Collections | Archives of Wheaton College

Paul E. Little Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 426

Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, minutes, course notes, lecture notes, manuscripts, articles, photographs, and audio tapes relating to Little's college education at Wheaton College Graduate School, and his work as an evangelist, teacher, writer, and Evangelical leader.Included are Little's seminary lecture notes, and files on his contribution as assistant director of the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization in Switzerland. A substantial portion of the collection consists...

Dates: Created: 1946-1987; Created: Majority of material found in 1954-1975

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Paul F. Hurlburt, Jr., Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 438

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Paul Frederick Hurlburt (1927-1996) in which he describes the work of his grandfather (Charles E.) and father (Paul F. E.) as missionaries and mission administrators in east central Africa; languages skills among missionaries; the development of Christianity among the nade people of Zaire, including their worship practices and music; and the influence of witchcraft in the area. The time period covered by the interview is approximately 1898 to 1990.Paul...

Dates: Created: 1990

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Paul F. Robinson Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 441

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Paul Frederick Robinson (1910-1993) in which he describes his family background; spiritual development; education at Moody Bible Institute; his evangelist father, Frederick Robinson; and his own founding of Moody Bible Institute's mission aviation training program. Other topics discussed include: Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and Jungle Aviation and Radio Service (JAARS); Robinson's flying experiences in New Guinea, Indonesia, long cross-country flights,...

Dates: Created: 1991

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Paul H. Bartel Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 453

Scope and Contents One oral history interview with Paul Henry Bartel (1904-2001) in which he describes his parents' work in China with orphans, his own childhood in that growing up in China, his conversion to Christianity and anecdotes from his long career as a missionary. Other topics discussed include: The Boxer Uprising and its aftermath; education, including high school at a Holiness Mission school; returning to the United States for college and experiencing culture shock; missionary training institute;...

Dates: Created: 1991

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Paul L. Maier Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 049

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Paul Luther Maier in which he describes the relationship between his father, Walter Arthur Maier, of the radio program The Lutheran Hour and Billy Graham. He also discusses Walter F. Bennett and Company, an advertising firm that worked with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Paul Maier was interviewed by Robert Shuster on November 9, 1978....

Dates: Created: 1978

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Paul M. Borthwick Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 688

Scope and Contents Oral history interview and articles by Paul Borthwick, a minister, and leader in the Short-Term Mission (STM) and in development ministry. In the interview Borthwick discusses his childhood in Massachusetts, involvement with Grace Chapel, his conversion and growth in Christian faith, his own early involvement with the Short Term Missions movement (STM), the development of STM in the United States and other countries; evaluation of the movement. The collection also contains dozens of articles...

Dates: 1980-2015; Majority of material found in 1980-2012

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Paul P. Stough Papers

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

Paul Rader Collection

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

Paul Tournier Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 183

Scope and Contents

Two audio recordings of lectures given by Paul Tournier at Wheaton College on April 13 and 14, 1961. Topics covered include the relationship between the physical and spiritual, the role of dialogue in medical and spiritual care, human nature, philosophy, science and religion, psychology and psychiatry, and Tournier's personal life anecdotes and spiritual pilgrimage. Each tape is approximately 25 minutes.

Dates: Created: 1961

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Pearl Nielsen Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-143

Scope and Contents The two Pearl Nielsen scrapbooks are contained in two separate boxes. The first box holds a brown book embossed with a crest-like design. Measuring 8.25" x 11.75", it displays paste-ins of 1940 RECORD articles, invitations to social events, lit society notices and commencement exercises. The pages are brittle and disattached from the binding. The second box contains a brown books with raised decorative designs, bound with a string, measuring 12" x 14.5". It begins with a few photos of the...

Dates: Created: 1940-1941; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1941

Found in: Special Collections

Pearl S. Buck Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-230

Scope and Contents

Accession

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 12/13/2011

Found in: Special Collections

Percy B. Crawford and Ruth Crawford Porter Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 357

Scope and Contents

Films, videos, audio tapes, correspondence, a book manuscript, sermon notes, and other materials documenting the evangelistic ministry of Percy and Ruth Crawford, particularly their radio and television work.

Dates: Created: 1922-1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Perry C. Straw Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 396

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Perry Clark Straw, an executive of the Moody Radio Network. Topics covered include Straw's childhood in the northeastern United States, his parent's work in starting and administering Baptist youth camps, memories of Percy Crawford and Jack Wyrtzen, his education at Southeastern Bible College and Moody Bible Institute, his early work in radio, discussion of Christian youth camps, descriptions of Percy Crawford, Jack Wyrtzen, WMBI, and the Chicago Gospel...

