Ephemera of
William Franklin Graham, Jr. "Billy"
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Collection 74
[March 7, 2012]
Graham, William Franklin, Jr. "Billy"; 1918-
Ephemera;1863-1864, 1913-1915, 1940-2012, n.d.
11 Boxes (1 RC, 9 DC, 1 ODC), Audio Tapes, Films, Microfilm, Negatives, Oversize
Materials, Phonograph Records, Photographs, Slides, Video Tapes (15.236 cubic
feet)
Restrictions
Copyrighted materials may not be copied or broadcast without permission.
Folder 1-9: Letters by Rev. Graham are restricted during his lifetime.
Folders 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 1-14, 3-5, 3-6 and 3-7 contain xeroxes of materials
from Presidential Libraries and the Library of Congress. Researchers desiring
copies of these documents will need to get them from the institution which has
the originals.
Folders 6-1 and 6-2 cannot be copied without the written permission of the authorized
representative of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA).
Any materials in this collection on deposit from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association may not be copied without written permission from the BGEA. Any researcher who wishes to request permission must get the required form from the Archives staff. It is the responsibility of the researcher to fill out the form and send it to the BGEA.
The last 20 minutes of tape T74 is closed to researchers until further notice.
The Archives will not copy for researchers films F2-F7, F9, F12-16, or videos
V1-V8, V13-V26, V31-V40, V42-V47, V49, V52, V55-V60. Researchers wanting copies
of these programs should contact the original producer.
[NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "Folder 2-6" means Box 2, Folder 6.]
This collection contains mainly materials gathered by the staff about Billy
Graham or the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and its affiliates which
were not produced by the BGEA.
Series: Paper Records
Arrangement: Alphabetical by title (folder titles assigned
by Archives staff)
Date Range: 1913-1999
Volume: 5.55cubic feet
Boxes: 1-11
Type of documents: Correspondence, clippings, brochures, cartons,
memos, song sheets, indexes, programs, scrapbooks, transcripts, etc.
Correspondents: American presidents Dwight David Eisenhower,
Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson, John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Harry Truman
Subjects: Billy Graham's life and ministry, his influence as
a public figure, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and its evangelistic
work, evangelism in the twentieth century, American Evangelicalism, the relations
between Billy Graham and various American presidents, American social and religious
history in the last half of the twentieth century
Descriptive limits: Item level
Notes: Included are documents about the Graham family tree,
samples of mailings sent out by the BGEA, correspondence between Graham and
various national and religious leaders, samples of materials produced for crusades,
audio and video tapes and films of Graham speaking, news coverage of his activities,
documentaries about his life and work, and materials relating to individual
evangelistic meetings and Hour of Decision radio programs. The audio
tapes, books, films, microfilms, oversize materials, phonograph records, and
video tapes have been stored separately from the paper records and are described
on their own location records elsewhere in this guide, although some of their
contents are also discussed in this description. The researcher should also
check the clipping file in Collection 360 for more information on Graham.
The earliest materials in the collection are the items in folder 1-7 which deal
with the life of North Carolinian Benjamin Morrow Coffey, Graham's maternal
grandfather. The folder consists of photocopies of documents in the possession
of the Graham family. It includes a four-page biographical sketch of Coffey's
war service. It was written in 1913 by Annie Lee Coffey Barker (although it
is unsigned), and was probably dictated by Coffey himself. This sketch appears,
very slightly edited, in a newspaper obituary of Coffey two years later, also
extant in the folder. There is a one-page transcript showing the lineage of
Coffey from William Alexander (1598-1652). The bulk of the folder consists of
ten Civil War letters; five of these are from Coffey to his family. In the earliest
letters of this series, he writes of marches, of seeing makeshift graveyards
with soldiers' bodies not fully buried. The other four are written after his
injuries at Gettysburg, and are mostly occupied with his improving health. Two
of the letters are from W. L. Grier, Coffey's company captain; these letters
also contain information about Coffey's health and the fate of the regiment.
Single letters from J. A. Gallant and J. W. Brown report war news in general.
A letter from company-mate Elias M. Crowell, written shortly before the Union
siege of Petersburg, Virginia, discusses the expected battle and predicts a
Confederate victory.
Folder 3-2 contains an article by and xeroxes of clippings gathered by James
Lutzweiler about how Billy Graham came to know the Lord and the development
of his faith from his conversion at the Mordecai Ham meetings in 1934 through
Monroe Parker's meetings in 1935.
In 2010, the staff of the BGC Archives sent brief questionnaires to the approximately
480 Wheaton College alumnae from the classes of 1940 through 1946 whose attendance
at the college overlapped that of Graham (who attended from the fall of 1940
through the spring of 1943). They were asked 1) if they had documents from the
period related to Graham and, 2) if they were willing to be interviewed about
their memories of Graham. 112 responses were received. Most of these were in
the negative, but even most of the negative responses included a few comments
about their memories of Graham as a student. Any questionnaire that had any
comment about Graham at all was kept. Questionnaires that had only “No”
checked and nothing else were discarded. The net result of the project was several
dozen questionnaires with handwritten comments, several typed and written brief
memoirs and a few other documents, (including one 1944 letter over Graham’s
signature), and 22 oral history interviews totaling a little less than 19 hours.
The interviews are described in detail in the description for Series II. These
questionnaires are in folder 11-5. The memoirs and other documents donated by
alumni are in folder 11-4. Two items in this folder are of particular interest. One is a four page typed 1955 letter by Rev. W. Lloyd Fesmire. Rev. Fesmire was Graham’s roommate at Wheaton and later followed him as pastor of the Village Church in Western Springs, Illinois. The letter is filled with interesting details about Graham as a college student and as pastor of the Village Church. The second item is a notebook prepared by
Dr. Mark Lee, given written answers to questions he also answered orally in
the interview (the notebook was prepared before the interview). In many cases
the notebook contains additional information beyond what was included in the
oral interview. Dr. Lee was not actually a classmate of Graham’s, but
was on the faculty of Northwestern Schools while Graham was president there.
Next in point of time, is Graham's Western Springs, Illinois, pastorate (June
1943 through the end of 1944). Besides a few photos described in the photo location
record, there
are a set of church newsletters in folder 11-2. These newsletters cover
the years 1944 through 1951, so most of them are after Graham’s tenure,
but those from 1944 and 1945well describe the various outreach efforts Graham
initiated, (especially the radio program Songs in the Night) and include several
excerpts from his sermons and radio broadcasts. There is also information on
other friends and associates, such as George Beverly Shea, Don Hustad, Lloyd
Fesmire, and Peter Stam. The folder also contains some of the brochures created
to advertise the radio program (all postGraham) and a booklet on the program’s
history printed in the 1970s. The material in the folder came from a former
member of the church, who also included a handwritten list of the 1943-1946
speakers at the West Suburban Men’s Fellowship started by Graham
Next are several documents from Graham's ministry which predate the national
prominence he received in 1949. There are slides and photos from meetings in
the last 1940s (described on the proper location record) and, in folder 3-1,
a series of brief appreciation notes (probably included in offering envelopes)
from individuals describing how they have benefited from Graham's meetings.
Most of these are from the 1948 Augusta, Georgia, meetings, but there is at
least one each from Los Angeles (1949) and Boston (1949-1950). There is also
one very early editorial cartoon about Graham's ministry in folder 3-4, although
though most of the drawings in the folder come from later years and were mostly
produced during his European tours in 1954-1955 and 1966.
His time as president of Northwestern College in Minnesota is documented in
tape T26 and in the school’s magazine (Northwestern Pilot) in
folders 7-5, 9-1, and 9-2, and yearbook (Scroll) of the school, in
folders 9-3 through 11-1. Some of the yearbooks have paper tabs which had been
put in by BGEA staff when they used the books for reference. The issues of the
Pilot mostly cover the years before Graham became executive vice president and
then president of the school.
The 1949 meetings in Los Angeles mark the beginning of Graham as a well known
figure on the national stage. The collection includes Canvas Cathedral (F1),
which was made in 1949 about Graham's "Christ for Greater Los Angeles"
meetings. The collection also contains a video tape copy of this film (V12).
Other items, such as the photographs of the 1950 Columbia Crusade, the phonograph
record album from the BGEA film Mr. Texas (P1, P2, P3), and the tape
of the first Hour of Decision radio program illustrate the growing
size and outreach of Graham's organization.
The crusade was the basic activity of the BGEA, Items relating to particular
evangelistic crusades can be identified by folder title or by the description
of items in the location records. A few of the more significant items are covered
in these notes, but the researcher should be aware it is not exhaustive and
should check the location records and container list for items of interest.
Folder 6-4 contains statements by Graham on why he held evangelistic meetings
in England in 1954 and 1955.
Folder 6-5 contains a transcript of the ceremonies before his rally in Seoul
Korea in 1956, including comments by Syngman Rhee. The folder also has the text
of an interview of Graham by Bob Pierce.
Several items in the collection are from the 1957 New York Crusade, such as
newsletters in folder 1-27, the newsreel films F2 and F3 (including a shot of
the then vice president, Richard Nixon, addressing the audience), and the phonograph
record P6. Folder 5-1 contains a notebook with notes of appreciation from people
who attended the meetings or assisted in them. It includes a mimeographed message
from Ethel Waters. Notebooks of similar appreciation notes from the 1985 Southern
California Crusade are in folder 5-2.
Especially interesting is the notebook in folder 1-26. This was prepared by
David Howard, a Latin America Mission staff member who was loaned to the BGEA
to make preparations for evangelistic meetings which were going to be held in
Mexico City as part of a tour of Caribbean countries undertaken by Graham in
1958. The notebook, which is in both Spanish and English, contains the various
forms used for training counselors, arranging for publicity, setting up committees,
preparing music, following up, etc. It also contains several personal letters
which describe the hectic pace Howard followed as he made arrangements and which
record his impressions of Graham and his co-workers, as well as draws some interesting
contrasts between Graham and Reinhold Niebuhr.
Folder 11-3 contains a chapter from an unpublished autobiography written by
Jane Sorenson ca. 1990. In this chapter she describes in detail her attendance
at a November 13, 1956 evangelistic meeting in Wheaton, Illinois led by Graham
and how she gave her life to Jesus Christ as a result.
Folder 7-4 contains a 1961 radio script for the This is Dimension radio program.
The story is about World Wide Pictures, the film arm of the BGEA. Attached to
the script are notes which the reporter, Ralph Story, evidently took while gathering
information about Billy Graham and World Wide.
The crusade in Charlotte, North Carolina, occurred in 1958 and the scrapbook
in oversize drawer 12 contains newspaper clippings of Graham's sermons as well
as human interest stories. Paper copies of transcripts of almost all of Graham's
sermons during the meeting (made from the newspaper coverage) are in folders
7-1 and 7-2. Folder 7-3 contains the same material in digital form (floppy disks).
Folders 8-2 and 8-3 contain scrapbooks of clippings from the 1989 Arkansas Crusade,
including stories about Governor Bill Clinton and W. O. Vaught.
Before holding evangelistic meetings in any city, Graham usually received numerous
invitations from prominent civic, religious and political leaders of the community.,
Samples of such invitations can be found for Rochester, New York, in folder
6-2 and Knoxville, Tennessee, in folder 6-1. (Although the Knoxville invitations
are from 1957, Graham did not hold a crusade there until 1970.)
Programs, tickets, promotional materials, and other miscellaneous records from
a variety of crusades dated between 1953 and 1983 are in folders 1-6 through
1-32 (see Container List for cities and dates). Material on the Hour of
Decision will be found in folders 1-1 and 2-1, and a pamphlet describing
the origins of famous hymns used in crusades is in folder 1-3.
Folder 11-6 contains photocopies of two brief letters by Graham. One is to Emma
Moody Powell, granddaughter of Dwight L. Moody. The other is to a letter of
condolence Mrs. Powell’s family after her death.
Some folders contain copies of the letters and other materials sent by the BGEA
to its constituents. File 1-6 contains form letters that were sent out regularly
to supporters describing upcoming events, requesting prayer and financial support.
There are also letters about the founding of Christianity Today magazine
and the annual Christmas greetings from the Grahams. Folders 1-4 and 1-5 contain
calendars which were sent to supporters. Folders 1-8, 1-9, 1-18, and 1-32 contain
other items and newsletters from the BGEA's various divisions.
Starting in 1952, Graham had a regular column in many newspapers in which he
answered questions about spiritual or social problems. Folders 4-1 through 4-4
contain a sampling of these columns from the 1970s which were gathered by the
Billy Graham Center Museum staff for an exhibit they were planning. These excerpts,
arranged alphabetically by title, give a good idea of the range of topics Graham
covered and his thinking on many questions. For example, the C section includes
columns on the charismatic movement, cheating, Christ, Christian life, church
attendance, church membership, clergy, communism, conscience, creation, cremation,
criticism, the cross, and cults.
Several files contain materials relating to Graham in non-evangelistic activities
or as a public figure. For example folder 5-4 contains the program from the
dedication of a village in India, destroyed during a typhoon. The village, renamed
after Billy Graham, was reconstructed through the partial assistance of the
BGEA. Folder 5-5 contains materials from the 1996 ceremony in which he and his
wife Ruth received the Congressional Gold Medal (see also V47 and V48). Graham
led a worship service as part of the 1970 Honor America Day program and folders
5-8 and 8-1 contain material from that event. Graham also preached at another
non-BGEA event, Explo 72, which was sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ.
The program and other information about that meeting can be found in folder
3-9. Folder 1-9 contains a translation of a letter from a group of imprisoned
Czech Christians, criticizing his 1982 visit to their country.
Graham has been both respected and criticized for his relationship with the
elite of America, particularly the presidents. Folders 1-11 to 1-14 and 3-6
and 3-7 contain copies from the various presidential libraries of the National
Archives of Graham's correspondence with Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy,
Johnson, Nixon, and Ford and their staffs and other documents relating to Graham
and individual presidents. The letters deal with Graham's requests for a meeting
with or message from Truman, the need for a day of repentance and prayer, the
need for military security against communism, the 1952 Washington, DC, Crusade,
the war in Korea, Eisenhower's opinion of Graham, the possibility of support
from religious leaders in the 1952 presidential campaign, requests for a meeting
with Eisenhower, Anglo-American relations, Graham's 1955 European Tour, whether
Eisenhower should run for a second term, Graham's 1956 attempts to build racial
harmony in the South, the 1956 Republican Convention, Graham's views on the
reason for Abraham Lincoln's greatness, requests for a meeting with Kennedy,
Johnson's civil rights' program, the need for a day of prayer regarding American's
race problems, the Vietnam War, crime in the United States, Graham's visits
to servicemen in Vietnam, the War on Poverty, the election of 1968, Graham's
friendship with Johnson after his retirement, dedication of the Johnson presidential
library, missionary attitudes toward the Vietnam War, the continuing crisis
in the Middle East, White House religious services, Norman Vincent Peale, the
Watergate scandal, the election of 1972, Graham's descriptions of his visits
to various parts of the world, Graham's meeting in 1971 with General and Madame
Chiang Kai-Shek, and consultation with Graham by the White House staff about
current issues. Folder 3-5 contains photocopies of documents from the Library
of Congress about Graham's friendship with Richard Nixon. It consists mainly
of notes and memos of the White House staff about phone calls from or to Graham
and meetings with him on topics similar to those covered in folder 3-6.
Also from the National Archives is the microfilm which contains correspondence
between Graham and Richard Nixon for the years 1956 to 1963. The correspondence
is on the reel in reverse chronological order. Topics covered include Thomas
Dewey's opinion of Nixon, Graham's suggestion that Nixon address religious gatherings,
Graham's request for help for Jawaharial Nehru, Nixon's 1956 acceptance speech
for the vice presidential nomination, the 1956 Hungarian Revolt, Graham's 1957
meeting at Yale University, the 1957 New York Crusade at which Nixon spoke,
the status of Christianity Today magazine, Graham's 1958 tour of Australia
and his request for assistance, racial tensions in the United States, Graham's
assessment of Nixon given to author Earl Mazo, the requests for assistance on
the 1960 tour of Africa, Graham's support for Nixon in the 1960 presidential
election, the possibility of Walter Judd for vice president, the U-2 crisis,
the possibility of Nixon contacting Martin Luther King, the religious issue
in the election, the writing of Six Crises, and the 1962 California
election and Nixon's reaction to his defeat. The photocopies in folders 3-5
through 3-7 were given to the Archives by Dr. Eric Paddon and were gathered
by him in the course of his own research at the National Archives and Library
of Congress.
Folder 5-9 contains the program for the 1981 presidential inauguration of Ronald
Reagan, in which Graham participated.
Folder 2-8 contains portions of two oral history transcripts of interviews with
John Jay Hooker which discuss the attitudes of anti-Catholic reaction which
were generated initially by Kennedy's nomination for the presidency. Graham
and his father are both mentioned in the context of each interview.
Folder 1-17 contains material on the development of the Billy Graham Center
at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.
