Collections | Archives of Wheaton College

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

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

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

James Burleson Dissertation Research Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-16

Abstract

This archive contains James Burleson's correspondence with Ann Bowden, Muriel St. Clare Byrne, Charles Dywer, Marion Fairman, Anthony Fleming, Livia Gollancz, Marjorie Mead, Barbara Reynolds, James Sandoe, and Armitage Watkins regarding his dissertation. Also included are two pages of Burleson's dissertation titled: A Study of the Novels of Dorothy L. Sayers. (Wade Call no.: PR6037.A95 Z6258 1965 Diss.)

Dates: Created: 1931-1997

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

James E. Burr Collection

Collection

Identifier: SC-102

Scope and Contents The James E. Burr Collection primarily documents the imprisonement of George Thompson, Alanson Work, and James E. Burr while students at the Mission Institute (Quincy, Illinois) during the 1840s. Primary source documents include newsclippings, court transcripts, and original correspondence while Clyde S. Kilby's research cards and notes from the 1950s provide additional background material. In recent years, new research has begun by Wheaton alumna Marcia Daniels and is regularly updated in a...

Dates: Created: 1841-2008; Other: Date acquired: 1959

Found in: Special Collections

J.B. Russell Papers

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-007

Scope and Contents The Russell papers contains biographical information, in the form of genealogical information. Correspondence in the collection contains correspondence sent and received in the form of family letters, letters from Elizabeth Alexander, from Elbert and H. W. Sutcliffe, letters to Elsie Isabel Gunn Russell and various postcards. Photographs of the Russell family are found in the collection. Along with J. B. Russell's papers are several diaries of Edna Russell (November 19, 1894-June 2,...

Dates: Created: 1848-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1893-1930; Other: Date acquired: 1972

Found in: Special Collections

Jean Leckemby Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-142

Scope and Contents

The Jean Leckemby scrapbooks number four volumes, spanning her years at Wheaton during 1937, '38, '39 and '40. Each volume contains programs of campus events, literary societies, rulebooks, holiday cards, correspondence and newspaper clippings. The books measure 10 1/2 x 14.

Dates: Created: 1937-1940; Other: Majority of material found in 1937-1940

Found in: Special Collections

Jeanne Clayton Hunter Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-113a

Abstract

A collection of Barfield correspondence, poems, manuscripts, publications, and other related materials from Professor Jeanne Clayton Hunter.

Dates: Created: 1920-1998

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Jeanne Murray Walker Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-072

Scope and Contents

The Jeanne Murray Walker papers are organized into five series, Biographical, Correspondence, Manuscripts, Media and Research Material. The bulk of the collection is divided amongst the Manuscripts and Correspondence series. The manuscripts comprise mostly play-related files, rather than poetry. The correspondence is mostly that which was received by Ms. Walker dating from 1990 to 2003.

Dates: Created: 1988-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1988-2003; Other: Date acquired: 1999

Found in: Special Collections

Jennie Benson Scrapbook

Collection — Box: I

Identifier: SC-128

Scope and Contents This small book, embossed in gold lettering depicting the word "Autographs," is Jennie Benson's 1882 collection of reminiscenses from her Wheaton College classmates. Each page presents a poem, warm sentiment or simply the name of friends who signed it. The handwriting, scripted in various colors of ink, demonstrates the straight, elegant, deliberate cursive of the day. A typical inscription reads, "Dear Jennie, Be assured that you will never be forgotten by your room-mate of 1872. Ella...

Dates: Created: 1872-1878; Other: Majority of material found in 1872-1878

Found in: Special Collections

Jessie Penn-Lewis Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-099

Scope and Contents The papers of Jessie Penn-Lewis occupies approximately .5 linear feet and highlights the correspondence, writing and travels of Penn-Lewis. The collection is organized into two major series, Correspondence and Publications. Each of these series is sub-divided even further into a half-dozen sub-series each. Correspondence is the largest portion of the collection and covers a time period of 1900 to 1922. Correspondence sent and received is represented, as well as secondary...

Dates: Created: 1892-1922; Other: Majority of material found in 1900-1922; Other: Date acquired: 1999

Found in: Special Collections

Jill Peláez Baumgaertner Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-237

Scope and Contents Jill Peláez Baumgaertner Papers are organized into four series: Essays/Reviews, Poetry, Biographical, and Correspondence.Essays/Reviews contain material over three decades from 1972-2003. Poetry (published and unpublished) is organized by year and contains manuscripts from 1983 to 2012. Biographical contains letters written by Chaplain Martin Baumgaertner (USAF) during WWII and Korean War, as well as, media and photographs. Correspondence (personal) covers over fifty years from...

