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Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 183 Collections and/or Records:

Kathryn M. Feldi Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 487
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Kathryn Marie Hess Feldi (1912-2015) in which she describes her parents, who were Africa Inland Mission workers in Tanzania; mother's conversion at a Billy Sunday campaign; her own attendance at Wheaton College; memories of Billy Graham as a college student; the Wheaton revival of 1943; favorite professors; and the effect of World War II on the Wheaton campus. The time period covered by the interviews is 1922 to 1993.Kathryn Marie Hess Feldi was...
Dates: Created: 1993

Kenneth L. Shingledecker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 297
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Kenneth L. Shingledecker in which he describes his work with college students in Student Training in Missions, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, planning Urbana '79 student missions convention, missionary work in Kenya for Daystar Communications, and the development of Christian leadership in the church in Kenya. The collection also includes a folder of prayer letters, ranging from 1985-1990.Topics covered in the oral history interview include...
Dates: Created: 1985-1990

Kenneth Taylor Papers

 Collection — Books
Identifier: SC-012
Scope and Contents The collection (about 10 linear feet) consists primarily of various drafts, revisions, and dictaphone tapes concerning the development of the Living Bible and the Taylor's Bible Story Book. The boxes are arranged chronologically, representing the order in which each section was completed. Most of the biblical books went through several revisions before a final translation was accepted. Since it was difficult to determine whether a given revision was the "1st revision," "2nd revision," etc,...
Dates: Created: 1960-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 1962-1970; Other: Date acquired: 2000

Lois Stratton Scrapbook

 Collection — Box I
Identifier: SC-129
Scope and Contents

The Lois Stratton (1909) scrapbook is black and oblong, measuring 11 x 7. The contents are loose from the binding. A sheet tucked into the front describes its contents: invitations, play programs, name tags, literary society menus, student handbooks, pressed flowers and commencement exercises. Photos include faded images of gathered students, in buildings and outdoors. Stratton's diploma is pasted in the back, indicating her graduation from the Wheaton College School of Music.

Dates: Created: 1875-1951; Other: Majority of material found in 1875-1951

Louise C. Johnson Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-146
Scope and Contents The Louise C. Johnson scrapbook is oblong, measuring 12 X 8 1/2. The College crest is imprinted on the cover and the book dated 1925. The first several pages cite the names and address of classmates, written by them to Johnson, including reflections and remarks. Notes, napkins, recital lists, drawings, room assignment cards, homecoming programs, articles, cartoons, graduation invitations and daily schedules are pasted within, comprising the bulk of the book.  Photographs portray campus...
Dates: Created: 1925

Luci Shaw Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-046
Scope and Contents The Luci Shaw Collection includes the papers of Luci Deck Shaw Hoyte. Luci Shaw, her professional name, is an accomplished poet, essayist, and teacher. Included in the papers of this poet and publishing executive are correspondence, manuscripts, and published works. Her papers comprise 39 linear feet of material. Correspondence includes personal, family, as well as professional and business. The various correspondence cover the years of 1922 to the present, with the earliest...
Dates: Created: 1922-2020; Other: Majority of material found in 1969-2005; Other: Date acquired: 1991

Lucille Swanson Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-157
Scope and Contents The Lucille Swanson scrapbook is black, its hinges bound with a white leather strip. It measures 16 1/2 x 12 1/2, and features the Wheaton College crest embossed on its cover. The first pages are inscribed with names and addresses of classmates. The next section features black and white photos of students and campus scenes, with a few images showing trips to Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and a Senior Sneak to Turkey Run State Park, Indiana. The remainder of the book includes paste-ins of...
Dates: Created: 1928-1931; Other: Majority of material found in 1928-1931

Luella Edwards Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1.A
Identifier: SC-173
Scope and Contents The Luella Edwards scrapbook is composed almost exclusively of photos. The images, two or three to a page, serve as a travelogue, detailing a 1930s trip from the campus of Wheaton College to the Black Hills science station. There are several striking shots of the North Dakota wastes, and the construction of Mt. Rushmore. The album is black, measuring 7 1/4 x 10 1/4. Folded and tucked into the back is a 1937 copy of The Sunday School Messenger, featuring an article about "The Little Brown...
Dates: Created: 1930

Lyndon Hess Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 228
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Lyndon Roth Hess in which he describes his missionary service in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) between 1932 and 1975 as a teacher of missionary children, assistant to village pastors and other work with the Lunda people. Topics include cultural influences on missionary children, education at Wheaton College, missionary service with Brethren Assemblies in Zambia teaching children of missionaries, the national African church, tribal tensions, Marxism, influence of...
Dates: Created: 1982

Malcolm Forsberg Papers

 Collection — Books
Identifier: SC-108
Scope and Contents

The Malcolm Forsberg Papers are composed of correspondence from Malcolm's time at Wheaton College, 1930-1932. As well, there are grade slips and memorabilia items.

