Collections | Archives of Wheaton College

David M. Howard, Sr., Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 484

Scope and Contents Four oral history interviews, paper records, and photographs documenting David Howard's life and work with Latin American Mission, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and World Evangelical Fellowship. Topics covered in the interviews include Howard's childhood, Christian faith, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary and administrator with Latin America Mission; missions director for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, director of the 1980 Consultation on World Evangelization; and...

Dates: Created: 1968-1993

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

David Mains Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-118

Scope and Contents

The David Mains Collection is composed of manuscript and media material. Manuscripts include the guide for the "Planning Creative Sunday Morning Services" while media material represents approximately 20+ audio cassettes on the same topic.

Dates: Created: 1970-2015; Other: Date acquired: 2006

Found in: Special Collections

David O. Moberg Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-065

Scope and Contents The David Moberg papers are organized into five major manuscript series: Biographical, Correspondence, Activities, Media and Secondary Publications. The largest portion of the collection is found in the Activities series which is divided into sub-series that straddle personal biographical and non-teaching professional and teaching files. These include: Officer Candidate School, Minnesota Boys Town, American Scientific Affiliation, Committee on Social Agencies of Welfare, St. Paul Conference...

Dates: Created: 1949-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1955-1981; Other: Date acquired: 1994

Found in: Special Collections

David P. Bruce Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 671

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with David P. Bruce, in which he discusses the history of the Montreat office of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) that functioned as the personal secretariat of Billy Graham; the relationship of the office to the rest of the BGEA; Bruce's own background and his work as assistant to Graham; L. Nelson Bell and other BGEA leaders (T. W. Wilson, Stephanie Wills, John Akers, Charlie Riggs, Sterling Huston, and John Corts); effects on the Montreat office of...

Dates: Created: 2013

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

David Winter Collection

Collection

Identifier: SC-216

Scope and Contents

The collection comprises one book manuscript and scripts for four episodes of Life with Johnny.

Dates: Created: 1977-1984; Other: Majority of material found in 1977-1980

Found in: Special Collections

Dean E. Arnold Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC-080

Scope and Contents The papers of Dean E. Arnold are organized into seven series (Personal papers, Correspondence, Manuscripts (book, article, correspondence and book review), Professional Activities, Teaching Activities, Grant Proposals and Media (photographs). Biographical material is limited and only composed of curriculum vita listings. Correspondence is certainly the largest section of the collection and is arranged chronologically from 1967 until 1994 (as of 2/2008). The contents are primarily...

Dates: Created: 1965-2019; Other: Majority of material found in 1965-1994; Other: Date acquired: 1991

Found in: Special Collections

Dean of Arts and Sciences Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: RG-04-001

Scope and Contents

Records of the Dean of Arts and Sciences include committee minutes and files related to campus workshops.

Dates: Created: 1983-2015; Other: Majority of material found in 1983-1992

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Dean of the College Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-04-002

Scope and Contents

Records of the Dean of the College include academic and administrative committee minutes, correspondence, financial information, annual reports and program-related files.

Dates: Created: 1945-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1966-1980

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Dean of the Conservatory Records

Collection — Container: xAccession 2011-0199

Identifier: RG-04-005

Scope and Contents

Records of the Dean of the Conservatory include files relating to the Artist Series along with correspondence.

Dates: Created: 1964-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1981-2000

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Dean of the Faculty Records

Collection

Identifier: RG-04-003

Scope and Contents

Records of the Dean of the Faculty include departmental correspondence, financial information and project and program files.

Dates: Created: 1961-1975; Other: Majority of material found in 1965-1971

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Dean of the Graduate School Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: RG-04-004

Scope and Contents

Records of the Dean of the Graduate School include correspondence, planning files, academic and administrative committee minutes, subject files and annual reports.

Dates: Created: 1937-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1978-1987

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Dean's Advisory Committee Records

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: RG-06-047

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of Dean's Advisory Committee

Dates: Created: 1980-1981; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-1981

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Debbie Dortzbach Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 402

Scope and Contents Audio recordings, including an oral history interview, diary, and several letters, relating to the career and ministry of Debbie Dortzbach, missionary to Kenya and Eritrea with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and later the Reformed Presbyterian Church from 1973 to 1988.Series: Audio TapesOne oral history interview with Debbie Dortzbach in which she describes her describes her childhood, education at Wheaton College, and missionary work in...

Dates: Created: 1974-1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Deborah J. Seymour Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 316

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Deborah J. Seymour in which she describes her childhood as a child of missionaries in Papua New Guinea and working as an English teacher in Honduras with World Gospel Mission and Churches of Christ in Christian Union from 1983 to 1985. Topics discussed include her parents' missionary work; her childhood as a missionary kid; New Guinea tribal culture; conversion to Christianity and spiritual life; call to the mission field; observations about Honduras,...

