Collections | Archives of Wheaton College

Rosamond Sprague Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-23

Abstract

This archive contains materials related to Dorothy L. Sayers, donated by Rosamond Sprague. Contents include materials relating to A Matter of Eternity (a book of selections from Sayers's works, edited by Sprague), general correspondence, and personal papers.

Dates: Created: 1969-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1973-1976

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Rosanna Formanek Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 404

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Rosanna Formenak in which she discusses her family background; conversion; education at Nyack College and Columbia University in nursing; experiences as a missionary in Gabon with the Christian and Missionary Alliance; youth work, relationship between church and state in Gabon; medical work; and the strengths and weaknesses of the church in Gabon. Other topics discussed include the influence of Word of Life and Youth for Christ on Formenak’s spiritual growth,...

Dates: Created: 1988

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Rose Field Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: SC-149

Dates: Created: 1911-1912

Found in: Special Collections

Roy Lundquist Papers.

Collection

Identifier: CN 002

Scope and Contents

The bulk of the collection is comprised of charts created by Roy Lundquist that attempted to trace the effect of Billy Graham Crusades on the crime rates of thirteen selected cities. Also contains a few letters, notes, and newspaper clippings relating to Moody Memorial Church in Chicago, Wheaton, Illinois local politics, and unidentified architectural drawings.

Dates: Created: 1925-1974

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ruby B. Maynard Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 530

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Ruby Beatrice (Arnold) Maynard (1912-1998), medical missionary in Tanzania from 1938-1984 with Africa Inland Mission. Topics discussed include Maynard's childhood; conversion; education at Moody Bible Institute; managing the hospital and leprosarium in Tanzania; the development of the African Inland Church in Tanzania; Dr. Nina Maynard's work at the Kolo Ndoto hospital; Ruby Maynard's marriage to station supervisor, William Maynard; challenges of missionary life;...

Dates: Created: 1996

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ruddock Staffordshire and Glassware Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-158

Scope and Contents

The Ruddock Staffordshire and Glassware Collection is a non-manuscript collection of Early American Staffordshire china and glassware. The Old Sandwich glass bowls and pitchers are in three patterns: bellflower, thumbprint, and three faces. The plates and pitcher are the 'old blue' Staffordshire historical wares embellished with early American scenes.

Dates: Created: 1820-1850; Other: Date acquired: 1958

Found in: Special Collections

Russell P. Shedd Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 201

Scope and Contents Three oral history interviews with Russell Philip Shedd, in which he describes his upbringing by missionary parents in Bolivia; education at Wheaton College, Faith Seminary (PA), and the University of Edinburgh; Billy Graham's evangelistic meetings at Harringay and Edinburgh in 1954/55; evangelism opportunities in Scotland, 1953-55; and work with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Portugal, 1959-62, and Brazil, 1962-82. The time period covered by the interviews is 1929 to...

Dates: Created: 1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ruth E. Hess Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 242

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Ruth Edna DeVelde Hess (1909-1997), a missionary with the Plymouth Brethren Church at Sakeji School for missionary children in Zambia. Topics discussed include: Hess' life as a child in Wheaton, Illinois, and education at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College; marriage to Lyndon Roth Hess; calling to be teachers of missionary children; decision to go to Africa; their work at Sakeji School from 1932 to 1982; and descriptions of life and customs in Zambia among the...

Dates: Created: 1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ruth Hoisington Myers Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-141

Scope and Contents The Ruth Myers scrapbook measures 10.5" x 15.5". The cover is checkered with red and black lines, with the word "Scraps" printed above the image of two dogs. On one dog is written, "Ruth Hoisington," and on the other, "1933-1934, 1934-1935." The interior is inscribed, "Donated by Ruth Hoisington Myers in 1973." The pages are yellow and brittle, fragmenting with age. The book primarily deals with her years at Wheaton College, and features paste-ins of invitations, cards, an enrollment...

