Billy Graham Center Archives
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[edit] Address and Contact Info
Address: Wheaton College, 500 College Avenue, Wheaton, Illinois, 60187, USA
Phone: (630) 752-5910
Fax: (630) 752-5916
Website: http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives
Principal contacts for the collection:
[edit] Hours and Usage Restrictions
See: http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/hours.htm
[edit] Online Catalogs and Finding Aids
Guides: http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/collectn.html
Searchable online database: http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/Search/
[edit] Collection Summary
Mission statement: The Archives gathers, preserves and makes available for use unpublished documents on the history of North American nondenominational Protestant efforts to spread the Christian Gospel. Although anyone may come and use the collections, these materials are especially intended as a resource for the evangelistic mission of the church.
The BGC Archives is a department of the Billy Graham Center, which is is one of the divisions of Wheaton College. The Archives has approximately 750 collections, ranging in size from a single folder to several hundred boxes. These include the papers of individual evangelist, missionaries, chaplains, film makers, etc; the records of organizations; oral history interviews; and the files of various conference and congresses.
[edit] Usage Discussion
Suggestions for approaching the material: See: http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/geninfo.html
Housing and getting by for less in the area: See: http://www.wheaton.edu/hotels.html
[edit] Fellowships and Funding Opportunities
[edit] Major Topic Areas
Chronologically, the collections have some material from the 19th and early 20th centuries, but the Archives is strongest in the period from 1940 on.
Rev. Billy Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association;
Christian evangelism, particularly in the United States, but also in other countries;
American Protestant Evangelicalism;
Nondenominational/parachurch ministries, particularly United States overseas missions;
International Protestant Evangelical associations and organizations