Dates: Created: 1985-1986

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

DeEtte Barnes Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-123

Scope and Contents The DeEtte Barnes Special Collection consists of correspondence and biographical content. The bulk of the correspondence in the collection is letters written from DeEtte in her Wheaton College student days to her mother and family at home. Also included are letters from her mother, Mrs. Stewart [Rena] Barnes, to her and letters from other family members. The biographical content includes DeEttes's grade reports, her daily schedule, and other Wheaton College memorabilia from the 1930s...

Dates: Created: 1933-1937; Other: Majority of material found in 1933-1936; Other: Date acquired: 2002

Found in: Special Collections

Designations Committees Records

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: RG-06-048

Scope and Contents

Minutes and general files of the Designations Committee

Dates: Created: 1982-1983; Other: Majority of material found in 1982-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives

Detection Club Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-31

Abstract

Contained within this archive are Dorothy L. Sayers's own materials relating to her membership and secretarial duties to The Detection Club. These materials include stationery, list of members, and club constitution. G.K. Chesterton was also a member of the Club.

Dates: Created: 1932-1940

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Detection Notes Collection by Dorothy L. Sayers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-115

Abstract

This collection features various documents relating to Sayers's research in the areas of crime and detection, including notes from real criminal trials and detection techniques.

Dates: Created: 1900-1944

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Detroit's Afro-American Mission Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 573

Scope and Contents

Minutes, budgets, proposals, pamphlets, reports, video cassettes, and other material showing the origins of Detroit's Afro-American Mission, Inc., and its activities including Bible clubs for children and adults, special ministries to singles, vacation Bible schools and camps, and the Institute for Biblical Research.

Dates: Created: 1964-1994

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Dexter B. Gordon Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 437

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Dexter B. Gordon in which he describes growing up in Jamaica, his family, social conditions on the island, the role of Sunday school, in his life and the community, his conversion, spiritual mentor Amy Lord, his participation in sports, his and his parents involvement in politics, love for oratory and preaching, Jamaican worship, work in Youth for Christ, evangelism among young people, his work as an air-traffic controller, the role and influence of the church and...

Dates: Created: 1990

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Diane W. Hawkins Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 312

Scope and Contents Collection 312 consists of letters, oral history interviews, articles, minutes of meetings, reports and other relating to Diane Hawkins' missionary service in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) as well as the tapes of an oral history interview conducted several years later. Among the topics covered are: TEAM's evangelistic, and educational work in Rhodesia; the lifestyle, music, and beliefs of Shona people; the civil war between white government and the black nationalist guerrillas which raged while...

Dates: Created: 1970-1985

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Dick Springer Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 417

Scope and Contents Oral history interview and one prayer letter relating to the ministry of Charles Oliver “Dick” Springer, missionary with Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Japan from 1937-1996.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Dick Springer in which he describes his family and their missionary interest and involvement, conversion, education (at Whitman College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Moody Bible Institute), his involvement...

Dates: Created: 1937-1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Dolphus Weary Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 373

Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Dolphus Douglas Weary, in which he describes his childhood, education and religious training in rural Mississippi, conversion, leadership in Voice of Calvary Ministries and Mendenhall Ministries, impressions of John Perkins, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interview is 1948-1987.

Dolphus Weary was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 25, 1987 at the Mendenhall Ministries headquarters in Mendenhall, Mississippi.

Dates: Created: 1987

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Don Giovanni Calabria Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-71

Abstract

A selection of various materials relating to Don Giovanni Calabria of Verona, Italy (1873-1954), who corresponded with C.S. Lewis in Latin from 1947 to 1954.

Dates: Created: 1955-1979

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Donald A. Cook Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 259

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Donald Arthur Cook (1923-2014) in which he describes his service with the Overseas Missionary Fellowship in Japan between 1956-1972. Topics discussed include upbringing, education at Wheaton College, experiences in the United States Air Force, American response to WWII, decision to join China Inland Mission (later OMF), evangelistic methods in Japan, administrative work, language difficulties, administrative duties in OMF headquarters in Hokkaido and in Tokyo,...

Dates: Created: 1983

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Donald and Mary McGavran Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN-178

Brief Description

Correspondence, lectures, sermons, book manuscripts, surveys, audio tapes, video tapes, microfilm of letters, notes, and other records dealing with the life of the McGavrans, especially their work as missionaries in India with the Disciples of Christ, and Donald's activities as an author and educator, including his role as founding dean of Fuller Seminary's School of World Mission. Much of the collection deals with his role in originating, developing, and applying church growth theory.

