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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

Shirlene Walker Philips Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 365

Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Shirlene Walker Phillips in which she discusses her childhood, education, hospital and clinic work, her work with Dolphus Weary and Voice of Calvary Ministries, and racial conditions in Mississippi, especially Mendenhall. The time period covered by the interview is 1956-1987.

Shirlene Phillips was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 18 and 19, 1987 at the office of Voice of Calvary Ministries, Jackson, MS.

Dates: Created: 1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Shirley Sugerman Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: B-34

Abstract

This archive contains correspondence, notes, and drafts relating to the publication of Evolution of Consciousness: Studies in Polarity (Wesleyan University Press, 1976) edited by Shirley Sugerman with contributions from a number of scholars in honor of the 75th birthday of Owen Barfield.

Dates: 1922-1991; Other: Majority of material found within 1972-1976; Other: Date acquired: June 23, 2020

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Short Terms Abroad Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 179

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, personnel files, bulletins, newspapers, posters, publications, legal documents, photos, mailing lists, minutes of meetings, and other items pertaining to the operation of the organization, Short Terms Abroad, which brought together individuals with particular skills(such as teaching or construction) and an interested in serving as missionaries for a limited time with missions having temporary needs for those skills.

Dates: Created: 1965-1976

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Shūsaku Endō Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-250

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and manuscripts relating to Endo's novels, Volcano and When I Whistle.

Dates: 1978-1981

Found in: Special Collections

Siberian Seven Collection

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-052

Scope and Contents The Siberian Seven Collection dates primarily between 1978-1983, with some material dating to 1989. The collection documents the struggle of seven Pentecostals who sought refuge in the United States Embassy in Moscow in 1978. The collection measures about 5 linear feet. The Siberian Seven's personal material consists of half the collection and consists mainly of their personal autobiographies and correspondence. Their correspondence is chiefly with Kent Hill and his wife, with some...

Dates: Created: 1978-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1978-1983; Other: Date acquired: 1993

Found in: Special Collections

Silas F. Fox Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 292

Scope and Contents Diaries, notebooks, correspondence, clippings, magic lantern slides, photographs, home movies, pamphlets, financial statements relating to Fox's career in the Telugu-speaking area of India as an independent missionary. The collection also contains information on indigenous Indian evangelists.Materials, some in the Telegu language, document daily life, including descriptions of his travels. Home movies contain many scenes of travel, Indian landscape and animals, including scenes...

Dates: Created: 1949-1973

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Slavic Gospel Association Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 237

Description: Correspondence, minutes, prayer letters, audio tapes, films, and other materials documenting the work of the Slavic Gospel Association among Slavic peoples, primarily Russians. Records deal with the early career of Peter Deyneka Sr.; work of individual missionaries; long range planning for the mission; media ministry (radio, film, both before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union video, literature); and evangelism in Europe, North America and South America. Collection contains...

Dates: Created: 1922-2002

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Records Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 146

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the microfilmed archives of the first century of S.P.C.K. endeavor. These papers are arranged in four series: A - Minutes and Reports (reels 1-10); B - Financial Records (reels 11-20); C - Letters and Memorials (reels 21-33); D - Special Subjects (reels 34-41). The minutes, reels 1-7, are indexed at the beginning of each volume. All reels are 35mm, positive copies.

Dates: Created: 1698-1794

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Records Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 155

Scope and Contents This collections consists of 27 reels of microfilm containing incoming and outgoing letters written by S.P.G. secretaries, including letters and papers from and to missionaries in the American colonies both on the North American continent and in the Caribbean from colony governors and other individuals, from SPG subscribers in England, and from churches on the European continent. Subjects documented include missions and evangelistic work.The collection consists of 27 reels of...

Dates: Created: 1701-1786

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Lambeth Palace Records Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 154

Scope and Contents The collection consists of about two thousand five hundred letters and eight volumes of minutes covering the formative years of the Society, 1701-1750. Later papers document the establishment of the American episcopate after the Revolution. The correspondence is primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns Eurasia, especially China and India. Correspondence primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns work in Eurasia, particularly China and India. Topics covered...