Dates: Created: 1929-2011; Other: Date acquired: 1991

Margaret and Kenneth P. Landon Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-038
Scope and Contents The papers of Kenneth P. and Margaret Landon present unique views into the life and culture of Southeast Asia. Margaret, best known for her work Anna and the King of Siam, and Kenneth, a Presbyterian missionary and later Southeast Asia specialist with the U.S. State Department, were both graduates of Wheaton College. Both exhibit distinct qualities that offer the researcher many opportunities.The collection is organized into 12 series (Biography/Correspondence, Siam Missionary...
Dates: Created: 1824-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1927-1990; Other: Date acquired: 1990

Margaret Crossett Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 287
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Rice Elliott Crossett in which she describes her childhood with her missionary parents in China, her education at Wheaton College, and missionary career with her husband, Vincent Crossett, in China and Taiwan with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship (1929-1948, 1961-1973). Topics discussed include  Crossett's childhood in China; description of Chinese indigenous worship practices and syncretism in Chinese religious culture; Crossett's...
Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Marian Chapman Papers

 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

Marian Jane Downey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-190
Scope and Contents

Marian J. Downey Papers is composed of a small amount of correspondence from the 1930s, a few manuscripts and class notes from her years as Professor of English at Wheaton College from 1926-1950, and primarily numerous folders of secondary material likely accumulated during her teaching tenure.

Dates: Created: 1901-1955; Other: Date acquired: 2005

Marilyn J. Suttie Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 286
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Marilyn Joy Suttie in which she describes her work as a missionary in Cameroon with the United Presbyterian Ecumenical Mission. Topics discussed include: Suttie's childhood in China, education at Wheaton College, and short-term missionary work, mainly teaching missionary children in Cameroon. Also includes information on the Cameroon church, polygamy, Muslims in Cameroon, and medical care, and other political, social, and religious issues in Africa. The time...
Dates: Created: 1984

Marjorie E. Smith Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-210
Scope and Contents

The Marjorie E. Smith ('48) scrapbook is a embossed black photo album measuring 10 x 7. There is an introductory letter from Smith dated 1999 describing the album's contents of annotated photos from her trip to the Black Hills, South Dakota in Summer 1947.  Highlights include: Field Anthropology class with Dr. Mixter; bird watching photos; outdoor commencement with Dr. Edman.

Dates: Created: 1947-1947; Other: Date acquired: 1999

Mark A. Noll Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-116
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection consists of Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals (ISAE) Conference notes, book manuscripts, and articles. The ISAE Conference notes include information from conferences from the early 1980s through the early 1990s and include letters of correspondence, conference schedules, and papers written by conference participants. The books and manuscripts includes works written from as early as 1983 and into the early 1990s. Many include...
Dates: Created: 1983-2015; Other: Date acquired: 2001

Martha Dunham Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-148
Scope and Contents

The Martha Dunham scrapbook measures 10 1/4 x 14. It is black and tied with a string, spanning the years 1938-9. Tucked into the front are two notebook sheets with handwritten notes, briefly explaining the contents of the scrapbook. Included are campus event invitations, holiday cards, pressed flowers, invoices and campus publications such as the Bulletin and the Record. The pages are numbered to 51, although the total page count exceeds that figure.

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

Martha Meter Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-137
Scope and Contents The hinged cover of this scrapbook, inscribed as "Scraps," are made of blond decorative wood, measuring 7 X 9. "Scraps" features the memories of Miss Mary Meter of Northville, NY, '37. It includes freshman programs, grade cards, literary society invitations, one pressed flower, itineraries for Women's Glee Club, typed Bible verses, "thank you" cards and a few personal notes to friends. Additional casual, handwritten notes describe the particulars of events such as the All Informal, simply...
Dates: Created: 1941-1942

Mary Ann Miller Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 611
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Mary Ann (Shook) Miller a missionary with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) to the Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and the Central African Republic. Topics discussed include her family background; conversion to Christianity; education at Wheaton College; InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Urbana Conference; call to the mission field; history of AIM; preparation for the mission field; language training; descriptions of her first mission station; traditional...
Dates: Created: 1988

Mary Cooke papers.

