Collections | Archives of Wheaton College

The Mind of the Maker Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-62

Abstract

The Mind of the Maker archive contains materials relating to the non-fiction book of the same title by Dorothy L. Sayers, including: early drafts of the book, related correspondence, and a copy of the published work with annotations by Sayers.

Dates: Created: 1938-1955; Other: Majority of material found in 1941

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

The New Cosmology Correspondence

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-63

Abstract

This archive contains a single folder of correspondence, mainly fan mail, relating to Dorothy L. Sayers's BBC radio talk, "The New Cosmology."

Dates: Created: 1950-1951

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

The Old Fashioned Faith Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 043

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one audio tape which contains mostly American Gospel music. Singers include Homer Rodeheaver and Rodney "Gipsy" Smith, as well as the Princeton Theological Seminary Chorus, among others. Also includes story told by Dr. Russell Conwell.*****Side 11. The Old Fashioned Faith--Homer Rodeheaver, Accompanied by Ackley2. Face To Face--Percy Hemus3....

Dates: Created: 1905-1924

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

The Other Side Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-182

Scope and Contents

The Other Side, which was a "magazine of Christian discipleship," was established by Jubilee, Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1976.

Dates: Created: 1965-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 1975-1995; Other: Date acquired: 07/28/2011

Found in: Special Collections

The Pantheon Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-66

Abstract

This archive contains correspondence and drafts relating to The Pantheon Papers by Dorothy L. Sayers, a series of satirical sketches on invented saints and celebrations of secular society.

Dates: Created: 1953-1954

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

The Quest of the Ring Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-38

Abstract

This archive contains memorabilia from a production of an adaptation of The Lord of the Rings for theatre, performed in Cheltenham.

Dates: Created: 1966-1976

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

The Religious Book Club Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-64

Abstract

The Religious Book Club archive contains various materials relating to the club and Sayers's position on the Advisory Committee, including: meeting minutes, agendas, book lists, RBC advertisements, Bulletins, and related correspondence.

Dates: Created: 1941-1948

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

The Religious Drama Society Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-65

Abstract

The Religious Drama Society archive contains various materials relating to the society, including meeting minutes and related correspondence.

Dates: Created: 1940-1951; Other: Majority of material found in 1947-1948

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

The Silver Trumpet Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-18

Abstract

Materials relating to the publication of the Bookmakers Guild 1986 edition. The Silver Trumpet, a fairy tale by Owen Barfield, was first published in 1925. This new edition was designed with new illustrations and an afterword by the Associate Director of the Wade Center, Marjorie Lamp Mead.

Dates: Created: ca. 1986

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

The Story of a Nail Curriculum Kit

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 113

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the curriculum kit produced by World Vision for use with children. The kit, including flash cards, photo, and booklet, was adapted from a radio script by Bob Pierce, describing how missionary Hubert Mitchell first presented the Christian gospel to a group of the Kubu people in Sumatra in 1937.

Dates: Other: Undated

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

The Zeal of Thy House Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-55

Abstract

The Zeal of Thy House archive contains materials relating to the religious play of the same title by Dorothy L. Sayers, including printed copies of the play, correspondence, music, and financial records from when the play was touring in 1938-1939.

Dates: Created: 1930-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1937-1939

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Theodore Fischbacher Collection

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 091

Scope and Contents

This collection contains an annotated article (written by Phyllis Thompson) about the North-West Bible Institute (NWBI) in Fengzian, Shensi Province, describing the development of the Back to Jerusalem Evangelistic Band, which evangelized in western China, including among Muslims. Also includes photocopies from Theodore Fischbacher's scrapbook with photographs of NWBI (1941-1947) and the Fischbacher family (1942-1944).

