Descriptive Summary
Creator(s)
Biographical Note / Administrative History
J. Wilbur Chapman was born in Richmond, Indiana on June 17, 1859. He enrolled in Oberlin College in 1876, transferring after one year to Lake Forest University. He graduated from there in 1879 and from Lane Theological Seminary in 1882. He was married three times: first to Irene Steddon (1882-1886), then to Agnes Pruyn Strain (1888-1907), and last to Mabel Cornelia Moulton (1910-1918).
Chapman spent the years 1882-1902 as pastor of various churches in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, and New York. In 1893, he began itinerant evangelistic work, preaching with Dwight L. Moody and hiring William Ashley "Billy" Sunday as an advance man. In 1895, he was appointed Corresponding Secretary of the Presbyterian General Assembly's Committee on Evangelism.
In 1904, Chapman began organizing urban revival meetings on a large scale. In 1907, he met Charles McCallon Alexander, a well-known song leader, and the two joined there efforts. In 1909, they sailed from British Columbia on their first international evangelistic campaign. They continued to campaign internationally until 1918.
In May of 1917, Chapman was elected moderator of the General Assembly, serving until May of 1918. He died Christmas Day, 1918.
Collection Overview
The bulk of Record Group 2 consists of scrapbooks which cover Chapman's evangelistic campaigns in the United States and abroad. The collection also includes sermons, newsletters, and photographs.
Alternative Formats
A portion of the collection is available on microfilm: MF/POS/4.|A guide to the microfilm is included at the beginning of the first reel.
Administrative Information
Many of the photographs in this collection are unidentified. Several of them, however, are identified in pencil on the back. The identified photographs are in Box 7; they are listed in order from the top to the bottom of the box, and the descriptions in the finding aid are identical to those on the photographs. The photographs themselves have not been numbered, although some were numbered at an earlier date and those unrelated numbers remain. The interleaving paper has been numbered; the corresponding photograph is that below the paper.
Catalog Headings
Collection Inventory
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Finding aid to Record Group 2 and Beginnings of Ministry, 1880-1881 |
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Genealogy of Chapman family, map of Richmond, IN, 1915 |
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3 |
Papers relating to churches served |
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4 |
Chapman-Converse correspondence re: trust fund |
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SCRAPBOOKS - EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGNS |
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5 |
1905 - Patterson and Newark, NJ |
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6 |
1905 - Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN |
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7 |
1906 - Dallas, Sherman, and Danville, TX |
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8 |
1906 - Syracuse, NY and Mobile, AL |
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9 |
1907 - Utica, NY, Cincinnati, OH, Superior, MI [closed] |
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10-11 |
1909 - Boston, MA [closed] |
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12 |
1910 - Chicago, IL [closed] |
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2 |
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1911 - Brooklyn, NY [closed] |
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1912 - Australia |
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OVERSIZE SCRAPBOOKS |
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3 |
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1906 - Rochester, NY [closed] |
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1906-1907 - Ct, NY, RI, IN, NH, IA, MA [closed] |
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3a |
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1908 - Norfolk, VA; and Ontario, Canada [closed] |
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1909 - Richmond, VA [closed] |
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3b |
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1909 - Springfield, MA [closed] |
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4 |
Winona Lake, IN [closed] |
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5 |
Roanoke, VA and Lafayette, IN [closed] |
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1909 - Boston, MA |
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1909-1910 - Portland and Bangor, ME [closed] |
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1911 - Toronto, Canada [closed] |
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SERMONS, CLIPPINGS, AND OTHER MATERIALS |
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5 |
1-97 |
Sermons |
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98-114 |
Sermon books [closed] |
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6 |
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Work, Edgar Whittaker - address in appreciation of Chapman, NY Presbytery, 1919 |
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Letters of commendation, New Zealand, 1913 |
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3 |
Sermon outlines, ca. 1909 |
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4 |
Clippings and sermon resource materials, n.d. |
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5 |
Clippings and sermon resource materials, n.d. |
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[THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY MISSING] |
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7 |
Sermons and lecture notes, n.d. |
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8 |
Scrapbook - clippings from Gospel News Pulpit, 1900-1901 |
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9 |
Scrapbook - clippings from Gospel News Pulpit, 1901-1902 |
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10 |
Scrapbook - clippings from Gospel News Pulpit, 1902-1903 |
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Scrapbook - clippings from Gospel News Pulpit, 1903-1904 |
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12 |
Chapman engagement book, 1913-1917 |
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13 |
"Australian Christian World" special daily issues and the Chapman-Alexander "Book of Remembrance," Sydney, 1909 |
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14 |
Sermons - Chapman vol. 4, ca. 1916 |
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PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS |
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3 |
Album - Mission at Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1913 |
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4 |
Identified photographs, 1910-1918 |
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5 |
Identified photographs, glass slides, and tintype, 1914, n.d. |
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OVERSIZE PHOTOGRAPHS |
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7 |
1 |
Group at British Mine |
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Group at British Mine |
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3 |
Dr. and Mrs. Chapman and Dr. and Mrs. Alexander |
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4 |
Australia |
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5 |
Australia |
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6 |
Australia |
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7 |
Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
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8 |
Australia |
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9 |
Tientsin |
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10 |
China Inland Mission, Shanghai |
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11 |
Hankow |
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12 |
Griffith Jihn's Church, Hankow |
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13 |
Shanghai |
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14 |
Ming Tomb, Nanking |
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Methodist Episcopal Church, Peking |
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16 |
Blind School, Hankow |
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17 |
Chinese Pastors, Peking |
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18 |
Dr. and Mrs. Chapman and Dr. and Mrs. Alexander in China |
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19 |
Advertisement of meeting, China |
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20 |
Manila |
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21 |
YMCA Hall, Shanghai |
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22 |
Chuzenji, Japan |
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23 |
Sacred Bridge, Nikko |
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24 |
Party in Chuzenji, Japan |
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25 |
Missionary Conference, Seoul, Korea |
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26 |
Kyoto, Japan |
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27 |
Seoul, Korea |
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28 |
London |
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29 |
Belfast, Ireland |
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30 |
Cardiff, Wales |
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31 |
Old People's Service, Toronto, Canada |
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32 |
Church Officers, Brooklyn, New York |
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Dayton, Ohio |
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34 |
Banquet at Boston |
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35 |
Portland, Maine |
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Chicago |
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37 |
"Goodbye, Sydney" |
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38 |
Farewell to Chapman and Alexander's Evangelical Party |
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39 |
Dunedin First Church - Minister's and Workers' Meeting |
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40 |
Old People's Meeting, Sydney town hall |
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41 |
The Party at Melbourne |
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8 |
1-28 |
Unidentified oversize photographs |
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1-25 |
Unidentified oversize photographs |
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10 |
1-28 |
Identified oversize photographs |
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OVERSIZE UNBOXED VOLUMES |
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Vol. 1 |
129th General Assembly Scrapbook, 1917 |
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Vol. 2 |
Scrapbook - condolence correspondence on death of Agnes Chapman, 1907 |
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Vol. 3 |
Mounted certificate of appreciation, Australian Evangelistic Campaign, 1909 |