Records of Washington Street Mission, 1916-1982.

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Records of Washington Street Mission, 1916-1982.

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Sermon notes, minutes, financial records, reports, oral history transcript, clippings, estate descriptions, tracts on various cults and heresies, and photographs documenting the history of the Washington Street Mission in Springfield, Illinois between 1914 and 1982.

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Billy Graham Archive & Research Center

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Miller, Robert O., 1947-

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Miller, Mary Brown.

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Rescue mission; founded in 1910 in Springfield, Illinois by local businessmen to extend the effects of Billy Sunday 1909 meetings in Springfield; facilities included dormitories for men, kitchen, rooms for storing clothes, food, gifts, study room, sewing room, and chapel; ministered to families and individuals in all types of distress; relocated in 1974 due to city construction. Superintendents: Robert Thomas Brown (1911-1940), Robert O. Miller (1940-1970), Mary Brown Miller (1970-1980), and Jam...

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Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935

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