Dates: Created: 1941-1947

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Thomas Dewitt Talmage Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 129

Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter to Dr. McKenzie inviting him to the dedication of Thomas Dewitt Talmage's new tabernacle in Brooklyn, New York; a second letter from Talmage refuting the charge that he had visited an actor to increase his speaking abilities; and news articles by Talmage clipped from the LADIES HOME JOURNAL. The clippings were part of a regular series of short articles by Talmage appearing each month in the magazine on topics such as Thanksgiving, women, and the Christian...

Dates: Created: 1891-1894

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Thomas F. Zimmerman Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 584

Scope and Contents Audio tapes, phonograph records, photographs, correspondence, minutes, reports, clippings, speeches, and other materials related toThomas F. Zimmerman's leadership in a number of conservative American Protestant organizations and evangelistic efforts. The bulk of the collection relates to his involvement in the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization both internationally and in the United States, but there is also information on his work with the 1985 American Festival of Evangelism...

Dates: Created: 1955-1990

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Thomas Kranidas Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-47

Abstract

A selection of materials primarily relating to the publication of A Barfield Sampler, eds. Thomas Kranidas and Jeanne Clayton Hunter. SUNY Press, 1993. Includes: correspondence, notes, typescripts, photographs and proofs of the book with annotations by Barfield.

Dates: Created: 1917-1994

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Tien Fock Leong Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 408

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Tien Fock Leong in which he describes his conversion, work with Campus Crusade for Christ in Malaysia; Malaysian culture in the Chinese community; the Malaysian church; and the relationship between church and state in Malaysia. Other topics discussed include social and economic conditions of Malaysia; the Muslim population in Malaysia; role of women in Malaysian society; American misconceptions of Malaysia; cultural diversity of Malaysia; and the Japanese...

Dates: Created: 1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Tolkien Centenary Conference Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-42

Abstract

This archive contains items related to the 1992 Tolkien Centenary, including promotional materials, stamps, and conference tickets, programs, and schedules.

Dates: Created: 1990-1993; Other: Majority of material found in 1992

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Tom Skinner Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 430

Scope and Contents One oral history interview, articles, newsletters, clippings and other materials, relating to Skinner's life and the ministry of Tom Skinner Associates.[NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "folder 5-2" means box 5, folder 2.]Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Tom Skinner, in which he describes his parents, youth, conversion to Christianity, theological...

Dates: Created: 1966-1990

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Torrey Maynard Johnson, Sr., Papers.

Collection

Identifier: CN 285

Scope and Contents Correspondence, oral history interviews, scrapbooks, sermons, minutes, reports, photos, posters, newspaper and magazine clippings, brochures, audio recordings, video recordings reflecting Johnson’s life as an influential American Protestant from the 1930s through the 1990s. Besides documenting Johnson’s pastorates of Midwest Bible Church (Illinois) and Bibletown Community Church (Florida), his leadership of Youth for Christ International, and his activities as an independent evangelist, the...

Dates: Created: 1919 -2001

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Trent Sheppard Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 476

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Trent Sheppard in which he discusses the influence of his parents and the International Prayer Ministry, the development of his own Christian faith, the influence on him of Loren Cunningham, Corrie ten Boom, and J. Edwin Orr, among others; the purpose and methods of Youth with a Mission (YWAM); his activities in England with The Fellowship, a Christian community; and his hopes for a worldwide Christian renewal movement among young people. The time period covered...

Dates: Created: 2002

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Undergraduate Notes and Essays Archive by Dorothy L. Sayers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-102

Abstract

This archive contains extensive notes by Dorothy L. Sayers during her undergraduate years at Somerville College, Oxford University (1912-1915), or in the immediate period afterwards with a few pieces from other stages of her life.

Dates: Created: 1909-1957; Other: Majority of material found in 1912-1916

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Union Signal Series Microfilm

Series

Identifier: CN 067

Scope and Contents This microfilm collection contains The first fifty-one years of the Union Signal, the official newspaper of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The Union Signal issues are Series XXI of a twenty-one-series microfilming project done between 1975 and 1977 with the cooperation of three repositories holding significant papers relating to temperance and prohibition: the Michigan Historical Collections (Ann Arbor), the Ohio Historical Society (Columbus), and the Woman's Christian...

