Billy Graham Center Archives Annual Report - 2000 Annual Report - Acquisitions

Acquisitions


Christian prepares an inventory to a new accession lately arrived.

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Acquisition Statistics 1980-2000



1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 1999 2000
BGEA Accessions 35 48 31 17 25 24 34 15 25 29 17 17
Non- BGEA Accessions 139 132 129 122 103 113 127 85 77 151 61 61
TOTAL Accessions 174 180 160 139 128 137 161 100 102 180 78 78
BGEA Accessions Volume in cubic feet 75 302 52 91 1297 105 94 217 111 19 1078 128
Non- BGEA Accessions Volume in cubic feet 245 453 545 106 205 97 240 58 147 219 54 49
TOTAL Accession Volume in cubic feet 320 755 597 197 1502 202 334 275 258 238 1132 177

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Selected List of Acquisitions


Professor Daniel and Rebecca Dunkelberger with the
projector and documents about C. O. Baptista films
which they donated to the Center in September
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Transcripts of sermons from Hour of Decision by Billy Graham and Leighton Ford, 1986-1988
Records of Amsterdam 2000
Hour of Decision lineup cards for 1999
Newspaper clippings of Nashville (2000) Crusade
Oral history interviews for the Indianapolis (1999) and St. Louis (1999) Crusades
Video tapes of crusades in Indianapolis (1999), St. Louis (1999), and Nashville (2000)
World Wide Picture video, Something to Sing About, 2000
Comic books produced by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1951
Recordings of sermons and information bulletins from the BGEA's 1953 Dallas crusade

Evangelism
Newspaper clippings of Billy Sunday's sermons given in Baltimore, 1916
Papers of Robert E. Coleman, 1955-2000
Papers of Donald McGavran, 1955-1990
Materials relating to Christian film ministry, particularly C. O. Baptista Company, 1977-2000, n.d.
Photographs of evangelical leaders and other materials of W. J. (Max) Maxheim, 1950-1983, n.d.

Missions
Materials concerning the work of various mission agencies in Greece, 1955-2000
Materials concerning mission work at Bethel Mission Station in South Africa, 1951-1995

Oral History Interviews
BGC Scholarship recipients Joni Wise, Donna Sue Wasson (missionary to Taiwan), and Shura Facanha (Operation Mobilization)
Robert E. Coleman (20th century evangelism, Lausanne movement)
William Pannell (evangelistic ministry, race and the church)
Will Norton
Paul Snezek

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Sample Acquisitions

Listed below are links to individual items from the accessions listed above. We hope they give some idea of the types of materials the Archives collects. (Note: Accessions are not available for research use until after they have been processed.)


Accession 00-06: Cover of Billy Graham with Cliff Barrows presents The Story of Naaman the Leper, one of a series of biblical comic books produced by the BGEA in the early 1950s.

Accession 00-11: A transcript and an audio clip of a segment of the oral history interview with Dr. Robert Coleman, in which he talked about the revival at Perserverance Chapel and how the sheriff got involved.

Accession 00-40: Studio photos of Gospel singer Stuart Hamblen and B. M. Nottage, two of a series of photos of Evangelical and Fundamentalist leaders taken by Louis Maxheim.

Accession 00-49: A photo of Malla Moe, veteran missionary to South Africa, with a young friend.

Accession 00-53: An information bulletin from the 1953 Billy Graham evangelistic meetings in Dallas, Texas.


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