Shortwave Center, May 1998
QSLs at the Billy Graham Center
by Marlin Field
The Billy Graham Center at Wheaton, Illinois, has been in existence since 1980. A division of Wheaton College, it is dedicated to the study and promotion of world evangelism. It has three parts. Books and magazines received by the Center go to the BGC Library while artifacts go the BGC Museum. The Archives, the third part, is a collection of documents about non-denominational Protestant evangelism and foreign mission work based in the United States, especially since about 1900. The Archival Reading Room is on the third floor of the Center. A staff member is always available to help those who come to the Reading Room. It is open daily Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Saturday from 10:00 to 2:00, except during college holidays. The Archives include diaries, correspondence, business records, posters, films, slides, scrapbooks, audio tapes, videotapes, phonograph records, maps, photographs, and microfilms. Unlike the library, the material must be used in the Archives. Every year, according to Robert D. Shuster, Director of the Archives, “Hundreds of scholars, pastors, missionaries, authors, and college students use the documents housed there.”
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