Series: Non-paper Records
Arrangement: Chronological or alphabetical or numerically by
item number
Date Range: 1943-1997
Geographic coverage: Mostly United States, with material from
or about Canada, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Europe, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hungary,
India, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, the Soviet Union and Sweden
Type of documents: Audiotapes, films, microfilm, negatives,
phonograph records, photos, slides, videos
Subjects: Billy Graham's life and ministry, his influence as
a public figure, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and its evangelistic
work, evangelism in the twentieth century, American Evangelicalism, the relations
between Billy Graham and various American presidents, American social and religious
history in the last half of the twentieth century
Descriptive limits: Item level
Notes: The non-paper records are each described in detail on
their individual location records
Exceptional Items:
Documentaries about Graham and/or interview of him: T6, T17, T18, T20,
T30, F9-F12, F14, V7-V12, V14-V18, V31, V32, V36-V40, V42, V43, V45, V48, V49,
V51, V52, V60, V61. Videos V19-V24 contain a documentary series about the Religious
Right in the United States that includes material on Graham.
Side 1 of audio tape T5 contains Graham's fifty-five-minute address to the National
Association of Evangelicals Convention held in Denver, Colorado, in March 1962.
His topic, "In God We Trust," uses the text from II Thessalonians 2:2ff.
Graham summarizes the state of the American religious situation and Evangelicalism
based on his observations and experiences. He discusses the scope of declining
morality and problems of alcoholism and drugs, the revival of religion after
World War II, and subsequent captivation by materialism. He also discusses
a parallel spontaneous growth of prayer and study groups, German theologians
and theology, social concerns of Evangelicals, and the needs and responses of
American young people. In the final segment of the tape, Graham details some
solutions for correcting the problems, a return to disciplines of prayer and
life style, spiritual expectancy and enthusiasm, and acknowledgment of God's
justifiable wrath and eschatological promises. The tape concludes with a listing
of tapes and books available from Victory In Christ, a Wheaton, Illinois, firm.
Side 2 of this tape contains a 45-minute address by Dr. Herbert Mekeel titled
"The Ecumenical Direction," also delivered at the NAE Convention. Dr. Mekeel
discusses the dangers inherent in an ecumenism which does not remain firm to
biblical affirmations and acknowledge real doctrinal and practical issues of
authority between Roman Catholics and Protestants. It is followed by a ten-minute
segment of a speech by Bob Pierce, director of World Vision, in which he observes
the hunger for simple facts of Christianity in non-English-speaking countries.
There is background noise on the tape and no introduction of either man.
Audio tape T6 begins with a twelve-minute informal interview of Graham by R.
Alan Street in which he asks questions about the origin and history of his use
of the invitation. The remaining portion of the tape is recorded at the Greater
Baltimore Crusade, June 9, 1981, and consists of a portion of Graham's address,
which was based on John 5:1.
Street's questions and answers sent to and received from Cliff Barrows regarding
the importance of music to the invitation are contained on tape T7. He discusses
Luther's view of music, how it has been varyingly used by the Graham crusade
staff, its differing use for television, and the reasons for use of particular
hymns at the time of the invitation. Timing of musical segments, hymns which
are doctrinally sound for use in crusades, music's value as a unifying influence
in the audience, and the relation of content to the sermon and the value for
knowledge of theology are discussed.
Tape T8 is a part of Street's investigation into the invitation and its contrasting
use by other evangelists. It consists of the closing portions of two services,
November 5, 1979, and September 7, 1980, in which W. A. Criswell gives the invitation
and then the responses of those who came forward are heard as they were questioned
before the congregation. Correspondence relating to Street's questions for Graham
is found in folders 1-2 and 1-14. Folder 2-5 contains a forty-six-page copy
of a history of Baltimore by Street and folder 2-6 includes the preliminary
Prayer Breakfast publicity and an invitation to the breakfast. Folder 1-2 contains
a brochure for Street's evangelistic ministry which includes a section on his
interview with Graham.
The two CDs in the collection (CD1 and CD2) are both from the 2007 dedication
of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, attended by three
former U.S. presidents.
In 2010, the staff of the Archives began contacting people whose
time as Wheaton College students had overlapped that of Billy Graham’s
(1940-1943). Many of these gave brief oral history interviews (most over the
phone) or sent written reminiscences or documents. The documents and questionnaires
are in folder 11-4 and 11-5. Here is a brief description of the contents of
the interviews:
Tape # |
Name & Class |
Date of Interview |
Length in min. |
Description |
W. Glyn Evans, ‘45 |
April 21, 2010 |
39 |
Reason for coming to Wheaton, Billy Graham and the United Gospel Tabernacle, Graham’s sermons and style, discussing ministry with Graham; the LaGrange Bible Church, a geology field trip with Graham; stresses on Graham his senior year; Ruth Graham, “you are not going to get Billy to stop preaching for anything in the world;” Western Spring Baptist Church; Graham’s evangelistic sermons, Wheaton’s Christian Council; outreach to the servicemen on campus; story of the lost diamond; “Songs in the Night” radio program, the reaction of President V. Raymond Edman to the attack on Pearl Harbor; the soldiers on campus and Graham’s attitude toward them; Dr. Edman on enlistment | |
Beatrice Gage Merzig, 43 |
May 1, 2010 |
40 |
Professor Rebecca Russell Price at Wheaton, impressions of Graham as a classmate, Graham in the Christian Ethics class; Alexander Grigolia’s anthropology class; the United Gospel Tabernacle; Graham’s lack of drive as a student; Ruth Bell in the class pantomime; the Senior Skip Day at Benton Harbor, Michigan; observing the Grahams in later years; “he was in a different category from the rest of us;” Graham and V. Raymond Edman; hearing the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor; her life after graduation |
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Robert C. Johnson, ‘41 |
May 5, 2010 |
27 |
Reason for attending Wheaton; impressions of Billy Graham; helping Graham prepare for his dates with Ruth; the United Gospel Tabernacle; Graham’s preaching style; preaching for decision; preaching at the Moore House; the Mooseheart Sunday School; mixing up the wedding gifts; Graham’s pastorate at Western Springs Baptist Church and his ingenuity; attending the first YFC meeting in Orchestra Hall in Chicago; last meeting with Graham |
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Charlotte Cook, ‘42 |
May 5, 2010 |
23 |
Graham’s appearance and reputation on campus, Graham and evening services at the United Gospel Tabernacle, music at the Tabernacle, Ruth Bell, sharing a Thanksgiving dinner with Graham at the Mortimer Lane home, campus reaction to the news of Pearl Harbor; discussing the coming war in history class; Cook’s ministry in church music after graduation |
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Elisabeth J. Fletcher Isais, ‘46 |
May 6, 2010 |
43 |
Billy Graham's student days at Wheaton,, the effect of Pearl Harbor and WWII on campus; her experiences as editor of the Wheaton College Record, her husband Juan Isais, their involvement in the 1957 New York City Crusade and the 1981 BGEA meetings in Mexico |
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T58 |
Joyce Tucker Supplee, 45 |
May 13, 2010 |
20 |
The Carolers for Christ quartet which sang for Graham’s Western Spring’s church’s radio program, Songs in the Night and also was traveled with him for a week in the mid-Atlantic and New England states in the summer of 1944. |
Donald McDowell, ‘46 |
May 14, 2010 |
56 |
Billy Graham’s preaching at the United Gospel Tabernacle, his reputation on campus, the impact of Pearl Harbor and WWII on Wheaton College, McDowell’s own service as a doctor in Paraguay, the meetings Graham held in Paraguay in 1962, President Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay and his friendliness to Protestant churches |
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Robert H. Spiro, ‘41 |
May 17, 2010 |
92 |
Southern students at Wheaton College, African American students, the Dixie Club, Graham on the wrestling team, Professor Anthony Grigolia, David Roberts, Howard Van Buren, Hudson T. Armerding, the 1952 Jackson, MS meetings, the 1972 honorary degree Graham received from Jacksonville University when Spiro was president, Graham as a golfer, Spiro’s academic and governmental career. | |
T61 |
Anne Blackburn Fryga, ‘44 |
May 24, 2010 |
34 |
Acquaintance with Catherine and Morrow Coffey Graham at Ben Lippen Conference ground, double-dating with Billy Graham, reasons for attending Wheaton in January 1943, Graham reputation on campus, preaching in front of the Stupe, speaking in college chapel, in theology class with Graham, Ruth Bell and her advice on extravagance, effect of World War II on campus, seeing Graham again during the 1950 Spartanburg rally; importance of prayer in his ministry; Fryga’s later life |
Jane Levring Stam Miner, ‘46 |
May 26, 2010 |
35 |
Arriving in Wheaton in a snowstorm in December 1941, Billy Graham as a delivery man, dinners at the Mortimer Lane home, double dating with Billy Graham and Ruth Bell, services at the United Tabernacle in Wheaton, Graham and the Christian Council, going with other Wheaton students to the Songs in the Night program; comments on the personality and character of Billy Graham and Ruth Bell |
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Lorraine Houpt Payne, ‘46 |
June 4, 2010 |
36 |
Reasons for attending Wheaton, “he preached from the heart,” memories of the Tabernacle, Graham’s preaching style, the Christian Council, ‘43 revival, Graham’s reputation on campus, Graham and Ruth Bell as a couple, Lloyd Fesmire, singing in the quartet, Graham’s church in Western Springs, Songs in the Night, George Beverly Shea |
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David R. Dresser, ‘48 |
June 30, 2010 |
48 |
Attending Wheaton Academy, his conversion experience, Doc Cardiff, the Wheaton revival of 1943, wrestling with Billy Graham, hearing him preach at Academy chapel services, Cornelius Jaarsma |
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T65 |
John Elsen, ‘42 |
July 22, 2010 |
42 |
Graham’s appearance, background of the United Gospel Tabernacle, Graham’s preaching at the Tabernacle, his preaching content and style, Ruth and Rosa Bell, Graham’s reputation on campus, Elsen’s career as a doctor, meeting Graham at a Moody’ Founders Week several years later |
Betty (Kraklan) Dresser, ‘46 |
July 27, 2010 |
46 |
Reasons for attending Wheaton, seeing Graham around campus; Alexander Grigolia and cultural anthropology; memories of the United Gospel Tabernacle and Graham’s preaching there; witnessing to people on the Chicago elevated train; the 1943 awakening on Wheaton’s campus; race relations on campus; Graham’s reputation on campus; memories of the 1957 Billy Graham New York Crusade; comparison of Graham in 1942 and 1957 |
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Anna-Lisa Beckman Maderia, ‘45 |
Aug. 3, 2010 |
121 |
[Note: This interview has been slightly edited.] Her birth in Rhode Island, attendance at Providence Bible College, Howard Ferrin and F. Carlton Booth, reasons for attending Wheaton, serving as secretary for s. Richard Kamm and impressions of him, becoming the organist/pianist for the United Gospel Tabernacle, where Graham preached, services at the Tabernacle, church members of the Tabernacle, Graham’s sermons and preaching style, Alexander Grigolia, the February 1943 awakening on campus, Anna-Lisa’s spiritual experiences as a child, how Ruth Bell and Billy Graham related to each other as a couple, Africa-American students having to have housing off campus, Anna-Lisa’s formation of Carollers for Christ, the Carollers as part of Graham’s radio broadcast of Songs in the Night (ca, early 1944 to mid-1945) , the format of the program, Graham’s talks and readings on the program, other details about the broadcast, singing a song for her brother going overseas in the army, attending the 1944 Democratic convention with Graham and seeing Truman nominated, working as Graham’s secretary at the Village Church in the summer of 1944, Graham as a boss, trouble with a deacon, arranging for Graham’s first speaking engagement in New England in September 1944, the Carollers tour of the mid-Atlantic states and New England in September 1944, the difference between hymns and Gospel music, pianist Richard Oliver, marrying David Madeira, Graham’s rally in Providence in 1982, Anna-Lisa’s later life with David, Graham’s inscription in her yearbook. |
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T68 |
Jeanne Smith Burton, ‘40 |
Aug. 20, 2010 |
40 |
Talks about how she came to Wheaton, her memories of her roommates Rosa and Ruth Bell, memories of Billy Graham from the summer and fall of 1940 |
T69 |
Gloria Gray Wroughton, ‘42 |
Aug. 25, 2010 |
11 |
Reason for attending Wheaton, Graham at the Wednesday night prayer services, attending Thiessen’s Ethics and Theism class. |
Raymond H. Saxe, ‘44 |
Sept. 1, 2010 |
40 |
Saxe’s father’s involvement with the Chicago Hebrew Mission, connections with Wheaton College, Graham as a student, Alexander Grigolia, commuting to Wheaton on the Aurora-Elgin train, work of the Christian Council, the 1943 awakening and its impact on campus, Ruth Bell, Kings Carollers on the Songs in the Night radio program, George Beverly Shea, description of the Songs in the Night format, meeting Graham at Dallas Seminary, Saxe’s later ministry, thoughts on Graham’s ministry, worldliness in the church. |
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Charlotte (Brown) Meredith Hartzell, ‘43 |
Sept. 9, 2010 |
22 |
Reason for attending Wheaton, memories of Graham at Tabernacle; the 1943 awakening on campus; Ruth Bell and Billy Graham as a couple; Charlotte’s marriage to John Meredith and career after graduation; the Radio Bible league; recording Graham’s radio programs for him; his visits to the Meredith home |
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Grosvenor C. Rust, ‘44 |
Sept 23, 2010 |
93 |
Reason for coming to Wheaton, John Streator, preparing to be a chaplain; the anthropology major at Wheaton; Alexander Grigolia; Paul Wright and geology; on a field trip with Graham to the Wisconsin Dells; the Mortimer Lane family and breaking of bread services early Sunday mornings; more on the Mortimer and Mary Lane and their hospitality; United Gospel Tabernacle; manning the night radio desk at the Wheaton police station; Graham’s preaching at the Tabernacle; his Southern expressions; end of the Tabernacle in the earlty1950s ; the work of the Christian Council on campus and Graham’s leadership of it; the February 1943 awakening on campus; non-white students on campus; Billy and Ruth as a couple; the Mooseheart Orphanage; naval air cadets on campus during World War II; hearing Graham preach at Songs in the Night broadcasts in Western Springs; the May 1945 Youth for Christ Rally at Soldier Field |
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T73 |
Stanley A. Harwood, ‘41 |
Sept 27, 2010 |
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Reasons for attending Wheaton; lending his car to Graham to use in a parade, Gospel Team work with Abe Vander Puy; Graham’s appearance and personality; the United Gospel Tabernacle; meeting Graham again in 1965 |
R T74 |
Mark W. Lee, ‘46 |
Oct. 4, 2010 |
197 min |
Note: The last 20 minutes of this interview, which do not refer to Graham, are closed until further notice and so are not included in the audio file linked to this page. [Lee was not actually a classmate of Graham’s, since he started in 1944, after Graham had graduated] V. Raymond Edman; Graham on Songs in the Night; George Beverly Shea; Graham’s preaching style; Graham’s physical appearance and Southern accent ; Edman’s supporters and critics among the students; Enock Dyrness; Alexander Grigolia; racial attitudes at Wheaton; the YFC 1945 Memorial Day Rally in Soldier Field in Chicago; evangelist Chief White Feather; Percy Crawford and King’s College; the United Gospel Tabernacle in Wheaton; Lee’s evaluation of Wheaton’s faculty while a student; joining Northwestern Schools faculty in 1948; interviewing to be president of Wheaton in 1980; inadequacy of the faulty interview process at Northwestern; Graham as an administrator; difficulty raising money for the Schools; Lee’s relationship with Graham; writing sermons for the Hour of Decision radio program; Graham’s requirements; fundamentalist opposition to Graham; traveling to the 1952 Washington Crusade to represent the view of the Northwestern faculty; Graham’s frail constitution; his resignation as president of Northwestern; Northwestern’s response to the 1949 Los Angeles campaign; Stuart Hamblen; raising funds for a college radio station, KTIS; Graham’s relationship with the board of trustees and Richard Clearwaters; John R. Rice’s comments at the final board meeting; reasons for the tension; the presidency of Richard Elvee; T. W. Wilson at Northwestern, lack of a second in command at Northwestern [few minutes of the interview are lost here] speaking at Graham’s 1950 Portland crusade; deciding whether to join the BGEA; George Wilson; Jerry Beaven; Loren Bridges and the programming of KTIS; Luverne Gustavson; Ruth Graham; last meeting with Graham; Ed McCully; Jim Elliot; Betty Elliot; Roger Youderian; Clyde Kilby; Edward Coray; a student revolt at Wheaton; Marion Wade, Ken Hanson and Servicemaster; Lee’s resignation from Northwestern Schools. |
Margaret Geiger Iglesias, '45 |
Oct. 25, 2010 |
15 |
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Ethel (Pierce) Stien, ‘46 |
Oct. 28, 2010 |
52 |
Note: Mrs. Stien was using a voice captioner on her phone to visually read what the interviewer said, so there was a brief delay between the interviewer's questions and her replies. Helga and Carl Henry, Billy Graham practicing his sermons before a mirror, V. Raymond Edman, Merrill Tenney, Billy Graham and Ruth Bell ringing the Tower bell, the 1943 Wheaton Revival, Songs in the Night radio program, George Beverly Shea, Alexander Grigolia, her activities after graduation, Florence Cobb, Clarence Nystrom |
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T77 |
Herbert E. Anderson, ‘41 |
Nov. 15, 2010 |
42 |
Click here to go to a description of the 2010 interview of Samuel Faircloth, also a classmate, in Collection 658. This interview is also online.