Dates: Created: 1679-1790

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Records Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 072

Scope and Contents Microfilm edition of the published reports, sermons, and miscellaneous documents that were issued under the auspices of the S.P.G. office in London. Sporadic gatherings of pamphlets arranged chronologically in earlier years; regular annual publications in later years. Subjects covered include missionary activity in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.The microfilm in this collection consists solely of the bound volumes of published material that appeared under the...

Dates: Created: 1701-1844

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Society of St. John the Evangelist Collection

Collection

Identifier: Wade-Stored in the article file and book collections

Abstract

The ministry of Oxford's Society of Saint John the Evangelist had a profound impact on Lewis's spiritual formation. The following resources provide information on the SSJE, Father Walter Adams, Richard Meux Benson, and their impact on C.S. Lewis.

Dates: Created: 1896-2006

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Sociology and Anthropology Department Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-07-032

Scope and Contents

Records of the Sociology and Anthropology Department include annual reports, ten-year reviews, sample exams and correspondence.

Dates: Created: 1964-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 1986-1990

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Sojourners Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-023

Scope and Contents The Sojourners Collection contains the archival papers of the Christian social concern and community group known by that name. Sojourners traces its origin to a group of seven students at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, (see Jim Wallis) who called for a new and rigorous application of Biblical ethics to American Culture. Believing that the church was losing the current generation,...

Dates: Created: 1971-2017; Other: Date acquired: 1988

Found in: Special Collections

South America Mission Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 204

Scope and Contents Legal documents, reports, linguistic materials, correspondence, publications, organizational documents of SAM, chiefly 1921-1955.Materials document the mission's beginning as the Inland South America Missionary Union. In-depth reports cover all aspects of mission activities including missionary life and descriptions of their encounters with and observations of Indian tribes, methods of evangelizing, use of linguistic materials relating to Indian languages, personnel policies, social and...

Dates: Created: 1905-1981; Other: Majority of material found in 1921-1955

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Special Committee on Honorary Degree Records

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: RG-06-058

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the Special Committeemon Honorary Degree

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

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Spencer W. Perkins Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 364

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Spencer W. Perkins (1954-1998) in which he discusses his childhood in California and Mississippi; attending black and white schools; relations with his father, John Perkins; the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the late 60s and early 70s; and the work of Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS. The time period covered by the interview is 1954-1987.Spencer Perkins was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on June 18, 1987 at the Voice of Calvary...

Dates: Created: 1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

St. Anne's House Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-70

Abstract

This archive contains materials relating to St. Anne's House, an Anglican organization formed with the goal of bringing the Christian faith into dialogue with aspects of modern culture--with particular emphasis on reaching out to the artistic and intellectual communities of London. Dorothy L. Sayers was an active member of St. Anne's House and a strong supporter of its mission. At her death in December 1957, Sayers's ashes were placed under the tower of St. Anne's in Soho.

Dates: Created: 1941-1958; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1957

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Stam Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 449

Scope and Contents

Memoirs, newsletters, correspondence, diary, photos, film, poems, newspaper clippings and other items that relate to the Stam family, their Christian faith, Star of Hope Mission and the missions and evangelism work of various family members, especially John and Betty Stam who were killed in China by Chinese Communist soldiers in 1934.

Dates: Created: 1919-2003

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Standing Committee Records

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: RG-06-064

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the Standing Committee

Dates: Created: 1973-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1973-1989

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Stanley Okoro Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 296

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Stanley Okoro in which he discusses his childhood in Nigeria, education participation as a soldier in the 1967-1970 Nigerian civil war, conversion to Christianity, theological training, youth ministry in Nigeria and Liberia, Christian cults in Nigeria, and the strengths and weaknesses of the Nigerian churches. The time period covered by the interviews is from 1951 to 1985.Stanley Okoro was interviewed by Robert Shuster on February 25, 1985 at the Billy...

Dates: Created: 1985

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Stanley R. Kline Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 477

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Stanley R. Kline and extensive photo albums, relating to Kline’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from 1940 to 1977. Topics covered in interview include: his family background in Philadelphia, conversion, Percy Crawford's influence, evangelism in Philadelphia, rescue mission work, call to missions, his wife Carmel Anthony, his evangelism and educational work in the Congo between 1940 and...

