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Collection 094 Ephemera of John Hsu
Collection
Identifier: CN 094
Scope and Contents
Audio recording of class lecture delivered by Dr. John Hsu, a former Wheaton College graduate, in Dr. Will Norton's History of Christian Missions class at Wheaton College on October 11, 1979. Dr. Hsu spoke about his recent trip to mainland China and his analysis of the church's situation there. Topics discussed include the three-self group, Chinese politics, government, and religion, home church groups, and the Cultural Revolution. The time period covered by the lecture is mid-19th century...
Dates:
Created: 1979
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 095 Ephemera of William B. Riley
Collection
Identifier: CN 095
Scope and Contents
Films, including a home movie, microfilm of scrapbooks, notebooks, clippings, and sermons of William Bell Riley, noted Fundamentalist, Baptist minister, theologian,and founder and president of of Northwestern Bible School in Minnesota.
Dates:
Created: 1903-1945
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 096 Oral History Interview with Wayne G. Bragg
Collection
Identifier: CN 096-096
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Wayne G. Bragg (1931-2009), in which he describes his missionary experiences in Brazil and the Caribbean working with university students, his student days at Wheaton College, and his experience at Wheaton College as a faculty member. Dr. Bragg was interviewed by Mary Ann Buffington at Wheaton College on February 15 and May 9, 1980.
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 097 Ephemera of William Jennings Bryan
Collection
Identifier: CN 097
Scope and Contents
Audio tape of portions of two of William Jennings Bryan's speeches and a recitation. The two speeches are the "Cross of Gold" speech to the 1896 Presidential Convention and an election talk from 1900. The recitation is of the 23rd Psalm, made in 1924.
Dates:
Created: 1896-1924
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 098 Ephemera of William Booth
Collection
Identifier: CN 098
Scope and Contents
An audio tape with excerpts from two of William Booth's sermons, one of which contains a reference to Salvation Army; two autographs of Booth, one dated 1921, one undated; one video tape containing black and white photos and filmed segments of Salvation Army activities, including Booth's funeral. Also includes a brief commentary of Salvation Army history in Depression years in the United States, and activities during World War II. Included on the video tape is a 5 minute sermon by Harry...
Dates:
Created: 1921
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 099 Records of the Little Country Church of Hollywood Radio Program
Collection
Identifier: CN 099
Scope and Contents
Collection contains 24 recordings of radio broadcasts of The Little Country Church of Hollywood, a religious radio program founded by Dr. William B. Hogg in January 1933. Specific titles are available on the location record although the air dates are unknown. The broadcasts usually lasted fifteen minutes. Collections also contains a color postcard with a picture of the exterior fo the Little Country Church of Hollywood.
Dates:
Created: 1933-1937
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 100 Ephemera of Charles E. Fuller
Collection
Identifier: CN 100
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, sermons, radio logs, form letters to supporters, publicity materials of Charles Fuller's Old Fashioned Revival Hour radio programs, and audio tapes and phonograph records of the program and of gospel music.
Dates:
Created: 1940-1968
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 101 Papers of Robert W. Roberts
Collection
Identifier: CN 101
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, account books, photographs, and other records mostly concerned with Robert William Roberts' tasks as a worker for the American Sunday School Union from 1907 to 1913.Most of the records in the collection date to Roberts' career as a worker for the American Sunday School Union from 1907-1913. A few items are from his post-1913 career. The bulk of the collection is made up of his account books with one folder each of commissions, correspondence, obituaries,...
Dates:
Created: 1907-1964
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 103 Ephemera of Aimee Semple McPherson
Collection
Identifier: CN 103
Scope and Contents
Sermon transcripts, sermon notes, audio tape recordings of sermons, films, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, video tape, and evangelistic campaign literature related to Aimee Semple McPherson's ministry as an evangelist, radio speaker, public figure and founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. Most of the materials in this collection are available from the BGC Archives only on microfilm.
