Wayne (left) and local home school students at an Archival
Treasure Hunt held in the Reading Room on April 1,
2004.
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Wayne (left) and local home school students at an Archival
Treasure Hunt held in the Reading Room on April 1,
2004. |
"We appreciate the BGC personnel's knowledge of the available materials and their helpfulness in our research effort. It is good to know that such a variety of historical Christian material is being preserved in the BGC and that it is accessible to the public for research and study."
Note from an archival visitor who conducted research in the Reading Room. |
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to read reports from nine researchers who spent extensive time in the Archives in 2004. |
1994-2004 |
'94 |
'95 |
'96 |
'97 |
'98 |
'99 |
'00 |
'01 |
'02 |
'03 |
'04 |
1980-2004 |
Researchers |
758 |
558 |
590 |
510 |
627 |
508 |
465 |
398 |
421 |
433 |
403 |
14,730 |
Research Visits |
1,297 |
977 |
1,141 |
1,141 |
1,141 |
1,080 |
1,109 |
809 |
783 |
870 |
690 |
26,606 |
Research Hours |
1,702 |
1,456 |
1,681 |
2,065 |
1,881 |
2,300 |
1,417 |
1,203 |
1,392 |
1,725 |
1,426 |
43,065 |
Visits per Researcher |
1.71 |
1.75 |
1.93 |
2.24 |
1.82 |
2.13 |
2.38 |
2.03 |
1.86 |
2.01 |
1.71 |
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Hours per Researcher |
2.25 |
2.61 |
2.85 |
4.05 |
3 |
4.53 |
3.05 |
3.02 |
3.30 |
3.98 |
3.94 |
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Wheaton College Researchers |
351 |
303 |
384 |
316 |
362 |
345 |
246 |
236 |
195 |
211 |
187 |
8,607 |
Non-Wheaton College Researchers |
407 |
255 |
206 |
194 |
265 |
163 |
219 |
162 |
226 |
222 |
216 |
6,121 |
Types of Researchers |
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1990-2004 |
'94 |
'95 |
'96 |
'97 |
'98 |
'99 |
'00 |
'01 |
'02 |
'03 |
'04 |
Total |
Video/Film/CD/DVD makers |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
55 |
BGC Staff |
15 |
8 |
12 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
150 |
Christian Workers |
28 |
21 |
27 |
40 |
57 |
33 |
20 |
20 |
23 |
20 |
11 |
525 |
General Public |
68 |
77 |
59 |
67 |
45 |
31 |
51 |
54 |
48 |
57 |
58 |
1110 |
Secondary School Students |
167 |
15 |
6 |
3 |
33 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
44 |
44 |
40 |
460* |
Home Schooled Students |
32 |
42 |
38 |
18 |
41 |
7 |
61 |
24 |
18 |
31 |
25 |
337* |
Non-Wheaton College Faculty |
24 |
18 |
15 |
12 |
8 |
15 |
26 |
15 |
16 |
22 |
20 |
414 |
Non-Wheaton College Grad Students |
39 |
37 |
38 |
44 |
39 |
51 |
27 |
32 |
53 |
26 |
32 |
309 |
Non-Wheaton College Undergrads |
29 |
25 |
15 |
22 |
22 |
18 |
32 |
5 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
310 |
Pastors |
22 |
12 |
13 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
17 |
167 |
Wheaton College Faculty/Staff |
11 |
12 |
18 |
21 |
17 |
15 |
13 |
13 |
16 |
17 |
11 |
223 |
Wheaton College Grad Students |
107 |
77 |
89 |
83 |
171 |
101 |
59 |
72 |
95 |
83 |
58 |
1,410 |
Wheaton College Undergrads |
203 |
206 |
263 |
182 |
180 |
216 |
156 |
149 |
81 |
106 |
115 |
3,358 |
Writers/Journalists |
8 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
110 |
| * Until 1994, home schooled students were counted in with secondary school children. So the total for home schooled covers 1994-2004 | ||||||||||||
Types of Research |
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1990-2004 |
94 |
95 |
96 |
97 |
98 |
99 |
00 |
01 |
02 |
03 |
04 |
Total |
Articles |
20 |
9 |
11 |
14 |
8 |
5 |
13 |
6 |
11 |
16 |
14 |
183 |
Film, Video Production |
9 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
114 |
Books |
15 |
19 |
25 |
16 |
20 |
26 |
33 |
21 |
24 |
25 |
24 |
369 |
Class Assignments |
542 |
352 |
396 |
341 |
470 |
371 |
296 |
270 |
240 |
300 |
251 |
5931 |
Equipment Use |
5 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
Evangelistic Projects |
21 |
15 |
24 |
11 |
26 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
23 |
14 |
3 |
225 |
Genealogy |
1 |
3 |
10 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
55 |
Miscellaneous |
7 |
13 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
23 |
5 |
9 |
205 |
Personal Interest |
103 |
102 |
71 |
74 |
51 |
46 |
66 |
47 |
58 |
39 |
36 |
1332 |
Photo Searches |
10 |
14 |
12 |
13 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
141 |
Theses |
25 |
26 |
28 |
20 |
26 |
34 |
31 |
20 |
25 |
14 |
44 |
399 |
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| Gladys Wigden was pleased to view the 1950s television program Youth on the March in which she and her brothers appeared as the Wigden Trio. The tape is from Collection 357. |
During 2004 the Archives held many classes for Wheaton College students and others. Sessions covered the following areas of study: African History, Asian History, Cross Cultural Research, Evangelism, Gender Related Issues in Missions, History and Philosophy of Christian Education, Social Psychology, and Women in Missions. There were also sessions for students from Christian Life High School (Rockford, Illinois) and local home school groups. Below are scenes from some of these classes.
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Students from the Christian
Life High School (Rockford, Illinois) viewing materials
from the Papers
of Philip James Elliot. |
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Students in Dr. Lyle Dorsett's Introduction to Evangelism class looking at documents. |
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| Paul Ericksen interacts with a student from Graham Center director Lon Allison's evangelism class.
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Among the topics studied in the Reading Room during the year were: