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Records of the International Prison Ministries - Collection 320

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Table of Contents

Brief Description of This Collection

Title Page and Restrictions

Historical Background

An Essay on the Contents of the Collection (Scope and Content)

Lists of Artifacts, Audio Tapes, Books, Films, Film Strips, Glass Negatives, Microfilm, Negatives, Oversize Materials, Periodicals, Phonograph Records, Photo Albums, Photographs, Slides, Slides (Lantern), and Video Tapes in This Collection (Location Records)
    Audio Tapes
    Books
    Pamphlets
    Periodicals
    Video Tapes


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Brief Description.
Twenty-four audio tapes consisting of interviews and sermons by Chaplain Raymond Hoekstra for the International Prison Ministry. Included are interviews with prisoners, a chaplain, a sheriff, and testimonies by a Vietnam veteran and prisoners. Also included are two video tapes, HONEY, YOUR MAMA'S IN PRISON and GOD'S PRISON GANG. For more information, please see guide.
Vol: 24 Audio Tape Cassettes, 2 Video Tapes


Collection 320
[February 5, 2001]
International Prison Ministry; ca. 1975-
Records; 1977-1985

Audio Tapes, Books, Pamphlets, Periodicals, Video Tapes

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on the use of this collection. Copyrights to the materials have been retained by IPM.



Historical Background

Founded: Ca. 1975

Activities: Gives prisoners Bibles and study helps in English, Russian, and Spanish; produces daily prison broadcasts, TV specials, films, and videos.

Association memberships:
National Religious Broadcasters (radio)
National Association of Evangelicals

Founder: Chaplain Raymond Hoekstra
Birth Date: 1913
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois
Conversion: Anchor Rescue Mission, San Jose, California
Marital Status: Married, wife Leola
Career:
Pastor, Calvary Church, Indianapolis, Indiana
Ministry Director of Intl. Prisons Ministry, with headquarters in Dallas, Texas
Publications (See Location Record for books for more listings.):
God's Prison Gang. With Walter Wagner. Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revel Company, 1977.
Miracles in Prison Cells. Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, n.d.



Scope and Content

Series: International Prison Ministries

Arrangement: Audio tapes arranged as shown on the inventory from IPM.

Date range: ca. 1970s, 1980s

Volume: 24 audio tapes, 2 video tapes

Geographic coverage: United States

Type of documents: Audio tapes T1-T24 prepared for broadcast with interviews of converted prisoners, a prison chaplain, a Texas sheriff, a message from Corrie ten Boom to prisoners, testimonies of prisoners and a Vietnam veteran, a message to cult leader Charles Manson, and sermons by Chaplain Ray. In video V1, Honey Your Mama's in Prison, six women inmates at the Florida Correctional Institution are interviewed and in V2, Chaplain Ray interviews four notorious former criminals who were converted.

Correspondents: Prison inmates converted to Christianity, law enforcement officers, a chaplain from Attica Prison in New York, a Vietnam veteran, Corrie ten Boom

.Subjects: Church work with prisoners, Crime and criminals--United States, Prisoners--United States, Radio in religion. (See the Location Record for Audio Tapes detailing the names of people featured on them)

Descriptive limits: Books, pamphlets, and periodicals on related topics have been given to the Billy Graham Center Library

Provenance

The materials for this collection were received by the Center in September 1985 from International Prison Ministry.

Accessions 85-118, 85-121

March 17, 1997
Janyce H. Nasgowitz
M. Bergstedt
T. Harder



LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 85-121
Type of Material: Audio Tapes

The following items are located in the AUDIO TAPE FILE:
Interviews, testimonies, and sermons from the International Prison Ministry. All tapes are cassettes, 3-3/4 ips, 30 minutes on each side unless otherwise indicated. They are not dated.


T1 - Side one: Interview with Chaplain Jeff Carter of Attica Prison by Chaplain Ray. Side two: Continuation of interview with Chaplain Carter.