Dates: Created: 1972-2016; Other: Date acquired: 07/12/2017

Found in: Special Collections

Jim Wallis Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-109

Scope and Contents

The Jim Wallis Papers are composed of book manuscripts, journal articles and book reviews by/about the author, correspondence, press clippings, photographs and audio cassettes (with transcripts). (see also Sojourners Records)

Dates: Created: 1971-2012; Other: Date acquired: 1988

Found in: Special Collections

Joe Hill McClatchey Papers

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-045

Scope and Contents

The McClatchey papers are organized into seven series: Biographical, Correspondence, Manuscripts, Published Works, Syllabi, Teaching Materials (Files), Video. Nearly the entire collection is found in the Teaching Materials series. These files served as the background material for his classroom lectures. Another significant element of the collection is the unpublished manuscript "The praise of God in literature: from Homer to Hopkins."

Dates: Created: 1979-2008; Other: Majority of material found in 1987-1990; Other: Date acquired: 1992

Found in: Special Collections

Joe R. Christopher Publications Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-125

Abstract

Publications containing bibliographies and other materials relating to the Wade authors by Joe R. Christopher.

Dates: Created: 1978-2017

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Joel D. Heck Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-54

Abstract

Correspondence between Joel Heck and students or colleagues of C.S. Lewis in preparation for his book: Irrigating Deserts: C.S. Lewis on Education. Included in the correspondence are the Magdalen tutorial lists from 1926 to 1954, students' lecture notes, an essay, a diary, newspaper clippings concerning Lewis and a brochure about the play Shadowlands.

Dates: Created: 1942-2003; Other: Majority of material found in 2002-2003

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

John and Joyce Schmale Civil War Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-156

Scope and Contents

The John and Joyce Schmale Civil War Collection is composed mainly of monographs related to the history of the U.S. Civil War. Manuscript material contains biographical information, correspondence, photographs and memorabilia of various Civil War chaplains.

Dates: Created: 1861-2017; Other: Date acquired: 2002

Found in: Special Collections

John Brobeck Papers

Collection — Box: 28

Identifier: SC-112

Scope and Contents The John Brobeck collection (SC-112) is a compilation of materials detailing the activities of a professor of physiology. The collection is largely personal correspondence and other papers he has accumulated over the years through his work-related activities and through his involvement in various organizations. The arrangement of the collection is for the most part in keeping with the order Mr. Brobeck bestowed upon it before shipment to the college.Personal correspondence is...

Dates: Created: 1935-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1980; Other: Date acquired: 1999

Found in: Special Collections

John C. Pollack Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 006

Scope and Contents This collection contains drafts of John Pollock’s 1966 and 2004/2005 biographies of Billy Graham. The 1966 version was originally published as Billy Graham: The Authorized Biography. This book was reprinted in revised and expanded edition in 1969, with the title Crusades: Twenty Years with Billy Graham. It brought the story of Graham’s life up to 1969. Im 1979, Pollock published another biography of Graham entitled ...

Dates: Created: 1973-2005

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

John Calvin Webster Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-104

Scope and Contents

The John Calvin Webster Papers are composed of three diaries (photocopied) from January to December 1871 and financial memorandums.

Dates: Created: 1871-1871; Other: Date acquired: 1991

Found in: Special Collections

John D. Nutting Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-009

Scope and Contents The John D. Nutting Collection contains the personal library and papers of Rev. John D. Nutting of Cleveland, Ohio. Rev. Nutting was a pastor, missions official, and missionary to Mormons. This collection includes pro and contra-Mormon material, some dating from the nineteenth century.The collection is organized into eleven series: Biographical, Correspondence, Manuscripts, Maps, Newspapers and Articles (1877-1919), Anti-Mormon Pamphlets, Periodicals, Utah Gospel Mission, Nutting...

Dates: Created: 1830-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1878-1927; Other: Date acquired: 06/1951

Found in: Special Collections

John J. Coleman Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-166

Scope and Contents

The John J. Coleman diary numbers 96 pages in a leather binding, now dis-attached at the covers. Each page contains Coleman's script. The book measures 3 X 5 1/2. His handwriting is legible as he engagingly relates daily life at Wheaton College during the years in which he attended, 1886-89.

Dates: Created: 1886-1887

Found in: Special Collections

John L. Smith Mormon Collection

Collection — Box: 07

Identifier: SC-144

Scope and Contents

The John L. Smith Collection contains the papers which document his mission work with the Mormons through Utah Missions, Inc., and the Utah Evangel Newspaper. Little information is included regarding his work as a Baptist minister. The papers are arranged into series of correspondence, manuscripts, pamphlets, and publications. The John L. Smith Collection includes both pro and contra-Mormon works.