Dates: Created: 1906-2000

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Donald E. McDowell Collection

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: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Donald E. White Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 529

Scope and Contents Oral history interview and one folder containing reports, correspondence, and newsletters. Materials describe White’s family background, conversion, education at Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College, marriage, activities as an Army chaplain's assistant in Germany, and missionary work in Austria for Greater Europe Mission.Donald E. White was interviewed by Robert Shuster on January 29, 1996, at the Archives of the Billy Graham Center. The events described in the interview...

Dates: Created: 1996

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Donald Swann Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Wade-A-50 and A-85

Abstract

The Donald Swann archive includes articles, reviews, publicity items and other materials related to Swann and his works.

Dates: Created: 1964-2009

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Donald W. Berry Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 325

Scope and Contents Oral history interview in which Berry discusses his conversion, education at Wheaton College, and his work as a pilot and administrator for Mission Aviation Fellowship in Honduras and Southeast Asia. Other topics discussed include. Berry’s service in the Army during World War II, his views on pacifism, the origins of Mission Aviation Fellowship, challenges of MAF, and the effect of life on the mission field on Berry’s family.Donald Berry was interviewed by Robert Shuster on...

Dates: Created: 1986

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Donn G. Ziebell Papers

Collection

Identifier: CN 637

Brief Description Oral history interviews, conducted by Robert Shuster, along with correspondence, reports, e-mails, memos, budgets, strategic plans, audio and video recordings, and photographs relating to activities of Ziebell, a retired American businessman, as a senior executive at Slavic Gospel Association and other ministries. The material in the collection documents the work of SGA in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and other countries; the reorganization of SGA in the late 1980s and early 1990s;...

Dates: 1981-2008

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Donna Sue Wasson Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 569

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Donna Sue Wasson, a missionary of Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) working in Taiwan starting in 1985. Topics discussed include her childhood and early spiritual seeking, conversion while in college, membership in Moody Church in Chicago and education at Moody Bible Institute, acceptance as a missionary by Overseas Missionary Fellowship, orientation in Singapore, her evangelistic ministry in Taiwan among factory workers, including teaching English classes;...

Dates: 2000

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Doris Embery Oral History Interview

Collection

Identifier: CN 208

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Doris Embery in which she discusses the activities of her parents, who were China Inland Mission workers; her education at the CIM school in Chefoo; her reflections on the lack of uniqueness of missionary children; her work with Scripture Union, experiences as a missionary for Overseas Missionary Fellowship in Hong Kong, and her experiences after she left China. The time period covered by the interviews is 1916 to 1957.Doris Embery was interviewed by...

Dates: Created: 1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Doris L. McShane Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-171

Scope and Contents The Doris L. McShane scrapbook has faded, leatherlike covers, sporting an imprint of roses beneath the words, "A Girl's Commencement: Rosebud Memories." The 6 X 9 book contains pasted-in articles describing literary society events, in addition to concerts invitations, glee clubs and recitals. Glued within are cloth and construction paper decorations from special events and holidays. Photos portray the Wheaton Academy basketball and baseball teams, including schedules for games. Souvenirs...

Dates: Created: 1928-1932; Other: Majority of material found in 1928-1932

Found in: Special Collections

Doris Schneider Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 467

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Doris Gould Schneider (1922-2009) in which she describes her family background; conversion to Christianity; preaching of John R. Rice; education at Moody Bible Institute; marriage; missionary work in Morocco; the role of women in Muslim society; raising children on the mission field; overthrow of the French protectorate; the family's move to Spain; cultural difference between Arabs and Berbers; public health in Morocco; return to the United States in 1982; views...

Dates: Created: 1989

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Dorothy J. Mainhood Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 392

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Dorothy Jane Mainhood in which she describes her childhood, conversion, spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College, call to be a missionary, and work in Thailand for Overseas Missionary Fellowship. Other topics discussed include Mainhood’s medical training, language study in Thailand, Thai people and culture, regional differences in Thailand, the Buddhist and Muslim communities in Thailand, religious syncretism, church-state relations, characteristics of...

Dates: Created: 1988

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Dorothy L. Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-25

Abstract

Dorothy L." is a biographical one-woman play written by Catherine Kenny about Dorothy L. Sayers. This collection contains materials relating to the 1995 Oxford performance of "Dorothy L.," and the 1996 Wheaton College performance of the play.

Dates: Created: 1994-1996

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Dorothy L. Sayers Centenary Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-33

Abstract

This archive contains materials relating to the centenary of the birth of Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) in 1993. Items included are schedules and programs from related events as well as newspaper clippings regarding the centenary.

