Newspaper clippings, bulletins, counselor training materials, promotional
pieces, correspondence, audio tapes, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, and
a film relating to Sunday's ministry as an evangelist and Homer Rodeheaver's
publishing activities. One scrapbook, from the 1915 Omaha evangelistic meeting,
is on microfilm.
*****
CN 31
EPHEMERA OF JOHN
WESLEY;
1782; 1889-1902; 1938, N.D
1 Oversize Case, 1 Reel of Microfilm
One autographed letter, signed by Wesley to "Sammy," written while he was in
London during October, 1782. Several newspaper clippings and a scrapbook of
clippings relating to the 100th anniversary of Wesley's death. The scrapbook
is on microfilm.
*****
CN 35
PAPERS OF FRANCES
JANE "FANNY" CROSBY [VAN ALSTYNE];
1862-1915, N.D.
1 Record Carton, 1 Oversize Document Case, 2 Reels of Microfilm
Thousands of manuscripts of lyrics dictated by Crosby, poetess and writer of
hymns. Most of the manuscripts are numbered and dated. This collection is also
on microfilm. There are restrictions on the use of this collection.
*****
CN 38
EPHEMERA OF DANIEL
PAUL RADER;
1916-1971, N.D.
1 Record Carton, Audio Tapes, 5 Reels of Microfilm, Negatives, Oversize Material,
Photographs, Videotape
Newsletters, sermon manuscripts, scrapbooks, programs, pamphlets, brochures,
a taped sermon, and a videotape copy of a 1928 film, etc., documenting the career
of evangelist Rader. The material deals mostly with his radio work and the church
he founded, the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle. Additional material includes sermons
of preachers who spoke at the Tabernacle, newsletters and magazines published
by Rader, and newspaper clippings and articles about Rader. Much of the collection
is on microfilm.
*****
CN 47
PAPERS OF MELVIN
ERNEST TROTTER;
1899-1972, N.D.
6 Document Cases, 1 Oversize Document Case, 3 Reels of Microfilm, Negatives,
Photographs
Correspondence, annual reports, newspaper clippings, sermon notes, photographs,
audio tape, and memorabilia related to the life and work of evangelist and rescue
mission worker Mel Trotter. Most of the collection is on microfilm.
*****
CN 48
RECORDS OF YOUTH
FOR CHRIST/USA;
1944-1989, N.D.
69 Boxes (8 DC, 2 OSC, 54 RC, 5 Card Files; 33.7 cubic feet), Audio Tapes, Books,
Films, Negatives, Oversize Material, Periodicals, Phonograph Records, Photographs,
Slides, Videotapes
Note: Only a portion of this collection has been microfilmed and is available
for interlibrary loan. Correspondence, minutes of meetings, clippings, newsletters,
manuals, press releases, audio and video tapes, photographs, phonograph records,
posters, yearbooks, and more about the founding, development, and activities
of YFC, an organization involved in evangelism and nurture among high school
age people. Also included are copies of a YFC television special and its radio
program REALITY. Only parts of boxs 1, 9 and 20 and all of boxes 10-19 have
been microfilmed and are available for interlibrary loan. For more information,
please see guide.
*****
CN 61
PAPERS OF WILLIAM
ASHLEY AND HELEN AMELIA SUNDAY;
1882; 1888-1957; 1974, N.D.
29 Reels of Microfilm, Negatives, Photographs
Several hundred photographs and 29 reels of microfilm containing correspondence,
sermons, reports, revival ephemera, and scrapbooks dealing mainly with the career
of evangelist Billy Sunday from its beginning to his death and with the work
of his wife Helen, who besides acting as his general manager, was a fundamentalist
leader in her own right, especially after his death. The collection also contains
information about the Prohibition movement in America and life on the home front
during World War I.