Dates: 1883-1935

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

United Presbyterian Men Collection

Collection

Identifier: CN 267

Scope and Contents Phonograph records containing hymns, selected addresses and devotional messages from the 9th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Presbyterian Men on March 15-17, 1957 in Chicago, IL. Includes addresses by Eugene Carson Blake, Howard Pew, and others. Topics discussed include the nature of the church, unity, missions, tithing, obedience, Christian character, committment, and community.This collection consists of an album of three phonograph records which contain hymns,...

Dates: Created: 1957

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Gold Coast Mission Records Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 157

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 12 reels of microfilm containg missionary reports and correspondence from S.P.G. mission stations correspondence of eighteenth century missionaries Thomas Thompson and Philip Quaque, and correspondence of the twentieth century Committee for Women's Work. Microfilmed from originals in possession of the U.S.P.G. in London.

Dates: Created: 1753-1933

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Madagascar Mission Records Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 158

Scope and Contents

The microfilm contains selected pages from the bound correspondence and reports series housed in the U.S.P.G. headquarters in London. It includes all missionary correspondence and reports from Madagascar, and some items concerning Mauritius and the Seychelles Islands. Letters refer to mission work, local customs, and politics. All reels are 35mm, positive copies.

Dates: Created: 1866-1900

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: South Africa Records Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 159

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 52 reels of microfilm containing correspondence and reports concerning Anglican missions in South Africa prior to diocesan organization, and concerning five dioceses: Capetown, 1847-1900; Grahamstown, 1853-1900; Natal (Maritzburg), 1853-1900; St. John's-Kaffraria, 1874-1900; and Zululand, 1866-1900. Reel 52 is a detailed index, and includes a history of S.P.G. South African work. The originals for the microfilm are in the U.S.P.G. headquarters in London.

Dates: Created: 1819-1900

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Universities Mission to Central Africa Records Microfilm

Collection

Identifier: CN 160

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one reel of microfilm containing the printed reports of the UMCA, the first mission society operated by the high church faction of the Anglican Church, and unique among Anglican missions in that primary authority rested not with a home committee, but with a bishop Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and Dublin Universities.Originals of the reports are in the USPG office, London.

Dates: Created: 1860-1900

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

V. Raymond Edman Library

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-008

Scope and Contents

This collection comprises the personal library of V. Raymond Edman, the fourth President of Wheaton College. Collection contents may be searched in the library catalog using keyword: SC/8

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Found in: Special Collections

Vachel Lindsay Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-063

Scope and Contents The Vachel Lindsay collection is organized into seven series: Biographical, Publications (with Books, Article and Poetry sub-series), Correspondence, Manuscript Material (with Poems sub-series), Lectures, Secondary, and Photographs. The bulk of the collection is located in the published and manuscript poetry series. Several clippings in Secondary also highlight Lindsay's activities. Many items carry inscriptions from Lindsay to Sarah K. Smith, a friend and fellow School of the Art Institute...

Dates: Created: 1908-1991; Other: Majority of material found in 1923-1929

Found in: Special Collections

Valeria Borisovna Sorokina Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 536

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Valeria Borisovna Sorokina, in which she describes her childhood in Russia, her conversion to Christianity while a university student, the work of Campus Crusade for Christ and Mission Europe in Russia, the Mission Volga project, and her time as a graduate student at Wheaton College. The time period covered by the interview is 1971-1996.Valeria Sorokina was interviewed by Bob Shuster on November 18, 1996 at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton...

Dates: Created: 1996

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Vasile Bunta Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 450

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Vasile Bunta in which he decsribes his family background, the Baptist church in Romania, relations between church and state, his conversion and education, Billy Graham's visit to the country in 1985, the Christian revival of the 1970s in Romania, the effect of the 1989 revolution on the church, evangelistic work among the Romani people, and the current state of the Church. The time period covered by the interviews is 1960 to 1991.Vasile Bunta was...