Dates:
Created: 1921-1946
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 104 Oral History Interview with Bruce F. Hunt
Collection
Identifier: CN-104
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews in which Bruce Finley Hunt (1903-1992) discusses his boyhood in Korea, college and seminary education at Wheaton College, Rutgers University and Princeton Seminary; a portion (1928-1942) of his missionary work in Korea and Manchuria; and his impressions of Korean culture. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1903-1976.Bruce Finley Hunt was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 22 and May 21, 1980 and October 16, 2002 in Abington, PA and...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 105 Oral History Interview with Paul D. Votaw
Collection
Identifier: CN 105
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul Dean Votaw (1917-2007) in which he describes his childhood; education at Wheaton College, Dallas Seminary, and Princeton Seminary; and missionary activities in Syria and Lebanon. The time period covered by the interview is roughly 1917-1954.Reverend Paul Votaw was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 4, 1980, at the Graham Center offices in Wheaton. The first ten minutes of the interview are barely decipherable due to technical difficulties. The...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 106 Ephemera of Henry W. Stough
Collection
Identifier: CN 106
Scope and Contents
Evangelistic campaign materials, correspondence, an autobiographical manuscript, microfilm of clippings scrapbooks, scrapbook, sermons, sermon notebooks, and photographs relating to the evangelistic career of Stough.Sermon notes, autobiographical manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, a microfilmed scrapbook of Stough's 1915 campaigns in Altoona and Lancaster (Pennsylvania), sermon notebooks, and a xeroxed copy of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and pamphlets from the 1916...
Dates:
Created: 1911-1939
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 107 Ephemera of Reuben Archer Torrey Sr.
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:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 108 Papers of J. Palmer Muntz
Collection
Identifier: CN 108
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, a book manuscript, a film script, tapes of sermons and speeches, and other items which describe Muntz's early career as director of the Winona Lake Bible Conference, the early development of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the criticism it received, the careers of Billy Sunday and other evangelists. There are also several sermons on Christian prophecy and evangelism to the Jewish people. Topics covered include information on Palmer's career...
Dates:
Created: 1947-1986
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 109 Ephemera of Gipsy Smith
Collection
Identifier: CN 109
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, audio tapes and phonograph records of Smith singing hymns, and photographs. Newspaper clippings are about meetings held by Smith in Denver, Colorado (1909) and with Billy Sunday in Boston, Massachusetts (1935); included are extended excerpts from both men's sermons.This collection consists of newspaper clipping of Smith's 1909 evangelistic meetings in Denver (folder 1-16), scrapbook pages (folders 1-1 through 1-13) containing newspaper reports about Smith's...
Dates:
Created: 1909-1935
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 110 Ephemera of Donald E. McDowell
Collection
Identifier: CN 110
Scope and Contents
Collection of 643 slides which document Donald E. McDowell's mission work and activity in Paraguay. Scenic views, native flora, mission personnel, mission facilities, national churchmen and pastors are some of the subjects illustrated by the collection.When the collection was received by the Archives, the slides were arranged in sets and were accompanied by an attached description and date for each picture. The original order of the slides was maintained. Three unidentified...
Dates:
Created: 1951-1973
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 111 Papers of Charles H. Troutman, Jr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 111
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, minutes, reports, manuals, and other records documenting Charles Troutman's career in Christian ministry among university students, first with Inter-Varsity in the United States and Australia and then with Latin America Mission. This collection also contains a great deal of information on evangelical Christianity in the United States, Australia and Latin America; Troutman's letters from his service in the Pacific in World War II; and reports and other information relative to...
Dates:
Created: 1924-1992
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 112 Papers of John F. Norris
Collection
Identifier: CN 112
Scope and Contents
Microfilm edition of about 29,000 items relating to the career of pastor, editor, and controversialist John Franklyn Norris. Major topics include: evolution, 1928 presidential election, radio evangelism, communist infiltration of the churches, and internal disruption at Baylor University. Originals (and copyright) is retained by the Dargan-Carver Library, Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville, TN. Documents record the 1928 presidential election, radio evangelism, communist infiltration of...
Dates:
Created: 1928-1952
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 114 Ephemera of Hyman J. Appelman
Collection
Identifier: CN 114
Scope and Contents
Brochures, press releases, 1977 annual report, published biographical sketch, undated audio tape recording of Hyman J. Appelman's testimony, and materials relating to a crusade held in Grand Rapids, Mich., November 7-26, 1944: correspondence, mostly with Pat Zondervan, building lease, Christian Business Men's Committee's constitution and by-laws, and postcard reports of results of various crusades. is also included. Brochures mark the 30th, 35th, and 40th anniversaries of Appelman's...
