. The largest portion of the collection is devoted to secondary material about Ms. Ratushinskaya while imprisoned and as individuals worked for her release. The bulk of the collection dates from the period, 1985-1987.

Dates: Created: 1979-2011; Other: Majority of material found in 1985-1987; Other: Date acquired: 1992

Found in: Special Collections

Irita Kutchmy Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-35b

Scope and Contents This archive contains a demonstration tape of Irita Kutchmy's musical, "The Magical Land Behind the Wardrobe Door," (stored in Wade sound recordings: CSL-M / SR-5) as well as the program for its performance at Wimbledon High School (July 6-7, 1983). The musical was filed for copyright at the Library of Congress, January 2, 1984. Also included: a letter of explanation from Miss Kutchmy's mother, Cornelia Kutchmy, and a letter from the publisher saying that the Wade Center could not buy the...

Dates: Created: 1978-1988

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Isaac Backus Papers Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 332

Scope and Contents

Microfilm copy of Baptist preacher and historian Isaac Backus' diaries, autobiography, daybook, sermons on Acts and the Psalms, correspondence, letters from mother Elizabeth Backus, and other materials. Originals were filmed by the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Church.

Dates: Created: 1723-1789

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Isaac Lunsford Papers Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 353

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a microfilmed day-to-day journal, dating from November 1791 to July 1795 kept by Isaac Lunsford, itinerant preacher for the Baptist Church. Contents includes descriptions of Lunsford’s preaching activities along the east coast of America from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the West Indies; his attendance at a Baptist General Conference in Baltimore in 1792; descriptions of travel by foot and by ship; accounts of revival meetings; preaching at Methodist and Presbyterian...

Dates: Created: 1791-1795

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Isobel Miller Kuhn Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 435

Scope and Contents Correspondence, newsletters, articles, negatives, and photographs relating to the missionary service of Isobel and John Kuhn, primarily among the Lisu people in China and Thailand with Overseas Missionary Fellowship from 1928 to 1954. The topics discussed in the letters include travel in China, missions work, their marriage, birth of daughter and son, cultural differences, advance of communists into the Lisu area, biographical sketches of co-workers Mary Baldock, Frances Bailey, Lilian...

Dates: Created: 1927-1983

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Itchaya Sitterley Oral History Interview

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ivan J. Fahs Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-121

Scope and Contents

The Ivan J. Fahs Papers are composed of personal diaries and calendars, academic student papers, book reviews including Steinbeck and Orwell, research project reports regarding sexual assault, and correspondence.

Dates: Created: 1970-1980; Other: Date acquired: 2002

Found in: Special Collections

J. Christy Wilson, Jr., Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN-518

Dates: 1915-1998

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

J. Dennis Hastert Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-177

Abstract Wheaton College (IL) has been designated to receive the congressional papers of outgoing Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert. For Hastert, the decision to assign his papers to his alma mater was an obvious choice. “Over the years, I have witnessed the work of many Wheaton graduates who serve in all branches of government. They came equipped with the highest caliber education, one that is bent on engaging the world and addressing its needs. My hope is that these papers will help to...

Dates: Created: 1882-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1986-2006; Other: Date acquired: 04/16/2007

Found in: Special Collections

J. Edwin Orr Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 355

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, academic papers, clippings, reports, films, videos, and other materials relating to Orr’s life as an evangelist active around the world and as a professor and historian of spiritual awakenings (revivals) and evangelism. The collection is an excellent source on Protestant Evangelicalism as a global movement in the twentieth century.

Dates: Created: 1907-1993; Majority of material found in 1933-1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

J. Elwin Wright Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 565

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, photo albums, photographs, films, reports, clippings, minutes, slides and other materials relating to J. Elwin Wright's activities as leader of the New England Fellowship and a founder and leader of the National Association of Evangelicals and the World Evangelical Fellowship.The bulk of the collection documents several overseas trips Wright took for the NAE and WEF between 1945 and 1955.

Dates: Created: 1897-1986

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

J. Frank Norris Papers

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

J. Herbert and Winnifred Kane Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 182

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and curriculum material from James Herbert Kane and Winnifred Mary (Shepherd) Kane's missiology courses, and three oral history interviews. Materials document the Kanes' missionary work in China and Dr. Kane's teaching in the U.S. Events described in the interviews cover the time period from 1932 to 1950.