Dates: Created: 1991

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Vaughn Shoemaker Cartoon Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-061

Scope and Contents

The near entirety of the Shoemaker Collection consists of fifty-four pen and ink editorial cartoon drawings, chosen by Shoemaker as his personal best and given to Wheaton College originally for its American Art Collection. The collection contains minimal biographical information.

Dates: Created: 1961-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 1961-1972; Other: Date acquired: 1976

Found in: Special Collections

Vera E. Thiessen Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 084

Scope and Contents Correspondence describing Vera Thiessen's experiences and work as a medical missionary for the Africa Inland Mission (AIM) in the Belgian Congo (now Zaire) to her family, which included her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Thiessen, her sisters Carol and Lois, and her brother Jack. A few letters were written to friends as general prayer letters. The time period covered by the letters is 1946 to 1976. Topics discussed include her experiences as a missionary with Africa Inland Mission, Africa...

Dates: Created: 1946-1976

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Vera Mae Perkins Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 368

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Vera Mae Buckley Perkins in which she discusses her family background, her education, the importance of her Christian faith, marriage to John Perkins, racial conditions in Mississippi and involvement in Civil Rights demonstration, and racial conditions in that state. Other topics discussed include her work as a migrant laborer and participation in Civil Rights protests that resulted in the integration of the school system in Mendenhall, Mississippi. The time...

Dates: Created: 1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Vergil Gerber Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 577

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, manuals, newsletters, reports and other materials relating to the life and ministry of Vergil Gerber, a Conservative Baptist minister and missionary to Central and South America. The collection documents Gerber's work as a teacher, writer, and leader in church growth studies and Evangelical global missions, especially in Latin America.

Dates: Created: 1966-1984

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Vernon C. Watford Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 432

Scope and Contents This collection consists of an oral history interview with Vernon C. Watford and a video tape titled "Triple C Bible Camp." The video depicts activities at the Triple C Bible Camp, such as Bible study groups, singing, swimming, games, and campfires, with comments about the camp by supporters, workers, attendees, and parents. This camp was founded by the Watford and his wife. The oral history interiew includes information on Watford's family, childhood, conversion, education at Washington...

Dates: Created: 1990

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Vernon W. Patterson Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 005

Scope and Contents Correspondence, clippings, reports, financial records, press releases, promotional material, forms, newsletters, and oral history interviews relating to Vernon W. Patterson's (1892-1991) active participation and leadership in evangelistic activities in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area. The papers focus particularly on his involvement in various evangelical lay organizations and other institutions and the early career of Billy Graham. The interviews were recorded on 3/4/85 and 3/5/85 and...

Dates: Created: 1900-1985

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Vertical Files

Collection

Identifier: RG-09-004

Scope and Contents

General Vertical Files

Dates: Created: 1827-2013; Other: Majority of material found in 1900-1991

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Vice President for Advancement Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-03-003

Scope and Contents

Records of the Vice-President for Advancement include correspondence of Norman Edwards.

Dates: Created: 1966-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 1979-1986

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Vice President of Finance (William Pollard) Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-03-006

Scope and Contents

General files and Financial Data Package documents of Vice President of Finance -- William Pollard

Dates: Created: 1979-1980; Other: Majority of material found in 1979-1980

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Victor E. Cory Papers

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 112

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, reports, lists and other materials relating to Cory's participation in the 1962 Greater Chicago Crusade as a member of the Laymen's Committee. The materials also contain information about the naming of Decision Magazine, the opposition of the Independent Fundamental Churches of America (IFCA) to the Chicago crusade, and a critique from Harold Warren to Charlie Riggs of the BGEA's policy of working with Roman Catholic...