Dates:
Created: 1942-1978
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 115 Oral History Interview with Raymond Elliott
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:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 116 Oral History Interviews with Helen Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 116
Scope and Contents
Oral History interviews conducted with Helen Ruth Belcher Elliot (1927-2012), missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators to the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Topics include Wheaton College during the 1940s, field experiences, Guatemalan culture and religion, and family activities. Topics covered in the interview include: Elliott's childhood, marriage and early family life, education at Wheaton College (including courses, academic and social life), decision to become a missionary with...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 117 Ephemera of Stuart Hamblen
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:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 118 Ephemera of Mordecai Ham
Collection
Identifier: CN 118
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, oral history interviews, newspaper clippings, microfilm, periodicals, photographs, sermon transcripts and notebooks. It documents in a non-comprehensive way Ham’s preaching style, some of his evangelistic meetings; his campaigns against Roman Catholics, Jews, evolution, and for the prohibition of alcohol and the racial hierarchy in the American South. There is in particular a great deal of material about the 1934 meetings in Charlotte when Billy...
Dates:
Created: 1875-1983; Majority of material found within 1915-1934
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 119 Ephemera of James E. McConnell
Collection
Identifier: CN 119
Scope and Contents
One audio tape of two programs of Smilin' Ed Mc Connell's radio series, probably broadcast in the 1930's or 40's. Programs were fifteen minutes long and included the singing of four hymns. Mc Connell would pause after the first two selections to make a sales presentation for his hymnals and allow his sponsors a promotional advertisement. Rodeheaver music company published a hymnbook in 1933 called Smilin' Ed Mc Connell's Favorite Radio Hymns, containing over fifty hymns.
Dates:
Other: Undated
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 120 Ephemera of John Elward Brown, Sr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 120
Scope and Contents
Collection includes twelve cassette tapes of John E. Brown's sermons comprise the bulk of the collection. The tapes contain thirty-five sermons and an introduction from the series "Whose Son Is He," recorded by Brown in 1955 on the deity of Christ.
Archive holdings also include a photograph of a children's choir taken during a campaign in Santa Ana, California. The date is unknown.
Dates:
Created: 1955
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 122 Oral History Interview with Gladys M. Fleckles
Collection
Identifier: CN 122
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Gladys Marie Fleckles (1946-2006) in which she describes her short term missionary experience with OMF in Japan. Other topics include her graduate work at Wheaton, undergraduate study at John Brown University, and work in the admissions department of Wheaton Graduate School. The time period covered by the interview is roughly 1946-1980.Gladys Fleckles was interviewed by Mr. John Svadbik twice in May 1980. The time period covered by the interviews is...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 123 Ephemera of William M. Branham
Collection
Identifier: CN 123
Scope and Contents
Photographs, films, video tapes, and over 1,200 audio tapes containing sermons preached by charismatic-healing evangelist William Marrion Branham, including the healing portion of services.This collection contains primarily audio tapes, but also films, photographs, and books relating to William Branham's ministry as a healing evangelist. One of Branham's meetings (Washington, DC, 1953) was recorded on film, providing a visual example of his preaching style and healing work....
Dates:
Created: 1947-1967
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 124 Papers of Helen Renich
Collection
Identifier: CN 124
Scope and Contents
Two oral history interviews with Helen Gignilliat Torrey Renich in which she describes her grandfather, Reuben Archer Torrey, Sr., and her experiences growing up in China as a child of missionaries. Other topics discussed include her experiences at Wheaton College and culture shock. The collection also includes photographs of her family life in China and Chinese nationals, ca. 1920-30s.Helen Renich was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 15, 1980 in Michigan and on May 17, 1982...
Dates:
Created: 1920-1982
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 125 Oral History Interview with Jane (Teresa) Leasor
Collection
Identifier: CN 125
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Jane (Teresa) Leasor (1922-2009) in which she describes her post-graduate education at Biblical Seminary in New York City; teaching at a secondary school for girls and a college for women in Beirut, Lebanon; the Arabic language; Islam; the place of women in Islam society; and the relationship between various Christian churches in Lebanon.Teresa Leasor was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 24 and September 7, 1982. There was an earlier tape recorded...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 126 Papers of Eleazar Wheelock
Collection
Identifier: CN 126
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts, diaries, journal, minute books, ledgers, sermons, biographer's manuscripts, and diplomas, documenting Eleazar Wheelock's career, and the histories of Dartmouth College, Moor's Indian Charity School, and the town of Hanover, New Hampshire.The microfilmed materials in this collection are from Dartmouth College Archives. They document the career of Eleazar Wheelock, and the histories of Dartmouth College, Moor's Indian Charity School, and the town of Hanover through the...