Dates: Created: 1988

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Perry Mastodon Excavation and Exhibition Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-10-002

Scope and Contents

Records of the Perry Mastodon Excavation and Exhibition include committee minutes, reports, correspondence, photographs and slides and memorablia.

Dates: Created: 1936-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1963-1978

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Peter Deyneka, Jr. Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 381

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Peter Simon Deyneka, Jr. (1931-2000) in which he describes his father, Peter Deyneka Sr; his own education at Wheaton College; and his early Christian work in Alaska, South America and Korea. Other topics discussed include: Deyneka's childhood in Chicago as the child of Russian immigrants, spiritual life on Wheaton College campus, decision to go into full-time ministry with the Slavic Gospel Association, working among the Aleut people in Alaska, refugee camps in...

Dates: Created: 1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Philip E. Armstrong Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 572

Scope and Contents Audio tapes, articles, clippings, correspondence, diplomas, manuscripts, ordination certificate, photographs, planning schedules, prayer letters, publications, reports, memos, school newspapers and yearbooks related to Philip Edward Armstrong's involvement as co-founder and general director of Far Eastern Gospel Crusade (now SEND International). Includes Armstrong's correspondence with FEGC colleagues and Evangelical figures, personal correspondence with his family, documents related to his...

Dates: Created: 1920-1985

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Philip Quaque Papers Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 151

Scope and Contents Complete microfilmed letters of Philip Quaque, first non-European ordained priest in the Church of England, native African and missionary to the Cape Coast (present day Ghana) for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Microfilm includes letters and other material concerning a wide variety of SPG mission efforts in North America, 1784-91, and Africa, 1817-1855. Letters describe progress in missionary work, relations with political authorities, daily life in colonial...

Dates: Created: 1765-1855

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Philip R. Foxwell, Sr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 442

Scope and Contents Oral history interview and one folder relating to the ministry of Philip R. Foxwell with the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions and later World Presbyterian Missions.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Philip R. Foxwell in which he describes his youth, conversion, magician career, education at Wheaton College, decision to become a missionary, preparation and orientation for missionary work in Japan with the...

Dates: Created: 1990-1991

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Phyllis E. Taylor Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 460

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Phyllis Evelyn Taylor in which she discusses her childhood and conversion to Christianity; education at Wheaton College; her experiences as a Christian and Missionary Alliance teacher and evangelist among the Bantu people in the Belgian Congo from 1952-1966; her work in Taiwan from 1968 as an independent missionary; and teaching English as a means of evangelism. Other topics discussed include attending Nyack Missionary Training Institute; memories of the 1950...

Dates: Created: 1992

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Pioneer Ministries Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 264

Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, photos, slides, tapes, curriculum materials, manuals, etc., relating to the work of the PM (formerly Pioneer Girls) in North American Churches. Materials document PM's early history, camping program (philosophy and history of Camp Cheriths and reference materials used to operate a camp and train camp staff), communications functions depicting the variety of tools used to communicate news and information to participants in its programs, orientation materials for field...

Dates: Created: 1939-1983

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Presbyterian Mission to American Indians Records Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 152

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 35 reels of microfilm containing nearly 14,000 letters by missionaries of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, focused on evangelizing American Indians. All letters are numbered and catalogued, and indexed by both author and tribe in the printed guide. Originals are in the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia. The letters date from 1833 to 1893.

Dates: Created: 1833-1893

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

President's Council Records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: RG-06-040

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the President's Council

Dates: Created: 1967-1975

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Evangelizacion (CLADE) Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 324

Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, minutes, press releases, planning and financial records, and manuscripts of Congress presentations (primarily in Spanish). Files in this collection were those of Clyde Taylor, executive secretary of the Evangelical Foreign Mission Association at the time of the Congress. Items document early planning and securing subsidy funding from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, travel arrangements, and daily reports from the Congress. Texts of Congress messages by...

Dates: Created: 1951-1975; Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1970

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Prison Fellowship Ministries Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 274

Brief Description Correspondence, memos, reports, newspaper clippings and other documents describing the founding and development of Prison Fellowship. Among the subjects covered in the files are the part played in the organization by Charles Colson, the realities of prison ministry, the conditions of prisons in the United States, relations between organizations involved in prison ministries, the testimonies of inmates, and the relationship between PFM and its constituents. Persons featured included those...

Dates: Created: 1961, 1975-1989, 1990, undated

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Prison Ministries Videos Records

Collection

Identifier: CN-365

Scope and Contents The material in this collection consists of edited videotaped programs produced by the staff of the Institute of Prison Ministries of the Billy Graham Center. Programs contain interviews by director of Institute for Prison Ministries with people involved in the criminal justice system. Prominant people interviewed include Chief Justic Warren Burger, Senator Mark Hatfield, and Attorney General Edwin Meese; also interviewed are prisoners, social workers, gang members, and prison guards. ...

