Our processing during the past year added or updated twenty-two collections (nine consisting of paper documents, thirteen of oral history interviews) to the documents Archives researchers have access to. BGEA records continued to hold a significant place in our processing goals, as close to three-quarters (71%) of the almost three hundred cubic feet of the papers processed were BGEA-related. Below is further information on individual collections (including samples) and processing statistics.
In some categories, there were noticeable changes from previous years, suggesting gains which need to be solidified and areas for focused improvement. The Archives was able to reduce its records and papers processing hours per cubic foot from 9.4 to 7.9 hours. On the other hand, the cost per cubic foot of processing those documents rose by $28 over 1999; this can be accounted for by having fewer student workers to assist in processing as well as having volunteer intern Irene Wong processing during 1999 at no charge to the Archives; Wong's 1999 contribution also explains the increase of cost per hour of oral history interview. Another 2000 advance was that transcribing became more time and cost efficient, with both being reduced to their lowest levels since the Archives began compiling these statistics in 1991.
The conversion of guides to HTML format for easier Web access was accelerated during 2000, adding 293 in this more searchable form. Of the Archives 573 collections, 401 (70%) are now in this format; the staff reduced the time per guide by half, and the cost by two-thirds. The staff completed a number of major processing projects this year, but also devoted less of its time to processing, as this was a year of reconfiguring our processing staff with one our of processing archivists, Jan, retiring, and shifting Wayne, our new reference archivist, into his new processing duties, and bring Christian onto our Archives team.
Brief descriptions of collections processed during 2000 follow, with Web site-linked collection numbers on the left and a synopsis on the right. The nine collections consisting primarily of paper documents were:
| CN# | Description |
| 17 | Expanded the records of BGEA's International & North American Ministries to include an additional 175.7 cubic feet of material. Among these were the files of senior executive Walter Smyth and crusade director Henry Holley, along with many new photographs of crusades and BGEA personnel and friends. See sample international crusade logos. |
| 19 | Added 20.1 cubic feet of papers to Robert Ferm's papers. Among these are questionnaires and testimonies from people (primarily from the US) who came forward at crusades describing their conversion and understanding of it. These form a kind of collective statement of late twentieth century Protestant Evangelical grass roots faith and theology. See one of the questionnaires used to gather information. |
| 81 | Microfilmed the contents of Boxes 3 and 4 onto five reels. |
| 107 | Doubled the R.A. Torrey Sr. Papers to include both his and wife's diaries, correspondence, an audio tape of his preaching, and photographs. See a page from one of his diaries. |
| 113 | Added 117 video tapes (100+ cubic feet) to the collection of BGEA crusade footage spanning 1970 to 1999. Among the meetings featured are the 1974 Hollywood Crusade, the 1982 Bahamas Crusade, and the 1999 Indiana Crusade. |
| 165 | Incorporated an additional 48.1 cubic feet of documents into the records of the Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies (EFMA). The annual correspondence series now covers the administrations of EFMA's three executive directors, Clyde Taylor, Wade Coggins, and Paul McKaughan (1944-1995). See a photo of Clyde Taylor in the 1940s. |
| 172 | Added several files of correspondence to the Pan African Christian Leadership Assembly or PACLA records about planning for the 1976 meeting in Nairobi. |
| 178 | Opened the 30.1 cubic feet of material of the papers (1906-1991) of Donald and Mary McGavran, documenting their missionary career in India with the Disciples of Christ and his teaching, and his development of church growth theory. See one of Donald's earliest articles on church growth. |
| 565 | Made available for the first time the 1.2 cubic feet of the papers of J. Elwin Wright, who played a key role as a leader of the New England Fellowship, National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship. See a letter Wright wrote his family during his 1946 trip to occupied Germany. |