Dates: Created: 1950-2015; Other: Date acquired: 1990

Found in: Special Collections

John Piper Papers

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-217

Scope and Contents

Cataloged items from the John Piper Papers may be searched in the library catalog as keyword: SC-217

Archived finding aid (Summer-2019)

Dates: Created: 1980-2015; Other: Date acquired: 04/13/2012

Found in: Special Collections

John R. W. Stott Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 590

Scope and Contents Correspondence, memos, reports, notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, brochures and other materials relating to John R. W. Stott’s involvement in the 1974 Lausanne Congress and the Lausanne movement that developed out of it. The collection is particularly strong in material relating to the membership of Stott on the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization and its executive committee; his contribution to drafting several of the major statements of the movement; his chairmanship of the...

Dates: Created: 1974-2000

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

John Stoll Scrapbook

Collection — Box: I

Identifier: SC-139

Scope and Contents

The John Stoll box holds two slim folders. The first contains photos of the track and field team, with a red 1944 Second Place ribbon. Also included is an unused postcard depicting Notre Dame University, homecoming programs, and articles about champion marathon runner Gil Dodds. The second folder contains a War Ration Book, frosh rules, a 1945 Washington Banquet program and two Wheaton College Bulletins, dated Feb 1945 and Sept. 1942.

Dates: Created: 1942-1944; Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1944

Found in: Special Collections

John Sullivan Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-92 through 94 and A-19a-b

Abstract

This archive contains materials from the Chesterton collection of John J. Sullivan, and other personal interests of his. Included is a large variety of newspaper clippings, correspondence, book catalogs, Chesterton-related events materials, and secondary critical work on Chesterton by Sullivan and others, both published and unpublished. Many materials were removed from this archive and incorporated into the Wade Center's Chesterton holdings.

Dates: Created: 1899-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1980

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

John Wesley Ephemera

Collection

Identifier: CN 031

Scope and Contents Collection contains one handwritten letter by Wesley composed during a London visit in October 1782. There are also a couple of newspaper clippings including a description of Wesley's life at Aldersgate and the text of another letter from the evangelist. A scrapbook of clippings (available to researchers on microfilm) from the centennial commemoration of Wesley's death contains articles, poetry, sermons, and illustrations by and about him. The clippings were out of newspapers from all over...

Dates: Created: 1782; 1889-1902; 1938

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

John Wesley Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-231

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1721-1824; Other: Date acquired: 12/13/2011

Found in: Special Collections

Jonathan Blanchard Papers

Collection — Box: microfilm

Identifier: RG-02-001

Abstract The Jonathan Blanchard Collection is a diverse gathering of items covering the family of Wheaton College's first president. Ranging from the scribblings of grandchildren to a petition for the abolition of slavery, they illuminate Blanchard in many roles: Minister, College President, Abolitionist, Anti Secretist, Reformer, lecturer, and head of a large family. Jonathan Blanchard's life in both the public and private realm is detailed. In addition to the biographical interest of the materials,...

Dates: Created: 1808-2018; Majority of material found within 1808 - 1893

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Joseph C. Jeter Papers.

Collection

Identifier: CN 532

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Joseph C. Jeter, who discusses his family and growing up, social and racial conditions in Philadelphia, education and employment, conversion and church involvement, first pastorate, limited missionary positions available to African Americans in White agencies, experience in Uganda and burden for missions, return to Uganda to survey mission stations staffed by African American missionaries, dire condition, and resulting burden to serve missionaries. Topics...

Dates: Created: 1983-1996

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Joseph Free Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-086

Scope and Contents The Joseph Free Papers are organized into eleven series. The variety of Dr. Free's activities as a professor was shown by his work folders containing correspondence from overseas tours, teaching materials, and departmental information. Dr. Free was especially involved in coordinating archaeological study group tours to Dothan in the Holy Land. He led nine such tours between 1953 and 1964 as documented by mimeographed correspondence and news articles. Dr. Free taught courses at Wheaton in...

Dates: Created: 1923-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1930-1967

Found in: Special Collections

Joy Davidman Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-109

Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, personal papers, and poetry and prose written by Joy Davidman. A few documents also relate to her first husband Bill Gresham, her sons David and Douglas Gresham, and her second husband C.S. Lewis. These materials are on deposit as an extended loan courtesy of Douglas Gresham.

Dates: Created: 1926-1964

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Judith Adams Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 372

Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Judith Rachelle Whitthingham Adams about her childhood, her work with Genesis One Christian School, The Mendenhall Ministries, and the educational and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interview is circa 1960-1987.

Judith Adams was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 25 and 26, 1987, at the offices of Mendenhall Ministries in Mendenhall, MS.

Dates: Created: 1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Julia and Herman Fischer Family Papers

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-117

Scope and Contents The material of the Herman A. Fischer, Sr. Family Collection was likely given to the Wheaton College Special Collections by Raymond P. Fischer, son of Herman Fischer, Sr. Most of the information in this collection spans the years from 1858 to 1934, although it includes several pieces from before 1800. The material is divided into several main categories, each related to Herman Fischer, Sr., his wife Julia Waters Blanchard Fischer, or one of their children. Other categories include Untitled...