Dates: Created: 1985-1986

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Programs Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-06-021

Scope and Contents

Minutes, general files of the Programs Committee

Dates: Created: 1953-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1953-1982

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Psychology Department Records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: RG-07-037

Scope and Contents

History file of the Psychology Department

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

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Rafael Maldonado, Jr. Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 395

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Rafael Maldonado, Jr. in which describes his childhood; conversion; education and training for ministry at Moody Bible Institute and Calvin Theological Seminary; ministry with Chicago’s Hispanic communities; and role as a pastor at Hope Christian Fellowship to the Puerto Rican community in Chicago. Other topics discussed include: completion of the SCUPE program; apprenticeship for Urban Ministry, the Spirit and Truth Fellowship Church under Manuel Ortiz; church's...

Dates: Created: 1988

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Railroad Evangelistic Association Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 378

Scope and Contents Correspondence, photograph, constitutions relating to the work of the Railroad Evangelistic Association, an organization created by railroad workers for fellowship and evangelism. Only a very few items in this collection, describing the structure of the organization and a little information about its purpose. The collection consists of a few miscellaneous items of the REA, all in folder 1-1. There is correspondence about the Association's tax exempt status, which includes...

Dates: Created: 1941-1985

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ralph and Helen Scoville Prayer Letters

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 078

Scope and Contents

This collection contains three prayer letters describing Ralph and Helen Scovilles' missionary work in China; travel from Shanghai to Ningsha, Kansu Province (now Yinchuan, Gansu) and raid and 23-day occupation of Ningsha by Muslim bandits.

Dates: Created: 1928-1929

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ralph E. Shannon Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 335

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and paper records relating to Ralph Shannon’s life and ministry as a medical missionary in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo).Audio Tapes Four oral history interviews with Ralph Shannon, recorded on eight reels of audio tape. Topics covered include Shannon's childhood in Belgian Congo (Zaire) with his missionary parents, Wheaton College undergraduate and graduate education, service in Zaire as a medical...

Dates: Created: 1986-1990

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ralph T. Davis Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 291

Scope and Contents Notebooks, clippings, hymns, poems, photographs relating to the ministry of Ralph T. Davis, as a missionary and executive leader of African Inland Mission. The materials in this collection consist primarily of notebooks apparently used by Davis for sermon materials or in his administrative capacities for AIM. They include: notes on books of the Old and New Testaments; sermon outlines and notes; church history; notes on geographical areas, countries and peoples; hymns and poems; other...

Dates: Created: 1935-1962

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Rare Book Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-010

Scope and Contents

The Rare Book Collection contains significant holdings on a broad range of subjects. Collection strengths include Reformation-era Bibles, as well as theological and devotional material. Collection contents were received through the donation, purchase, or transfer from the general library collection of Wheaton College.

The contents of the Rare Book Collection may be searched in the library catalog using keyword: SC/10

Dates: Other: -

Found in: Special Collections

Ray Schulenburg Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 270

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

Dates: Created: 1984

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Raymond and Lillian Braun Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 552

Scope and Contents Correspondence and other papers of Raymond and Lillian Braun, missionaries with Baptist Mid-Missions in the Central African Republic between 1926 and 1972; also includes photographs, manuscripts, reports, etc., a few papers of Lillian's brother Paul Young, letters from fellow missionaries in Africa and a friend in India, and some material on missions in South America, particularly Ecuador, where Paul worked. Correspondence predominates, much of it describing the Brauns' everyday life and...

Dates: Created: 1923-1975

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Raymond Attawia Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 576

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Raymond Attawia. Topics discussed include his family background and childhood in Sierra Leone, his spiritual seeking as a teenager, conversion through the ministry of the Christians in Action Mission; his involvement in various positions of leadership in the Christians in Action church in the country, including National Superintendent; the civil war in Sierra Leone and its impact on the church; the Evangelical churches in the country in 2002, his attendance at...

Dates: 2001-2002

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Raymond Buker Jr. Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 262

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Raymond Bates Buker in which he describes growing up in Burma as the child of missionaries, his education at Wheaton College, his decision to become a missionary under the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society, language study; evangelization, church planting, translation, medical missions and education activities in Pakistan, working with Muslims and the Sindhi, Bhils, and Marwari tribal people, 1954-1969. Other topics discussed include: the culture,...

Dates: Created: 1983

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Raymond Elliott Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 115

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Raymond Leroy Elliott (1924-2008), Wycliffe Bible translator working among the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Interview topics include educational work and life in Wheaton, translation activities, missionary training, mission responsibilities, and political, social, and cultural events in Central America. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1924-1980.Raymond Elliott was interviewed by Chris Matthews, a Wheaton College graduate...