Provenance
The material in this collection was gathered from many sources and artificially combined into one collection by the Archives staff. The earliest accession was received in 1978 and the latest in 2010. A list of books, pamphlets, and periodicals transferred to the BGC Library is available upon request.
Accession 78-14, 78-25, 79-24, 79-27, 79-63,79-76, 79-97, 79-120, 80-3, 80-37, 80-47, 80-52, 80-61, 80-72, 80-86, 80-105, 80-113, 80-121, 80-124, 80-126, 80-131, 80-138, 80-149, 80-153, 80-155, 80-158, 80-167, 81-5, 81-25, 81-73, 81-154, 82-12, 82-24, 82-26, 82-36, 82-83, 82-95, 82-105, 82-109, 82-111, 82-114, 82-132, 82-155, 82-156, 82-169, 83-42, 83-44, 83-54, 83-81, 83-82, 83-98, 83-116, 83-119, 83-135, 83-137, 83-141, 83-145, 83-169, 84-88, 84-95, 84-98, 84-122, 85-61, 85-138, 85-171, 86-3, 86-92, 87-95, 87-157, 87-163, 88-81, 89-23, 89-53, 89-68, 89-69, 89-78, 89-111, 90-68, 90-99, 90-112, 91-32, 91-35, 91-92, 92-46, 92-89, 92-144, 93-03, 93-19, 93-28, 93-54, 93-68, 93-78, 93-81, 93-87, 93-95, 93-120, 94-35, 95-34, 95-89, 96-7, 96-42, 96-84, 96-85, 96-88, 96-93, 97-6, 97-38, 97-43, 97-44, 98-13, 98-39, 98-41, 99-2, 99-27, 99-28, 99-32, 99-34, 99-35, 00-57, 00-73, 01-01, 01-12, 01-16, 01-23, 01-54, 01-73, 02-01, 02-04, 02-15, 02-27 02-32, 02-47, 02-73, 06-24, 06-43, 07-14, 07-45, 07-48, 08-04, 08-29, 08-30, 08-49, 08-60, 09-02, 10-20, 10-22, 10-25, 10-26, 10-27, 10-29, 10-31, 10-33, 10-34, 10-35, 10-38, 10-41, 10-44, 10-49, 10-51, 10-53, 10-61, 10-58, 10-62, 10-64, 10-65, 10-67, 10-69, 10-71, 10-74, 10-75, 10-76, 10-84, 12-03
January 19, 1981
Robert Shuster
A. Labiano
A. Peterson
G. Wilson
M. Arnold
February 8, 1983
Frances L. Brocker
J. Nasgowitz
Revised, February 8, 1984
Frances L. Brocker
J. Nasgowitz
Revised, September 8, 1987
Robert Shuster
J. Nasgowitz
Revised, April 13, 1993
Robert Shuster
Revised, June 18, 1993
M. L. Larson
Updated, July 15, 1998
Robert Shuster
Updated, June 26, 2001
Robert Shuster
W. Valentine
Updated, July 16, 2002
Robert Shuster
Updated, February 23, 2004
Accession 04-12
Bob Shuster
Updated, May 11, 2004
Accession 95-117, 00-69
Christian Sawyer
J. Dennison
E. Kuehn
Updated, January 26, 2005
Accession 05-08
Christian Sawyer
Updated, April 26, 2005
Accession 05-26
Bob Shuster
Updated November 17, 2005
Acc. 05-64
Bob Shuster
Updated May 16, 2006
Acc. 00-73, 01-01, 01-12, 01-16, 01-54, 01-73, 02-01, 02-04, 02-15, 02-27, 02-47
Bob Shuster
Updated October 17, 2006
Acc. 06-43
Bob Shuster
Updated May 31, 2008
Acc. 08-29, 08-30
Bob Shuster
Accession 89-34
September 16, 2008
Bob Shuster
Updated January 13, 2010
Acc. 08-04
Bob Shuster
Updated January 19, 2010
Acc. 07-45, 07-48
Bob Shuster
Updated January 26, 2010
Acc. 08-49, 08-60, 09-02
Bob Shuster
Updated May 18, 2010
Acc. 98-41
Updated June 22, 2010
10-41
Updated December 10, 2010
Bob Shuster
Acc. 98-41, 10-20, 10-22, 10-25, 10-26, 10-27, 10-29, 10-31, 10-33, 10-34, 10-35,
10-38, 10-41, 10-44, 10-49, 10-51, 10-53, 10-58, 10-61, 10-62, 10-64, 10-65,
10-67, 10-69, 10-71, 10-74, 10-75, 10-76, 10-79, 10-84
Updated January 14,2011
Acc. 92-6
Bob Shuster
Updated August 17, 2011
Acc. 11-50
Bob Shuster
Updated March 7, 2012
Acc. 12-03
| Videotape V1 - CBS | |||
| 054 | 02:05 | 01/30/69 | Congressional Prayer Breakfast attended by Richard Nixon and led by Billy Graham. |
| 147 | 06:00 | 05/27/69 | Description of Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. Mention is made of the fact that Graham attended Bob Jones. |
| 280 | 12:55 | 05/27/70 | Nixon to speak at Graham's East Tennessee Crusade in Knoxville, Tennessee. Crusade held on the campus of the University of Tennessee. |
| 286 | 13:15 | 05/28/70 | Editorial on political reasons for Nixon's visit to Tennessee and the Graham Crusade. |
| 320 | 15:15 | 05/29/70 | Nixon's comments to the people gathered for Youth Night of the East Tennessee Crusade. |
| 357 | 17:35 | 07/02/70 | Preparations being made for the Honor America Day in Washington, DC. Graham, one of the speakers, explains the purpose of the day. |
| 409 | 20:55 | 07/04/70 | Report on Honor America Day, including excerpts from Graham's speech. |
| 480 | 25:55 | 10/15/71 | Nixon attends the Billy Graham Appreciation Day held in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| 525 | 29:15 | 10/25/71 | Graham's comments on the possibility of an evangelistic crusade in Rome, Italy, and on the musical, Jesus Christ, Superstar. |
| 534 | 30:00 | 06/12/72 | Description of the meeting being held in Dallas of Expo '72, a week-long student conference on how to witness about their faith. Graham, honorary chairman, described the purpose of the meeting. |
| 565 | 32:20 | 01/25/73 | Funeral of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Graham one of those preaching at the service. |
| 620 | 36:55 | 03/21/73 | Graham quoted on capital punishment and South Africa, where he was preaching. Also suggests rapists should be castrated. |
| 627 | 37:25 | 04/01/73 | Graham expresses regret re his statement on castrating rapists. |
| 634 | 38:00 | 07/31/73 | A North Carolina judge orders Secret Service to stop excluding individuals from events for any reason except safety to the President. Action taken after some protested ejection from the 1971 Billy Graham Appreciation Day. |
| 641 | 38:35 | 08/01/73 | During Watergate hearings, H. R. Haldeman described why he indicated pleasure in a memo stating how violent and obscene protesters were expected to be at the 1971 Billy Graham Appreciation Day. |
| 711 | 44:50 | 12/17/73 | Editorial by Eric Sevareid on power of an act of God such as snow. Mentions Graham and conversion of Charles Colson. |
| 740 | 47:30 | President's family highly visible in Washington after the President's State of the Union address. Prayer Breakfast led by Graham shown. | |
| 763 | 50:40 | 04/08/74 | Senator Lowell Weicker presented evidence to a joint Congressional Committee that the Nixon administration tried to use the IRS to help friends and punish opponents. One person it tried to help was Graham. |
| 801 | 53:30 | 05/28/74 | Graham's reaction to edited transcripts of the White House tapes. |
| 807 | 54:00 | 03/18/75 | Graham reported on a conversation with Nixon which included prayer and a discussion of religion. |
| 812 | 54:25 | 04/14/75 | Report on John Connally's trial for bribery. Graham, Lady Bird Johnson, Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, and Robert Strauss appeared as character witnesses. |
| 830 | 56:15 | 05/05/75 | Defendant H. R. Haldeman wins suit filed against him in North Carolina by demonstrators who had been ejected from the Billy Graham Appreciation Day ceremony in 1971. |
| 837 | 57:27 | 03/28/76 | Religious leaders, including Graham, petitioned Congress to establish "the right to food" as one of the bases of U.S. foreign policy. |
| 842 | 57:30 | 04/25/76 | Report on Senator Henry Jackson's campaign in the Pennsylvania primary. Jackson mentioned the special coverage television is giving to evangelism and said, "Why didn't they leave that to Billy Graham?" |
| Videotape V2 - CBS | |||
| 050 | 01:50 | 08/06/76 | Graham said he thought Nixon's White House church services were a mistake. |
| 061 | 02:15 | 09/22/76 | Story about Gerald Ford's and Jimmy Carter's preparation for the presidential debate. In describing Carter's interview with Playboy magazine, mention is made of the fact that Ford had just invited Billy Graham to the White House for a visit. |
| 111 | 04:20 | 09/01/77 | Death of Ethel Waters, who sang at many Graham crusades. |
| 121 | 04:45 | 09/04/77 | Graham's crusade in Hungary. |
| 171 | 07:05 | 09/05/77 | Further reports on Graham's Hungary Crusade. |
| 208 | 08:55 | 12/19/77 | Report on Better Business Bureau's new standards for the operation of nonprofit charitable organizations. Mention was made that the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, among others, was resisting making disclosures to the BBB. |
| 290 | 13:20 | 12/25/78 | Report on religious cults in the United States. Billy Graham, Rabbi Alexander Schindler, Rev. Francis Benham, and Rev. Alvin Illing were among those questioned about the reason for the appeal of cults. New evangelistic efforts in traditional churches were also described. |
| 371 | 18:20 | Report on the support given by American religious leaders, including Billy Graham, to the speedy ratification of the SALT II Treaty. | |
| Videotape V3 - ABC | |||
| 043 | 01:30 | 05/29/70 | Nixon spoke at Billy Graham's East Tennessee Crusade on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He confronted anti-war demonstrators. |
| 090 | 03:25 | 07/03/70 | Preparations for Honor America Day described. Graham explained the purpose of the day. |
| 161 | 06:35 | 09/27/71 | Editorial by Harry Reasoner on possible precedent-breaking appointments, such as Billy Graham being named Pope. |
| 204 | 08:45 | 10/15/71 | Nixon attended Billy Graham Appreciation Day in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| 242 | 10:40 | 01/03/72 | Mrs. Pat Nixon, Billy Graham, and others attended the inauguration of President William Tolbert in Monrovia, Liberia. Graham went as the representative of the World Baptist Alliance. |
| 275 | 12:20 | 06/14/72 | Report on the week-long Expo '72 meeting on evangelism for young people held in Dallas, Texas. Graham, honorary chairman, explained the meeting's significance. |
| 319 | 15:05 | 08/01/73 | During the Watergate hearings, H. R. Haldeman described why he indicated pleasure in a memo stating how violent and obscene protestors were expected to be at the 1971 Billy Graham Appreciation Day. |
| 471 | 25:05 | 04/08/74 | Senator Lowell Weicker presented evidence to a joint Congressional committee indicating that the Nixon administration tried to use the IRS to help friends and punish opponents. One person it tried to help was Graham. |
| 501 | 27:20 | 05/28/74 | Graham gave his reaction to edited transcripts of the White House tapes just before a golfing date with Gerald Ford. |
| 530 | 29:00 | 07/16/74 | Report from the House Judiciary Committee contained evidence that the White House tried to use the IRS to help its friends and hurt its opponents. Graham was mentioned as one of the friends it tried to help. |
| 564 | 32:05 | 10/31/74 | Report on the critical state of Nixon's health. He received greetings from many well-wishers, including Graham. |
| 591 | 34:15 | 04/14/75 | Report on John Connally's trial on the charge of bribery. Several prominent persons appeared as character witnesses for him, including Graham. |
| 624 | 37:00 | 05/05/77 | Report on the reaction of politicians and others to the television interview of Nixon by David Frost. Billy Graham was among those who sent congratulations to Nixon. Charles Colson, Benjamin Bradlee, Howard L. Hunt, Barry Goldwater, and Sam Ervin gave their reactions. |
| 730 | 46:20 | 09/09/77 | Graham held a crusade in Hungary. |
| 738 | 47:00 | 09/30/77 | Graham announces that the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will make available to the public its annual financial report. |
| Videotape V4 - NBC | |||
| 037 | 01:20 | 12/29/69 | Graham, in disguise, attended a Hollywood, Florida, rock concert to gauge the mood of young people. |
| 165 | 06:45 | 01/26/70 | Graham voted one of the 15 best-dressed men in the United States by the U. S. Fashion Foundation. |
| 169 | 07:05 | 05/27/70 | Nixon planned to attend Graham's East Tennessee Crusade on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville. |
| 177 | 07:28 | 05/28/70 | Nixon planned to address evangelistic meeting during the East Tennessee Crusade. |
| 245 | 11:00 | 07/03/70 | Preparation for Honor America Day was described. |
| 272 | 12:25 | 10/15/71 | Nixon attended Billy Graham Appreciation Day held in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| 305 | 14:20 | House of Representatives rejected a constitutional amendment favored by Graham and others which would allow voluntary school prayer. | |
| 323 | 15:25 | Report on the International Student Congress on Evangelism, known as Expo '72, which was meeting in Dallas. Graham was honorary chairman. | |
| 366 | 17:05 | 12/27/72 | Report on the funeral service of Harry S. Truman. A poll taken a few days before had named Truman as one of the most admired persons in the nation, along with Graham and others. |
| 451 | 23:45 | 01/21/73 | Ecumenical service finished out inaugural weekend. It is led by Graham and others. Graham suggests the Ten Commandments should be read in classrooms daily. |
| 460 | 24:25 | 08/01/73 | During Watergate hearings, H. R. Haldeman described why he indicated pleasure in a memo stating how violent and obscene protestors were expected to be at the 1971 Billy Graham Appreciation Day. |
| 538 | 30:05 | 12/31/73 | Graham stated that he thought Nixon would be a great president if he rose above Watergate. |
| 540 | 30:20 | 04/08/74 | Senator Lowell Weicker presented evidence to a joint Congressional Committee indicating that the Nixon administration tried to use the IRS to help friends and punish opponents. Graham was one of the persons it tried to help. |
| 580 | 33:25 | 05/28/74 | Graham gave his reaction to the edited transcripts of the White House tapes. |
| 588 | 34:20 | 05/29/74 | Graham had a golf date with Gerald Ford in Charlotte, North Carolina. He said the country needs a spiritual revival. |
| 610 | 36:10 | 06/14/74 | Report on the meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention held in Dallas, Texas. Graham was one of the speakers and he said that there was a little Watergate in everyone. |
| 637 | 38:25 | 08/22/74 | Haldeman testified in a civil suit filed against him by protestors who were ejected from the Billy Graham Appreciation Day ceremonies in 1971. |
| 666 | 40:55 | Report on Nixon's health. Graham was one of those sending him get well wishes. | |
| 703 | 44:25 | 10/30/74 | Report on Nixon's health. Graham was one of those calling to talk with him. |
| 752 | 48:40 | 03/18/75 | Graham reported that Nixon had turned to religion. |
| 758 | 49:20 | Report on bribery trial of John Connally. Graham was one of those who appeared as character witnesses. | |
| 777 | 51:05 | 07/23/75 | Graham reported as being in favor of homosexuals becoming ministers if they are properly trained. |
| 784 | 51:50 | 09/08/75 | Clarification of the report on Graham's statement about homosexual ministers. |
| 797 | 53:00 | 04/15/76 | Feature report on the renovation of Yankee Stadium. Graham's crusades in the stadium are mentioned. |
| 841 | 57:30 | 09/22/76 | Report on reaction to Jimmy Carter's interview by Playboy magazine. Mention was made of the fact that Gerald Ford had just invited Graham to visit him in the White House. |
| Videotape V5 - NBC | |||
| 046 | 01:30 | 10/18/77 | Special report on evangelical and charismatic Christians in the United States. Graham is mentioned. |
| Videotape V13 | |||
| 013 | 01:13 | Introduction: Vanderbilt Television News Archive. | |
| ABC | |||
| 056 | 02:10 | 03/25/80 | New Archbishop of Canterbury installed; Graham was present. |
| 113 | 04:26 | 05/04/80 | Graham visits Reagan after his victory in the Texas primary. George Bush philosophizes about roller coasters. |
| 190 | 08:00 | 08/03/80 | Graham visits George Bush's church in Maine. |
| 226 | 09:47 | 12/07/80 | White House releases report on possibility of Russian move into Poland. Carter attended church with Graham. |
| 298 | 13:52 | 05/11/82 | Graham's attendance at Moscow Peace Congress. Excerpts from Graham's speech. Meeting with Soviet Pentecostals at U.S. Embassy. |
| 330 | 15:46 | 05/12/82 | Graham's remarks from Moscow about religious freedom in Russia. |
| 339 | 16:15 | 05/16/82 | Controversy about Graham's statement on religious freedom in Russia. |
| 394 | 19:45 | 05/18/82 | Graham's visit to London to accept the Templeton prize. |
| 401 | 20:09 | End. | |
| CBS | |||
| 405 | 20:30 | 03/29/79 | Meeting of church leaders to emphasize need for an end to the arms race. Recent statements by Graham about arms race; contrast with earlier statements on military strength. |
| 472 | 24:55 | 03/25/80 | Installation of new Archbishop of Canterbury; Graham present. |
| 482 | 25:43 | 05/04/80 | Campaign for presidential nominations. Reagan's meeting with Graham in Indianapolis. |
| 538 | 29:50 | 04/12/82 | Visit of Graham to CBS newsroom to talk about the nuclear arms race. |
| 589 | 33:50 | 04/15/82 | Graham's comments on the nuclear arms race during a tour of New England colleges. |
| 621 | 36:25 | 05/09/82 | Graham's attendance at the Moscow Peace Congress. Graham's preaching about nuclear war at a Baptist church. Excerpt from comments made at a Russian Orthodox church. Graham and the Pentecostals living at the U.S. Embassy. |
| 656 | 39:00 | 05/11/82 | Graham's visit to the Pentecostals in Moscow. |
| 661 | 39:47 | 05/12/82 | Graham's comments on religious persecution at Moscow conference. |
| 670 | 40:30 | 05/17/82 | Commentary by Bill Moyers about Graham's statements on religious freedom in Russia. |
| 700 | 43:05 | 05/19/82 | Graham's press conference about his Russian trip. |
| 722 | 45:05 | End. | |
| NBC | |||
| 723 | 45:08 | 05/04/80 | Texas primary; Reagan and Graham meet for breakfast; excerpts from conversation. |
| 761 | 48:45 | 05/06/80 | Indiana primary; Reagan meeting with Graham. |
| 801 | 52:12 | 10/03/80 | Meeting of the National Religious Broadcasters. An address to the NRB by Jerry Falwell. Relations between presidential candidates and evangelical broadcasters; brief mention of Billy Graham and his non-involvement in politics. |
| 826 | 54:46 | 05/11/82 | Graham in Moscow; quotes Helsinki Declaration on human rights and nuclear arms race. Meeting with Pentecostals living in the U.S. Embassy. |
| 891 | 56:15 | 05/12/82 | Graham's comments on religious liberty in Russia. |
| 894 | 56:37 | End. | |
LOCATION RECORD
Accessions: 79-24, 79-120, 80-37, 80-61, 85-61, 86-3, 87-163,
90-99, 93-68, 93-81, 99-27, 02-15, 06-43, 07-14, 08-49, 08-60, 09-02
Type of Material: Audio Tapes