Dates: Created: 1733-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1858-1934; Other: Date acquired: 1991

Found in: Special Collections

June Meyer Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: SC-151

Dates: Created: 1961-1962

Found in: Special Collections

Karen Anderson Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: SC-154

Dates: Created: 1962-1963

Found in: Special Collections

Kathrine Tiffany Papers

Collection — Container: Scrapbook 1p

Identifier: SC-095

Scope and Contents The papers of Kathrine Bellanger Macdonald Tiffany cover a period of forty-nine years. The greatest concentration was between the years of 1936-1945.Wheaton College obtained Mrs. Tiffany's papers in 1977 after she had moved to a Pennsylvania nursing home where she later died. The majority of her papers were sent to the archives of the University of North Dakota in 1975. The papers in the Wheaton College Archives consist of the remainder -- most of which Mrs. Tiffany expected to...

Dates: Created: 1924-2018; Other: Majority of material found in 1936-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1977

Found in: Special Collections

Kathryn Kuhlman Foundation Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 212

Brief Description Audio tapes, DVDs, films, photographs, slides, videotapes, miscellaneous correspondence, calendars, clippings, articles, news releases and Kathryn Kuhlman memorabilia, chiefly from the 1950s to 1976. Audio tapes are of Kuhlman's radio broadcasts, consisting of sermons, testimonies, musical selections and an oral history interview with Kuhlman; films record Kuhlman's early television programs; videotapes are predominatly her I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES television program, along with talk show...

Dates: Created: ca. 1910-2006; Other: Majority of material found in 1950s-1984

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Kenneth Taylor Papers

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-012

Scope and Contents The collection (about 10 linear feet) consists primarily of various drafts, revisions, and dictaphone tapes concerning the development of the Living Bible and the Taylor's Bible Story Book. The boxes are arranged chronologically, representing the order in which each section was completed. Most of the biblical books went through several revisions before a final translation was accepted. Since it was difficult to determine whether a given revision was the "1st revision," "2nd revision," etc,...

Dates: Created: 1960-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 1962-1970; Other: Date acquired: 2000

Found in: Special Collections

Keston, USA Records

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-042

Scope and Contents Occupying approximately five linear feet, the collection includes Board Materials, Correspondence, Financial and Legal Records, Publications, Secondary Material, Addresses, and Media Items. Though basic information exists for the Board Materials series, the largest portion of the collection consists of Correspondence dating from 1983 to 1990. This correspondence is by or between Keston, USA board members. Another series that occupies a large percentage of the collection is the Financial...

Dates: Created: 1971-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 1985-1990; Other: Date acquired: 1990

Found in: Special Collections

KJ Gilchrist Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-41a through 41b

Abstract

This archive contains materials from KJ Gilchrist relating to research for his book on C.S. Lewis and World War I, A Morning after War (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2005). Also included in the archive are several pieces of WWI memorabilia / artifacts, gathered by Dr. Gilchrist near locations where C.S. Lewis served.

Dates: Created: 1914-1919

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

L. Nelson Bell Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 318

Brief Description Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, and other documents related to the life and ministry of L. Nelson Bell, first as a medical missionary in China, then as doctor, editor, and lay leader in the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Among the topics covered by the material in the collection are missions in China in the twentieth century between the two world wars; the work of Bell's son-in-law, Billy Graham; the founding and development of Christianity Today and The...

Dates: 1923-1973

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ladies' Advisory Board Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-01-002

Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Ladies' Advisory Board. This board advised the Trustees on matters relating to student life concerns.

Dates: Created: 1872-1938; Other: Majority of material found in 1872-1938

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

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

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Leanne Payne Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-125

Scope and Contents

The Leanne Payne Papers are composed of Pastoral Care Ministry newsletters, conference audio and video tapes, biographical information, photos and book manuscripts.

Dates: Created: 1975-2015; Other: Date acquired: 2003

Found in: Special Collections

Learning Resources Center Building Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-031

Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Library/Learning Resources Committee

Dates: Created: 1972-1973; Other: Majority of material found in 1972-1973

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Learning Resources Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-019

Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Learning Resources Committee

Dates: Created: 1970-1991; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1991

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Lemuel Tucker Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 366

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Lemuel Simpson Tucker (1952-1989)in which he describes his childhood and family, spiritual growth, education, leadership of Voice of Calvary Ministries (VOCM), John Perkins, VOCM's ministry in Jackson, Mississippi, evangelism in the African American community, Mendenhall Ministries, and racial conditions in Mississippi. Other topics discussed include the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's 1975 Deep South Crusade in Jackson; racism in America; the African...

Dates: Created: 1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

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