T2 - Side one: Chaplain Ray interviews with Jack Burbridge. Known as "The Enforcer" in underworld Chicago. Side two: Continuation of interview with Jack Burbridge.

T3 - Side one: Interviews with Frank Costantino by Chaplain Ray. Prison in Florida, conversion. Side two: Continuation of interview with Frank Costantino.

T4 -Side one: Interview with Don Dennis conducted by Chaplain Ray. Life in prison and conversion. Side two: Continuation of interview with Don Dennis.

T5 -Side one: Interviews with Perry Desmond, former female impersonator, by Chaplain Ray. Side two: Continuation of interviews with Desmond.

T6 -Side one: Interview with Joe Donato by Chaplain Ray. Former Mafia member. Side two: Continuation of interview with Donato.

T7 - Side one: Interview with Freddie Gage by Chaplain Ray. Side two:"All My Friends Are Dead!" by Freddie Gage.

T8 -Side one: Interview with Ernie Hollands by Chaplain Ray. At one time, the most wanted criminal in Canada. Side two: Continuation of interview with Hollands.

T9 -Side one: Interviews with Rommie Loudd by Chaplain Ray. Side two: Continuation of interviews with Loudd.

T10 -Side one: Interview with George Meyer by Chaplain Ray. Known as Al Capone's "Devil Driver." Side two: Continuation of interview with Meyer.

T11 -Side one: Interview with Jack "Murf-the-Surf" Murphy by Chaplain Ray. Stole the Star of India sapphire from the New York Museum of Natural History. Side two: Continuation of interview with Murphy.

T12 - Side one: Interview with LaVoy Sims by Chaplain Ray. Side two: Music by LaVoy Sims.

T13 -Side one: Interview with Dallas County Sheriff Carl Thomas by Chaplain Ray. Side two: Continuation of interview with Sheriff Thomas.

T14 - Side one: Corrie ten Boom speaks to prisoners with Chaplain Ray. Side two: Corrie Ten Boom speaks at the International Congress on World Evangelism in Lausanne, Switzerland. Introduction by Billy Graham.

T15 - Side one: Testimony of Floyd Hamilton with Chaplain Ray. Member of Bonnie and Clyde's gang and one-time Public Enemy No. 1. Side two: Continuation of testimony of Hamilton.

T16 - Side one:The Gene Neill Story, with Chaplain Ray. Known as the "Perry Mason of Florida." Side two: Continuation of the Gene Neill Story.

T17 - Side one: Interview with Cookie Rodriguez by Chaplain Ray. A former drug addict and prostitute. Side two: Continuation of interview with Rodriguez.

T18 - Side one: A testimony of Clyde Thompson. Known as "the meanest man in Texas." Side two: Continuation of testimony of Thompson.

T19 - Side one: A testimony of Robert Van Buskirk, Vietnam Veteran. Side two: Continuation of testimony of Van Buskirk.

T20 - Side one: A message to cult leader and murderer Charles Manson from Chaplain Ray and Tex Watson (a former member of Manson's "family"). Side two: Continuation of message to Manson.

T21 - Side one:"Jesus Christ the Son of God." Sermon by Chaplain Ray. Side two: Continuation of sermon from side one.

T22 - Side one:"Restitution - Forgotten Justice." Sermon by Chaplain Ray. Side two: "Ministry to the Small Jails." Talk by Chaplain Ray.

T23 - Side one:"The Bible, the Word of God" by Chaplain Raymond Hoekstra. Side two: "The God of the Bible" by Chaplain Ray.

T24 - Side one: "The Three Causes of Crime, and the One Sure Cure." Sermon by Chaplain Ray. Side two:"Justice and Mercy, Law and Order." Sermon by Chaplain Ray.

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LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 85-118
Type of Material: Books

The following items have been given to the BGC LIBRARY (now Evangelism & Missions Collection of the Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections):


Auxiliares Basicos Para El Estudio Biblico (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, n.d.)

