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Emily Gardiner Neal Collection

Collection

Identifier: SC-197

Scope and Contents

The Emily Gardiner Neal Papers are composed of secondary material, including twenty-one audiocassette oral histories. The collection has a few concentrations of photocopied correspondence from the Episcopal Healing Ministry Foundation.

Dates: Created: 1955-1988; Other: Date acquired: 1997

Found in: Special Collections

English Department Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-07-021

Scope and Contents

Records of the English Department include budget and annual reports, course information, minutes and sponsored conference information.

Dates: Created: 1949-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 1956-1975

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Enock Dyrness Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-085

Scope and Contents

The papers of Enock C. Dyrness contains one folder containing biographical material; however, the bulk of the collection deals primarily with his professional interests, including correspondence with Henry C. Thiessen, and later Thiessen's estate. Secondary material includes pamphlets and surveys about Wheaton College and various mission agencies. The collection occupies .42 linear ft.

Dates: Created: 1931-1969; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-1952

Found in: Special Collections

E.R. Gregory Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-48 through A-49

Scope and Contents

The Gregory Collection contains manuscripts, proofs, photographs, correspondence and other papers concerned with the book Wilkie Collins by Dorothy L. Sayers, ed. by Dr. Gregory (Toledo: The Friends of the Univ. of Toledo Libraries, 1977). Copyright resides with Dr. Gregory.

Dates: Created: 1975-1978

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Ernest Cherrington Series.

Series

Identifier: CN 066

Scope and Contents Office files, executive committee files, and personal files kept by Ernes Cherrington, a leading prohibition advocate of the early twentieth century. Important in the Anti-saloon League of America, and in several anti-liquor publishing interests.The Ernest Hurst Cherrington papers are Series XIII of a twenty-one-series microfilming project done between 1975 and 1977 with the cooperation of three repositories holding significant papers relating to temperance and prohibition: the...

Dates: Created: 1900-1950

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Esther Lindquist Erickson Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-163

Scope and Contents The Esther Lindquist Erickson ('37) scrapbook measures 15" x 11.25" , and sports a red, pebbled cover. It displays the typical items treasured by students of the era: literary society invitations, cartoons, train tickets, room assignment notices, postcards and holiday greeting cards, in addition to articles reporting campus events and visits from special speakers. Tucked into the back are telegrams, receipts, chapel programs and greeting cards. A small envelope dated Sept. 11, 1937, contains...

Dates: Created: 1936-1937; Other: Majority of material found in 1936-1937

Found in: Special Collections

Esther Salzman Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 052

Brief Description Oral history interview with Esther I. Salzman (1906-1996), a Wheaton College alumna and missionary to China in the 1940s and to the Philippines from 1950 to 1972. Topics discussed include her education at Wheaton College, medical work in China and the Philippines, and Communism in China. The time period covered by the interview is 1906 to 1978. Esther Salzman was interviewed by Wheaton College student Fred Baker on October 28, 1978 at her home in Kankakee, IL....

Dates: Created: 1978

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Esther Young Depue Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-147

Scope and Contents

The Esther Young Depue scrapbook is green, measuring 9 1/4 x 13, tied with a string. Several loose pamphlets are tucked into the front, with items such as a 1940 banquet invitation, homecoming highlights and literary society invitations, in addition to several Wheaton College Bulletins from 1940-42. The latter pages of the scrapbook are blank. The pages are yellowed and crumbling.

Dates: Created: 1938-1942; Other: Majority of material found in 1938-1942

Found in: Special Collections

Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies Records

Collection

Identifier: CN-165

Brief Description Executive Directors' (Clyde Taylor, Wade Coggins, Paul McKaughan) files of the EFMA. The association of denominational and nondenominational foreign missions boards began as a commission of the National Association of Evangelicals to serve common interests of members in government relations (domestic and foreign); use of communication channels; cooperative purchasing/travel; and relations between each other. The collection is subdivided into thirteen parts: 1. Correspondence and General...