*****
CN 81
RECORDS OF AFRICA
INLAND MISSION
1900-1999
93 Boxes (35 RC, 58 DC; 59.7 cubic feet), Audio Tapes, Films, Film Strips, Negatives,
Oversize Materials, Photo Albums, Photographs, Slides, Video Tapes
Only boxes 1 through 14 of this collection have been microfilmed and are
available for interlibrary loan. Correspondence, minutes, reports, personnel
files, photographs, slides, audio tapes, etc., relating to the mission's work
in Africa from its founding. Documents describe the process of recruiting and
training missionaries, contacts between the AIM boards in the United States,
Canada, Great Britain, Australia, South Africa, and other countries; development
of an administrative structure; relations with other missions,; development
of the Africa Inland Church; changes in Africa and African Christianity following
the independence of African nations from colonial status; and the work in Kenya,
Uganda, Zaire, Tanzania, Sudan, the Central African Republic, and other countries.
Hundreds of tapes of AIM's radio program, LETTER FROM AFRICA, are also included.
There are restrictions on the use of this collection.
*****
CN 87
PAPERS OF FREDRIK
C. FRANSON;
1872-1909
2 Reels of Microfilm
Microfilm of xeroxed material collected by Rev. Edward P. Torjesen on the life
and ministry of Franson, nineteenth-century missionary and evangelist. Materials
include articles, in several languages, written by or about Franson. Documents
are arranged chronologically by date in folders as received.
*****
CN 103
PAPERS OF McPHERSON,
AIMEE SEMPLE
1921 - 1972; N.D.
1 Box (DC), 21 Audio Tapes, 2 Films, 22 Reels of Microfilm, 4 Phonograph Records,
1 Videotape
Sermon transcripts, sermon notes, films, phonograph records, audio tapes, newspaper
clippings, scrapbooks, a video tape, and evangelistic campaign material related
to McPherson's career as an evangelist, radio speaker, and church founder. Almost
all of this collection is on microfilm. For more information, please see guide.
*****
CN 106
EPHEMERA OF HENRY
WELLINGTON STOUGH;
1911-1939, N.D.
1 Document Case, 1 Reel of Microfilm, Photographs
Sermon notes, autobiographical manuscript, photographs, a microfilmed scrapbook
of Stough's campaigns in Altoona and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1915, and a xeroxed
copy of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and pamphlets from the Evansville,
Indiana, 1916 campaign. One photo is of Stough with William Jennings Bryan.
*****
CN 107
EPHEMERA OF REUBEN
ARCHER TORREY SR.
1882-1983, n.d.
5 Boxes (4 DC, 1 RC; 2.4 cubic feet), Artifacts, Audio Tapes, Books, Glass Negatives,
Negatives, Oversize Materials, and Photographs
Note: Only the diaries in boxes 3 and 4 of this collection have been microfilmed
and are available for interlibrary loan. Diaries, correspondence, sermon
notes, Sunday school lessons, newspaper clippings, brochures, memorial booklet,
photographs, diaries, audio tapes, and glass negatives from Torrey's career
as evangelist, teacher, author, and family man.
*****
CN 118
EPHEMERA OF MORDECAI
FOWLER HAM;
1934, 1983, N.D.
1 Document Case, Audio Tapes, 2 Reels of Microfilm
Newspaper clippings, oral history interviews with Vernon Patterson and Grady
Wilson, and microfilm of sermon notebooks, all relating to the career of evangelist
Mordecai Ham.
*****
CN 138
EPHEMERA OF HYMN
WRITERS AND COMPOSERS;
1878-1975
Microfilm
Microfilm of a scrapbook containing miscellaneous correspondence, photographs,
and memorabilia by and about hymn writers and composers. Included are Cliff
Barrows, Merrill Dunlop, Lowell Mason, Homer Rodeheaver, Ira Sankey, George
Stebbins, and others.
*****
CN 172
RECORDS OF THE
PAN AFRICAN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP ASSEMBLY
1975-1978; n.d.
3 Boxes, Microfilm, Oversize Materials, Photographs
Correspondence, reports, news releases, minutes of meetings, and other materials
which describe the origins, planning, purpose, and results of the PACLA meeting
held in Nairobi, Kenya in December 1976. Most of this collection is on microfilm.
For more information, please see guide.