Dates: Created: 1933-1934; Other: Date acquired: 1973

Found in: Special Collections

Ruth James Cording Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-043

Scope and Contents The papers of Ruth James Cording bring together books, pamphlets, articles, newsclippings and memorabilia that illustrate Welsh language and literature. Correspondence with relatives and libraries in Wales, and numerous trips to Wales, have formed a dynamic stream of information about Wales.The published material, mostly in English, or Welsh and English, is good sample of the breadth of Welsh literature. Poetry and the lyrics for music provide the biggest sampler of Welsh...

Dates: Created: 1958-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 1961-1986; Other: Date acquired: 1992

Found in: Special Collections

Ruth L. Maxwell Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 424

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Ruth Lillian Maxwell in which she talks about her family background, including her grandfather, L.E. Maxwell, founder of Prairie Bible Institute, and her parents, missionaries with Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) in Nigeria; Nigerian village life; experiences at boarding school; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development; education in Canada at Prairie Bible Institute; joining SIM; missions work in Liberia teaching the Bible and leading study groups for...

Dates: Created: 1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ruth M. Long Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 347

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Ruth Margaret (Hollander) Long in which she discusses her conversion, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary for the Sudan Interior Mission tohgether with her husband Burt) in Niger and Nigeria from 1950 through 1984. Other topics discussed include raising a family on the mission field, development of an AWANA program for Hausa children, evangelistic activities, impressions of the French colonial system, the independence of Niger, Hamami Diori,...

Dates: Created: 1986

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ruth M. Mellis Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 363

Scope and Contents Correspondence, prayer letters, clippings, photographs, oral history interviews and audio tapes of missionary conference relating to the missionary career of Ruth M. Mellis. Materials document her work among orphans and students in Greece, the Greek Bible Institute, the Greek language, and Greater Europe Mission; oral history interviews describe her childhood, attendance at Wheaton College, work with Near East Relief in Siros, teaching public schools in the St. Louis area, teaching at the...

Dates: Created: 1928-1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ruth M. Thomas Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 299

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Ruth M. Thomas about her family and religious background, conversion, recollections of Billy Sunday's campaign in Scranton, PA in 1914, her education at Wheaton College, call to foreign missions, work as a missionary nurse with the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in a rehabilitation program of a leper colony in southwestern China along the Burmese border among the Tai-Lu people, language study, worship and use of music, an anti-opium campaign, and a...

Dates: Created: 1985

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ruth Mellis Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-138

Scope and Contents

The Ruth Mellis material is contained in a 7 X 11 photo album. The first section is occupied with photos of Wheaton College campus and persons. Interspersed throughout are paste-ins of invitations to campus social events such as Student Volunteers, banquets, Annual Spring Concert, Recital and Homecoming. Tucked into the back are newspaper clippings, commencement programs and jacket patches.

Dates: Created: 1927-1931; Other: Majority of material found in 1927-1931

Found in: Special Collections

Ruth Spalding Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-46

Abstract

This archive contains materials from the Spalding family relating to Charles Williams, particularly in the areas of drama, secondary materials about Williams, and the 1961 BBC radio broadcast of “A Portrait of Charles Williams.”

Dates: Created: 1938-1997

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Ruth Sundquist Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 266

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Ruth Sundquist in which she describes her education at Moody Bible Institute, decision to become a missionary, work first in Kentucky home missions as a Christian education worker with the Evangelical Free Church and then her missionary career in China and Hong Kong between 1947 and 1982 as an administrator for a Sunday School and orphanage. Other topics discussed include: language school in China, Chinese attitudes toward the Nationalists, Communists, Americans...

Dates: Created: 1984

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Ruth W. Adeney Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 394

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Ruth Winifred Temple Adeney (1912-1911) in which she describes her youth; spiritual growth; education at Northwestern Schools; call to missionary work with China Inland Mission; her missionary experience; her husband, David Adeney; her work with with China Inland Mission in rural areas of Henan Province (1934-1941); and her husband's work with university students in Nanking (1946-1948) and Shanghai (1949- 1950). Other topics discussed include the impact of war...

Dates: Created: 1988

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

S. W. Colburn Letter

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 064

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a letter written by S.W. Colburn to Mrs. Mary Gerish describing the purpose of the Palestine Missionary Society, asking for financial and prayer support.