Bonhomme, Arthur, and Hoekstra, Ray. Death Row to Ambassador Row (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry).

Brown, Joan Winmill. No Longer Alone (Minneapolis, MN: World Wide Publications, ca. 1971).

Bryant, Anita. Amazing Grace (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company).

Burbridge, Jack, and Chandler, Victoria. The Enforcer. The Story of "Happy Jack" Burbridge (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books, ca. 1980).

Carlin, Paul. From Pulpit to Prison. The Paul Carlin Story (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books, ca. 1978).

Cash, Johnny. Man in Black (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, ca. 1975).

Costantino, Cheryl, and Jacquart, Joanne. Lady in the Shadow (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books, ca. 1981).

---. The Crime Fighter's Handbook (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books, ca. 1981).

---, Frank, and Caldwell, John. Holes in Time (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books, c 1979).

Denton, Jeremiah A. Jr., and Brandt, Ed. When Hell Was in Session (Clover, SC: Commission Press, ca. 1976).

Erler, Bob, and Souter , John C. They Called Me the Catch Me Killer (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1981).

Gage, Freddie. All My Friends Are Dead (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, 19--?).

---. and Redding, Stan. Freddie Gage. The Underworld Preacher (Euless, TX: Acclaimed Books, 1981).

Graham, Jerry, and Johnson, M.L. Where Flies Don't Land (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books, 1979).

Hoekstra, Ray. Directory of Resources for Prison Ministry Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry).

______. Last of Bonnie and Clyde Gang: Floyd Hamilton, Public Enemy No. 1 and Other True Stories (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, 197-?).

---. Miracles in Prison Cells (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, 198-?).

---. Poems My Mother Loved (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, n.d.).

Hoekstra, Ray, and Call, Max. Honey Your Mama's in Prison (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, ca. 1984).

Hoekstra, Ray, and Wagner, Walter. God's Prison Gang (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, n.d.).

--. God's Prison Gang ( Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1977).

Hollands, Ernie, and Brendel, Doug. Hooked (Toronto, ON: Mainroads Productions Inc., 1983).

Jacquart, Joanne. End of the Line: The Story of Chaplain Max Jones (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, ca. 1984).

Jefferson, Ted, and Fedo, Michael W. One Bad Dude (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, ca. 1978).

Lovett, C. S. Dealing with the Devil (Baldwin Park, CA: Personal Christianity Chapel, 1979).

McBirnie, William S. Antichrist. (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books, ca. 1978).

--. World War III and the United States (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, 1979?).

Mears, Henrietta C. What the Bible Is All About (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, 1975).

Meyer, George H. Al Capone's Devil Driver. (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books, ca. 1979).

Most Dangerous Religion in the World, The (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, n.d.).

Murphy, Jack, and Hoekstra, Ray. The Inside Story of "Murf the Surf" (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, n.d.).

New Combined Bible Dictionary and Concordance, The (Dallas. TX: International Prison Ministry, n.d.).

New Discoveries about Bethlehem. (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, n.d.).

Palmer, Bernhard. Understanding the Islamic Explosion. (Beaverlodge, AB: Horizon House Publishers, ca. 1980).

Palmquist, Al. The Real Centurions. (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books, ca. 1979).

Poems by Julie (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, n.d.).

Rodriquez, Cookie, and Anderson, Nancy. Cookie (Dallas., TX: Acclaimed Books, ca. 1983).

Seven Wonders of Calvary (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, 1970?).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company).

Somebody up There Loves Us (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books, 1981).

Van Buskirk, Robert, and Bauer, Fred. Tail Wind (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books).

Walvoord, John F., and Walvoord, John E. Armageddon Oil and the Middle East Crisis (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, ca. 1990).

Watson, Tex, and Hoekstra, Ray. Will You Die for Me? (Old Tappan., NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company, ca. 1978).

---. Will You Die for Me? (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry).