*****
CN 188
PAPERS OF JONATHAN
AND ROSALIND BELL-SMITH GOFORTH;
1888-1981, N.D.
3 Boxes, Oversize Materials, 1 Reel of Microfilm, Photographs, Slides
Journals, correspondence, sermon notes, book manuscripts, and other records
of the Goforths, who served in the Chinese provinces of Honan and Manchuria
as missionaries for the Presbyterian Church in Canada. There is a great deal
of information about Jonathan's evangelistic work throughout China and Korea;
the fundamentalist-modernist split; Rosalind's career as an author; and early
twentieth century Chinese society. Most of this collection is on microfilm.
*****
CN 215
RECORDS OF THE
OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP (CHINA INLAND MISSION) US HOME COUNCIL
1853-1990, n.d.
Vol: 17 Boxes (6 RC, 11 DC), 5 Reels of Audio Tape, 20 Films, Negatives, Oversize
Materials, Photo Albums, Photographs, Slides, Lantern Slides
Correspondence, minutes, directories, newsletters, brochures, photographs book
manuscripts, slides, photo albums, and other materials which document the origins
of the mission's North American branch; its church planting, evangelistic, medical,
educational and literature work in China up to the time of the mission's expulsion
in 1951; its reorganization from the China Inland Mission into the Overseas
Missionary Fellowship; its work since 1951 in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia,
Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan and other countries. The first seven boxes
of this collection have been microfilmed. There are restrictions on the use
of this collection
*****
CN 224
PAPERS OF JOHN
STRATTON SHUFELT
1930-1979, N.D.
1 Box (DC; .45 cubic feet); Oversize materials
Reports, newspaper clippings, handbills, photographs, and other ephemera relating
to Shufelt's evangelistic activities as a song leader for Youth for Christ,
Jack Shuler, John R. Rice, Harry Ironside and others. This collection also contains
information on the Wheaton Revival of 1950. All of box 1 has been microfilmed
and is available for interlibrary loan.
*****
CN 277
PAPERS OF PHILIP
JAMES ELLIOT;
1941-1956
2 Document Cases, 1 Reel of Microfilm
Correspondence, journals, notebooks, school records, poems, clippings, drawings,
and other materials describing the career of Elliot and his spiritual preparation
for the mission field and death at the hands of the Huaorani people of Ecuador.
This entire collection is also on microfilm.
*****
CN 285
PAPERS OF TORREY
M. JOHNSON SR.;
1919-2001; N.D.
51 Boxes (51 DC); Audio Tapes, Films, Oversize Materials, Phonograph Records,
Photographs, Photo Albums, Lantern Slides, Videos (25.447 cubic feet)
Correspondence, oral history interviews, scrapbooks, sermons, minutes, reports,
photos, posters, newspaper and magazine clippings, brochures, audio recordings,
video recordings reflecting Johnson’s life as an influential American Protestant
from the 1930s through the 1990s. Besides documenting Johnson’s pastorates of
Midwest Bible Church (Illinois) and Bibletown Community Church (Florida), his
leadership of Youth for Christ International, and his activities as an independent
evangelist, the collection contains information on the theological, organizational,
and social development of American Evangelicalism in the last half of the 20th
century. All photo albums (and scrapbooks) I through XVIII (Microfilm reels
A1 through A6) and paper records (Microfilm reels B1 through B53) have been
microfilmed. Microfilm reels B6, B17, B23 and B31are not available for loan.
Also microfilmed was an almost complete run of Youth for Christ Magazines for
March 1945 through March 1954 (Microfilm reels C1 through C3)
*****
CN 295
RECORDS OF THE
CHARLOTTE EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGNS RESEARCH PROJECT;
1915-1983
2 Document Cases, Audio Tapes, 3 Reels of Microfilm, Oversize Material, Photograph
Newspaper clippings, questionnaires, audio tapes, sermon transcripts, and other
documents gathered during a research project into twentieth-century mass evangelistic
meetings held in Charlotte, North Carolina, by J. Wilbur Chapman, Billy Sunday,
Mordecai Ham, Billy Sunday, and Leighton Ford. Much of this material is on microfilm.