Dates: Created: 1993

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Dorothy L. Sayers Diary Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-103

Abstract

This collection contains a series of diaries (personal day planners) belonging to Dorothy L. Sayers.

Dates: Created: 1937-1957

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Dorothy L. Sayers Library Inserts Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-105

Abstract

The items contained within this archive were found between the pages of the books in Dorothy L. Sayers's personal library, and/or annotations from the books.

Dates: Created: 1905-1997

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Dorothy L. Sayers Notebook Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-68

Abstract

This archive contains 11 notebooks with notes in several languages by Dorothy L. Sayers. A wide variety of topics are covered, but most of the material relates to Dante Alighieri and his works.

Dates: Created: 1947-1957

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Dorothy L. Sayers Press Cuttings Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-B-21

Abstract

This archive contains articles and ephemera which were in the possession of Dorothy L. Sayers, relating to her and her work.

Dates: Created: 1949-1957

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Dottie Shufelt Klopfenstein Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-211

Scope and Contents

The Dottie Shufelt Klopfenstein ('65) scrapbook is an ornate wood-bound photo memory book recording the Class of 1965 freshman retreat at Potawatomi Inn. Materials consist of black and white photographs from the retreat. Additional color photographs from the sophomore retreat are matted on black construction paper and include annotations in white ink. A number of photos of unknown origin, presumably taken during one of the two retreats, are tucked in the binding on the last page.

Dates: Created: 1965-1965; Other: Date acquired: 2007

Found in: Special Collections

Douglas and Merrie Gresham Family Archive

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Wade-A-29

Abstract

This archive of the Gresham Family contains manuscript material by family members and background information.

Dates: Created: 1984-1997

Found in: Marion E. Wade Center

Douglas W. Stewart Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 707

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Douglas W. Stewart in which he describes his ministry with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in South and Central America and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship from 1963-1991. Topics discussed include Stewart’s family background, spiritual growth, education at Colombia Bible College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, leadership, roles, and structure of IFES, political, social, and religious context in South and Central America,...

Dates: 2018

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Drazen Glavas Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 554

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Dražen Glavaš in which he describes his childhood in Croatia; the Roman Catholic Church in Croatia; his conversion while at university; various experiences working for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), including a year in Moscow; the war in Croatia in the early 1990s; the development of a ministry among university students in that county; observations on American Christianity compared with Croatia. The events described in the interview...

Dates: Created: 1998

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Duncan Mugisha Oral History Interviews

Collection

Identifier: CN 403

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Duncan Aggrey Mugisha in which he discusses the state of the church in Uganda; life under the rule of Idi Amim, impressions of Bishop Festo Kivengere; the Bolokole movement; relations between Catholics and Protestants in Uganda; relations between Christians and Muslims in Uganda; his conversion and work with the Fellowship of Christian Unions (FOCUS) among college and university students. Other topics discussed include East African revivals of the 1930s; AIDS...

Dates: Created: 1988

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

DuPage Heritage Gallery Records

Collection

Identifier: SC-074

Scope and Contents The DuPage Heritage Gallery Records comprise a wide variety of written records created by the organization’s staff during the course of its work from its inception and over the subsequent 25 years. These are materials pertaining to the Gallery itself and to specific exhibits. The organization of the collection tries to reflect this distinction in its divisions, which include “General”, “Administration”, “Publications”, “Gallery Dedication (Governor’s Dinner)” and “Inductees”....

Dates: Created: 1974-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1981-1999; Other: Date acquired: 2001

Found in: Special Collections

Dwight L. Moody Collection

Collection

Identifier: Small CN 036

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous collection of items by or about evangelist Dwight L. Moody, including letters, newspaper clippings, photos, handbills, and a phonograph record collected from varies sources. There are several items written by Moody about his work and activities.There are six Moody letters (folder 1-1), both handwritten and typed, three of which ask for funds for the Northfield Schools and one for the work in Liverpool, England. The letters were addressed to Mr. Trowbridge, Mr. Henry...

Dates: Created: 1875-1897, undated

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

E. Beatrice Batson Shakespeare Collection

Collection — Container: Henry IV folio (permanent)

Identifier: SC-034

Abstract The Shakespeare Special Collection attempts to bring together the very best scholarship available on the Christian dimension of Shakespeare’s dramas, sonnets, and poems. Acquiring the best critical works (essays, books, articles, and other materials, both old and contemporary) is a priority. The Collection is intended to serve as a vital center for scholarly activities of professors, students, and Shakespeare enthusiasts, particularly in the area of Christian higher education. It is a place...

Dates: Other: -

Found in: Special Collections

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