Dates: Created: 1937-1996

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Evangelism and Missions Rare Book Collection

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-236

Scope and Contents

The contents of the Evangelism and Missions Rare Book Collection may be searched in the library catalog as keyword: SC/236

Dates: Other: -

Found in: Special Collections

Evangelism Posters Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 706

Content Description The collection consists of Christian posters used for evangelistic work in China the 1930s and '40s. The posters present graphically simple messages about salvation and the Christian life. All, except for one, are all or in part in Chinese. Some also have Arabic texts and there is one poster in Thai. The bulk of the posters were printed by the Religious Tract Society of Hankow, but there were many by other publishers as well. The posters were collected by Albert Grant, a Canadian missionary...

Dates: 1933-1942

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Events File Archive

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-126, 126a, 127, and B-36

Abstract

This archive includes materials from various events related to the Wade authors, including dramatic performances, conferences, academic courses, exhibitions, etc. More additions may be included in this archive at any time.

Dates: Created: 1966-2023

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Everett Mitchell Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-014

Scope and Contents The Everett Mitchell Collection contains a variety of material relating to this early radio pioneer and agricultural broadcaster. The collection spans the years from 1910 to 1985 with the bulk of the material falling into the years 1940 to 1960. Mitchell was a well established broadcaster by the 1940s, thus the collection focuses on his "mature" years.The collection contains subject files on a variety of topics, photographs, and non print media including audio and video cassettes...

Dates: Created: 1910-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1960

Found in: Special Collections

Executive Council Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-008

Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Executive Council Meetings

Dates: Created: 1947-1967; Other: Majority of material found in 1947-1967

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Faculty and Alumni Publications

Collection

Identifier: RG-09-006

Abstract

Published and unpublished works by Wheaton College alumni and faculty.

Dates: Created: 1886-2014

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Faculty Athletic Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-023

Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Athletic Committee

Dates: Created: 1982-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1982-1985

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Faculty Business Meetings

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-009

Scope and Contents

Minutes and Notices of Faculty Business Meetings

Dates: Created: 1886-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1886-2000

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Faculty Coordinating Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-022

Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Faculty Coordinating Committee

Dates: Created: 1976; Other: Majority of material found in 1976

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Faculty Council Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-010

Scope and Contents

Faculty Council Minutes include minutes of the committee.

Dates: Created: 1977-1993; Other: Majority of material found in 1977-1984

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Faculty Development Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-011

Scope and Contents

Minutes, memos, correspondence, articles of the Faculty Development Committee

Dates: Created: 1985-1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1985-1994

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Faculty Missionary Committee Records

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: RG-06-049

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the Faculty Missionary Committee

Dates: Created: 1992-1992; Other: Majority of material found in 1992-1992

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Faculty Nominating Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-024

Scope and Contents

Minutes for the Faculty Nominating Committee

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

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Faculty Personnel Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-012

Scope and Contents

Minutes, memos of Faculty Personnel Committee

Dates: Created: 1983-1986; Other: Majority of material found in 1983-1986

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Faculty Planning Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-025

Scope and Contents

Minutes, communications for the Faculty Planning Committee

Dates: Created: 1944-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-1945

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Faculty Senate Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-026

Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Faculty Senate

Dates: Created: 1966-1974; Other: Majority of material found in 1966-1968

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Fanny Crosby Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 035

Scope and Contents Collection contains thousands of manuscripts of lyrics and music dictated by Fanny Crosby, poetess and hymnwriter. Most of the manuscripts are numbered and dated. This collection is also available on microfilm. The manuscripts in this collection are all of poems composed by Crosby after 1861. Most of these poems are dated and the majority are numbered in sequence. A description of these manuscripts can be found in the foreword of Fanny Crosby Still Speaks. For most of the poems the...

Dates: Created: 1862-1915

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Fellowship Foundation Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 459

Brief Description Correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, reference files, clippings, newsletters and other material related to the work of the Foundation (also known as International Christian leadership) which involved developing small group prayer fellowships, especially among government, business and academic leaders. There is a great deal of information on the United States and other countries. Also documented is the group's involvement in various community development, patriotic, and personal...

