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Acquisitions

  Torrey M. Johnson, Jr., his sister, Ruth Johnson Faircloth, and Bob pose with photographs of the ministry of Torrey M. Johnson, Sr., evangelist and first president of Youth for Christ International, during the Johnsons tour of the Archives in September 2002. The Johnson family donated papers of their father to the Archives.  



Acquisition Statistics 1980-2002

1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2001 2002
BGEA Accessions 35 48 31 17 25 24 34 15 25 29 17 18 11
Non- BGEA Accessions 139 132 129 122 103 113 127 85 77 151 61 55 63
TOTAL Accessions 174 180 160 139 128 137 161 100 102 180 78 73 74
BGEA Accessions Volume in cubic feet 75 302 52 91 1297 105 94 217 111 19 128 105 26
Non- BGEA Accessions Volume in cubic feet 245 453 545 106 205 97 240 58 147 219 47 98 133
TOTAL Accession Volume in cubic feet 320 755 597 197 1502 202 334 275 258 238 175 203 159



Selected List of Acquisitions

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Materials concerning preparation work for Metroplex Mission, Dallas, TX, October 2002
Hour of Decision lineup cards for 2001
Hour of Decision audio reel-to-reel tapes, 1998-1999
Video tapes of crusades in Louisville (2001), Fresno (2001), Cincinnati (2002) and Dallas (2002)
World Wide Picture video, The Climb, 2002
Papers of Don Bailey (Past director of the BGEA's Media/Public Relations division), 1970-1985

Evangelism
Papers of Torrey M. Johnson (evangelist), 1895-1999, n.d.
Papers of Franklin Spotts (Youth for Christ International - Francophone Ministries), 1962-1986, n.d.
Evangelistic comic books from Standard Publishing Co. And Spire Christian Comics, 1942-1974
Records of AD2000 Prayer Track, 1984-2001
Records of American Messianic Fellowship, n.d.

Missions
Papers of Paul D. Votaw (missionary to Syria and Lebanon), 1945-1994, n.d.
Photographs and other materials concerning GI Gospel Hour, 1946-2001, n.d.
Records of World Evangelical Fellowship International, 1972-2001
Audio reel tapes of HCJB radio broadcasts concerning the five Huaorani martyrs, 1956-1959
Correspondence of Emil & Marie Sywulka (Africa Inland Mission missionaries), 1908-1966, n.d.
Papers of Russell & Betty Honeywell (SEND missionaries), 1948-2002, n.d.
Papers of Roger & Mary (Fickett) Howes (China Inland Mission missionaries), 1912-1992, n.d.

Oral History Interviews
BGC Scholarship recipients Trent Sheppard (Christian worker with Youth With A Mission), Raymond Attawia (Christian worker in Sierra Leone) and Stoyka Krasteva-Meyer (Christian worker in Bulgaria)
Michael Cassidy (founder of African Enterprise, South African Chrsitan leader)



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