Dates:
Created: 1728-1779
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 127 Ephemera of Kathy Bridegroom
Collection
Identifier: CN 127
Scope and Contents
Photographs, audio tapes, and prayer letters from Kathy Joan Bridegroom's two years as a Sudan Interior Mission worker at radio station ELWA in Liberia. Letters discuss her teaching experiences, cultural impressions, and mission activities. Ephemera from Bridegroom's missionary experiences consist of audio tapes and photographs from the ELWA mission compound including a Christmas program, closing service of summer Awana girls camp, and several worship services; pamphlets containing...
Dates:
Created: 1972-1974
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 128 Ephemera of Henry Ward Beecher
Collection
Identifier: CN 128
Scope and Contents
Autograph, newspaper clippings, photograph, and booklet. Clippings include coverage of Henry Ward Beecher's trial in civil court for adultery in 1875, articles about him with sermon excerpts, reminiscences by his widow and posthumously published articles by Beecher. The 176-page booklet was published as part of the lawsuit and contains transcripts of the proceedings.[Note: In the Scope & Content section, the notation "folder 2-5" means "box 2, Folder...
Dates:
Created: 1870-1893
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 129 Ephemera of Thomas Dewitt Talmage
Collection
Identifier: CN 129
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter to Dr. Mc Kenzie 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:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 130 Ephemera of Homer Rodeheaver
Collection
Identifier: CN 130
Scope and Contents
Audio tapes, newspaper clippings, phonograph records and photographs relating to the musical career and ministry of Homer Rodeheaver. This collection consists mostly of materials from the Homer A. Rodeheaver Company, a publisher of gospel music. There are several different types of order blanks and promotional materials. One newspaper clipping from 1937 refers to his appearance on a CBS radio affiliate playing his trombone. Other items include two issues of Rodeheaver's Musical News which...
Dates:
Created: 1916-1939
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 131 Papers of J. Wesley and Anna Bovyer
Collection
Identifier: CN 131
Scope and Contents
Materials in this collection include photographs, hand embroidery, prayer letters, personal correspondence, naturalization papers, financial records, family trees, wills and codicils, medical documents, and records relating to missionaries J. Wesley and Anna Ellmers Bovyer, superintendents at the Home of the Nazarene Industrial Orphanage in Chinkiang, China from 1908-1941. The materials also cover the Bovyer's residence as alien enemies in a Japanese internment camp from 1941-1945 during the...
Dates:
Created: 1908-1953
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 132 Papers of Bud Schaeffer
Collection
Identifier: CN 132
Scope and Contents
Prayer letters written by Bud and Alice Schaeffer about their mission work with Overseas Crusades. Materials relate their experiences in the Philippines, Australia, and the United States with Sports Ambassadors, which sends various athletes to foreign nations to share their faith. The groups are known by the name Venture for Victory.Letters documents the Schaeffers' work with Overseas Crusades (particularly sports evangelism with Venture for Victory and Sports Ambassadors) and...
Dates:
Created: 1955-1993
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 133 Records of the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle
Collection
Identifier: CN 133
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle founded by Paul Rader in 1922. Mateterials include photographs, negatives, correspondence, financial reports, church bulletins, newspaper clippings, and form letters and span 1954-1979. Several folders contain financial records and reports of the congregation. Data may be obtained from accounting records (folders 1-1 to 1-8), bank ledgers and statements (folders 3-34 to 4-19), and receipts from mission organizations (folders...
Dates:
Created: 1952-1979
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 134 Papers of Marian Chapman
Collection
Identifier: CN-134
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, photographs, and prayer letters relating to the ministry of Marian Gold Chapman, a missionary with Latin America Mission in Cartagena, Colombia (1957-1975); Bogota, New Jersey (1975-1977), and Coral Gables, Florida (1977-1979).
Dates:
Created: 1980, 1995
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 135 Ephemera of Alfred R. Tucker
Collection
Identifier: CN 135
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, maps, clippings, pamphlets, photographs, and sketches relating the career and ministry of Alfred R. Tucker, Anglican Bishop of Uganda. Topics relate to missions in East Africa, social conditions and changes there, translation of the Bible, the abolition of slavery and a biography of Tucker planned by Mary Carus-Wilson.This collection is distinguished by its intimate picture of African life and the missionary church in this part of Africa at a period when technology...