The following items are located in the AUDIO TAPE FILE:
Tape # |
R/C |
Side |
Length |
Sides |
Description |
Date |
T26 |
c |
-- |
64 |
-- |
Radio broadcast of the dedication ceremony for the new building of Northwestern Schools. Graham was president at the time and served as master of ceremonies for the program. The program also includes a solo by George Beverly Shea, “When God Speaks.” The program was apparently recorded on another tape and copied onto the cassette. There are many gaps during which parts of the program were left out. One faculty member gives some memories of Dr. William Riley. George Wilson, business manager of the College, also said a few words and Mrs. William Riley also talked about her husband. Graham also describes his own memories about Dr. Riley and T. W. Wilson talks about his connection with the school. The program concludes with a dedication sermon by Graham. |
11/1948 |
T1 |
c |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Recording of the first Hour of Decision radio program broadcast. Includes introduction by Cliff Barrows, songs by the Atlanta Crusade Choir and soloist George Beverly Shea, Scripture reading by Grady Wilson, news summary by Gerald Beaven, and a sermon by Billy Graham on Hebrews 4:12. The program was recorded during the Greater Atlanta Evangelistic Crusade |
11/5/50 |
T2 |
c |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Recording of the Hour of Decision radio program broadcast on September 5, 1955. Taped at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and Graham's sermon was entitled "Highway Safety." |
9/5/1955 |
T3 |
R |
-- |
-- |
2 |
Side 1: Recording of the program for September 18, 1955, of the Greater Toronto Crusade, which includes singing by the audience, prayer by John McNab, solo by George Beverly Shea, prayer by Harold Lewis, introduction by Dr. Hunter, greeting by Mayor Nathan Phillips of Toronto, a talk by Graham on the requirements for revival, greetings by Alfred Cowling, introduction of team members by Cliff Barrows, offering, and a sermon by Graham on Galatians 6:14. Side 2: The address given by Graham to the 8th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Presbyterian Men held in the Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois, on March 17, 1956. His topic was "Your Reasonable Service." |
9/18/1955 /3/17/1955 |
T47 |
R |
3 3/4 |
45 |
1 |
Address to a Presbyterian conference in Montreat, NC. In his opening, Graham refer briefly to the Democratic national convention then in progress. The talk is on “Three Things that Cost.” The text is Mark 10:17-22 |
8/17?/1956 |
T9 |
r |
3 3/4 |
60 |
1 |
Recording of telecast of San Francisco Bay Cities Crusade. Includes Cliff Barrows, music by the choir, George Beverly Shea, Tedd Smith, and Lorin Whitney. Sermon by Graham on "Yje Woman Caught in Adultery." |
5/3/1958 |
T10 |
R |
3 3/4 |
120 |
2 |
Side 1: Recording of May 3, 1958, telecast of San Francisco Bay Cities Crusade. Includes Cliff Barrows, music by Tedd Smith, Lorin Whitney, George Beverly Shea. Sermon by Graham from II Kings 2l, "The Wickedest Man Who Ever Lived." 60 minutes. Side 2: Recording of August 17, 1958, "Hour of Decision" broadcast from Winona Lake Bible Conference, Winona Lake, Indiana. Includes Cliff Barrows, music by George Beverly Shea, Tedd Smith, Herman Boss, and Scripture by Grady Wilson. Sermon by Graham on "The Second Coming." Followed by ceremony of J. Palmer Muntz Day with an address by Dr. A. J. McClain (see T14, Side 1, for the conclusion of this ceremony). About 60 minutes. |
5/3/1958 , 8/17/1958 |
T11 |
r |
3 3/4 |
96 |
2 |
Side 1: Recording of May 17, 1958, telecast of San Francisco Bay Cities Crusade. Includes Cliff Barrows, music by Lorin Whitney, choir, and George Beverly Shea. Sermon by Graham from I Corinthians 1:17, "The Offense of the Cross." Followed by music from WMBI, "Organ Vespers"; n.d. 60 minutes. Side 2: Recording of May 24, 1958, telecast of San Francisco Bay Cities Crusade. Music by choir, George Beverly Shea. Sermon by Graham on Job 14. About 25 minutes. Musical recordings, about 36 minutes, n.d. |
5/17/1958, 5/24/1958 |
T12 |
r |
3 3/4 |
115 |
2 |
Side 1: Recording of May 24, 1958, telecast of the San Francisco Bay Cities Crusade. Includes Cliff Barrows, music by George Beverly Shea, special speaker Mordecai F. Ham. Sermon by Graham on Ezekiel 14:14, "The World, The Devil and the Flesh." About 60 minutes. Side 2: Recording of June 7, 1958, telecast of the San Francisco Bay Cities Crusade. Includes music by the choir and introduction of Jim Vaus, Stuart Hamblen, and Louis Zamperini. Songs by Hamblen and George Beverly Shea. Sermon by Graham on Mark 8:34, "Deny Self (Ego) and Follow Christ." About 55 minutes. |
5/24/1958, 6/7/1958 |
T13 |
r |
3 3/4 |
90 |
2 |
Recording of June 14, 1958, telecast of the San Francisco Bay Cities Crusade. Includes Cliff Barrows, music by the choir and George Beverly Shea. Special guest testimony by Roy Rogers; introduction by Graham of associate evangelists Howard Jones, Akbar Abdul-Haqq, Grady Wilson, Leighton Ford, and Joseph Blinco. Testimonies from the London Crusade, 1954, by Patricia Campion (?) and John French. Sermon by Graham on Exodus 2, "Adopted Sons." About 60 minutes. Side 2: Recording in studio, June 21, 1958, during San Francisco Bay Cities Crusade. Includes welcome from Graham, Cliff Barrows and choir, solo by George Beverly Shea, and sermon by Graham, "Critical Time." About 30 minutes. |
6/14/1958, 6/21/1958 |
T14 |
r |
3 3/4 |
38 |
1 |
Recording at Winona Lake, Indiana, Continuation of ceremony honoring J. Palmer Muntz. Brief concluding portion of Muntz speech, followed by solo by George Beverly Shea and sermon by Graham on Matthew 24:37, "Noah and Christ's Coming." About 38 minutes. (See T10, Side 2, for the first portion of this tape.) |
8/17/1958 |
T15 |
r |
3 3/4 |
23 |
1 |
Recording of Charlotte, North Carolina Crusade. Includes Cliff Barrows, music by choir, George Beverly Shea, Tedd Smith, Lorin Whitney. Sermon by Graham for Youth Night on Mark 10:17ff, "The Narrow Gate ." |
10/4/1958 |
T16 |
r |
3 3/4 |
111 |
2 |
Side 1: Recording of October 11, 1958, Charlotte, North Carolina, Crusade. Includes Cliff Barrows, congregational singing, testimony of Jerome Hines, solo by George Beverly Shea. Sermon by Graham on II Peter 3:2ff, "The End of the World." 55 minutes. Side 2: Recording of October 18, 1958, Charlotte, Crusade. Includes Cliff Barrows, music by choir and George Beverly Shea, Tedd Smith, and Lorin Whitney. Sermon by Graham on Matthew 26, "The Need and Purpose of the Cross." About 56 minutes. |
10/11/1958, 10/18/1958 |
T27 |
r |
3 3/4 |
ca. 190 |
2 |
Side 1: Evangelistic crusade service at Barranquilla, Colombia. January 22?, 1962. Sermon preached by Leighton Ford. Side 2. Evangelistic crusade service at Barranquilla, Colombia. January 25?, 1962. Sermon preached by Leighton Ford. Recording made by missionary Lester Hickman. |
1/22?1962, 1/25?/1962 |
T28 |
r |
3 3/4 |
110 |
2 |
Side 1: Evangelistic crusade service at Barranquilla, Colombia. January 26,1962. Sermon preached by Leighton Ford. Side 2. Evangelistic crusade service at Barranquilla, Colombia. January 27 1962. Sermon preached by Billy Graham Translation by Charles Ward. Solo by Ray Robles. Apparently this service was broadcast on the radio. Recording made by missionary Lester Hickman. |
1/26/1962, 1/27/1962 |
T25 |
r |
3 3/4 |
110 |
2 |
Recording of the evening service of June 19, 1962, Greater Chicago Crusade, held at McCormick Place. Includes introduction and conclusion by Paul Harvey, choir with Cliff Barrows, and George Beverly Shea. Sermon by Graham on Hebrews 4:12, "Why I Believe the Bible to be the Word of God." Side 2: Recording of the concluding service of June 22, 1962, Greater Chicago Crusade, held at Soldier Field. Includes introduction and conclusion by Paul Harvey, choir with Cliff Barrows. Sermon by Graham on Acts 26:28, "Agrippa Was Almost Persuaded." |
6/19/1962, 6/22/1962 |
T4 |
r |
-- |
-- |
1 |
T4 - Track 1: Sound track of the film Man in the Fifth Dimension, which was shown in the Billy Graham Pavilion of the 1964 New York World's Fair. Includes portions of one of the meetings of the 1962 Greater Chicago Crusade, including songs by the choir, a solo by George Beverly Shea, and a sermon by Graham entitled "The World's Best Seller"; portions of one of the meetings of the 1963 Southern California Crusade, including a solo by Shea and a sermon by Graham on "Who Do You Say I Am?" Track 2: Continuation of the sermon on "Who Do You Say I Am?" Portions of one of the meetings of the 1962 Greater Chicago Crusade, including songs by the choir and a sermon by Graham on "David and Goliath"; portion of one of the meetings of the 1962 Greater Chicago Crusade, including a song by the choir and Shea and a sermon by Graham on "The Climax of History." Track 3: Sermon by Graham entitled "God's Delinquent"; sermon by Graham on "The Climax of History." Track 4: Portions of the Euro '70 Crusade, including the reception given Cliff Barrows and other team members in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and hymns in different European languages. |
1962-1970 |
T17 |
r |
7 ½ |
37 |
2 |
Side 1: Recording of ABC's "Issues and Answers," August 24, 1969, with James Kincaid and Bill Lawrence interviewing Graham. Issues include how the church is meeting war, crime, poverty, and overpopulation; is society headed toward revolution or dictatorship; and Graham's relationship to Nixon. Discussion includes violence, white and black militants, terrorism, sex education, law, Ireland, crusade support by Protestant and Catholic churches, Graham's relationships with presidents, contemporary American problems with moral laxity, loss of fear of God, role of laymen. 24 minutes, 20 seconds. Side 2: Recording of "Irv Kupcinet Show," June 4, 1971. Guests: Roy Larson, Religious Editor with the Chicago Sun Times, and Graham. Topics include revival from pallid religion, need for institutional church to reintroduce interaction of clergy and laity, funds given to Angela Davis defense and church participation in political activism, Antisemitism, the Barrigans, women's lib and the black ghetto woman. 18 minutes. |
8/24/1969, 6/4/1971 |
T18 |
r |
7 ½ |
34 |
1 |
Interview of Graham by Cavett on "The Dick Cavett Show," Topics include impact of Graham on youth and his own children and the military, God's way of answering prayers, Graham's relationships with presidents, views on communism versus democracy and Israel's theocracy, Kent State's violence, anticipations of the Second Coming, Graham's responses to personal annoyances. |
May 7, 1972 |
T19 |
r |
7 ½ |
40 |
1 |
Recording of the dedication of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. Includes introduction of President and Mrs. Richard Nixon, former president and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, invocation by Graham, welcome to distinguished guests. Speakers include Dr. Harry Hunt Ransom, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Milhous Nixon. Additional introductions of family members of presidential families, benediction by Rev. George Richard David, National City Church, Washington, DC, and National Anthem. 40 minutes. |
May 22, 1971 |
T20 |
r |
7 ½ |
30 |
1 |
Interview of Graham by Frost on The David Frost Show, Topics include the courage of the Gale Sayers family, essential need of sincerity for public role, contemporary interest of youth in Jesus and experiential Christianity, relationship of politics to evangelism, childhood experiences of Graham, invitations from both sides of Irish conflict, the devil and demon possession of well-known TV personality, Christmas customs of the Graham family, Graham's experience with war victims. |
12/15/1971 |
T44 |
r |
7 ½ |
Ca. 30 |
1 |
Apparently a radio broadcast by Rev. Carl McIntire in which he describes his visit to the Southern Baptist Convention conference being held in Philadelphia and attacks Billy Graham for supporting President Richard Nixon in seeking detente and peaceful coexistence with Communist governments in the Soviet Union and China. See CN 24, box 2, folder 3. |
6/13/1972 |
T29 |
r |
3 3/4 |
48 |
2 |
Side 1: Billy Graham’s prayer at the end of the National Prayer Breakfast. 2 ½ minutes. Side 2: Graham’s talk on leadership to the Leadership Luncheon that followed the breakfast. He talks mentions his meeting with the Shah of Iran. 45 minutes. |
2/1/1973 |
T31 |
c |
-- |
ca. 65 |
-- |
T31 - Cassette, approximately 65 minutes. Program at Moody Bible Institute, including solos by George Beverly Shea (“Singing as I Go,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “Roll Jordon Roll”) and a sermon by Billy Graham on communicating the gospel. Introduction by George Sweeting. In his talk, Graham describes his early contacts with George Beverly Shea. |
11/13/1973 |
T32 |
r |
3 3/4 |
120 |
2 |
Two sermons by Rev. Ian Paisley of Northern Ireland in which he is extremely critical of Billy Graham. Side 1: Billy Graham, Romanism and Ecumenicalism; Side 2: Billy Graham and the Age of Apostasy. |
1/1974 |
T33 |
r |
3 3/4 |
Ca. 50 |
1 |
Lecture by Billy Graham in Alfred M. Langdon Lecture Series on public affairs. His topic was, “The Divine Answer to the National Dilemma.” The press conference preceding the lecture can be found on Collection 24, T20. |
3/4/1974 |
T34 |
c |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Opening session of the meeting at the Young President’s Organization (YPO) hosted by Acapulco University held at the Acapulco Princess Hotel in Mexico. YPO was an organization for business and organizational presidents and CPOs. The program includes a brief talks by President of Mexico José López Portillo and Billy Graham. Graham’s remarks are on the second side of the cassette and deal with the turmoil in the world and humanity’s need for God. The conference was held February 25 through March 3, 1975. |
1975 |
T35 |
c |
-- |
-- |
-- |
T35 - Cassette. Prayer breakfast held during the meeting at the Young President’s Organization (YPO) hosted by Acapulco University held at the Acapulco Princess Hotel in Mexico. YPO was an organization for business and organizational presidents and CEOs. The conference was held February 25 through March 3, 1975. |
1975 |
T48 |
c |
-- |
90 |
2 |
Amateur recording of the morning outdoor evangelistic service in Tahi, Hungary at which Graham preached his first sermon in Hungary. The sermon in English and the Hungartain translation are bothh included, as well as music number that preceded it. |
9/4/1977 |
T49 |
c |
-- |
90 |
2 |
Amateur recording, probably made from the radio, of the evening service at which Graham preached in Budapest, Hungary. The tape includes Graham’s sermon and the Hungarian translation. |
9/4/1977 |
T50 |
c |
-- |
90 |
2 |
Amateur recording, probably made from the radio, of the service at which Graham preached in Debrecen, Hungary. The tape includes Graham’s sermon and the Hungarian translation. |
9/7?/1977 |
T36 |
c |
-- |
42 |
-- |
How to be Born Again. Sermon by Billy Graham. Produced in by Word, Incorporated. A sheet that accompanied the tape is in folder 6-3. |
1978 |
T37 |
c |
-- |
42 |
-- |
T37 - Cassette, 42 minutes. The Holy Spirit. Sermon by Billy Graham. Produced in by Word, Incorporated. A sheet that accompanied the tape is in folder 6-3. |
1979 |
T8 |
r |
3 3/4 |
80 |
2 |
Audio tape copied from a cassette; 60 minutes. Side 1: Segment (about 22 minutes) of closing invitation by W. A. Criswell to a congregation, including introductions and responses by those who came forward at the close of the service; November 29, 1979. Side 2: Segment (about 20 minutes) of the closing invitation of Criswell, hymns, introductions and responses of those who came forward; September 7, 1980. |
11/29/1979, 9/7/1980 |
T46 |
c |
-- |
96 |
2 |
Recording of the Sunday service at Georgetown Baptist Church in Washington DC. Included on the tape are comments by the church’s pastor Paul Merritts, an introduction of Billy Graham by Senator mark Hatfield, and a sermon by Graham on the 23rd Psalm. President Jimmy Carter and Vice President elect George Bush were in the congregation. |
December 7, 1980 |
T6 |
r |
3 3/4 |
60 |
2 |
Tape quality is marred by an echo and poor reproduction and ends before Graham gives the invitation. Side 1: An interview of about 10 minutes of Graham by R. A. Street concerning Graham's use of the invitation comparison with those of Luis Palau and Charles Stanley. The interview is interrupted twice by members of Graham's family arriving for a visit; 20-minute segment of Graham addressing the Greater Baltimore Crusade. Poor quality sound, voice partially undistinguishable. Side 2: About 15 minutes of Graham continuing to address the Greater Baltimore Crusade. Correspondence relating to Street's questions for Graham is found in folders 1-2 and 1-14. |
June 9, 1981 |
T7 |
r |
3 3/4 |
60 |
2 |
Side 1: Discussion (15 minutes) by Cliff Barrows answering questions submitted by R. A. Street regarding the importance of music to the invitation; n.d. Side 2: Continuation of Side 1 (beginning l0 minutes into the tape); 15-minute segment. |
1981? |
T5 |
r |
3 3/4 |
60 |
2 |
Side 1: Address (55 minutes) by Graham entitled "In God We Trust," delivered at the National Association of Evangelicals Convention, Denver, Colorado. Side 2: Address (45 minutes) to the NAE Convention by Dr. Herbert Mekeel entitled "The Ecumenical Direction" and a ten-minute section of an address by Bob Pierce, director of World Vision, discussing responses to Christianity in non-English-speaking countries. |
3/1982 |
T51 |
c |
-- |
90 |
2 |
Amateur recording, probably from the radio, of Graham’s evangelistic meeting in Budapest, Hungary. Recording includes both sermon in English and the Hungarian translation. |
July 29, 1989 |
T52 |
c |
-- |
30 |
1 |
Episode of the radio program, Life with God. After musical numbers, the host, Earl Anders, introduces a recording of the sermon Billy Graham preached in Los Angeles on October 14, 1949. (See Collection 26, T205) |