Dates: Created: 1821

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Sacred Arts Collection

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-233

Scope and Contents The Sacred Arts Collection was acquired by Special Collections in 2015. The majority of holdings originated with the Billy Graham Center Museum, and feature thousands of prints, artwork, ephemera, books, and pamphlets. Collection highlights include an original leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, hundreds of thumb Bibles, fine press Bibles, 19th-century pamphlets, and devotional artwork.Books and pamphlets within the collection may be searched in the ...

Dates: Other: -

Found in: Special Collections

Sadie Custer Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 470

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Sadie Custer (1911-2007) in which she discusses her childhood, conversion, education at Moody Bible Institute, joining the China Inland Mission, arrival in China in 1936, the Chinese language, work in Shensi province, Bible teaching, transition from missionary to Chinese leadership, the Three Self Movement, the Communist revolution in China and its effect on missions, the Sino-Japanese Conflict, work in Malaysia among Chinese, living in an area in Malaysia...

Dates: Created: 1992

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Sally Magnusson Papers

Collection — Container: Box 1

Identifier: SC-107

Scope and Contents

The Sally Magnusson Papers are composed of newspaper columns from 1995-1999 and her biography "Family Life."

Dates: Created: 1995-1999; Other: Date acquired: 2001

Found in: Special Collections

Samuel F. Wolgemuth Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 343

Scope and Contents Administrative correspondence, reports, minutes, memos, newsletters, publications, promotional material, photographs, and slides documenting Samuel F. Wolgemuth's term (1965-1973) as president for Youth for Christ. The correspondence with YFC staff, individuals, and representatives of other Christian organizations, predominates. Materials document contact with major YFC donors, administration of YFC at various executive levels, fund raising, communication, and promotion. Prominent people...

Dates: Created: 1962-1981

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Samuel K. Mills Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 504

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Samuel Kirk Mills in which he discusses his childhood in Ghana, conversion to Christianity, involvement with Calvary Road, Inc. and the African Christian Mission, memories of Kwame Nkrumah, the use of drama in evangelism in Ghana, views on the strengths and weaknesses of Christianity in his country, Christianity and Islam in Ghana, different Christian traditions in Ghana, Mills' impressions of Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute, origins of Africa Christian...

Dates: Created: 1995

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Samuel M. Sayford Evangelistic Meeting Card

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 053

Scope and Contents

Card announcing an evangelistic meeting at the Dudley Street Baptist Church held by Samuel Sayford.

Dates: Created: 1908

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Samuel M. Shoemaker Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 269

Scope and Contents Appointment books, audio tapes, magazines, newspaper clippings, articles, a pamphlet, phonograph records, photographs, and programs covering the years of Samuel Moor Shoemaker's career as an Episcopalian preacher, author, radio preacher, and spiritual advisor-counselor. Includes taped sermons from radio program Faith at Work.Materials cover the years of Showmaker's career as a preacher, author, and spiritual advisor-counselor. Tapes are almost entirely recordings from Shoemaker's...

Dates: Created: 1907-1963

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Samuel Richey Kamm Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-089

Scope and Contents The Samuel Richey Kamm Papers are categorized according to biographical, professional and civic involvement. The professional material covers various workshops, committees, seminars and departmental/institutional matters, in addition to material relating to the City of Wheaton and the history of Illinois. Hundreds of file cards, featuring a vast array of research topics such as history, political science, culture, bibliographies, foreign affairs and education, are contained in five boxes and...

Dates: Created: 1927-1973

Found in: Special Collections

Samuel Small Letter and Portrait

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 050

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the second page of letter signed by evangelist Samuel White Small and portrait of him.

Dates: Created: 1910-1930

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Sarah A. Young Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 542

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diary, and articles related to the ministry of Sarah Alice, missionary with China Inland Mission. The materials in the collection document her preparation and her evangelism activities in Shanxi Province, China, where she worked from 1896 until 1900, when she and her husband John were killed during the Boxer Rebellion. Young's papers contain many descriptions of missionary work, the lives and testimonies of individual Christians and Chinese society and culture.