*****
CN 330
RECORDS OF MOODY
MEMORIAL CHURCH
Records 1864 (1910-1946)1987; N.D.
64 DC, 1 ODC, 6 FSB (33.2 cubic feet), Lantern Slides, Negatives, Oversize Materials,
Photograph Albums, Photographs, Slides
Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, church bulletins, minutes of meetings,
and other records of the influential independent Chicago church started by Dwight
L. Moody during the Civil War. The collection includes records from all phases
of the church's history, but most of the materials are from roughly 1910 through
1946. Worship services, Sunday School, the governance of the body, and various
urban outreach programs of the church are all documented. Besides the history
of the church, the collection also contains material on such topics as American
home and foreign missions during the first half of the twentieth century; the
life and ministries of A. C. Dixon, Paul Rader, P. W. Philpott, and Harry A.
Ironside; and the beliefs and practice of American Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism.
A large part of this collection is on microfilm, including the minutes of the
church's executive committee and several large scrapbooks of the churches handbills,
brochures, clippings and other publications. For more information, please see
guide.
*****
Collection 341
PLYMIRE, VICTOR
GUY, 1881-1956
Papers; 1908-1957, n. d.
Vol: 3 boxes, Oversize Material, Photographs, 2 Video
Letters, articles, photos, maps, diary and other material relating to the career
of Assemblies of God missionary Plymire. The collection contains information
not only on his evangelistic work among various strata of Tibetan society but
also about his evangelistic/exploration expedition of 1927-28 which crossed
from northeastern to southwestern Tibet; Tibetan culture and society; and the
Buddhist religion. Most of this collection has been microfilmed. or more information
please see guide.
*****
CN 360
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC
ASSOCIATION - CLIPPINGS FILE
1932(1948-1989); N.D.
47 Boxes, 133 Reels of Microfilm, 852 Scrapbooks
This collection consists entirely of newspaper clippings, magazine clippings,
and some news releases about the work of Billy Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association. Most of the clippings concern specific crusades led by Graham or
one of the associate evangelists of the BGEA, but there are also some stories
about special events sponsored by the BGEA, such as the World Congress on Evangelism
(1966), the International Congress on World Evangelization (1974), the International
Congress for Itinerant Evangelists (1983, 1986), etc. There are feature and
news stories about Graham not related to specific crusades. Includes scrapbooks
which have been microfilmed.
*****
CN 379
RECORDS OF THE
WOMAN'S UNION MISSIONARY SOCIETY; 1860-1983
50 Boxes (45 DC, 5 ODC; 21.6 cubic feet); Oversize material, Photographs
Only boxes 29-30, containing the WUMS annual reports (1860-1958) and some
legal files, have been microfilmed are are available for interlibrary loan.
Records of the Woman's Union Missionary Society, known after 1972 as United
Fellowship For Christian Service. Founded in 1860 by Mrs. Thomas C. Doremus,
it was intended as a vehicle for sending single women as mission- aries to women
in closed societies (and therefore unreachable by male missionaries) in Asia.
The materials consist of correspondence, reports, personnel files, legal documents,
financial files, scrapbooks, and photo- graphs, documenting their medical and
educational work in Burma, China, India, Pakistan, and Japan. About 1975 the
organization dissolved due to financial difficulties, and became part of Bible
and Medical Missionary Fellowship.
*****
CN 624
EPHEMERA OF THE
ZAMZAM INCIDENT; 1941-2007
10 Boxes (DC), Audio Recordings, Oversize Materials, Photographs, Videos (5.37
cubic feet)
Only the microfilm of the scrapbook of James W. Stewart is available
for interlibrary loan. Newspaper clippings, correspondence, diary,
photos, and other materials relating to the passengers, mainly American missionaries,
who were aboard the ship Zamzam, sunk in the south Atlantic Ocean in 1941 by
a German warship. Materials describe the sinking, the subsequent experiences
of the passengers as German prisoners, and reunions of the survivors and their
families.