February 2, 1992 |
T39 |
c |
-- |
100 |
2 |
Just As I Am/ the Autobiography of Billy Graham. Audio abridgement of Graham’s 1997 autobiography, read by Cliff Barrows. Produced by Harper Audio. Tape 1, Sides 1 and 2. Cardboard container for tapes, with copy about the book, Billy Graham, and Cliff Barrows, is in folder 6-3. |
1998 |
T40 |
c |
-- |
102 |
2 |
Just As I Am/ the Autobiography of Billy Graham. Audio abridgement of Graham’s 1997 autobiography, read by Cliff Barrows. Produced by Harper Audio. Tape 2, Sides 3 and 4. Cardboard container for tapes, with copy about the book, Billy Graham, and Cliff Barrows, is in folder 6-3. |
1998 |
T41 |
c |
-- |
99 |
2 |
T41 - Cassette, 49 minutes on side 5, 50 minutes on side 6. Just As I Am/ the Autobiography of Billy Graham. Audio abridgement of Graham’s 1997 autobiography, read by Cliff Barrows. Produced by Harper Audio. Tape 3, Sides 5 and 6. Cardboard container for tapes, with copy about the book, Billy Graham, and Cliff Barrows, is in folder 6-3. |
1998 |
T41 |
c |
-- |
102 |
2 |
Just As I Am/ the Autobiography of Billy Graham. Audio abridgement of Graham’s 1997 autobiography, read by Cliff Barrows. Produced by Harper Audio. Tape 4, Sides 7 and 8. Cardboard container for tapes, with copy about the book, Billy Graham, and Cliff Barrows, is in folder 6-3. |
1998 |
T45 |
c |
-- |
90 |
2 |
2000 Ronald Reagan Freedom Award Dinner. Billy Graham was the honoree, receiving the Medal of Freedom. The dinner was held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California. Merv Griffin was the master of ceremonies, Rosemary Clooney sang, Elizabeth Dole introduced Billy Graham, who then gave a brief talk, mainly about his friendship with Ronald Reagan and concluded with a presentation of the Gospel. |
April 5, 2000 |
c |
-- |
39 |
1 |
Oral history interview with W. Glyn Evans for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
April 21, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
40 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Beatrice Gage Merzig for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
May 1, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
27 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Robert C. Johnson for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
May 5, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
23 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Charlotte Cook for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
May 5, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
43 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Elisabeth J. Fletcher Isais for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
May 6, 2010 |
|
T58 |
c |
-- |
20 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Joyce Tucker Supplee for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
May 13, 2010 |
c |
-- |
56 |
2 |
Oral history interview with Donald McDowell for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
May 14, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
92 |
2 |
Oral history interview with Robert H. Spiro for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
May 17, 2010 |
|
T61 |
c |
-- |
34 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Anne Blackburn Fryga for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
May 24, 2010 |
c |
-- |
35 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Jane Levring Stam Miner for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
May 26, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
36 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Lorraine Houpt Payne for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
June 4, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
22 |
1 |
Oral history interview with David R. Dresser for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
June 30, 2010 |
|
T65 |
c |
-- |
24 |
1 |
Oral history interview with John Elsen for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
July 22, 2010 |
c |
-- |
31 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Betty (Kraklan) Dresser for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
July 27, 2010 |
|
d |
-- |
121 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Anna Lisa (Beckman) Maderia for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
August 3, 2010 |
|
T68 |
d |
-- |
32 |
-- |
Oral history interview with Jeanne (Smith) Burton for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
August 20, 2010 |
T69 |
c |
-- |
11 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Gloria (Gray) Wroughton for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
August 25, 2010 |
c |
-- |
40 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Raymond H. Saxe for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
Sep. 1, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
22 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Charlotte (Brown) Meredith Hartzell for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
Sep. 9, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
90 |
2 |
Oral history interview with Grovesnor Rust for the Billy Graham at Wheaton project |
Sep 23, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
18 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Stanley A. Harwood for the Billy Graham at Wheaton Project |
Sep 27, 2010 |
|
RT74 |
d |
-- |
197 |
-- |
Oral history interview with Mark W. Lee for the Billy Graham at Wheaton Project |
Oct 4, 2010 |
c |
-- |
16 |
1 |
Oral history interview with Margaret Geiger Iglesias for the Billy Graham at Wheaton Project |
Oct 25, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
52 |
2 |
Oral history interview with Ethel (Pierce) Stien for the Billy Graham at Wheaton Project |
Oct 28, 2010 |
|
c |
-- |
45 |
-- |
Oral history interview with Herbert E. Anderson for the Billy Graham at Wheaton Project |
Nov 15, 2010 |
|
T43 |
c |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Cassette. Donald Ricks singing the theme to the movie The Hiding Place. |
N.d. |
T21 |
r |
3 3/4 |
120 |
2 |
Side 1: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Follow-up counseling instruction, "Christian Life and Witness," course. Instructor, Charles A. Riggs. Side 2: Continuation of Side 1. |
N.d. |
T22 |
r |
3 3/4 |
60 |
1 |
Recording of Cliff Barrows and the Gang singing popular hymns. Recorded on one side. |
N.d. |
T23 |
r |
3 3/4 |
60 |
1 |
Recording of Cliff Barrows and the Gospel Choristers singing popular hymns. Recorded on one side |
N.d. |
T24 |
r |
3 3/4 |
60 |
1 |
Recording of Paul Mickelson playing hymns on the organ accompanied by the Singing Strings. |
N.d. |
******
LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 07-45, 07-48
Type of material: CDs
The following items are located in the CD FILE:
# |
length |
Contents |
Dates |
CD1 |
22 |
Highlights of the Dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C. Produced by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Includes scenes of the dedication service and brief excerpts from the comments of Bishop George E. Battle, Mayor Patrick McCrory of Charlotte, Governor Mike Easley of North Carolina, Graeme Keith, Franklin Graham, George Beverly Shea, and Cliff Barrows; former presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton; comments by Billy Graham; dedicatory prayers by Dr. Richard Bewes, Ross Rhoads, and Sami Dagher. The CD concludes with a brief description of the library’s exhibits. |
May 31, 2007 |
CD2 |
104 |
CNN broadcast of the dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is an inclusive version of the program highlighted in CD1 above. It was broadcast approximately a week after the ceremony on the C-SPAN network. |
May 31, 2007 |
*****
LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 80-3, 80-72, 86-3, 87-157, 89-23, 89-34,
89-111, 93-87, 94-35, 97-44, 01-01
Type of Material: Films
The following items are located in the FILM FILE:
F1 |
b&w |
20 |
The Canvas Cathedral |
Produced by Grace Films. It is about the Christ for Greater Los Angeles Crusade. Cliff Barrows, Clifford Smith, Kay Stewart, Ellen Elsner, James Vaus, Stuart Hamblen, and Louis Zamperini are on the film in addition to Billy Graham. Video tape V12 is an exact copy. |
1949 |
F18 |
b&w |
5 |
-- |
Home movie (apparently) of Graham’s visit to Japan. Includes scenes of his arrival at the airport, speaking at a press conference, preaching, traveling by train, and departing country by ocean liner. Silent. |
2/1956 |
F14 |
b&w |
14 |
Person to Person with Edward R. Murrow |
This is a kinescope segment from the program which included an interview of Billy and Ruth Graham at their new home in Black Mountain, North Carolina. The interview also included a brief visit with children Virginia, Anne, Bunny and Franklin. The Grahams show different parts of the house (which they had moved into a few months before). Billy Graham discussed their family life, his work habits, the part Ruth played in his life, the duties of being a Christian parent, and made a brief evangelistic appeal. Ruth talked about the house, how she met her husband, and the importance of being a Christian wife and mother. Use V27. |
4/6/ 1956 |
F2 |
b&w |
-- |
-- |
Newsreel film produced by Universal International. Scenes from the New York Crusade, including Billy Graham preaching in Madison Square Garden. |
1957 |
F3 |
b&w |
-- |
-- |
Newsreel film produced by Universal International. Scenes from the New York Crusade, including an appearance by Richard Nixon and Billy Graham preaching in Yankee Stadium. |
1957 |
F8 |
b&w |
Ca. 20 |
|
Filmed testimony of University of Arkansas coach Jimmie Karem, in which he refers to the influence on him of his pastor, W. O. Vaught. Karem participated in various Billy Graham crusades. |
Ca/ 1960 |
F10 |
b&w |
ca. 30 |
-- |
First half of a kinescope of a program that was apparently broadcast over a Los Angeles station. Banquet to honor Louise Treadwill Tracy (wife of actor Spence Tracy) for her work in starting and maintaining the John Tracy Clinic for deaf children. The program included an introduction by emcee Robert Young, songs by George Beverly Shea, a presentation of a necklace to Mrs. Tracy by one of the children helped by the clinic, Mrs. Tracy’s comments on the history and work of the clinic and the beginning of a speech by Billy Graham on the social problems of the world and the need for service to others. Program was produced by William C. Jones. |
12/1/ 1960 |
F11 |
b&w |
ca. 30 |
-- |
F11 - Untitled. Second half of a kinescope of a program that was apparently broadcast over a Los Angeles station. Banquet to honor Louise Treadwill Tracy (wife of actor Spence Tracy) for her work in starting and maintaining the John Tracy Clinic for deaf children. The program included the conclusion of a speech by Billy Graham on social problems in the Los Angeles area, the need to deny oneself and follow Christ by identifying with him in the world in which we live and the need for service to others. The program ended with a song by George Beverly Shea. Program was produced by William C. Jones. |
12/1/ 1960 |
F12 |
b&w |
60 |
The World of Billy Graham |
Documentary narrated by Alexander Scourby, written by Joseph Liss and produced and directed by Eugene Jones. Includes section of Graham’s background and family life; scenes of Graham meeting with his staff; preparations for the Philadelphia and Manchester, England crusades; operation of the Minneapolis office; Graham’s world travels; comments by BGEA executives such as Grady Wilson, Jerry Beaven, and Cliff Barrows; scenes of Graham meeting with jack parr and Henry Luce; shots of his home and family life; a section of Ethel Waters singing; and several segments of Graham preaching. Program was a production of the NBC television network. |
1961 |
F13 |
b/w |
ca. 60 |
Pacific Panorama |
This was apparently a local Los Angeles program on the CBS network (station KNXT). This episode consists entirely of the first Los Angeles Prayer Breakfast, held at the Biltmore Bowl. Host of the program is Red Rowe and he is assisted by Ed Robinson, from the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, which was sponsoring the event. Most of the program consists of Graham’s sermon on America’s spiritual crisis. Following the sermon, Rowe and Robinson talk to W. C. Jones, who gives some background on the prayer breakfast movement in the United States. The breakfast was held during Graham’s 1963 Southern California Crusade. 2 copies. |
Ca. 9/1963 |
| F22 | b/w | 58 | Motion Picture Relief
Fund dinner |
Kinescope (perhaps broadcast on ABC?) of an annual dinner given to raise support for the Motion Picture Relief Fund County Home, a retirement and convalescent home maintained by the industry for its indigent members. The dinner was held at the Beverly Hills Hilton hotel. Master of ceremonies was Y. Frank Freeman. Invocation by a Catholic priest, song by George Beverly Shea (“He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”), talk by Billy Graham. He started by explaining that his ministry was not to attack others but to proclaim the Good News. He then went on to materialism and secularism in America, the real nature of security and the meaning of life, ending by describing the need for faith in Jesus Christ. He also described the enthusiastic response by the citizen of southern California to the ongoing evangelistic meetings in Los Angeles. During the talk, there were several reaction shots of famous people, mainly television personalities, in the audience, including Ruth Graham, Nancy Davis, Edgar G. Robinson, Robert Young, Lorne Green, Ralph Edwards, and Ethel Waters. After the talk, Shea sang “The Wonder of It All.” There was a very long segment of people shaking hands with graham and the crowd leaving. | 9/9/63 |
F4 |
b&w |
-- |
-- |
Newsreel film produced by Universal International. Footage of Billy Graham receiving an honorary doctor's degree from Baylor University. |
Ca. 1964 |
F5 |
b&w |
-- |
-- |
Newsreel film produced by Universal International. Includes story on the attendance by President Lyndon Baines Johnson at the Houston Crusade held in the Astrodome. Also in the story are comments by Billy Graham about Vietnam war protest marches. |
11/1965 |
F6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Sound track for film F5. |
-- |
F7 |
b&w |
-- |
-- |
Newsreel film produced by Universal International. Includes a story about Billy Graham's crusade in Tokyo, Japan. |
1967 |
F15 |
b&w |
13 |
Beyond These Hills. |
Film produced by the U.S. Government’s Office of Economic Opportunity of a conversation between Billy Graham and OEO’s Sargent Shriver about Community Action projects in Avery County, North Carolina, and a tour of those projects, including marketing handicrafts, Head Start education programs, adult education, and a community waterworks project. See also folder 3-3 and the letter dated June 30, 1967, in folder 3-6 and Collection 45, T5. |
Ca. 1964-1967 |
F16 |
b&w |
20 |
Beyond These Hills. |
F16 - Film produced by the U.S. Government’s Office of Economic Opportunity of a conversation between Billy Graham and OEO’s Sargent Shriver about Community Action projects in Avery County, North Carolina, and a tour of those projects, including marketing handicrafts, Head Start education programs, adult education, and a community waterworks project. This is a longer version of F5, with more excerpts from the conversation between Graham and Shriver. See also folder 3-3 and the letter dated June 30, 1967, in folder 3-6 and Collection 45, T5. |
ca. 1964-67 |
F17 |
c |
2 |
-- |
Brief footage of Billy Graham at a press conference in connection with his receiving the Great American award in Atlanta, Georgia. Silent. |
1967 |
F9 |
b&w |
ca. 20 |
Good Company. |
F9 - A episode from the television program. F. Lee Bailey interviews Billy and Ruth Graham at their home near Montreat, North Carolina. During the interview they talk about their home, their marriage and children, the organization of Graham’s crusades including the financial aspects, the work of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Graham’s method for preaching through interpreters in foreign languages, view’s on the civil rights movement, views on capital punishment, views on changing attitudes toward sexual morality in the United States, the literal interpretation of the Bible, sin, and heaven. The interview concluded with a brief evangelistic appeal by Billy Graham on the theme of heaven. The show also includes commercials. The program was a production of Talent Association, Ltd, in association with the ABC Television Network. |
1967 |
F19a |
c |
4 3/4 |
-- |
Brief footage of Billy Graham speaking in an auditorium with military and civilian audience, Graham in hospital visiting patients in Yokosuka, Japan; part of Christmas visit to American troops in Vietnam. Most of this film is contained on F19b. Silent. |
12/17/ 1968 |
F19b |
c |
10 |
-- |
Footage of Billy Graham speaking in an auditorium in Yokosuka, Japan; part of Christmas visit to American troops in Vietnam. This film contains most of the contents of F19a. Silent. |
12/17/ 1968 |
F20 |
c |
16 1/4 |
-- |
Footage of Billy Graham visiting and preaching on an unidentified aircraft carrier off of Vietnam; part of Christmas visit to American troops in Vietnam. Silent. |
12/22-23/1968 |
F21 |
c |
Ca. 15 |
Planning Your Speech |
Produced by Centron Corporation. Instructional film on how to prepare a speech w/ brief clip of Billy Graham speaking to a group of young people in San Francisco. |
1979 |
LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 80-131
Type of Material: Microfilm
For each item listed below, there is a positive copy in the CENTER LIBRARY MICROFILM ROOM
Reel 1 - Contains the file of correspondence between Billy Graham and Richard Nixon from Box 299, Series 320 (Vice Presidential Correspondence), Pre-Presidential Materials; 1956-1963. 35mm.