Dates: Created: 1937-1988, undated

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Films, general

Collection

Identifier: RG-12-001

Scope and Contents

Artificial collection of general films of campus events.

Dates: Other: -2018

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Financial Affairs Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-013

Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Financial Affairs Committee

Dates: Created: 1979-2015; Other: Majority of material found in 1979-1987

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Financial Aid Committee Records

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: RG-06-050

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the Financial Aid Committee

Dates: Created: 1981-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1981-1982

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Fine Press & Artists' Books

Collection

Identifier: SC-245

Scope and Contents

The Fine Press & Artists' Book Collection contains fine arts books designed or created by artists in the twentieth or twenty-first centuries. Collecting practices prioritize fine press and artists' books that emphasize biblical content or theological themes, especially those within the Christian tradition. Cataloged items from the collection may be searched in the library catalog as keyword: SC-245.

Dates: 1989-2018

Found in: Special Collections

Fleming / Sayers Culinary Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-112

Abstract

This archive contains a proof copy of Atherton (Mac) Fleming's book Gourmet's Book of Food and Drink, and additional recipes and notes relating to culinary topics by both Mac and Dorothy L. Sayers.

Dates: Created: 1933-1940

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Foreign Language Department Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-07-022

Scope and Contents

Records of the Foreign Language Department include minutes of departmental meetings.

Dates: Created: 1969-2018; Other: Majority of material found in 1974-2002

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Francis and Edith Schaeffer Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-062

Scope and Contents The Francis and Edith Schaeffer papers are organized into two major series, one for each individual. One sub-series that is found under each author is Book Manuscripts. Lectures is a sub-series under Francis Schaeffer, as is Media and Publications. Secondary Material is a third series in the collection. The manuscripts sections of both major series contain the holographic and typescript versions of three books, Hidden Art, True Spirituality, and a book on Ecology. The lectures of Francis...

Dates: Created: 1968-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1969; Other: Date acquired: 1993

Found in: Special Collections

Francis Thompson Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-232

Scope and Contents

Additional monographs of the Francis Thompson Papers may be searched in the library catalog using keyword: SC/232

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 09/14/2016

Found in: Special Collections

Frank Earl Herrick Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-088

Scope and Contents

The Herrick papers consist of memorabilia and scrapbooks that document his student and poetic careers. The bulk are scrapbooks containing poems written during his lifetime and that highlight events in the life of Wheaton College and the surrounding community.

Dates: Created: 1899-1964

Found in: Special Collections

Frederick Buechner Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-005

Scope and Contents Biographical material is divided into the categories of general biographical, memorabilia, notebooks and "schools." The latter section includes papers and items produced by Buechner during his school days. The general biographical section encompasses the categories of photographs, awards, family history and information on Buechner's friends. Memorabilia includes non written items nature or written matter not directly relating to Buechner (e.g. sympathy letters written to Buechner's mother...

Dates: Created: 1926-2017; Existence: Date acquired: 1982

Found in: Special Collections

Frederick Johnson Papers

Collection — Box: 1&2

Identifier: SC-119

Scope and Contents

The Frederick E. Johnson Collection is composed of private manuscripts, correspondence, and secondary materials related to Brazillian missions, the Vietnam War and other political/social issues from the 1960s.

Dates: Created: 1960-1970; Other: Date acquired: 2002

Found in: Special Collections

Future of the Jews Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-100

Abstract

This archive contains unpublished contributions by Dorothy L. Sayers for the 1944 symposium on "The Future of the Jews," as well as extensive correspondence and publications relating to the topic.

Dates: Created: 1941-1951

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

G. Henry Waterman Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-160

Scope and Contents The contents of this collection span Dr. Waterman's long career in the ministry to his studies in Greek including his time teaching in the Wheaton College Graduate School. Included in this collection are numerous sermon notes, thesis study on the Tagalog language and translations of the New Testament in the Philippines, material on translating the NIV Bible, his work on the Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, correspondence, syllabi, papers, and his final study on The Structural Approach...