Dates: Created: 1894-1901

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Sarah "Belle" Hawkes Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 039

Scope and Contents Correspondence etters, reports, and photos relating to the missionary service of Sarah "Belle" Sherwood Hawkes in Persia, now Iran under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Subjects discussed in letters include status of women in Persia, progress of mission work, and Sherwood family affairs.The collection consists of several letters written by Hawkes to her family, 1883-1899; and two reports prepared for the mission board which she served, 1884 and 1899. The...

Dates: Created: 1881 - 1899

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Sarah Eliza Congdon Journal

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-249

Scope and Contents Sarah Eliza Congden's Journal 1838-1845pp 5-164: Arithmetic Lessons at Elmira Academy, Chemung Co. NY Begun January 1, 1838 when 13 years old through 1840 (A sample of dress silk p. 27)p. 61-Sarah was born in Rhinebeckpp. 156-157: A lock of hair, perhaps Congdon's, was pressed into the gutter between the pages. It has been removed and stored in a mylar sleeve for safekeeping. pp 165-260: 165-213 a diary from February 1, 1843 - Mary 26,...

Dates: 1838-1845

Found in: Special Collections

Sarah K. Smith Collection

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-115

Scope and Contents

The Sarah K. Smith Collection is composed of a 1928 diary of her travels to Europe and three pieces of artwork from the early 20th century.

Dates: Created: 1909-2016; Other: Date acquired: 2004

Found in: Special Collections

Sarah "Sally" Bell Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 213

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Sally Bell, in which she describes her mission work with radio station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, 1965 to 1976. Other topics discussed include: her conversion during Billy Graham's Toronto crusade in 1955, preparation for and work on the mission field with radio station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador (in the departments of evangelism, television, and administration), language school in Costa Rica, comparisons between Western and Latin American culture, the role of women in...

Dates: Created: 1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Sayers Family Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-104 and A-106

Abstract

This archive contains correspondence, certificates, and other documents and records relating to the family of Dorothy L. Sayers.

Dates: Created: 1879-1941

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Schofield Correspondence Archive

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-6 through 7

Abstract This archive is a collection of correspondence from the files of Stephen Schofield, C.S. Lewis scholar and editor of the "Canadian C.S. Lewis Journal." It contains correspondence between Stephen Schofield, Walter Hooper, Clyde S. Kilby, Kathryn Lindskoog, Ruth Pitter, George Sayer, and Sheldon Vanauken. Photocopies of letters by C.S. Lewis to various correspondents are also included, as well as various related materials. Some photographs are included...

Dates: Created: 1942-1992; Other: Majority of material found in 1979-1986

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Scholastic Honor Society Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-08-004

Scope and Contents

Minutes, correspondence, lists of the Scholastic Honors Society

Dates: Created: 1931-1975; Other: Majority of material found in 1931-1975

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Scopes Trial Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 244

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one reel of microfilm and one file of photographic postcards documenting the legal trial of the State of Tennesse vs John Thomas Scopes in 1925, known as the Scopes Monkey Trial. The microfilm contains texts of indictment, subsequent motion, judge's decision, verdict and request for new trial, and verbatim record of court proceedings. Subjects documented include evolution, church and state, creation, the relationship of the Bible to science, Fundamentalism, and...

Dates: Created: 1925-1980

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Scott J. Harbert Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 447

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Scott Jeffrey Harbert in which he discusses his family, growing up, meeting his father as an adult, influences on his childhood and adolescence, contacts with Shintoism in Japan, problem with marijuana, conversion to Christianity and influence of Richard Foster, college education and participation in Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, work as a staff member at the IVCF headquarters, marriage to Barbara Gration, the development of Concerts of Prayer, short-term...

Dates: Created: 1992

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Seeking the Secret Place Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-52

Abstract

This archive contains the materials related to the book Seeking the Secret Place: The Spiritual Formation of C.S. Lewis by Lyle W. Dorsett (Brazos Press, 2004).

Dates: Created: 1898-2004; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-2004

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Selima Blanchard Allen Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-101

Scope and Contents The Selima Blanchard Allen materials form a collateral collection to the papers of her brother, Jonathan Blanchard. Included are correspondence, diaries, account books, scrapbooks, and personal items ranging in time from 1836-1892.The correspondence spans the dates 1836-1892, with the greatest number of items dated between 1839 and 1853. Thus the main body of Selima's papers falls during a period which is often sparsely covered in the Jonathan Blanchard Papers. Since many of the...