*****LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 89-136, 93-54, 93-95
Type of material: Negatives
The following items are located in the NEGATIVE FILE; request by Folder Titles (in bold) at the beginning of each entry below. All the negatives are black and white, unless otherwise noted.
BGEA: CHICAGO CRUSADE, 1962. Negatives of snapshots taken by John Wells of crowd scenes and staff at the crusade. 12 b &w.
GRAHAM, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, JR., 1940s. Exterior shots of the Western Springs Baptist Church (also known as the Village Church), Graham's only pastorate; pictures of Graham in 1943 addressing the church members during a meeting. Several negatives of each print are contained on three 35mm b/w negative strips shot from copy prints in 1993.
NEHRU, JAWAHARLAL. Copy negative made by the Archives of a meeting of Nehru with Billy Graham and Bob Pierce in 1956.
SHEA, GEORGE BEVERLY. Group of people involved in the broadcast of the radio program Songs in the Night. Included in the group are George Beverly Shea and Donald Hustad. Ca. 1946. Three negatives on a b/w 35mm strip (a fourth is on a strip in the file titled GRAHAM, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, JR., 1940s) shot in 1993 from a copy print.
*****LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 80-149, 82-26, 82-114, 86-3, 95-34
Type of material: Oversize Materials
The location of the following items is indicated in parentheses following the folder title.
FLOOR PLAN. SOUTHERN PIEDMONT CRUSADE. (OS 12).
POSTER. BILLY GRAHAM REVIVAL, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA; NOVEMBER 9-23, 1947. (BGC MUSEUM)
POSTER. ALL SCOTLAND CRUSADE; RALLY, RUTHERGLEN; APRIL 10, 1955. (BGC MUSEUM)
SCRAPBOOK (OS12). Charlotte, North Carolina, Crusade; 1958. Newspaper Clippings of Graham's Sermons and Human Interest Stories.
SCRAPBOOK (OS12). London Crusade; Spring 1954.
SCRAPBOOK (OS13). Wheaton Crusade News Stories; August 14-September
27, 1959.
SCRAPBOOK - DETROIT, 1953. (Photo Album file) Scrapbook of newspaper
stories about crusade. The scrapbook was put together by Mrs. Esther Cole,
the wife of Rev. Warren Cole, one of the leading local clergy involved in the
planning of the crusade. Included as well are 1953 correspondence to Warner
Cole from a variety of people (including Grady Wilson) after the end of the
crusade. A letter from Billy Graham to Cole was added to folder 1-9.
SCRAPBOOK - ROMANIA, 1985 (OS11). Two pages of color photos of Billy and Franklin Graham's visit to Oradea, Romania, in September 1985. The rest of the book consists of large color photographs of prominent buildings in the city. The scrapbook was apparently given to Graham as a gift by the Romanian government shortly after his visit.
MISCELLANEOUS (OS 13). Citation from the West Side Association of Commerce of New York giving Billy Graham its annual award.
LOCATION RECORD
Accession: #79-27, 80-126, 86-3, 08-04
Type of material: Phonograph Records
The following items are located in the PHONOGRAPH RECORD FILE:
# |
Size |
Speed |
Min. per side |
Record Company |
Title |
Contents |
Date |
P1 |
10" |
78 |
-- |
-- |
Mr. Texas |
Side 1: Contains part of the sound track of the film Mr. Texas, produced by Great Commission Films. The set is in an album with pictures from the film. Includes the Crusade choir led by Cliff Barrows singing "The Railroad.” |
Ca. 1951 |
Side 2:Song"Cindy Walker and Redd Harper singing "Every Step of the Way." See also P2 and P3 |
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P2 |
10" |
78 |
-- |
-- |
Mr. Texas |
Side 1: Contains part of the sound track of the film Mr. Texas, produced by Great Commission Films. Includes Cindy Walker singing "Beloved Enemy." |
ca. 1951 |
Side 2: the Hour of Decision choir singing "Wonderful Peace." See P1 and P3 |
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P3 |
10" |
78 |
-- |
-- |
Mr. Texas |
Side 1: Contains part of the sound track of the film Mr. Texas, produced by Great Commission Films. A sermon by Billy Graham entitled "Peace." |
ca. 1951 |
Side 2: Conclusion of sermon. See also P1 and P2 |
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P4 |
8.5" sq |
78 |
-- |
BGEA |
-- |
A message by Billy Graham entitled "Let Freedom Ring," which he gave on July 4, 1953, in Dallas, Texas. Square, paper. This record, with photos, was called a “Talking Picture” and was given away to supporters of the BGEA. |
1953 |
P5 |
8.5 sq |
78 |
-- |
BGEA |
-- |
Christmas greetings by Billy Graham, carols sung by the Minneapolis office staff, and the solo "How Great Thou Art" by George Beverly Shea. Square, paper. This record, with photos, was called a “Talking Picture” and was given away to supporters of the BGEA. |
Ca. 1955 |
P6 |
8.5 sq |
78 |
-- |
BGEA |
A Souvenir of the New York Crusade |
"How Great Thou Art" sung by George Beverly Shea and the New York Crusade choir as well as a message on prayer by Billy Graham. Square, paper. This record, with photos, was called a “Talking Picture” and was given away to supporters of the BGEA. |
Ca. 1957 |
P7 |
10" |
33 1/3 |
-- |
Privately recorded |
-- |
Side 1: Record by Mrs. C. Snook of Australia. She mentions briefly at the beginning of the record Graham’s meetings in Melbourne (1959) and Africa (1960). The rest of the record describes the tribulations of her son and herself during World War II and how these strengthened her faith in God. |
Ca. 1960 |
Side 2: Blank |
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P8 |
12" |
33 1/3 |
|
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service |
Salute to Bob Hope |
Side 1: . Radio broadcast disk celebrating Hope’s 65th birthday. There are many tributes to him from various entertainers and friends, especially in relation to his entertaining American servicemen over the years. Side 2 contains |
1968 |
|
Side 2: A brief message from Billy Graham, recalling his visit to Bob Hope in Vietnam the previous year. |
||||||
P9 |
12" |
33 1/3 |
43 |
Landmark Records |
Proudly They Came...To Honor America. |
Side 1: Part of a two record set of excerpts from the Honor America day celebration on July 4, 1970, in Washington, DC. The records include music and speeches from a number of people, including Billy Graham. Others on the record include Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Vince Lombardi, and Jimmie Stewart. Billy Graham’s speech is on the end of side 1 on P9 and the beginning of side 2 on P10. There is a photo of the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial on the cover of the album. The inside liner notes talk about the planning and purpose of the event and describe Graham’s part in bringing it about. 2 copies. Jimmie Stewart, Pat Boone, J. Willard marriott, E. V. Hill, Marc H. Tannebaum, Frank Borman, Kate Smith, Billy Graham |
1970 |
|
Side 4: The Centurymen, Red Skelton, Glen Campbell, Fred Waring |
||||||
P10 |
12" |
33 1/3 |
41 |
Landmark Records |
Proudly They Came...To Honor America. |
Side 2: See P9. Billy Graham, Fulton J. Sheen, Esther Bob Hope, Philips, Richard M. Nixon, Jennie C. Riley- 2 copies |
1970 |
Side 3: Jack Benny, Dianah Shore, The Young Americans, Teresa Graves, Dorothy Lamour, New Christ Minstrels |
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P11 |
12" |
33 1/3 |
|
Columbia Records |
Man in Black. |
Record of songs by country singer Johnny Cash. The first song on side 1 is “The Preacher said, ‘Jesus Said.’”, which is about Billy Graham and includes brief excerpts of Graham preaching. |
1971 |
P12 |
12" |
33 1/3 |
-- |
Columbia Records |
A Quarter-Century of Meet The Press on the NBC Television Network. |
Excerpts from the television news program, including excerpts of twenty-five different guests over the years. Billy Graham is shown on the cover of the album, but is not included in the excerpts on the record. |
1971 |
*****
LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 79-63, 79-76, 80-153, 82-109, 82-156, 83-116,
83-135, 84-88, 84-95, 87-1, 89-53, 89-68, 89-78, 92-89, 93-95, 97-6, 99-2, 99-34,
00-57,01-73, 02-01, 02-04, 02-32, 05-26, 05-64, 08-29, 08-30, 10-30, 10-41,
10-53, 10-79
Type of material: Photographs
The following items are located in the PHOTO FILE; request
by Folder Titles (in bold) at the beginning of each entry below.
BGEA: COLUMBIA CRUSADE, 1950; BILLY GRAHAM--COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA; FEB-MAR, 1950. Scenes from the 1950 Columbia Crusade (including crowd scenes, participating pastors, Billy Graham, Cliff Barrows, Grady Wilson, George Beverly Shea, and Tedd Smith). 17 b&w.
BGEA: ATLANTA CRUSADE, 1950: BILLY GRAHAM--ATLANTA, GA; OCT. 29-DEC 3, 1950. Scenes from the 1950 Atlanta Crusade (including crowd scenes, a children's service with Cliff Barrows, Billy Graham, Tedd Smith, Grady Wilson, George Beverly Shea, Willis Haymaker, Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge, and Paul James. 60 b&w.
BGEA: LONDON CRUSADE, GREATER; MAR 1-MAY 22, 1954. 5 b&w. Snapshots of the meetings, including pictures of advertisements, Harringay Arena, crowds at Wembley, Billy Graham speaking in Trafalgar square. 1954.BGEA: NEW YORK CRUSADE 1957. Snapshots of the platform at Madison Square Garden during the crusade. 6 b&w.
BGEA: SAN FRANCISCO BAY CITIES CRUSADE; APR 27-JUN 15, 1958. 4 b&w. Graham, Grady Wilson and Cliff Barrows in front of the Golden Gate Bridge; Graham talking to an overflow crowd outside of the Cow Palace, crusade audience inside of the Cow Palace, crusade audience at Seals Stadium. 1958.
BGEA: HONOLULU CRUSADE, 1965: BILLY GRAHAM--HONOLULU, HI; FEB 14-21, 1965. Billy Graham with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wilder, Honolulu, Hawaii, and in Honolulu Stadium; 1965. 3 b&w.
BGEA: HEART OF AMERICA CRUSADE, 1967: BILLY GRAHAM--KANSAS CITY, MO; SEP 8-17, 1967. View of the crowd attending the last meeting of the 1967 Heart of America Crusade. 1 b&w.
BGEA: SUNSHINE CRUSADE, 1968: BILLY GRAHAM--BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA; APR 5-7, 1968. View of the crowd attending the last meeting of the Sunshine State Crusade, Brisbane, Australia, April 7, 1968. 1 b&w.
BGEA: PACIFIC NORTHWEST CRUSADE, 1968: BILLY GRAHAM--PORTLAND, OR; MAY 17-26, 1968. Billy Graham, David Eisenhower, and Julie Nixon posing together at the 1968 Pacific Northwest Crusade. 1 b&w.
BGEA: METRO TORONTO CRUSADE, 1978: BILLY GRAHAM--TORONTO, CANADA; JUN 11-18, 1978. Scenes from the 1978 Metro Toronto Crusade, including crowd scenes and views of the choir practicing. 25 color, 3 b&w.
BRIGHT, WILLIAM "BILL". Billy Graham with Bill Bright at Forest Home in California in 1946, Billy Graham with Bill and Vonette Bright. 1 color, 1 b&w. 1946, n.d.
CAROLLERS FOR CHRIST. Female quartet of singers from Wheaton
College who sang on Graham’s radio program, Songs in the Night in 1943.
1 b&w
EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID. Billy Graham with President and Mrs.
Eisenhower and two others at the National Presbyterian Church; March 6, 1955.
Graham with President Eisenhower and T. W. Wilson; September 29, 1967. 2 b&w.
GRAHAM, MORROW COFFEY. Billy Graham with his mother on the platform at the 1957 New York Crusade. 1 b&w
GRAHAM, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, JR. - 1940s. 2 b&w. Billy Graham and two other men standing in front of Williston Hall on Wheaton College campus, ca. 1940; Billy Graham,
Ted Engstrom and Jack Sonneveldt at a Youth for Christ rally in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, 1947.
GRAHAM, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, JR. - 1950s. 19 b&w. Various
shots, including Graham and George Beverly Shea at a rally in Longview, Texas,
1951; snapshots of Graham preaching at 1953 St. Louis Revival; Billy Graham
in front of the White House, November 3, 1953; Graham with his wife Ruth; Graham
visiting an open air market in London; snapshot of Graham preaching at 1955
Kaiserslautern rally; Graham with Bob Cook and J. D. Hamel at 1956 Youth for
Christ Winona Lake conference; Graham on the This is Your Life television
program with Ralph Edwards on 11/13/57; Graham at a 1959 meeting of the board of directors
of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, along with Lorin Grist, Ken Pike, Dick
Pittman, W. C. Townsend, William G Nyman, Ben Needham, Jim Dean, Bob Schneider,
Harold Goodall, Ben Elson, Earl Miller, Ken Waters, Turner Blount, Howard McKaughan,
Dale Kietzman, and Harold Key; Graham in Moscow on a 1959 visit.
GRAHAM, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, JR. - 1960s. 15 b&w. Billy Graham at the Charlotte, North Carolina, banquet of Wycliffe Bible Translators, 1960. Graham at the biennial convention of the International Society of Christian Endeavour; Graham in New York viewing the United Nations building; Graham in Chantilly, France, in 1960 dedicating the European Bible Institute; Graham at the 1961 National Prayer Breakfast with President John Kennedy and Senator Frank Carlson; Graham meeting with Karl Barth in 1962; Billy Graham attending and speaking at a 1962 New York City meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers (former President Eisenhower also there); Graham viewing the design for the Astrodome of Houston, Texas, USA.
GRAHAM, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, JR. - 1970s. 1 b&w, 1 color. Portrait photo of Graham by Yousuf Karsah. Graham; Graham getting an honorary degree at Jacksonville University in 1973, accompanied by university president Robert Spiro Jr.
GRAHAM, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, JR. - 1990s. Portrait shots and scenes of Graham preaching. 4 color.
GRAHAM, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, JR. - N.D. A British tea card with
a color drawing of Graham on one side and a brief biography on the other.
GRAHAM, WILLIAM FRANKLIN w/ FAMILY MEMBERS. 1 color. Billy
and Ruth Graham and their children Anne, Ruth, Franklin, and Ned at the wedding
of the eldest daughter Virginia and Stephen Tchividjian in Montreux, Switzerland,
1963.
