Death.

Collection 047 Papers of Melvin E. Trotter

Collection

Identifier: CN 047

Scope and Contents Sermons, personal memorabilia, audio tape of Trotter's preaching, negatives, photographs, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, and correspondence related to Trotter's ministry as an evangelist and in rescue mission work. Collection combines Trotter's papers and the City Rescue Mission's records, including invitations to speak, responses to invitations from Trotter to speak at the mission, an abstract of a deed, requests for funds, testimonials to the good work of the mission, reports from...

Dates: Created: 1899-1972

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 047 Papers of Melvin E. Trotter

Collection 193 Records of the Washington Street Mission

Collection

Identifier: CN 193

Scope and Contents Sermon notes, minutes, financial records, reports, oral history transcript, clippings, estate descriptions, tracts on various cults and heresies, and photographs documenting the history of the Washington Street Mission in Springfield, Illinois between 1914 and 1982.Records describe tan urban mission and the effectiveness of their programs, administration, and financial activities, and a historical view of its origins in an oral history interview with Mary Brown Miller. Sermon...

Dates: Created: 1916-1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 193 Records of the Washington Street Mission

Collection 195 Papers of William Biederwolf

Collection

Identifier: CN 195

Scope and Contents Sermons, speeches, scrapbooks, articles, correspondence, and other materials which document William Biederwolf's education and evangelistic activities. [NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "folder 2-5" means box 2, folder 5.]The collection consists mostly of scrapbooks, magazine articles, and manuscripts of Biederwolf's sermons and speeches. There are also a few letters and some miscellaneous items. They were...

Dates: Created: 1884-1922

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 195 Papers of William Biederwolf

Collection 277 Ephemera of Jim Elliot

Collection

Identifier: CN 277

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, tapes of sermons and audio letters, journals, notebooks, annotated Bibles, school records, poems, clippings, drawings, and other materials describing Elliot's courtship of his wife Elisabeth, his spiritual preparation for the mission field, early days of his work in Ecuador, and events leading up to his death and those of four other missionaries at the hands of the Waorani (so-called Auca) people. Microfilm edition of materials available for researcher use.

Dates: Created: 1941-1959; Majority of material found within 1947-1956

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 277 Ephemera of Jim Elliot

Collection 341 Papers of Victor G. Plymire

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 / Collection 341 Papers of Victor G. Plymire

Collection 377 Papers of Elias Hatcher

Collection

Identifier: CN 377

Scope and Contents Correspondence, audio tapes, photographs, diaries, and periodicals documenting the career of Elias Hatcher as a pilot for Mission Aviation Fellowship in Mexico from 1949 to 1968, and his time as a mission administrator at the U. S. headquarters of MAF from 1968 until his death in 1971. Diaries document Hatcher's military service and education at Wheaton College; correspondence includes love letters between Hatcher and his future wife, and letters with their six children when they were away...

Dates: Created: 1941-1978; Majority of material found in 1943-1974

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 377 Papers of Elias Hatcher

Collection 464 Oral History Interviews with Eileen J. Kuhn

Collection

Identifier: CN 464

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Eileen J. Kuhn in which she describes her family background; her conversion to Christianity; her medical training as a nurse; life at Moody Bible Institute in the late 1940s; China Inland Mission at about the same time; her call to foreign missions; her work at the CIM retirement home in Toronto; descriptions of John and Isobel Kuhn; work among the Lisu people in Thailand and Burma; translation of the Bible into the Lisu language; contacts with a former...

Dates: Created: 1992-1994

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 464 Oral History Interviews with Eileen J. Kuhn

Collection 604 Oral History Interview with Dan D. Crawford

Collection

Identifier: CN 604

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Dan Duvall Crawford in which he discusses his parents, Percy and Ruth (Duvall) Crawford; Percy Crawford’s evangelistic ministry at meetings, through radio and television programming; and the camps his father founded. Other topics discussed include Crawford’s experiences at Pine Brook Camp as a child; Pine Brook Praises and Young People’s Church of the Air; Percy Crawford’s relationship with Billy...

Dates: Created: 2004

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 604 Oral History Interview with Dan D. Crawford

Collection 670 Papers of Kathryn Deering

Collection

Identifier: CN 670

Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, newsletters, photos, digital copies of journals, and other materials relating to the life and ministry of Elisabeth Elliot as they were gathered by Kathryn Deering, employee of Servant Publications who edited Elliot’s newsletter and several of her books.

Dates: Created: 1979-2012

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 670 Papers of Kathryn Deering