A group of students from Calvary Lighthouse (Roselle, Illinois), including several pastors from New Zealand, visited in January to look at material in the Archives about evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman.
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A group of students from Calvary Lighthouse (Roselle, Illinois), including several pastors from New Zealand, visited in January to look at material in the Archives about evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman. |
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to see the statistics for public service Perhaps the major way that the Archives serves its public is by assisting researchers of all types who come to the Archives Reading Room (see section on the Reading Room). But there are many other ways as well. One is answering requests for information and help (there were 1,144 requests this year). These come mainly via the Internet, but also by phone, fax, and in person. Click here to see the statistics on the number and type of requests in 2007. Some collections (those that have been microfilm or oral history interviews) can be borrowed through interlibrary loans. Loans were sent in 2007 all over the United States and Canada.
The Archives sponsors or participates in public lectures from time to time.
Our Web site, besides providing a searchable database and guides to all our collections, has a variety of other ways of making our collections available to people who never come within a hundred miles of Wheaton, Illinois (see section on our Web Page). The staff and alumni of Christian ministries such as Youth for Christ and the G.I. Gospel Hour visited the Center to see special exhibits of documents, photos, tapes, and films from the history of their organization in the Archives.. Special assignments and orientation classes were prepared for classes from many different departments of Wheaton College, as well as groups from other institutions such as Moody Bible Institute and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. There was also an extended class for junior high students from Wheaton Christian Grammar and two special “treasure hunts” into Christian history for homeschool students. (All orientation classes are now held in the Archival Seminar Room, next to the Manuscript Reading Room.) The Archives staff assisted a number of Christian organizations in developing their own archival program or with historic documents or photos they needed from the history of their organization. Among the organizations assisted were SIM International, Overseas Missionary Fellowship, Youth for Christ, Mission Aviation Fellowship, and the Biblical Seminary of the Philippines (visit the BSOP's page on its origins).
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