GRAHAM, WILLIAM FRANKLIN W/ RUTH BELL GRAHAM.
JOHNSON, LYNDON BAINES (PRES.). President Lyndon Johnson reading
a churchyard marker with Billy Graham, 1965. 1 b&w.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS. Scenes from the April 20-22, 1971, meeting of the National Association of Evangelicals. Includes shots of Hudson Armerding, J. Sidlow Baxter, Myron Boyd, Robert A. Cook, Billy Melvin, Seth A. Rohrer, Clyde Taylor, and Billy Graham. 8 b&w.
NEHRU, JAWAHARLAL. Meeting of Nehru with Billy Graham and Bob Pierce in 1956. 1 b&w.
WESTERN SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH. Color postcard of the exterior of the church in Western Springs, Illinois, where Billy Graham had his only pastorate. Postcard is ca. 1960s. (Also known as the Village Church. The building on the card had not been built when Graham was pastor.)
WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL. Pictures of a visit by Cliff Barrows and Billy Graham to a World Vision boy's home and of a visit of the Korean Children's Choir to Minneapolis in 1972. 3 b&w.
*****LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 89-69, 91-35, 92-6
Type of material: Slides
The following items are located in the SLIDE FILE. All of the slides are in color, unless otherwise noted.
SLIDE FILE BOX 11
S1-S4 - Pictures of Graham preaching to an audience of U.S. military personnel in Verdun France on July 26, 1955.
S5-S15 - Series of color slides taken by Harry Von Bruch of people and places
associated with Billy Graham. Includes pictures of Graham with Merv Rosell, a Rosell temp revival,
Redd Harper, Cliff Barrows with Helen "Ma" Sunday, and the wedding of Cliff and Billie Barrows.
Ca. 1946-1952.
S16-S26 - Color slides of crowd scenes from the 1959 Brisbane Crusade. Includes also shots of Graham walking through the crowd, picutures of the choir, pictures of the loudspeaker system
V12 |
U-matic |
B/w |
21 |
The Canvas Cathedral |
Grace Films production about the 1949 Christ for Greater Los Angeles evangelistic meetings. Film includes narration by Al Mallicoat, a duet by Kay Stewart and Ellen Elsner, a welcome by Clifford Smith, a few words from Cliff Barrows, and a sermon by Billy Graham. These videos are copies of F1. 2 copies. |
1949 |
V27 |
U-matic |
B/w |
14 |
Person to Person with Edward R. Murrow |
Copied from F14. |
4/6/1956 |
V1 |
U-matic |
b/w |
59 |
-- |
News stories which mention Billy Graham, broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System's national evening news programs; On permanent loan from the Vanderbilt Television News Archives. |
1/30/1969 to 4/25/1976 |
V4 |
U-matic |
b/w |
60 |
-- |
News stories which mention Billy Graham, broadcast on the National Broadcasting Corporation's national evening news programs; On permanent loan from the Vanderbilt Television News Archives. |
12/29/1969 to 9/22/1976 |
V3 |
U-matic |
b/w |
45 |
-- |
News stories which mention Billy Graham, broadcast on the American Broadcasting Corporation's national evening news programs; On permanent loan from the Vanderbilt Television News Archives. |
5/29/1970 to 9/30/1977 |
V28 |
2" reel |
Color |
18 |
-- |
Scenes of Billy Graham as grand marshal of WSB Television’s 4th of July Parade in Atlanta, Georgia, and accepting the Salute to America Award. NOTE: The Archives does not have equipment for viewing this video. |
July 5 and 13, 1971. |
V29 |
½" cassette |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Billy Graham at the final grand meeting of the World Baptist Conference in Stockholm, Sweden (Skansen). Note: The Archives does not have equipment for viewing this video. |
7/13/1975 |
V30 |
½" cassette |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Conclusion of V29. Billy Graham at the final grand meeting of the World Baptist Conference in Stockholm, Sweden (Skansen). Note: The Archives does not have equipment for viewing this video. |
7/13/1975 |
V54 |
U-matic |
C |
49 |
-- |
Scenes of Billy Graham in Guatemala following a devastating earthquake. Video includes Graham’s condolences to the Guatemalan people with Luis Palau serving as interpreter, comments by Ruth Graham, Cliff Barrows, Fred Dienert and Luis Palau, a sermon delivered by Graham at an unidentified church and scenes of Graham’s car ride to the airport. Graham refers to stay Ruth Graham had in the Intensive Care Unit three weeks previously. Source unknown, but contains the address of the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association. |
2/1976 |
V2 |
U-matic |
b/w |
22 |
-- |
News stories which mention Billy Graham, broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System's national evening news programs; On permanent loan from the Vanderbilt Television News Archives. |
9/22/76 to 3/29/79 |
V5 |
U-matic |
b/w |
8 |
-- |
NBC's Segment 3 special report on evangelical and charismatic Christians in the United States. Graham is mentioned; 10/19/77. On permanent loan from the Vanderbilt Television News Archives. |
10/19/1977 |
V8 |
U-matic |
c |
20 |
20/20 |
ABC's network program which contains a story on Billy Graham and his evangelistic ministry, his theology, and his relationship with Richard Nixon. Includes an interview with Grady Wilson. |
12/20/1979 |
V13 |
U-matic |
c |
ca. 60 |
-- |
News programs clips about Graham from ABC, CBS, and NBC. Topics include contacts with political leaders George Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan; meeting with church leaders; visit to London for Templeton Prize; and trip to Moscow and reaction (see index elsewhere in this guide). On permanent loan from the Vanderbilt Television News Archives. |
3/29/1979 to 5/12/1982 |
V6 |
U-matic |
b/w |
12 |
Sixty Minutes |
CBS television network program, which contained an interview with Billy Graham and Jesse Jackson about the relations between Blacks and Jews within the United States. American attitudes toward Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Front are also discussed. |
9/16/1979 |
V7 |
U-matic |
c |
59 |
The Phil Donahue Show |
Broadcast over Channel 9 in Chicago. Billy Graham was the guest; topics discussed included Graham's reaction to the visit of Pope John Paul II to America, the cost of being an evangelist, the role of women in the church, the need for salvation, the nature of evil, public schools, the Holy Spirit, the budget of the BGEA, Richard Nixon and Watergate, judgment, abortion, the relationship between Blacks and Jews in the United States, Satan, and contraception. A transcript of this interview is in folder 2-9. |
10/11/79 |
V11 |
U-matic |
c |
21 |
-- |
Cornerstone laying ceremony held at the Billy Graham Center, Wheaton, Illinois, on October 13, 1979. Speakers include Hudson Taylor Armerding, Kenneth Gieser, Billy Graham, Allen Emery, Delbert Nelson |
10/13/79 |
V9 |
U-matic |
c |
58 |
Billy Graham--The Inside Story |
Television broadcast produced by the World Wide Pictures entitled which was shown in Chicago over Channel 32. The program is narrated by Paul Harvey and describes the background of Graham and the ministry of the BGEA; August, 1980. |
8/1980 |
V10 |
U-matic |
c |
58 |
Billy Graham in Music City USA |
Television broadcast produced by World Wide Pictures about Graham's 1979 crusade in Nashville, Tennessee. |
8/1980 |
V31 |
VHS |
c |
ca. 35 |
The Lee Phillips Show. |
This was a Chicago local news interview program, run in conjunction with the noon news. This segment took place at the Billy Graham Center Museum in Wheaton, Illinois, and consists of an interview with Billy Graham. During the interview he talked about his student days at Wheaton College, meeting his future wife there, becoming an evangelist, his first radio show Songs in the Night, the 1949 Los Angeles evangelistic campaign, the impact of Christians in politics, his endorsement of John Connally for governor of Texas during the 1962 El Paso Crusade, television evangelists, the Evangelical movement in the United States, and the purpose and program of the Billy Graham Center. The tape also includes the daily news coverage and commercials |
9/5/1980 |
V14 |
U-matic |
c |
15 |
|
Program titled "Billy Graham After the Last Crusade." Produced by WSOC-TV for Eye Witness News, Channel 9, Carolina Broadcasting Company. Hosted by David Haines. Discusses past career, present activities, and possible successor. |
2/1982 |
V15 |
U-matic |
c |
36 |
This Week |
Part I of interview of Graham in London by David Brinkley, with George Will, Sam Donaldson, and panelists Rev. Edmund Robb (Institute of Religion and Democracy) and Mark Azbel (Soviet dissident Jewish scientist). Topic is Graham's Moscow visit and degree of religious freedom in Russia, "quiet" diplomacy, Christians' relationship to the state, and the peace movement. |
5/16/1982 |
V16 |
U-matic |
c |
7 |
This Week |
Part II of interview described above. |
5/16/1982 |
V32 |
U-matic |
c |
59 |
You Can Make It. |
Television program on the PTL Television Network hosted by Jim and Tammy Bakker. The guests on this episode were Billy Graham, Cliff Barrows and George Beverly Shea. The program included an interview with Billy Graham about his faith and family life |
2/3/1983 |
V33 |
U-matic |
c |
54 |
-- |
News stories which mention Evangelical Protestantism, broadcast on the American Broadcasting Corporation's national evening news programs. The stories include the debate over a freeze on nuclear arms, the ministry of Madeline Mims, the impact of the Christian Broadcasting Network, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Pat Robertson’s plans to run for the presidency, the ministry of Jerry Falwell, and snake handlers. There is also a September 13, 1984, story about Billy Graham visit to the Soviet Union. On permanent loan from the Vanderbilt Television News Archives. |
3/8/1983 to 12/18/1986 |
V34 |
U-matic |
c |
42 |
-- |
News stories which mention Evangelical Protestantism, broadcast on the Columbia Broadcasting System's national evening news programs. The stories include the debate over a freeze on nuclear arms, the selling of religion, Ronald Reagan and Evangelicals, the debate over prayer in public schools, the debate over capital punishment, religion in the 1984 election, and the revival of religion in America. At the very end of the tape is a brief April 27, 1986, story about the BGEA’s crusade in Washington DC. On permanent loan from the Vanderbilt Television News Archives. |
3/8/1983 to 4/27/1986 |
V35 |
U-matic |
c |
54 |
|
News stories which mention Evangelical Protestantism, broadcast on the National Broadcasting Corporation's national evening news programs. The stories include the debate over a freeze on nuclear arms, preachers in politics, Ronald Reagan at the meeting of the National Association of Evangelicals, January 20, 1985, story on evangelism in the United States includes a brief shot of Billy Graham, child evangelists, a June 10, 1985 story on the struggle between conservatives and moderates in the Southern Baptist Convention (including a brief quote from Billy Graham), an August 4, 1985, story about the meeting of the nation’s governors, including a clip of Billy Graham preaching at their prayer breakfast, a story about Pat Robertson, and a November 23, 1986, story about Billy Graham at his 50th high school reunion. On permanent loan from the Vanderbilt Television News Archives. |
3/8/1983 to 11/23/1986 |
V17 |
U-matic |
c |
5 |
The Today Show |
Segment on Graham is about 5 minutes. Graham interviewed by Connie Chung. Questions include analysis of his role as an evangelist as compared to other contemporary TV Christian personalities, a possible successor, and nuclear war and Armageddon. |
11/18/1983 |
V55 |
U-matic |
c |
90 |
Praise the Lord |
Trinity Broadcasting Network television program hosted by Paul and Jan Crouch and providing coverage of the Billy Graham Southern California Crusade in Anaheim. Video includes introduction by Paul and Jan Crouch, interview of Franklin Graham by Paul Crouch, crusade coverage of guests including Paulino Bernal & family, George Hamilton IV, Stephanie Edwards McCloud, Jeff Kemp, Norma Zimmer, and George Beverly Shea, and Graham’s message, “The Seven Wonders of God’s World”, text from Daniel 4:1ff. |
7/19-28/1985 |
V56 |
VHS |
c |
90 |
Praise the Lord |
Trinity Broadcasting Network television program hosted by Paul and Jan Crouch and providing coverage of the Billy Graham Southern California Crusade in Anaheim. Video includes introduction by Paul and Jan Crouch, crusade coverage of guests including Michelle Pillar, George Hamilton IV, James Dobson, Dana Howard, Dion DiMucci, Mike MacIntosh, and George Beverly Shea, and Graham’s message, “No Excuses, Please,” text from Luke 14:16. Graham makes reference to the Dungeons and Dragons fad which has purportedly created more interest in demonism. |
7/19-28/1985 |
V57 |
VHS |
c |
105 |
Praise the Lord |
V57 - Trinity Broadcasting Network production of television program hosted by Paul and Jan Crouch and providing coverage of the Billy Graham Southern California Crusade in Anaheim. Video includes introduction by Paul and Jan Crouch, crusade coverage of guests including The Dennis Agajanian Band, Sandi Patti, Chuck Swindoll, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, H. Murray Hahn, Colleen Townsend Evans, and George Beverly Shea, and Graham’s message, “The Scandal of Christianity,” text from Galatians 5:11 and I Corinthians 2:1ff. Graham talks of a meeting he had with Swiss theologian Emil Brunner. July 19-28, 1985. |
7/19-28/1985 |
V58 |
VHS |
c |
90 |
Praise the Lord |
Trinity Broadcasting Network television program hosted by Paul and Jan Crouch and providing coverage of the Billy Graham Southern California Crusade in Anaheim. Video includes introduction by Paul and Jan Crouch, crusade coverage of guests including The Laulu Sisters, Chuck Girard, Greg Laurie, Joni Eareckson Tada, Myrtle Hall, and George Beverly Shea, and Graham’s message, “The Unknown God,” text from Acts 17. Graham talks of a meeting he had with Leonard Goldstein, President of the American Broadcasting Company. |
7/19-28/1985 |
V59 |
VHS |
c |
105 |
Praise the Lord |
V59 - Trinity Broadcasting Network television program hosted by Paul and Jan Crouch and providing coverage of the Billy Graham Southern California Crusade in Anaheim. Video includes introduction by Paul and Jan Crouch, crusade coverage of guests including Pablo Hinojos, Chuck Smith, Pelle and Evie Tornquist Karlsson, Johnny and June Cash, and George Beverly Shea, and Graham’s message, “Will the World Survive?,” text from Matthew 24:36ff. |
7/19-28/1985 |
V36 |
VHS |
c |
90 |
Good Morning America |
Tape includes the entire program, including commercials. About forty minutes into the program there is an eight minute interview (prefaced with brief film clips of Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson) with Billy Graham by David Hartman in which Graham talks about the differences between Fundamentalists and Evangelicals, the meaning of “born again,” television evangelists and fund raising, and his recent tours of Hungary and Romania. |
10/7/1985 |
V18 |
VHS |
C |
53 |
|
Centenary Conference of the Christian and Missionary Alliance held in St. Paul, Minnesota. Invocation by Rev. Garfield Powell, instrumental music, hymn singing, report by Rev. Herbert Nielson(?) on missions in Africa, Scripture reading by Rev. David Thomas, introduction of Graham by Dr. Louis King, address by Billy Graham. Graham talks about going to Florida Bible Institute, serving under John Minder as an assistant pastor, contacts with A. W. Tozer and R. R. Brown, assistance received from R. G. LeTourneau during his 1947 evangelistic tour of England, description of A. B. Simpson and of V. R. Edman and the Gospel Tabernacle in Wheaton, his 1984 trip to Russia, and his upcoming trip to China. The main part of his sermon is about the corrupt state of the world, the second coming of Christ, and the need to preach the Gospel to the entire world. He closes with an invitation to accept Christ. |
5/19/1987 |
V37 |
U-matic, VHS |
c |
50 |
David Frost Interviews Billy Graham “A Prophet With Honor.” |
British television program which traces the life, ministry and faith of Billy Graham, using extensive segments of Frost interviewing Graham as well as stills and film footage about Graham and interviews with several other people, including Cliff Barrows, Valeri Barinov, Anthony Clare, Os Guinness, Mark Hatfield, Jesse Jackson, Calvin Thielman, Margaret Thatcher, and Harvey Thomas. The program concentrates on the racially integrated meetings he held, his relations with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement, his relations with presidents (including Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Bush and Reagan), his international meetings starting with the 1954 London Crusade, his communication technique, and his visits to the Soviet Union. July 1989. |
7/1989 |
V60 |
VHS |
c |
13 |
-- |
Clips of a Columbia Broadcasting System production of an evening news series titled Communism and Religion. Video contains interviews of Billy Graham and Elie Wiesel by Dan Rather about the current religious element of the changes taking place in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, including Gorbachev’s meeting with Pope John Paul II later that week. |
11/27/1989 |
V39 |
VHS |
c |
28 |
The God Squad. |