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LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 85-118
Type of Material: Pamphlets

The following items have been given to the BGC LIBRARY (now Evangelism & Missions Collection of the Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections). These pamphlets are not entered on the Public Access Catalog but are in the Pamphlet File in the Evangelism & Missions Collection. They are not dated.


A Mother's Prayer Answered. Interview with Elizabeth Watson. (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry).

An Interview with Perry Desmond, Former Female Impersonator (Dallas, TX: IPM).

Chaplain Ray Interviews Chaplain Jeff Carter Of Attica Prison (Dallas, TX: IPM).

Chaplain Ray's Interview with Kristin Watson (Dallas, TX: IPM).

Charles and Kristin's Wedding Ceremony. A Miracle Inside Prison Walls (Dallas, TX: IPM).

Hoekstra, Chaplain Ray. Forgotten Justice! (Dallas, TX: IPM).

---. The High Road to Beginning Again (Dallas, TX: IPM).

---. Six Red Stoplights on the Road to Prison! (Dallas, TX: IPM).

--. What the Bible Says to Homosexuals (Dallas, TX: IPM).

How Christians Can Be Involved in Jail and Prison Ministry (Dallas, TX: IPM).

How to Pull Yourself Together...When Your World Falls Apart (Dallas, TX: Acclaimed Books).

How You Can Tell If Your Young Person Is Using Drugs! (Dallas, TX: IPM).

La Voy Sims Sang His Way into a Texas Prison And Prayed His Way to God and Home (Dallas, TX: IPM)

Mellott, Glenn R. Accept Me as a Person...Not as a Convict (Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry).

Mission to a Lost Land (Dallas, TX: IPM).

The Inside Story. Startling Facts about Prisons and Prisoners (Dallas, TX: IPM).

The Roman Road (Dallas, TX: IPM).

The Sighing of the Prisoner. (Dallas, TX: IPM).

We're All Prisoners in a Quiet Struggle... (Dallas, TX: IPM).

What to Do When Your Kid Gets Arrested. (Dallas, TX: Conexx Publishing, 1983).

Where Can a Prisoner Go When He Needs a Friend? (Dallas, TX: IPM).

Why Did He Do It? Three Causes of Crime! And the One Sure Cure by Chaplain Ray (Dallas, TX: IPM).

Will the Death Penalty Reduce Crime in America? (Dallas., TX: IPM).

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LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 85-118
Type of Materials: Periodicals

The following items have been given to the BGC LIBRARY (now Evangelism & Missions Collection of the Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections):


Prison Evangelism Magazine. (Dallas, TX: IPM).

Vol 13 No 2, Aug-Sep, 1983.
Vol 13 No 3, Oct-Nov, 1983.
Vol 13 No 4, Dec-Jan, 1984.
Vol 14 No 1, Feb-Mar, 1984.
Vol 14 No 2, Apr-May, 1984.
Vol 14 No 4, Nov-Dec, 1984.
Vol 15 No 1, Apr-May, 1985.

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LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 85-118
Type of Materials: Video Tapes

The following items have been filed in the VIDEO TAPE FILE:


V1 - Color, VHS cassette, approximately 42 minutes. Honey, Your Mama's in Prison. Produced by International Prison Ministry, Executive Producer/Director: Chaplain Ray Hoekstra; Producer/Director: William Greenelsh; Actors: Nancy Peters, Linda Olivero, Annette Colkmire, Melinda Wellington, Gertha Arceneaux. Filmed at the Florida Correctional Institution in Lowell, Florida, ca. 1984.

V2 -Color, VHS cassette, approximately 48 minutes. God's Prison Gang. Produced by International Prison Ministry; hosted by Art Linkletter, written and produced by Ray Wilson; Director, Dan Dunkelberger; Special Guests: Chaplain Ray, George Miller, Floyd Hamilton, Jerry Graham, Ted Jefferson, 198-?.




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