Dates: Created: 1930-1999

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Stella Aldwinckle Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-75 through A-84

Abstract

This archive contains personal and professional papers relating to Stella Aldwinckle, the founder of the SocraticClub (which included C.S. Lewis) and member of the Oxford Pastorate staff at Oxford University.

Dates: Created: 1922-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1970

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Stella Kasirye Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 493

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Stella Kasirye in which she describes her childhood in Uganda; her conversion to Christian faith while at school; her involvement in programs to reach street children; her efforts to develop programs of AIDS education and care among college students and the country at large, and observations on the church in Uganda and missionary efforts there. The time period covered by the interviews is 1965 to 1993.Stella Kasirye was interviewed by Robert Shuster...

Dates: Created: 1993

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Stephen Cushman Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-188

Scope and Contents

The Stephen Cushman Papers is a small collection of hand-written music scores for soprano, piano, organ, and wind orchestra from this former Professor of Music at the Wheaton Conservatory of Music.

Dates: Created: 1967-1986; Other: Date acquired: 2005

Found in: Special Collections

Steve Turner Papers

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-069

Dates: Other: -

Found in: Special Collections

Steven Barabas Keswick Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-030

Scope and Contents Though the collection contains manuscript material from Steven Barabas, such as correspondence and drafts of his dissertation, the vast majority of the collection comprises published material by Keswick authors. These include pamphlets, books, and periodicals.The Keswick Collection is composed of over 900 books, pamphlets and periodicals from this excellent library. Steven Barabas' personal and academic interest in Keswick inspired him to write his Th.D. thesis on this topic. ...

Dates: Created: 1875-2004; Other: Majority of material found in 1874-1982; Other: Date acquired: 1988

Found in: Special Collections

Steven C. Preston Papers

Collection — Container: xAccession 2014-0117

Identifier: SC-223

Abstract When Steven Preston was counting the cost of entering public, governmental service, he stated: “I had to ask myself whether I was willing to jump into a highly public position in an agency that was under attack and that had some very significant hurdles.” Despite these challenges facing him, Preston decided that he would transition into a leadership position of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in 2006. A similar question would arise again, less than two years later, when Mr. Preston...

Dates: Created: 2005-2014; Other: Date acquired: 10/13/2014

Found in: Special Collections

Stoyka Todorova Krasteva-Meyer oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 581

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Stoyka Todorova Krasteva-Meyer, in which she describes her childhood in Bulgaria, the Communist culture in that country, her conversion to Christianity, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's work in the country, the beginnings of a an indigenous campus ministry in the country, her attendance at International Fellowship of Evangelical Leaders conferences in Germany, Korea and Bulgaria; impressions of evangelical leaders, such as Samuel Escobar and John Stott; and a...

Dates: 2002

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Stuart Hamblen Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 117

Scope and Contents

Phonograph record and audio tape of popular songs, hymns and Gospel songs sung by Hamblen, several of which he also wrote. The two songs on the phonograph album, "Golden River" and "Dream Book of Memories," were also written by him. There are twenty-four selections on the audio tape. Songs both written and sung by Hamblen include "It Is No Secret," "His Hands," "This Ole House," and "The Lord is Counting on You."

Dates: Created: Undated

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Student Affairs Committee Records

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: RG-06-059

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the Student Affairs Committee

Dates: Created: 1960-1979; Other: Majority of material found in 1960, 1979

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Student Development Committee Records

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: RG-06-060

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the Student Development Committee

Dates: Created: 1980-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-1985

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Student Finance Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-08-007

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the Student Finance Committee

Dates: Created: 1963-1971; Other: Majority of material found in 1963-1971

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Student Government Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: RG-08-002

Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Student council

Dates: Created: 1932-2015; Other: Majority of material found in 1932-1981

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Summer School Committee Records

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: RG-06-061

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the Summer School Committee

Dates: Created: 1969-1970; Other: Majority of material found in 1969-1970

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Sunday School Curriculum Collection

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-049

Scope and Contents

This collection serves as a sampling of evangelical Christian Sunday School curriculum throughout many of the decades of the twentieth century, particularly after the Fundamentalist and Evangelical divisions occured within Protestant Christian denominations in the United States.