Dates: Created: 1934-1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

J. Palmer Muntz Papers

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

J. Stratton Shufelt Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 224

Scope and Contents

Reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, handbills, photographs, and other ephemera relating to J. Stratton Shufelt's evangelistic activities as a speaker and song leader for Youth for Christ, Jack Shuler, John R. Rice, Harry Ironside and others, and as a performer or teacher at Bible conferences and other events. This collection also contains information on the Wheaton College Revival of 1950.

Dates: Created: 1908-1982; Majority of material found in 1924-1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

J. W. Boone Concert Handbill

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 107

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a handbill for a concert by pianist J.W. Boone with photos of Boone and his associates, and a brief biography of Boone.

Dates: Other: Undated

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

J. Wesley and Anna Bovyer Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 131

Scope and Contents Materials in this collection include photographs, hand embroidery, prayer letters, personal correspondence, naturalization papers, financial records, family trees, wills and codicils, medical documents, and records relating to missionaries J. Wesley and Anna Ellmers Bovyer, superintendents at the Home of the Nazarene Industrial Orphanage in Chinkiang, China from 1908-1941. The materials also cover the Bovyer's residence as alien enemies in a Japanese internment camp from 1941-1945 during the...

Dates: Created: 1908-1953

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

J. Wilbur Chapman Papers

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

Jack C. Goode Collection

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-068

Scope and Contents

Jack C. Goode Papers are a non-manuscript collection and are composed of three series: biographical, manuscripts and secondary. The bulk of the collection focuses on sheet music compositions of hymns, organ, collaborative and commissioned works.

Dates: Created: 1921-2018; Other: Date acquired: 1994

Found in: Special Collections

Jack Frizen Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 434

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, articles, brochures, booklets, clippings, correspondence, directories, financial records, manuals, minutes, publications, reports, and other materials documenting Jack Frizen's life and ministry. Material mainly describes Frizen’s family life, work with G.I. Gospel Hour, director of Far East Gospel Crusade (now SEND International), executive director of Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA), director of Tyndale House Foundation, trustee of the Henry...

Dates: Created: 1929-1995

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Jack Shuler Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 073

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a scrapbook containing brochures, posters, and newspaper clippings used in the 1951 "Key to Life" evangelistic campaign of evangelist Jack Shuler, held in Grand Rapids, Michigan; sponsored by the Christian Businessmen's Committee of Grand Rapids.

Dates: Created: 1951

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Jack Wyrtzen Papers

Collection

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Jacob Chamberlain Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 495

Scope and Contents Two volumes of letterbooks which contain copies of the handwritten correspondence of Jacob Chamberlain, a missionary to India. He worked with the Arcot Mission under the Reformed Church in America Board of Foreign Missions. Volume 1 dates from June 1869 to July 1874 and Volume 2 from January 1880 to January 1882.Each volume is separated into two sections, official correspondence and personal correspondence; both types describe Chamberlain's work as a medical missionary, itinerant...

Dates: Created: 1882

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Jacqueline Huggins Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 545

Scope and Contents One oral history interview, one videotape, one radio interview, one photograph, and prayer letters related to the ministry of Jacqueline Huggins, missionary and Bible translator with Wycliffe Bible Translators among the Kagayanen people of the Philippines.The recordings, comprising the majority of the collection, consist of an oral history with Huggins (see detailed description which follows) and of the radio program Family Portraits segment hosted...

Dates: Created: 1985-1997

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Jacques Ellul Papers

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-016

Scope and Contents The Jacques Ellul Collection is based upon a three-reel microfilm set, which follows Jacques Ellul: A Comprehensive Bibliography (published in Research on Philosophy and Technology, supplement 1, 1984) compiled by Dr. Joyce Main Hanks. The microfilm contains many of the hard-to-find Ellul essay, speeches and lectures. The comprehensive bibliography was followed by an update in 1991 (Jacques Ellul: A Comprehensive Bibliographic Update, in Research in Philosophy and Technology, vol. 11)....

Dates: Created: 1936-2017; Other: Date acquired: 1986

Found in: Special Collections

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