Dates: Created: 1957-1976; Other: Date acquired: 2004

Found in: Special Collections

G.B. Tennyson Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-101, B-19

Abstract

This archive contains original material by Owen Barfield, correspondence, and photographs from the personal papers of G.B. Tennyson, joint-literary executor for the estate of Owen Barfield.

Dates: Created: 1918-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1981-2007

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Genevieve Weyenberg (Van Houtum) Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-140

Scope and Contents The Genevieve Van Houtum box contains five books relating to her student years at Wheaton College. The first is her Class of 1933 graduation diploma, displayed in blue fold-over boards. The second book is a photo album, measuring 10 x 7, featuring photos of campus staff, faculty, scenes and notable guest, such as William Pettingill, H.A. Ironside and Grace Livingston Hill. The third book is green, measuring 7.75 x 10, with a photo of Blanchard Hall pasted on. Inside are paste-ins from...

Dates: Created: 1929-1934; Other: Majority of material found in 1929-1934

Found in: Special Collections

Geoffrey Bles Publishers Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-114

Abstract

This archive contains business correspondence and miscellanea relating to Geoffrey Bles, the publisher of various works by C.S. Lewis.

Dates: Created: 1952-1974

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Geology Department Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-07-023

Scope and Contents

Records of the Geology Department include correspondence, course information, sample exams and quizzes and student files (pre- and post-FERPA).

Dates: Created: 1936-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1947-1997

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

George Beverly Shea Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 541

Scope and Contents Correspondence, sheet music, business records, phonograph records, programs, songbooks, and other materials from Shea’s career as a soloist, radio personality, and composer. Most of the material is from the last decades of his life, especially his work with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), but the entire range of his life from the 1930s on is covered. Though representing only a fraction of Shea’s papers, it includes a rich collection of source material that Shea used in his...

Dates: 1931-2010

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

George Sayer Manuscripts Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-1

Abstract

This archive includes the manuscript and typescript of an unpublished essay by Sayer called "On C.S. Lewis." Also included is the typescript of The Celestial Search: C.S. Lewis, His Life and Work by Sayer (later titled Jack: C.S. Lewis and his Times - 1988 ed., and Jack: A Life of C.S. Lewis - 1994 ed.).

Dates: Created: ca. 1978

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Gerald Weeks Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-019

Scope and Contents

The Gerald Weeks collection contains political and personal memorabilia from the last five years of a local politician's career. There are four types of materials found in the collection: Plaques and certificates; Photos and a photo album covering local political events of the late 1970

Dates: Created: 1960-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1980

Found in: Special Collections

Geraldine Kellogg Dresser Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-130

Scope and Contents The Dresser materials comprise one thick "Memory Book," plus several small diaries, financial records and address booklets. The Memory Book is green, 6 X 9 1/4, and includes pasted-in items within the first half, leaving the second half blank. The items are Christmas cards, invitations, commencement programs, and literary society programs. The booklets, contained in a separate box, are dated thus: Diary, 1929-35; Diary, 1939; Financial Records, 1927-47; Financial Records, 1936-41;...

Dates: Created: 1927-1952

Found in: Special Collections

G.K. Chesterton: Selected Criticism Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-17

Abstract

This archive is the result of the work of Sister M. Carol A.C., of India. The self-bound book is almost 500 pages long and an extremely complete gathering of Chesterton's literary criticism. It was Sister M. Carol's hope that this would someday be published.

Dates: Created: 1975

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Glenn Sadler Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-B-4

Abstract

The materials in this archive include publications, correspondence, illustrations, and other items relating to Glenn Sadler's research on the artist, Arthur Hughes (1832-1915), who served as the illustrator for many of George MacDonald's published works. Also included: a set of corrected proofs for Thomas Wingfold, Curate by George MacDonald.

Dates: Created: 1849-1994; Other: Date acquired: 12/31/1969

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

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