 Unprocessed Material — Box 4
Identifier: 2014-030
Dates: 1934-2003

Mary F. McDonald Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-212
Scope and Contents The Mary F. McDonald ('10) scrapbook is a compact gray-blue bound 9.5 x 6.5 inches. The scrapbook documents McDonald's life at Wheaton from 1906-1910, such as her memberships in the Aeliolian Literary Scociety and the Wheaton Music Club, and the 1910 Commencement ceremony. Materials include concert tickets, Record/newspaper clippings, inscriptions by student body and faculty members, and other miscellanious items such as a paper leaf and a paper heart. Photos include faded images of the 1910...
Dates: Created: 1910

Mary M. Johnson Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 485
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Mary Margaret Garfield Johnson in which she discusses her family background; education at Wheaton College with emphasis on the activities of the literary societies; and her impressions of fellow classmate Billy Graham.The time period covered by the interviews is 1920 to 1943.

Mary Margaret Garfield Johnson was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 7, 1993 at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.

Dates: Created: 1993

Mary Ruth Howes Scrapbooks

 Collection — Box 1and3
Identifier: SC-184
Scope and Contents The three Mary Ruth Howes ('53) scrapbooks contain clippings, memorabilia and campus-related programs. The first is an 11 x 14 white covered album, bound with gold cord with Wheaton College and the college seal in blue felt lettering. It covers the 1949-1950 academic year and includes athletic programs and clippings of the 1950 Revival, and groundbreaking for the Nicholas Library and Memorial Student Center. The second scrapbook is 12x12, deep red in color and covered with roses. It covers...
Dates: Created: 1949-1959; Other: Majority of material found in 1949-1959; Other: Date acquired: 2008

Mattie Woodard Sketchbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-213
Scope and Contents The Martha B. "Mattie" Woodard sketchbook contains laboratory notes and drawings from her Zoology course by Professor R.C. Mullenix taken spring 1899.  The 10x7x.5 inch sketchbook was from Boyer's Series of Science Tablets designed by E.R. Boyer, published by Central School Supply House, Chicago, 1895.  The tablet sold for 40 cents and containted thirty sheets of both high-grade drawing paper and ruled paper, bound with cardboard covers and cloth-bound edge and brass fasteners. Included are...
Dates: Created: 1899-1899; Other: Majority of material found in 1899-1899

Media: Photo | Fan Pow Foong

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1068
Dates: Other: 1955

Media: Photo | Photos of Richard Field at Wheaton College

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1038
Dates: Other: Fall 1938 - Spring 1941

Melvin D. Suttie Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 293
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Melvin David Suttie (1912-2006) in which he discusses his childhood, Christian growth, education at Wheaton College and Biblical Seminary in New York and Omaha Presbyterian Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission (1940-1950), work among university students, persecution, evangelistic work among the Chinese population and Nationalist troops, his wife Mary's work among women, their children, church and state relations in China, the impact of the...
Dates: Created: 1985

MEM | Class of 1960

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1071
Dates: Other: 1960

MEM | Pillow

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2008-0004
Dates: Other: 1998-2006

Merle A. Steely Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 290
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Merle Ashel Steely, who worked as a missionary with Sudan Interior Mission between 1951 and 1977 in Liberia and Nigeria. Topic discussed include: Steely's conversion while in military service, education and employment at Wheaton College (including the 1950 revival there), his missionary work in Liberia at radio station ELWA and with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, teaching in mission and government schools, evangelism and church planting, Billy Graham's 1960...
Dates: Created: 1984

Merry E. Long Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 465
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Merry Dalton Long (1925-2010) in which she describes her childhood; education at Wheaton College; marriage; missionary work in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and Brazil; the 1960 Congo Rebellion; raising and educating children on the mission field. Other topics discussed include: Long’s medical training as a nurse during WWII; impressions of Africa; medical care available on the mission field; observations about Congolese animism; missionary...
Dates: Created: 1986

Mignon Rittenhouse Papers

 Collection — Box I.1
Identifier: SC-092
Scope and Contents The collection are organized into seven series (Biographical, Correspondence, Legal/Financial, Manuscripts, Photographs, Published Material and Secondary). The collection is concentrated within the manuscripts and secondary series, both containing materials relating to two of Rittenhouse's books, The Amazing Nellie Bly and Seven Women Explorers. Manuscripts also contains poetry written by Rittenhouse. Correspondence is both business-related and personal....
Dates: Created: 1924-1978; Other: Majority of material found in 1952-1970