Dates: Created: 1880-2015; Other: Majority of material found in 1935-1978

Found in: Special Collections

Susan Bartel Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 057

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, negatives, and photographs relating to Susan Bartel's service with the China Mennonite Mission Society for over 20 years in the Shantung Province of China. Topics covered by the interviews include: Bartel's youth, conversion to Christianity, education, marriage to Loyal Bartel, and mission work in China; World War II; Japanese occupation of China; arrest and imprisonment of Loyal; life under the Chinese communists after World War II, Loyal’s imprisonment and Susan’s...

Dates: Created: 1932-1979

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Susan Howatch Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-159

Scope and Contents The Susan Howatch Papers were received in eleven steamer trunks totalling approximately 33 linear feet. To date the materials are undergoing processing and a preliminary series description serves the basis of this scope and content note. The materials are organized according to published book manuscripts and include drafts, supplemental information, correspondence, promotional materials, reviews, and published works. Biographical information in the form of articles and memeberships/awards...

Dates: Created: 1940-2006; Other: Date acquired: 2006

Found in: Special Collections

Suzanne Griggins Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 375

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Suzanne Elizabeth Griggins (T3-T4) in which she describes her work as a lawyer at the Mendenhall Ministries Law Office, including examples of cases. Other topics discussed include: Griggins’ conversion and spiritual growth; political, legal, educational, racial and social conditions in rural Mississippi; voter registration; pastor Artis Fletcher; the Ku Klux Klan; and the church's response to injustice. The collection also includes an orientation session (T1-T2)...

Dates: Created: 1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

T. Michael Flowers Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 431

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with T. Michael Flowers (1920-2015) in which he describes growing up in the Bahamas, the influence on his life of W. H. Farrington, his conversion, his evangelistic work in the Bahamas, his education in Scotland, a brief description of Billy Graham in Scotland in 1946, and the beginning of his evangelistic work in the United States. The second interview covers Flowers' ministry in Canada, Whitfield and B. M. Nottage, the Plymouth Brethren church and its church...

Dates: Created: 1990-1995

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Teacher Education Committee Records

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: RG-06-062

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the Teacher Education Committee

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

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Terry DIrks and Joseph Aldrich Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 519

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Joseph C. Aldrich and Terry Dirks, leaders of International Renewal Ministries, in which they describe their personal backgrounds and the origins, purpose, and impact of the prayer summits for pastors sponsored by IRM. They also both talked about the revival on the campus of Multnomah Bible School that occurred on April 14, 1995. The time period covered by the interviews is 1940 to 1995.Terry Dirks and Joseph Aldrich were interviewed by Bob Shuster on...

Dates: Created: 1995

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

The Chicago Call Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 033

Scope and Contents

Collection contains minutes of the planning committee, correspondence, drafts of the Chicago Call conference, reports, and magazine coverage of the meeting. Documents deal with the efforts to draft a document outlining the need for Protestant Evangelicals to recover what the participants saw as the theology and practice of historical Christianity.

Dates: Created: 1974-1978

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

The Chronicles of Narnia Movies Archive

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-97 through 98 and A-40 (oversize materials)

Abstract

This archive contains materials relating to the live action movies based on The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.

Dates: Created: 2003-2009

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

The Devil to Pay Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-58

Abstract

This archive contains materials for the play The Devil to Pay by Dorothy L. Sayers, including copies of the play, correspondence, production notes, and financial returns.

Dates: Created: 1938-1946; Other: Majority of material found in 1939

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

The Emperor Constantine Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-61

Abstract

The Emperor Constantine archive contains materials relating to the religious play of the same title by Dorothy L. Sayers including: various copies and scripts of the play, some production notes, and related correspondence primarily regarding the Colchester Festival where the play was first performed in 1951.

Dates: Created: 1949-1952; Other: Majority of material found in 1951-1952

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

The Evangelical Alliance Mission Orientation Handbook

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 031

Scope and Contents

This collection contains an orientation handbook created by The Evangelical Alliance Mission for TEAM missionaries and candidates to orient them to the mission's goals, methods, and policies. The manual outlines regulations related to fundraising, visas and overseas travel, health and country-specific information. Also included is information on TEAM's Medical Aid Fund and a letter explaining TEAM's procedure for reviewing candidiates for mission fields.

Dates: Created: 1962-1964

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

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