Among the oral history collections that became available during the year were:
| 462 | Hour-and-a-half with Romanian BGC scholarship recipient and church leader Adrian Ban in which he describes the Romanian church and its leaders, and the 1989 revolution and conditions for the church since. Read an excerpt about music in his church as an expression of service to God. |
| 474 | One hour plus with Jose Hernandez about his missionary work in Spain, prison ministry and founding the South Florida Jail Ministry, and jail conditions in Miami. Read an excerpt about how he became chaplain for Dade County jails. |
| 477 | Over six hours with missionary Stanley Kline about his work in the Belgian Congo/Zaire, Kenya, and the Seychelles Islands with Africa Inland Mission, describing his experience in evangelism prior to going overseas, transition to national authority in Africa, his evacuations from Zaire in 1960 and 1964, and the Belgian administration of the Congo, along with many other mission-related subjects. Also included are a series of of notebooks Kline compiled on most of AIM's workers over the period of a century. See some sample pages from these notebooks. |
| 483 | Almost four hours with Indian pastor, church leader and general secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of India at the time of the interview (now , general secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of Asia) Francis Sunderaraj about his early Christian faith, Evangelicalism in India, his service as a Methodist pastor in Malaysia, and the establishment of EFI. Read an excerpt about the appointment of the first Indian principal at the Union Biblical seminary in Yeotmal, India. |
| 485 | One hour with Wheaton alumna Mary Johnson about her Wheaton education and impressions of fellow student Billy Graham. Read an excerpt about what prompted her to attend Wheaton. |
| 486 | One hour with Wheaton alumna Helen Jongewaard about her Wheaton education, acquaintance with fellow student Billy Graham, and the effect of World War II on the campus. Read a short excerpt in which she recalls Billy Graham preaching while a college student. |
| 487 | One hour with Wheaton alumna Kathryn Feldi about her missionary parents, Wheaton education, memories of fellow student Billy Graham, and the 1943 revival at the college. Read a brief excerpt where she describes hearing one of the survivors of the Zam Zam, an Egyptian ship carrying missionaries that was sunk by a Nazi submarine during World War II. |
| 489 | Two-and-three-quarters hours with Wheaton alumnus John McDonald about his Wheaton education, recollections of fellow student Billy Graham, the Jesus People movement of the late-1960s in San Francisco where he was a pastor, and evangelism among Jews with Jews for Jesus. Read an excerpt where he talks about the influx of San Francisco hippies into his traditional San Francisco's church in the 1960s. |
| 490 | One hour with Wheaton alumnus Joseph MacKnight about his Wheaton education, impressions of fellow student Billy Graham, the impact of World War II on the campus, and his subsequent medical career. Read a short excerpt in which he describes his recollections of the impact of the Pearl Harbor bombing on the Wheaton student body. |
| 501 | Three hours with Beverly Yates about her spiritual development, impact of evangelist and church leader B.M. Nottage, the black church in Chicago, and her contribution to the founding of the Chicagoland Christian Women's Conference. Read a short excerpt how she committed her life to Christ as a teenager. |
| 516 | One-and-a-half hours with minister, evangelist and radio broadcaster B. Sam Hart, in which he discusses his childhood, his parents work as missionaries in Jamaica, church life in Jamaica, his own early preaching efforts, and B.M. Nottage. Read a short excerpt about his first preaching experience |
Written transcripts of over twelve hours of oral history interviews on fourteen tapes were also completed and became available in the Reading Room and over the Internet through our Web page, including:
| 5 | Two interview tapes with Southern Presbyterian lay leader Vernon Patterson who was instrumental in bringing evangelist Mordecai Ham to Charlotte for the meetings at which Billy Graham was converted. |
| 189 | Two interview tapes with Mary Moynan, daughter of Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth, about her missionary parents and childhood in China, and her own missionary work in Taiwan. |