This was apparently a regular program broadcast in the New York City Area. It was hosted by Rabbi Mark Gilman (sp?) and Father Tom ? in which they discussed questions related to the life of faith and the relationship between different faiths. On this program, Billy Graham and Roman Catholic bishop John R. McGann were guests. Graham discussed his contacts with Judaism and relations with Jews, the meaning of prayer and preaching in his life, his relations with American presidents (particularly Dwight David Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson), his visits to the Vatican and meetings with the Pope, the disruptive influence of modern mass communications on family life, the relations between Protestants and Catholics. Bishop McGann discusses Bishop Fulton Sheen’s faith and prayer life. The program was produced by Telicare Productions. |
9/29/1990 |
V65 |
Beta |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Billy Graham services on the USS Cushing in Hong Kong harbor. Note: The Archives does not have equipment to play this video |
11/11/1990 |
V40 |
VHS |
c |
11 |
Profiles in Prayer |
Christian Broadcasting Network segment, hosted by Pat Robertson. This segment is about the life and ministry of Billy Graham, with particular emphasis on the part prayer support played in the 1949 meetings in Los Angeles and the roles of Pearl Goode and William Randolph Hearst. Ca. 1990 . |
Ca. 1990 |
V41 |
VHS |
c |
25 |
|
Video of Graham’s visit to the InterChurch Center of the National Council of Churches in New York City. The video was apparently made by the NCC staff. Graham is with his co-workers T. W. Wilson, John Akers, and Sterling Huston. There are some scenes of him being shown around by Joan Brown Campbell, followed by a program in which Campbell introduced him and Graham talks to NCC staff about his contacts with the NCC and World Council of Churches over the years, his recent visits to the Soviet Union, and the 1991 School of Evangelism held in Moscow. He concludes by talking about his growing conviction that Christians need to show each other love, regardless of denominational barriers. There are references during the program to his upcoming Central Park rally. |
8/27/1991 |
V42 |
U-matic |
c |
17 |
McNeil/Lehrer News Hour |
Segment from the program broadcast on the Public Broadcasting System. The story is about the life and ministry of Billy Graham, with several excerpts from an interview of Graham done for this segment, as well as historical footage and stills and comments by Martin Marty, Robert Drinian, William Martin, and Charles Colson. The topics covered include his message, the needs of his audience, William Martin’s biography of Graham, plans for the 1992 Philadelphia Crusade (including a segment of Charlie Riggs leading a counseling class), the split between Fundamentalists and Evangelicals, his relations with presidents, his support for the Vietnam War, his attitude toward racial integration and the civil rights movement, and the meaning of the invitation to accept Christ which he gives at the end of his services. |
4/17/1992 |
V25 |
U-matic |
c |
31 |
|
Broadcast by station WTVJ (Channel 4) of Miami, Florida of a prayer vigil held in Homestead, Florida after the devastation of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The tape starts in the middle of the broadcast, when Billy Graham is speaking to a crowd of local people, talking about the comfort that can be had from God in life’s crisis and the security of salvation in Christ. He also comments on people he had met who had been affected by the hurricane and praised the efforts of volunteers, charitable organizations and the government authorities. After Graham the benediction was given by Rabbi Brett Goldstein. Following the broadcast of the prayer vigil, which takes about 22 minutes, there are some other stories about the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. September 5, 1992. |
9/5/1992 |
V43 |
U-matic |
c |
15 |
Primetime |
V43 - Color, 3/4" u-matic, 15 minutes. Segment of hosted by Diana Sawyer entitled “The Lion in Winter.” The story is about Billy and Ruth Graham and includes interviews with them, as well as historical film footage and stills. Ruth Graham discusses their courtship, Billy Graham as a young preacher, their marriage and family life. Billy Graham talks about his attitude toward his preaching, his conversion, his relations with US presidents, Richard Nixon and Watergate, his home life, fund-raising practices, his Parkinson’s disease, and his attitude toward death. |
12/17/1992 |
V44 |
VHS |
c |
120 |
-- |
CSPAN2's television broadcast of William Jefferson Clinton’s first inauguration, including the invocation and benediction by Billy Graham. The text of the prayers are in the January 1993 file of the clipping file of Collection 360. January 20, 1993. |
1/20/1993 |
V66 |
Beta |
c |
-- |
Talking with David Frost |
Episode of the program that consists of an interview with Billy Graham. Note: The Archives does not have equipment to view this cassette |
1/29/93 |
V51 |
VHS |
c |
240 |
-- |
Program about Wheaton College accomplishments 1992-1993, followed by a tape of the 1993 Commencement Service, including the commencement address by Billy Graham. See also T38. |
5/9/1993 |
V45 |
VHS |
c |
5 |
ABC World News |
Tape contains a segment called “Person of the Week” in which Peter Jennings talks about Billy Graham’s life and has some brief clips from an interview with him. |
11/11/1993 |
V61 |
VHS |
c |
35 |
The Portland Story |
Global Network Productions production about the 1992 Pacific Northwest Crusade in Portland, Oregon. Video includes introduction and narration by Grant Goodeve and a brief history of the 1950 Greater Portland Gospel Crusade by Cliff Barrows. |
1993 |
V62 |
VHS |
c |
94 |
-- |
CNN’s live broadcast of the funeral of former president Richard M. Nixon. Program includes eulogies by Henry Kissinger, Robert Dole, Pete Wilson, and President Bill Clinton; a sermon by Billy Graham; and the funeral service and ceremony. April 27, 1994. |
4/27/1994 |
V26 |
VHS |
c |
Ca. 120 |
-- |
CNN broadcast of a memorial service for the victims of the April 20, 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The service was held in the Oklahoma State fair Arena and included comments from Governor Frank Keating and his wife Cathy, music from local choirs, addresses from area religious leaders of various faiths, a speech by President Bill Clinton and a sermon by Billy Graham. At the beginning and end of the tape are comments by CNN reporters Bernard Shaw and Wolf Blitzer. |
4/23/1995 |
V46 |
VHS |
c |
3 |
-- |
CNN news story about Franklin Graham preparing to succeed his father as head of the BGEA. The story also talks about his relief work at Samaritan’s Purse. A transcript of the story is in the November 1995 files of the clipping file of Collection 360. November 10, 1995. |
11/10/1995 |
V52 |
VHS |
c |
Ca. 50 |
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham. |
An episode in the Art & Entertainment Network’s Biography series. Includes historical footage and excerpts from an interview with Graham. |
1995 |
V47 |
VHS |
c |
Ca. 40 |
-- |
CNN broadcast of the ceremony in the Capital Rotunda in Washington, D.C. in which Billy and Ruth Graham received the Congressional Gold Medal. Program includes a song by George Beverly Shea, comments by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and Senators Jesse Helms and Lauch Faircloth. Senator Strom Thurmond also participated. The ceremony concluded with comments by Billy Graham expressing his gratitude on behalf of himself and his wife and expressing the need for the people of the world to turn to Christ. A transcript of the program is in the May 1996 files of the clipping file of Collection 360. |
5/2/1996 |
V48 |
VHS |
c |
Ca. 80 |
|
Videotape of a dinner honoring Ruth and Billy Graham held in Washington, D.C. Proceeds from the dinner went to the Ruth and Billy Graham Children’s Health Center, part of the Memorial Mission Foundation of Asheville, North Carolina. The tape starts with an introduction by Dr. Olson Huff, head of Memorial Mission. Then the program of the dinner is shown, including comments by master of ceremony Paul Harvey, a prayer by O. S. Hawkins, comments by Kathy Lee Gifford, a song by Whitney Phipps, comments by President Bill Clinton, comments by Billy Graham, a talk by C. Everett Koop about the Children’s Health Center and a film about the Center which also includes a section on L. Nelson Bell. The benediction for the dinner was given by Clayton Bell. |
5/2/1996 |
V19 |
VHS |
C and b/w |
Ca. 60 |
With God On Our Side: The Rise of The Religious Right in America |
Episode 1 - “The Early Crusades”. |
1996 |
V20 |
VHS |
C and b/w |
Ca. 60 |
. With God On Our Side: The Rise of The Religious Right in America, |
Episode 2 - “The Zeal of Thy House”. |
1996 |
V21 |
VHS |
c and b/w |
Ca. 60 |
With God On Our Side: The Rise of The Religious Right in America, |
Episode 3 - “We Are Family”. 1996. |
1996 |
V22 |
VHS |
C and b/w |
Ca. 60 |
With God On Our Side: The Rise of The Religious Right in America |
Episode 4 - “Prophets and Advisors”. 1996. |
1996 |
V23 |
VHS |
C and b/w |
Ca. 60 |
With God On Our Side: The Rise of The Religious Right in America |
Episode 5 - “And Who Shall Lead Them?”. |
1996 |
V24 |
VHS |
C and b/w |
Ca. 60 |
With God On Our Side: The Rise of The Religious Right in America |
Episode 6 - “God’s Armies’. |
1996 |
V49 |
VHS |
C |
60 |
Hour of Power |
This episode of the television ministry of Robert Schuller includes an interview with Billy Graham. |
5/31/1997 |
V50 |
Beta |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Program about Billy Graham produced by Fox News TV. 1997. NOTE: The Archives does not have equipment for viewing this video. |
1997 |
V38 |
VHS |
c |
Ca. 50 |
Everyman |
Broadcast by the BBC of the United Kingdom. This episode is entitled “Billy!” and covers the life and ministry of Billy Graham, with a great deal of historical film footage and stills, including what appears to be Graham home movies. There are interviews with Archbishop of Canterbury George L. Carey, Bishop Gavin Reid, Cliff Barrows, William Martin, Ruth Gledhill (Religion correspondent for The Times, Clive Calver, Martyn Lloyd-Elliott, Cliff Richard, Harvey Thomas, and Franklin Graham. Among the topics covered, besides a chronological telling of Graham’s life, are his use of various types of media to proclaim the gospel, his communication style, his relations with presidents and other heads of state, his work in communist countries, and the question of who will succeed him. |
1997 |
V63 |
VHS |
c |
330 |
-- |
MSNC’s broadcast of the National Prayer Service held in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The service included a sermon by Billy Graham and remarks by President George W. Bush. The service is followed on the tape by the network’s coverage of the attacks and the aftermath. |
9/14/2001 |
V64 |
VHS |
c |
58 |
What Grace Provides |
A documentary by the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television about the lives and marriage of Billy and Ruth Graham, narrated by Walter Cronkite. Also includes comments by George Battle Jr., Barbara Bush, Patricia Cornwell, Jean Graham Ford, Leighton Ford, Franklin Graham, Lady Bird Johnson, Jan Karon, Anne Graham Lotz, Andie McDowell, Catherine Graham McElroy, Rosa Bell Montgomery, Lady Johnson Robb, George Beverly Shea, Karlene Shea, Gigi Graham Tchividian, Richard Watson. |
2002 |
| CONTAINER LIST | ||||
| Box | Folder | Description | ||
| 3 | 1 | Appreciation Notes; 1948-1950 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Billy Graham at Wheaton Project - Documents; 1944, 1955, 2010 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Billy Graham at Wheaton Project - Forms; 2010 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Articles/Clippings "The Chronic Negro Mourner and the Conversion of Billy Graham" 1995, n.d. | ||
| 3 | 3 | Brochure: "Beyond These Hills;" 1967 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Brochures: "Hour of Decision" Messages; 1951-1978 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Brochure: Street Meetings; 1982 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Brochure: The 10 Best-Beloved Hymns; n.d. | ||
| 1 | 4 | Calendars: BGEA; 1961-1971 | ||
| 1 | 5 | Calendars: BGEA; 1973-1982 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Cartoons; 1945-1982 | ||
| Correspondence: | ||||
| 1 | 6 | Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; 1955-1980 | ||
| 1 | 7 | Coffey, Benjamin Morrow; 1863-1964, 1913-1915, n.d. | ||
| 1 | 8 | Decision Tours; May, 1977 | ||
| 1 | 9 | General; 1938, 1953, 1960, 1978, 1983 | ||
| 1 | 10 | Grason Company; n.d. | ||
| 3 | 5 R | Library of Congress; 1972-1973; n.d. | ||
| 11 | 6 | Powell, Emma; 1970 | ||
| 1 | 11 R | Presidential - Harry S. Truman; 1949-1952 | ||
| 1 | 12 R | Presidential - Dwight David Eisenhower; 1952-1960 | ||
| 1 | 13 R | Presidential - John F. Kennedy; 1961-1963 | ||
| 3 | 6 R | Presidential - Lyndon B. Johnson; 1963-1972 | ||
| 3 | 7 R | Presidential - Richard M. Nixon; 1969-1974 | ||
| 1 | 14 R | Presidential - Gerald R. Ford; 1975-1977 | ||
| 1 | 15 | Street, Alan; June 18-July 15, 1981 | ||
| 1 | 16 | "This is Your Life"; November 14-18, 1957 | ||
| 3 | 8 | Crusade Song Sheets; 1958-1972 | ||
| Ephemera: | ||||
| 1 | 17 | All-Britain Crusade; June 23-July 1, 1967 | ||
| 1 | 18 | Billy Graham Center; August, 1977-September, 1980 | ||
| 1 | 19 | Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; 1970-1982, n.d. | ||
| 1 | 20 | Chattanooga Crusade; 1975. English/Portuguese translation; 1972 | ||
| 1 | 21 | Crusade Ministry Anniversary, Los Angeles, California; November 7, 1983 | ||
| 1 | 22 | European Continent Crusade; 1955 | ||
| 1 | 23 | Greater Chicago Crusade; May 30-June 22, 1962 | ||
| 1 | 24 | Greater Chicago Crusade; June 3-June 13, 1971 | ||
| 1 | 25 | Metro Toronto Crusade, School of Evangelism; June 12-16, 1978 | ||
| 1 | 26 | Mexico City Rally; December, 1957-March, 1958 | ||
| 1 | 27 | Mid-America Crusade, School of Evangelism; August-September, 1978 | ||
| 1 | 28 | New York Crusade; May 15-October 12, 1957 | ||
| 1 | 29 | San Francisco Bay Cities Crusade; March-June, 1958, n.d. | ||
| 1 | 30 | Southern California Crusade; August 18 and 28, 1963 | ||
| 1 | 31 | Southern California Crusade; September 26-October 5, 1969 | ||
| 1 | 32 | Wheaton Crusade; September, 1957, n.d. | ||
| 1 | 33 | World Wide Pictures; 1962 | ||
| 3 | 9 | Explo 72 Materials | ||
| 2 | 1 | Hour of Decision: Music Programs; January 17-June 16, 1958, n.d. | ||
| Index: | ||||
| 2 | 2 | ABC News Programs; May, 1970-September, 1977 | ||
| 2 | 3 | CBS News Programs; January, 1969-March, 1979 | ||
| 2 | 4 | NBC News Programs; December, 1969-October, 1977 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Manuscript: "Baltimore: A Panoramic View," R. Alan Street; 1981 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Newsletters, Songs in the Night, 1944-1951, 1973
|
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| Newspaper Column | ||||
| 4 | 1 | A-C; 1970-1976 | ||
| 4 | 2 | D-L; 1970-1976 | ||
| 4 | 3 | M-R; 1970-1976 | ||
| 4 | 4 | S-Y; 1970-1976 | ||
| Notebook | ||||
| 8 | 1 | Honor America Day; 1970 | ||
| 5 | 1 | New York Crusade Autographs; 1957 | ||
| 5 | 2 | What A Team; 1985 | ||
| Northwestern Schools Materials | ||||
| Northwestern Pilot | ||||
| 7 | 5 | 1940-1942 | ||
| 9 | 1 | 1944-1946 | ||
| 9 | 2 | 1947-1948 | ||
| Northwestern Scroll | ||||
| 9 | 3 | 1948 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 1949 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 1950 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 1951 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 1952 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Press Release: Daughters of the American Revolution; 1977 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Prayer Breakfast, Baltimore, Maryland: Invitation Brochure; June 5, 1981 | ||
| Program | ||||
| 5 | 4 | The Billy Graham Nagar; 1980 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony; 1996 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Dedication of Calvary Church, Charlotte; 1978 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Great American Award; 1967 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Honor America Day; 1970 | ||
| 5 | 9 | Presidential Inauguration; 1981 | ||
| 5 | 10 | Service at US Military Base, Verdun, France; 1955 | ||
| 2 | 7 | Reprints: Graham portraits; n.d. | ||
| 5 | 11 | Resolution: Wheaton College Faculty; 1999 | ||
| Scrapbook | ||||
| 8 | 2 | Arkansas Crusade, 1989 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Arkansas Crusade, 1989 | ||
| 5 | 12 | Dallas Crusade, 1953 | ||
| 6 | 1 R | Knoxville, TN; 1957 | ||
| 6 | 2 R | Rochester, NY; 1986 | ||
| OS11 | Romania, 1985 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Tape Covers; 1978-1998 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Tracts; 1954-1968 | ||
| Transcripts: | ||||
| 6 | 5 | Korea Visit; 1956 | ||
| 2 | 8 | Oral Histories: John Jay Hooker, Jr.; February 23, 1966, n.d. | ||
| Newspaper Version of Sermons | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 1958 (2000) | ||
| 7 | 2 | 1958 (2000) | ||
| 7 | 3 | 1958 (2000) | ||
| 2 | 9 | The Phil Donahue Show Television Program; October, 1979 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 20/20 Television Program; December, 1979 | ||
| 2 | 11 | Random Recollections on Billy Graham as an Undergraduate, V. R. Edman; n.d. | ||
| 11 | 3 | Sorenson manuscript; ca. 1990 | ||