Dates: Created: 1958-1962

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Victor G. Plymire Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 341

Scope and Contents Letters, articles, over 1200 photos, maps, diary and other material relating to Victor Plymire's missionary career in Tibet and China under the auspices of the Assemblies of God. The collection contains information not only on his evangelistic work among various strata of Tibetan society but also about his evangelistic/exploration expedition of 1927-28 which crossed from northeastern to southwestern Tibet; Tibetan culture and society; the Buddhist religion; and the early history of relations...

Dates: Created: 1908-1957

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Vida Chenoweth Papers

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-114

Scope and Contents The Vida Chenoweth Collection is composed of biographical, news clippings, media, and published material from this world renowned concert marimbist and ethnomusicologist dating from 1950s to 1980s. Photographs and accompanying press scrapbooks document the classical marimbist's rising international acclaim during the late 1950s and 1960s. There are early reel-to-reel audio recordings of Chenoweth's family performances, as well as, media during the height of her solo career. Published...

Dates: Created: 1952-2016; Other: Date acquired: 1998

Found in: Special Collections

Video Recordings

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: RG-12-004

Scope and Contents

Artificial collection of video recordings of campus events.

Dates: Created: 1962-2020

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Vincent L. Crossett Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 288

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Vincent Leroy Crossett (1907-1999) in which he describes his education at Wheaton and Westminster Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Taiwan, and pastoral work in a local church in Hawaii. Topics discussed include Crossett's education at Wheaton College and Westminster Seminary; decision to join China Inland Mission; language school; evangelism methods; characteristics of the Chinese church; CIM's...

Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Virginia Healey Asher Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 197

Scope and Contents Correspondence, procedures for evangelistic work, two diaries, autograph book, memorial booklets, clippings, tracts and photographs relating to Virginia Healey Asher’s ministry.The collection consists of a small amount of correspondence (folder 1-1), typed instruction for the Business Women's Invitation Committee (folder 1-6), two diaries and an autograph book (folders 1-3 to 1-5). Also included is a memorial booklet to J. Wilbur Chapman and clippings or tracts of other...

Dates: Created: 1903-1941

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Virginia W. Gasper Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-215

Scope and Contents The papers of Virginia Warren Gasper chronicle the religious and domestic journey of an American woman whose life spanned nearly a century. A prolific letter writer, Virginia was an only child and wrote regularly to her parents and relatives. She began prayer journaling in 1963 and included cards and letters she had received, as well as clippings from newspapers and magazines that reflected her opinions. She wrote to newspaper editors, politicians, and preachers. The collection contains her...

Dates: Created: 1919-2010; Other: Majority of material found in 1938-2008; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/2010

Found in: Special Collections

Visual Arts Collection

Collection — Container: Hogarth

Identifier: SC-234

Scope and Contents

The contents of the Visual Arts Collection may be searched in the library catalog using keyword: SC/234

Dates: Other: -

Found in: Special Collections

Voice of Calvary Ministries Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 362

Scope and Contents Administrative correspondence, memos, reports, photographs and other material, relating to the evangelistic ministry of Voice of Calvary Ministries in a context of holistic community development, economic redistribution, and racial reconciliation, primarily from the mid-1970s to 1986 in Mendenhall and Jackson, Mississippi, and nearby rural communities. The collection especially describes the operation of the organization, the fund raising for and promotion of its work, and the educational...

Dates: Created: 1969-1986

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

W. Arthur Saunders Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 471

Scope and Contents Oral history interview and a manuscript translated by W. Arthur Saunders, relating to Saunder’s missionary service in China with China Inland Mission and Overseas Missionary Fellowship from 1930 to 1987. The interview describes his childhood in England, emigration to New Zealand, training at the New Zealand Bible Institute, joining the China Inland Mission, going to China in 1930, evangelistic work in south Gansu province, the work of Chinese evangelists, worship services in Gansu churches,...

Dates: Created: 1992

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

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