Dates: Created: 1836-1892; Other: Majority of material found in 1848-1892

Found in: Special Collections

Seminar on Measuring Missions' Effectiveness Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 170

Scope and Contents Sound recordings of the Seminar on Measuring Missions' Effectiveness, held in July 1982 and sponsored by the Billy Graham Center Archives. This collection consists entirely of two presentations by Donald McGavran of the Fuller School of World Missionon measuring mission effectiveness and church growth, and subsequent discussion in response to the papers. In the morning session, his topic was "Measuring Mission Effectiveness." In the afternoon, the topic was "Church Growth: The Next Step."...

Dates: Created: 1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Seminar on the Authority of the Bible Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 032

Scope and Contents Copies of the papers read at the meeting held in Wenham, MA. Also contains a list of participants, a schedule of events, and copies of the text of the communique and resolutions adopted by the meeting.Most of this collection consists of papers read at the meeting and responses read. The list of titles can be read in the container list, where they are arranged according to the order given. Also in this collection is a schedule of the seminar and copies of the resolutions and...

Dates: Created: 1966

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

SEND International Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 406

Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, prayer letters, incorporation documents, news releases, statistics, newsletters, clippings, photographic prints and negatives, films, organizational charts, financial record, etc., related to the origins, development, and operation of SEND International in Alaska, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, and U.S. based operations. Documentation begins with the pre-incorporation of the organization and its first iteration as the GI GOSPEL HOUR phase...

Dates: Created: 1943-1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Senior Vice President of Finance Records (David Johnston)

Collection — Container: xAccession 2011-0166

Identifier: RG-03-004

Scope and Contents

Records of the Senior Vice-President of Finance include subject files, correspondence, budget and committee materials.

Dates: Created: 1971-2011; Other: Majority of material found in 1972-1990

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Service Learning Committee Records

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: RG-06-057

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the Service Learning Committee

Dates: Created: 1993-1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1993-1994

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Seung-Hun Yang Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 448

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Seung-Hun Yang in which he discusses the discipline and devotion of the rural South Korean Presbyterian church he grew up in, the effects of the Korean War on the country, his father's example as a Christian and lay leader, the work of the Navigators abd Campus Crusade for Christ in Korea, Yang's education as a physicist, the introduction of creation science to Korea, his efforts to found a Christian university, and the strengths and weaknesses of the Korean...

Dates: Created: 1991

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Shadowlands Films Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-3a

Abstract

Materials relating to the 1993 Shadowlands film by Richard Attenborough, and a few photos from the 1985 film by Norman Stone.

Dates: Created: 1985-1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1992-1994

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Sharelle M. Eland Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 547

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Sharelle May Eland in which she describes her childhood growing up in Papua New Guinea where her parents were missionaries, her return to Australia and adjustment to life there, affinity for primitive culture, Christian life and spiritual development, desire to become a missionary, education to become a teacher and at Capernwray Bible Colleges in Great Britain and Germany, ministry among Australian young people and aborigines, missions to aborigines and their...

Dates: Created: 1997

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Sheldon Vanauken Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-34a-b and B-6 through B-7

Abstract The Sheldon Vanauken Collection contains typescripts and proofs of Vanauken’s books: A Severe Mercy, Gateway to Heaven, and Under the Mercy; along with photographs of awards, photocopies of articles, reviews, and Vanauken's review briefs and letter logs regarding his work. Also included are biographical research materials on Vanauken from Will Vaus, author of Sheldon...

Dates: Created: 1831-2011; Other: Majority of material found in 1947-1996

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Sheri R. Simon Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 348

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Sharon "Sheri" Rose Simon in which she describes her childhood, conversion to Christianity, decision to become a missionary, internship in Mexico, and medical work in Haiti.Other topics discussed include: joining the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, raising financial support, common health problems, folk remedies, the relationship between the Haitian would view and health care, voodoo, the 1985-86 revolution in Haiti, relations between Catholics and...

Dates: Created: 1986

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

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