Billy Sunday collection, 1908-1989.

Graham, Billy, 1918-2018

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Evangelist, radio preacher, and author; born William Franklin Graham on November 18, 1918 in Charlotte, N.C.; graduated from Florida Bible Institute (1940 and Wheaton College (1943); ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, 1940; achieved national prominence in 1949 through his evangelistic meetings in Los Angeles; founded Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1952; had extensive evangelistic ministry throughout the world, 1949- ; authored many books and received many awards and honors; organiz...

Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus)

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Evangelist; born Percy Bartiminaus Crawford in Canada, 1902; was an independent Protestant evangelist and founder of King's College, the Young People's Church of the Air (which produced radio and television programs), Pinebrook and other Christian summer camps and other enterprises; he was especially notable for Youth on the March, the first evangelistic program on television which aired in October 1949; died in New Jersey, 1960; Ruth Crawford Porter, his wife, was an active partner in these ent...

Asher, Virginia Healey, 1869-1937

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Christian worker, evangelist, vocalist; born December 18, 1869; married William Asher, 1887; with her husband held evangelistic meetings and participated in church work in Chicago, had evangelistic ministry in Duluth, joined J. Wilbur Chapman in his national and international ministry, worked in association with Billy and Helen Sunday's evangelistic outreach (particularly establishing Bible classes for women in industry and business, later known as Virginia Asher Councils), which worked to conti...

Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899

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American evangelist and publisher. From the description of Dwight L. Moody letter to Will Owen Jones [manuscript], 1898 June 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648018911 Dwight Lyman Moody was an American evangelist. Born in Massachusetts, he achieved some success in business in Chicago, where he became involved in Sunday school and later was a popular public speaker. Although not an ordained minister, he recruited Ira Sankey, and the two toured America and En...

Sankey, Ira David, 1840-1908

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American singing evangelist. From the description of Letters signed (2) : Brooklyn, N.Y., to F.B. Schell of Harper & Brothers, 1890 Mar. 10 and 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270635187 Evangelist, singer, and lecturer. From the description of Letter to S.S. McClure, 1896 March 7. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55489297 ...

Sunday, Mary Jane Corey.

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Sunday, Helen Amelia Thompson, 1868-1957

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Rodeheaver, Homer A. (Homer Alvan), 1880-1955

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Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor José Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935

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William Ashley Sunday, Sr., American evangelist, was born November 19, 1862 in Ames, Iowa. After holding various jobs while completing high school, he was recruited to join the Chicago White Stockings, a professional baseball team. He committed his life to Christ in 1886 or 1887, upon following a street gospel band back to their mission. He married Helen Amelia Thompson in 1888. He gave talks to young men in the cities his team visited and worked part-time for the Chicago YMCA. He coached the ba...

Smith, Gipsy, 1860-1947

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Pierce, Bob, 1914-1978

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