Cutler Whitwell Diaries, an addition to the Charles E and Grace Payton Fuller Collection
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Title: Cutler Whitwell Diaries, an addition to the Charles E and Grace Payton Fuller Collection
Dates: 1927-1967
Collection Number: CFT00012
Creator/Collector:
Whitwell, Cutler B.
Extent: 2 Boxes, 2 linear feet
Repository:
Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Pasadena, California 91182
Abstract: Cutler Whitwell (1882-1968) was an executive with the Standard Oil Company of California until he felt led to resign that
post and preach the Gospel. During the late 1920s, he was dean at BIOLA. The Cutler Whitwell Diaries record the lives of Cutler
Whitwell (1882-1968) and his wife Florence Nye Whitwell. The diaries begin on December 31, 1927 and end June 8, 1968. The
bulk of the content reflects the evangelical movement of those years. The diaries repeatedly mention Charles and Grace Fuller
as well as regular trips to the Long Beach Auditorium, the location of the Old Fashioned Revival Hour radio broadcast (1930s1958).
The 1948 and 1949 diaries also mention Fuller Theological Seminary. The 1950s diaries refer to Harold Ockenga, Wibur Smith,
Carl Henry, Billy Graham, J. Vernon McGee, Charles Woodbridge, and Charles Fuller.
Language of Material: English
Supervised use only. Scholarly use within parameters of copyright law. The diaries are housed in boxes listed with the Charles
E and Grace Payton Fuller Collection, 1892-2009 as Box 69 and Box 70.
Box 69: Diaries, 1927-1946;
Box 70: Diaries, 1947-1967
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[Identification of item]. Cutler Whitwell Diaries, an addition to the Charles E and Grace Payton Fuller Collection. Collection
Number: CFT00012. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Biography/Administrative History
Cutler Whitwell (1882-1968) was an executive with the Standard Oil Company of California
until he felt led to resign that post and preach the Gospel. During the late 1920s, he was dean of
men at BIOLA, and his wife Florence taught Bible lessons for children each morning over radio
KTBI. In 1927, she published a novel entitle Cynthia Stands Fast, which was popular with
BIOLA students. During this time, the Whitwells became close friends of the Charles E Fuller
family.
In 1941, the couple went as representatives of the Old Fashioned Revival Hour into the
northeastern United States, often opening churches buildings that had been closed and boarded.
During the 1941 trip, the Whitwells met the Fullers for lunch. According to the entry from
October 13, 1941, the Whitwells sang Heavenly Sunlight’s chorus, which Charles Fuller
remembered as becoming “Heavenly Sunshine,” the later theme song of the Old Fashioned
Revival Hour.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Cutler Whitwell Diaries record the lives of Cutler Whitwell (1882-1968) and his wife Florence Nye Whitwell. The diares
begin on December 31, 1927 and end June 8, 1968. The bulk of the content reflects the evangelical movement of those years.
For example, the January 1928 entries refer to Gipsy Smith’s messages and M.G. Kyle’s lectures on archaeological findings,
and a later entry on January 14th, 1941 reports the death of their friend Charles Trumbull, popular ‘Keswick’ preacher. The
diaries repeatedly mention Charles and Grace Fuller as well as regular trips to the Long Beach Auditorium, the location of
the Old Fashioned Revival Hour radio broadcast (1930s1958). The 1948 and 1949 diaries also mention Fuller Theological Seminary.
The 1950s diaries refer to Harold Ockenga, Wibur Smith, Carl Henry, Billy Graham, J. Vernon McGee, Charles Woodbridge, and
Charles Fuller.
Christianity
Evangelism
Fuller, Charles Edward
Old Fashioned Revival Hour (Radio program)