Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Pierce, Robert Pierce, Bob
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 15 Boxes, 7.38 linear feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Robert Pierce Collection. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Robert Pierce Collection primarily contains transcripts of Pierce’s personal oral history interviews (1977-1978) and those he conducted with World Vision missionaries in person or via radio broadcast (1950s-1970s). Tapes are interspersed throughout the collection. The records were used as resources for the 1983 publication, Bob Pierce: This One Thing I Doby Franklin Graham and Jeanette Lockerbie (Waco,TX: Word Books). A copy of the rough draft and associated correspondence is included.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert Willard Pierce (1914-1978) was the founder and president of the Christian mission World Vision and the outreach organization Samaritan's Purse. His work in producing the first Christian films earned him a Litt.D. from Northwestern College in Minneapolis. The president of South Korea presented Dr. Pierce with the highest honor South Korea can bestow upon a foreigner three times.
- Acquisition information:
- The gift of Betty Wagner and William Carey International University, Pasadena, CA
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Supervised use only. Scholarly use within parameters of copyright law.
- Terms of access:
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All rights reserved.
- Preferred citation:
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Robert Pierce Collection. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
- Location of this collection:
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135 North Oakland Ave.Pasadena, CA 91182, US
- Contact:
- (626) 584-5311