MSS | Alumni

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1015
Dates: Other: 1964-1966

MSS | Blanchard Hall, acrylics

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1055
Dates: Other: 1987

MSS | Dan Coates (R-IN) Support Reception

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1037
Dates: Other: 2010 April 26

MSS | Martha Park Scrapbook {2010-1013}

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1013
Dates: Other: 1924

MSS | Nancy Swinder-Peltz Jr., 2010 Olympian

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2010-1054
Dates: Other: 2010

Nancy Folkerts Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN-283
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Nancy Wood Folkerts. Topics discussed include her childhood as a pastor's daughter; study at Wheaton College; her marriage; training in London; work as a missionary in British Cameroon (now Republic of Cameroon), especially Bible study and literacy programs for women and 3H clubs for girls; the political and social situation in Cameroon; Cameroon independence; medical problems in Cameroon; the work of her husband, Fred, at the Baptist Teacher Training College and...
Dates: Created: 1984

Nellie Straw Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-131
Scope and Contents

The Nellie Straw (1904) scrapbook is composed of stiff black construction paper, now completely dis-attached from its binding. The "scraps" are glued directly onto the cover, and filling every page for the remainder of the book. Items include holiday cards, poems, notes to friends, invitations to recitals and literary society functions, drawings. In addition are various Wheaton College publications, such as financial reports, rulebooks and commencement programs. It measures 14 x 11.

Dates: Created: 1904-1908; Other: Majority of material found in 1904-1908

Nora Emily Kellogg Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-168
Scope and Contents

The Nora Emily Kellogg diary is written within a booklet inscribed as "National Safe Deposit Company, First National Bank Building, Chicago." The black book measures 2 3/4 X 5 1/2. Within are printed maps of the U.S. and columns for financial transactions. Miss Kellogg uses the interior primarily for citing books read and class notes.

Dates: Created: 1914-1914

Office of Alumni Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-07-009
Scope and Contents

Records of the Office of Alumni Association include correspondence, reports, financial information, subject files, research files and publicity material.

Dates: Created: 1892-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1990

Office of the President Records (A. Duane Litfin)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-02-007
Scope and Contents

Records of the President Duane Litfin include subject files, correspondence, speeches, budget and committee materials.

Dates: Created: 1955-2019; Other: Majority of material found in 1994-2007

Oral History Interview with Ray H. Smith

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2024-0063
Dates: 7 August 2024

Orlin Kohli Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-136
Scope and Contents The Orlin Kohli material comprises two photo albums. One album is stickered "Pictures, 1918." The photos were probably cut from college publications, then pasted within. The books measure 9 X 11 1/2 and are bound with a string. The images portray familiar Wheaton College staff, faculty and buildings. The majority of the images are unidentified by Kohli; however, he may have written descriptions on the section of the page whereon the photo is attached, thus covering his caption, as indicated...
Dates: Created: 1918-1920

Patricia Barnes Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: SC-181
Scope and Contents

The Patricia Barnes ('60) Scrapbook contains clippings, memorabilia and programs regarding the Wheaton College Centennial 1959-1960.

Dates: Created: 1959-1960; Other: Majority of material found in 1959-1960; Other: Date acquired: 2008

Paul and Catharine Gieser Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 088
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Kenneth Gieser and letters reporting to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville, TN on the Gieser’s work in China, written between October 19, 1934, and November 1, 1936. Also contains audio tapes and transcripts of autobiographical statements.

Dates: Created: 1934-1979

Paul B. Long Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 344
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Paul Brown Long in which he discusses his childhood, attendance at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College (including individuals Hudson, Taylor Armerding, Edward A. Coray, V. Raymond Edman, Billy Graham, Ruth Bell Graham, Clarence Jaarsma, Clarence Simpson, C. Gregg Singer), missionary work in education, evangelism, and church planting in the former Belgian Congo and in Brazil. Other topics include animism, church discipline, Christianity and culture, rearing a...
Dates: Created: 1986

Paul D. Votaw Oral History Interview

 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

Paul E. Freed Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 382
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Paul Ernest Freed (1918-1996) in which he describes the founding of Trans World Radio in 1952, the history of the development of its administrative policies and work from that time to 1981, and about the use of radio in missionary work. Other topics discussed include: Freed's childhood as the son of Christian and Missionary Alliance workers in Syria, his education in Jerusalem and at Wheaton College, the business he started to help pay his way through college...
Dates: Created: 1981