Billy Graham Center Archives Annual Report - 1999 Annual Report - Acquistions

Acquisitions


Wayne Weber explaining to Irene Wong the procedure for logging in one of the Archives' new acquisitions.

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Acquisition Statistics 1980-1999

1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total Ave
BGEA Accessions 35 48 31 17 25 24 34 15 25 13 16 17 300 25
Non BGEA Accessions 139 132 129 122 103 113 127 85 77 83 68 61 1239 103
TOTAL Accessions 174 180 160 139 128 137 161 100 102 96 84 78 1539 128
BGEA Accessions Volume 75 302 52 91 1297 105 94 217 111 11 8 1078 3441 287
Non BGEA Accessions Volume 245 453 545 106 205 97 240 58 147 82 137 54 2369 197
TOTAL Accessions Volume 320 755 597 197 1502 202 334 275 258 93 145 1132 5810 484
Notes:
Volume is in cubic feet.
BGEA is an abbreviation for Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Average for accessions shows the average number of accessions per year, rounded of to the nearest whole number.
Average for accession volume shows the average volume of accessions per year, rounded off to the nearest whole number.
The average volume of an accession is 3.8 cubic feet, the average volume of a BGEA accession is 7.9 cf, the average volume of a non BGEA accession is 1.9 cf.

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Selected List of Acquisitions


The arrival at the BGC loading dock of the first skids of what was to be 1075 cubic feet of films received from World Wide Pictures during the year.

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

  • Correspondence of George Wilson, 1959, 1963
  • Film elements of productions of World Wide Pictures (568 boxes)
  • Hour of Decision lineup cards for 1998
  • Newspaper clippings of various crusades, 1997-1999
  • Video tapes of crusades in Tampa (1998), Jamaica (1999), and Indianapolis (1999)
  • World Wide Picture video, A Vow to Cherish, 1999
  • Typed transcripts of 14 Billy Graham sermons from the Charlotte Crusade, 1958

    Evangelism

  • Papers of Rev. Harold Van Broekhoven, include correspondence, reports, minutes, radio scripts, prayer letters, lectures and photographs relating to his work with many organizations, including the Southern Bible Institute; Berean Baptist Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Central American Mission; BIOLA; World Missionary Radio; Institute in Theological Studies; and Outreach, Inc. 1915, 1920-1997
  • Newspaper clippings of Dwight L. Moody's sermons given in New York City, 1876
  • Papers of evangelists and Gospel vocalists Iner and Emily Basinger
  • Newspaper clippings on Gypsy Smith's 1909 meetings in Denver, Colorado
  • Scrapbooks of Daniel Paul Rader, 1915-1988, n.d

    Missions

  • Papers of Julie Fehr, former TEAM missionary to Gabon, Africa, 1992-1997, n.d.
  • Papers of Gordon Fraser, founder of Southwestern School of Missions, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1953-1981, n.d.
  • Papers of Jacqueline Huggins, Wycliffe Bible translator to the Philippines, 1991-1999
  • Records of Africa Inland Mission, 1922-1999
  • Records of the Committee to Assist Ministry Education Overseas (CAMEO), 1977-1986, n.d.
  • Records of the president of the Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies, 1992-1995
  • Records of Gospel Recordings USA, 1936-1990, n.d.
  • Transcripts of selected letter of Mrs. Helen M. Anderson, former missionary to China, 1934-1944.

    Oral History Interviews

  • Oral history interviews done by Dr. Lois Ferm of participants in the Ottawa (1998) and Tampa (1999) Bay Crusades
  • BGC Scholarship recipients Rev. Felix Erondu (Nigeria) and Charles Kay
  • Missionary to China Marguerite Owen
  • Several persons connected with Africa Inland Missions' school for missionary children Rift Valley Academy, Kijabe, Kenya, 1997-1999


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