Dates: Created: 1980

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Raymond Hunt Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-72 through 74

Abstract

The Raymond Hunt Papers archive contains materials relating to the life and work of Charles Williams, including notebooks of Williams's transcribed lectures, Hunt's personal notes, and a small selection of published materials and correspondence.

Dates: Created: 1926-1978; Other: Majority of material found in 1932-1947

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Raymond Okebaram (Osuchukwu) Adonai Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 655

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Adonai. Topics discussed include family background and childhood in Nigeria, his conversion and the development of his Christian faith, graduate education in Poland; ministry among university students through the Christian Student Association of Poland (ChSA) and the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES); African students in Poland; Pentecostalism in Poland; founding of the Victory in Jesus Church in Lodz, Poland; impressions of the Wheaton...

Dates: 2010

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Redd Harper Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 235

Scope and Contents Five tapes of country-style Gospel songs; two cassettes of songs sung by Redd Harper, one by Joe Rogers, and two eight-track stereo tapes by Redd Harper.The five tapes in this collection contain eleven or twelve songs each; four tapes (T1 through T4) were recorded by Redd Harper and one (T5) by Joe Rogers. Both men sing and play with guitar accompaniment, as well as with other instruments and choral background. A complete list of tapes and songs on each tape will be found on the...

Dates: Created: Undated

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Reginald Heber Sermon Manuscript

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 047

Scope and Contents

Manuscript of a sermon delivered by Heber of the Anglican Church to clergy in his diocese of Calcutta, India, describing the missionary situation in India.

Dates: Created: 1826

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Religious Illustrated Cards and Booklets Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-67

Abstract

This archive contains correspondence and drafts relating to religious-themed booklets and cards containing text by Dorothy L. Sayers, including: "The Days of Christ's Coming," "The Story of Easter," "The Tale of Adam and Christ," "The Story of Noah's Ark," and "The Enchanted Garden." Commonly known as the "Advent cards," the works were mainly intended as Christmas and Easter cards.

Dates: Created: 1953-1958; Other: Majority of material found in 1953-1955

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Religious Postcard Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 636

Scope and Contents Collection consists of hundreds of postcards in eight binders, gathered by the Billy Graham Museum and Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Archives staff and relating to American religious history in one way or another — a photograph of a Catholic cathedral, an advertising card sent out by a traveling evangelist, an illustrated verse from a hymn, a reminder card to attend Sunday school, etc. Very few cards date before the 20th century. The vast majority of postcards are not individually...

Dates: 1905-1975

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Reuben Archer Torrey, III Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 331

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey III and a videotape of the Otterbein United Brethren Missionary Convention in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on April 23, 1986.Audio TapesOral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey in which he describes his childhood in China as the son of Presbyterian missionaries; his experiences at boarding schools in China and Korea; his grandfather, Dr. R. A. Torrey, Sr.; his work as an Episcopalian...

Dates: Created: 1986

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Reuben Archer Torrey, Jr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 097

Scope and Contents

This collection contains pamphlets, correspondence, reports and articles created by Reuben Archer Torrey, Jr. documenting his internment by the Japanese in China, the great physical and spiritual needs of the people in South Korea following the war there, and the development of the rehabilitation program under Torrey's administration.

Dates: Created: 1942-1966

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Reuben Archer Torrey, Sr., Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 107

Scope and Contents

Diaries, correspondence, sermon notes, Sunday school lessons, newspaper clippings, brochures, memorial booklet, photographs, diaries, audio tapes, and glass negatives from R.A. Torrey's career as evangelist, teacher, author, and family man.

Dates: Created: 1882-1983

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Richard C. Rung Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 588

Scope and Contents

Oral history interview wtih Richard C. Rung, in which he describes his memories of Percy Crawford and King's College during Rung's tenure on the faculty at King's College. The time period covered by the interview is 1955-1963.

Richard Rung was interviewed by Robert Shuster on August 14, 2003.

Dates: Created: 2003

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Richard Crabb Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-021

Scope and Contents

The collection comprises mostly book manuscripts along with correspondence, research and reviews relating to various book projects. The collection also contains secondary material with biographical material. There are several boxes that await fuller description.

Dates: Created: 1942-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 1947-1982; Other: Date acquired: 1988

Found in: Special Collections

Richard E. Scheel Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 083

Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews, slides, photographs, correspondence and a personal diary created by Dr. Richard E. Scheel, missionary to Ethiopia with Sudan Interior Mission (S.I.M.) from 1951-1971.

Dates: Created: 1953-1970

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

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