| 361 | Four interview tapes with Rene Padilla about his childhood in Ecuador and Colombia, ministry with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in Latin America, Evangelical theological education and liberation theology, and the role of the church in responding to various human needs. |
| 477 | One interview tape with missionary Stanley Kline about his mission work in the Seychelles in the late 1970s and his retirement. |
| Records/Papers Collections | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
| New & updated | 4 collections | 18 collections | 13 collections | 9 collections | 9 collections | |
| Size (cubic feet) | 245.85 cubic ft. | 311.1 cubic ft. | 152.1 cubic ft. | 87.8 cubic ft. | 273.5 cubic ft. | |
| Hours spent processing | 628.5 hrs. | 1764.75 hrs. | 899 hrs. | 824.75 hrs. | 2156 hrs. | |
| Processing hrs. per cubic foot | 2.6 hrs. | 5.7 hrs. | 5.9 hrs. | 9.4 hrs. | 7.9 hrs. | |
| Labor & materials cost | $16,428.11 | $51,432.95 | $23,075.52 | $14,134.65 | $51,604.97 | |
| Cost per cubic foot | $66.82 | $165.35 | $151.71 | $160.99 | $188.86 | |
| Oral history collections | ||||||
| Finished oral history collections | 6 collections | 21 collections | 4 collections | 5 collections | 13 collections | |
| Hours of interviews | 20 hrs. | 82.7 hrs. | 12.3 hrs. | 24.0 hrs. | 31.6 hrs. | |
| Hours processing interviews | 96.25 hrs. | 331.0 hrs. | 25.75 hrs. | 114.0 hrs. | 159.25 hrs. | |
| Processing hours per interview hour | 4.8 hrs. | 4.0 hrs. | 2.1 hrs. | 4.75 hrs. | 5.0 hrs. | |
| Labor & materials cost | $2,515.09 | $8,784.83 | $1,069.89 | $3,432.19 | $5,112.49 | |
| Cost per hour of interview | $124.82 | $106.23 | $86.98 | $143.01 | $161.79 | |
| Transcribing Oral History Interviews | ||||||
| Tapes transcribed | 16 tapes | 7 tapes | 14 tapes | 12 tapes | 14 tapes | |
| Hours of interview transcribed | 10.95 hrs. | 6.1 hrs. | 13.0 hrs. | 11.1 hrs. | 12.3 hrs. | |
| Hours spent transcribing | 188.0 hrs. | 117.25 hrs. | 215.5 hrs. | 206.25 hrs. | 146.25 hrs. | |
| Processing hours per interview hour | 17.2 hrs. | 19.2 hrs. | 16.6 hrs. | 18.6 hrs. | 11.9 hrs. | |
| Labor & materials cost | $3,066.78 | $2,155.45 | $3,855.08 | $3,766.45 | $2,667.63 | |
| Cost per hour of interview | $280.07 | $353.35 | $296.54 | $336.72 | $217.23 | |
| Changing existing guides | ||||||
| Guides corrected | 55 guides | 58 guides | 39 guides | 48 guides | 16 guides | |
| Hours spent on guide changes | 246 hrs. | 104.75 hrs. | 30 hrs. | 31.5 hrs. | 48.25 hrs. | |
| Labor & materials cost | $3,658.21 | $1,984.66 | $564.24 | $676.85 | $704.45 | |
| Total pages | 1026 pages | 448 pages | 189 pages | 285 pages | 132 pages | |
| Cost per page | $3.57 | $4.43 | $2.99 | $2.37 | $5.34 | |
| Web versions of guides & transcripts | ||||||
| Gopher versions of guides & transcripts (HTML) | 74 guides | 240 guides | 302 guides | |||
| Guides converted to HTML | 8 guides | 293 guides | ||||
| Hours spent on guides/trans to Web | 63.25 hrs. | 110.75 hrs. | 123.25 hrs. | 18.0 hrs. | 451.25 hrs. | |
| Time per guide | 51 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 3.0 hrs. | 1.54 hrs. | |
| Cost for all guides | $1,111.03 | $1,972.41 | $2,271.50 | $576.40 | $9,052.71 | |
| Cost per guide | $15.01 | $8.22 | $7.52 | $96.07 | $30.90 | |
| Administration hours | ||||||
| Administration hours | 150 hours | 184.25 hrs. | 130.25 hrs. | 347.75 hrs. | 152.75 hours | |
| Labor costs & materials | $4,821.52 | $5,175.75 | $3,884.42 | $7,545.29 | $4,797.29 | |
| Summary | ||||||
| Processing hours for finished collections | 1,382.5 hours | 2,702 hrs. | 1,423.75 hrs. | 1,542.25 hrs. | 3,113.75 hrs. | |
| Total 2000 processing hours | 1,362.5 hours | 2,241.75 hrs. | 2,069.25 hrs. | 2,258.25 hrs. | 1,723.75 hours | |
| $ per processing hour for collections | $22.97 | $27.40 | $24.39 | $19.54 | $23.75 | |
| Processing % of total year's hours | 17% | 28.1% | 25.2% | 27.5% | 23.6% | |
NOTE: The cost analysis figures include labor (staff and student time), materials and supplies, and storage costs. Several collections were processed during more than one year, and the figures above are for completed projects only; therefore, they include hours from previous years, but do not include processing still ongoing at the end of 2000. Microfilm was added to two collections which were already described; these were not included in cubic foot figures and computations.