The Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections, located on the 3rd floor of the Billy Graham Center, is a department of Buswell Memorial Library.

The Wheaton College Archives seeks to document the history of Wheaton College, 1860 to the present, and its predecessor, the Illinois Institute, 1853-59. The College Archives also serves as a major information source for people, publications, and events associated with Wheaton College.

The Special Collections of Wheaton College seeks to collect, preserve, and present materials in all formats related to the life-work of significant adherents to the Christian faith in the modern world. The goal is to support the academic curriculum, strengthen and broaden the College's rich tradition of academic excellence, integration of faith and learning in scholarly endeavor that issues in servant-ministry.

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Whither Wheaton? — Further insights into Wheaton College

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Andrew Chignell’s article, Whither Wheaton?, appearing in SoMA (The Society of Mutual Autopsy), is proving to be rather provocative, especially as it garners attention for its content as well as its “backstory.” In attempting to provide a guide for the future by looking to Wheaton’s past (more accurately, “near-past”), Chignell reviews the presidency of A. [...]

“…Fugitives in the College Chapel”

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

For decades it has been believed that the Illinois Institute, and its later incarnation as Wheaton College, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It was true that those institutions stood firmly on the principle of abolition and its leadership were heavily involved and known widely as abolitionists. They risked their lives to seek freedom [...]

John L. Smith, donor and missionary, dies at 89

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

John L. Smith passed away Sunday, April 5, 2009 in Marlow, Oklahoma. Known to many as John L., Smith was born Monday, March 15, 1920 to Emmon and Viola Jeannetta (Gayle) Smith. In 1937 he graduated from Marlow High School and enrolled at Oklahoma Baptist University. He later attended Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma and [...]