Dates:
Created: 1890-1927
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 136 Records of Mission Aviation Fellowship
Collection
Identifier: CN-136
Scope and Contents
Office files of MAF, a mission agency that provided transportation, radio contact and other support to missions working in remote areas, as well as some services to non-mission agencies.Materials, including correspondence, minutes, reports, prayer letters, personnel files, and budgets, that document the administration and activities of MAF, especially the regional offices in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the Development division (extensive individual prayer letters from...
Dates:
Created: 1944-2006
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 137 Papers of Ira E. Hartman
Collection
Identifier: CN 137
Scope and Contents
Sermons and sermon outlines, diaries, poetry, financial ledgers, and other items related to Ira Everett Hartman's evangelistic ministry. Primarily sermons and sermon outlines--over 250 in all--delivered by Hartman in evangelistic services in Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado. The sermons also contain reflections of contemporary issues and mores. Diaries covering 1939-47 report national and international news; financial ledgers reflect the Great Depression.Sermons and outlines cover a...
Dates:
Created: 1901-1958
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 138 Ephemera of American Hymn Writers and Composers
Collection
Identifier: CN 138
Scope and Contents
Microfilmed contents of a scrapbook containing miscellaneous correspondence, photos, and memorabilia by and about hymn writers and composers. Included are Cliff Barrows, Merrill Dunlop, Lowell Mason, Homer Rodeheaver, Ira Sankey, George Stebbins, and others.Series 1: PhotographsPhotographs include these subjects: George Stebbins, Charles Alexander, Rodney "Gipsy" Smith, William Runyan, Don Hustad, Cliff Barrows, Tedd Smith, George...
Dates:
Created: 1878-1975
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 139 Oral History Interview with Frances Rader Longino
Collection
Identifier: CN-139
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Frances Rader Longino (1909-1996) in which she recounts memories of evangelists Billy Sunday, Mel Trotter, Homer Rodeheaver, and her uncle, Paul Rader. Other topics include: city mission work and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Pacific Garden Mission, Winona Lake, and Cedar Lake Conference Grounds. Also included are reminiscences of Rader's reaction to Aimee Semple Mc Pherson, the formation of Scripture Press, Billy Graham's early preaching and crusades, and some...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 140 Oral History Interview with Everett Mitchell
Collection
Identifier: CN 140
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Everett Mitchell (1898-1990) who as a teenager sang invitation songs at Billy Sunday evangelistic campaigns. Other topics discussed include: Mitchell's background, music and radio career, musical training, Billy and Helen Sunday, evangelistic work in Chicago, Gipsy Smith, Homer Rodeheaver, other evangelists, career as a war correspondent during the Korean War, religious use of radio, evangelistic rallies and crusade music. The time period covered by the intervew...
Dates:
Created: 1989-1980
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 142 Records of the American Home Missionary Society
Collection
Identifier: CN 142
Scope and Contents
Collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence; administrative materials; annual reports of the Society, whose stated purpose was the support of young congregations of Christians on the American frontier until such time as the congregation could become self-sufficient. Collection also includes a series of the Society's periodical, THE HOME MISSIONARY (1828-1909). This portion is on microfilm. Also included is a folder of letters, 1846-1854, written by members with reports of...
Dates:
1816-1936; Majority of material found in 1826-1894
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 143 Papers of Charles Finney
Collection
Identifier: CN 143
Scope and Contents
Microfilm edition of originals in the Oberlin College Library. Includes incoming correspondence, sermon outlines from 1853-75, lecture outlines, and articles. Calendar and index are on reel 1. Also includes two letters relating to Finney, one dated January 6, 1845, written by Lydia to William Westervelt, describing a sermon of Finney's to which many responded. A second letter from Finney, dated January 15, 1873, was written to Brother Pierson discussing the location of Pierson's parents'...
Dates:
Created: 1817-1875
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 144 Records of the Missionary Society of Connecticut
Collection
Identifier: CN 144
Scope and Contents
Microfilm edition of missionary correspondence, superintendents' correspondence, administrative records, and printed matter generated by the Missionary Society of Connecticut. Mission areas included those with a heavy concentration of New England settlers: Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, New Connecticut (Ohio). There was also an effort toward American Indians. All reels are 35mm.
Dates:
Created: 1759-1948; Other: Majority of material found in 1793-1899
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 145 Records of Claremont College: China Missionary Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: CN 145
Scope and Contents
Microfilm copy of the Claremont College missionary oral history project. Microfilm includes transcripts of interviews with 44 missionaries to Pre-Communist China, representing 15 denominations or sponsoring agencies. Includes biography on each participant and index to each transcript. Subjects covered include the Boxer Rebellion, social problems, church and state, communism, medical and educational missionary activity, social change, etc. Several significant individuals and organizations...
Dates:
Created: 1969-1973
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 146 Records of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Collection 147 Records of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East
Collection
Identifier: CN 147
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 40 reels of microfilm, containing the proceedings of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East. Includes annual Society meeting records, as published in the annual Proceedings, texts of sermons delivered to the Society, member lists, and reports. Volume 1 contains a history of the Society and its by-laws. Topic covered include evangelistic and missionary work in Africa and 19th century church history in Great Britain.All reels are 35mm, positive...
Dates:
Created: 1801-1920
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
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- Missions -- Congresses. 39
- Radio in missionary work. 39
- Baptists. 38
- Presbyterians. 38
- Salvation. 38
- Culture shock. 37
- Evangelistic work -- China -- History 37
- Great Britain 37
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 36
- Children. 36
- Cities and towns. 36
- College students in missionary work. 36
- Radio in religion -- United States. 36
- Sayers, Dorothy L. -- Archives. 36 ∧ less
- Language
- English 1151
- Russian 3
- Arabic 2
- Dutch; Flemish 2
- French 2
- Names
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 187
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 108
- Moody Bible Institute. 57
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 51
- China Inland Mission. 51
- Africa Inland Mission. 46
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 45
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship. 41
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 40
- Sayers, Dorothy L. (Sayers, Dorothy Leigh) 40
- Lewis, C. S. (Lewis, Clive Staples) 35
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 34
- Campus Crusade for Christ. 27
- Islam 27
- Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 27
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 26
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 25
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 24
- Chung-kuo kuo min tang. 23
- Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 23
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 22
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 21
- Sudan Interior Mission. 21
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School 21
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 20
- National Association of Evangelicals. 20
- Rodeheaver, Homer A. (Homer Alvan), 1880-1955. 20
- Armerding, Hudson T. 19
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 19
- Jones, Clarence W. 19
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 19
- Perkins, John, 19
- Africa Inland Church. 18
- Latin America Mission. 18
- Ockenga, Harold John, 1905- 18
- Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996 18
- Assemblies of God. 17
- Billy Graham Center. 17
- Catholic Church 17
- Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 17
- Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.) 17
- Taylor, Clyde W. 17
- Barrows, Cliff. 16
- Ford, Leighton. 16
- Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 16
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. 16
- Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 16
- Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 16
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 16
- World Council of Churches. 16
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 15
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 15
- Howard, David M. 15
- Plymouth Brethren. 15
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 15
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 14
- Colson, Charles W. 14
- Fuller Theological Seminary. 14
- Johnson, Torrey Maynard, 1909- 14
- Smith, Oswald J. 14
- Stam, John Cornelius, 14
- Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 13
- Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 13
- Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 13
- Jesus Christ. 13
- Mission Aviation Fellowship. 13
- Padilla, C. Rene. 13
- Palau, Luis, 1934- 13
- Skinner, Tom. (1942-) 13
- Dunlop, Merrill. 12
- Elliot, Elisabeth. 12
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 12
- McCully, Theodore Edward, 1927-1956. 12
- Smith, Gipsy, 1860-1947. 12
- Sunday, Helen Amelia Thompson, 1868-1957. 12
- Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.) 12
- Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 12
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 11
- Evangelical Foreign Missions Association. 11
- Navigators. 11
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 11
- Stott, John R. W. 11
- West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, Ill.) 11
- Williams, Charles 11
- World Vision International. 11
- Wright, J. Elwin. 11
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 10
- College Church in Wheaton (Ill.) 10
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 10
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa (ECWA). 10
- Evangelism-in-Depth. 10
- Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America. 10
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 10
- Pacific Garden Mission (Chicago, Ill.) 10
- Riley, W. B. (William Bell), 1861-1947 10
- Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August) 10
- Shea, George Beverly, 1909-2013. 10
- Smith, Wilbur, M. (Wilbur Morehead), 1894-1976 10
- Straw, Darien A. 10
- Taylor, James Hudson, 1832-1905 10 ∧ less
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