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100 1  Sunday, Billy, |d1862-1935. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84088248
245 10 Papers of William and Helen Sunday, |f1882-1974 (inclusive), |g1888-1957 (bulk) |h[microform].
300    Manuscripts.
336    unspecified |2rdacontent
337    unspecified |2rdamedia
338    unspecified |2rdacarrier
351    Arranged in nine sections:  I. William A. Sunday, General Correspondence (Reels 1-2); II. Helen T. Sunday, General Correspondence (Reels 2-4); III. Sunday Family Correspondence (Reels 5-8); IV. Revival Files (Reel 9); V. Sermons, etc. (Reels 9-18); VI. Press Clippings (Reels 19-20); VII. Scrapbooks (Reels 21-26); Supplement: Correspondence, 1886-1939, n.d., Sermons, Press Clippings, 1929-1939, n.d.; Scrapbook, 1916 (Reels 27-29).
533    Microfilm. |bWilmington, Delaware: |cScholarly Resources Inc., |d1978. |e29 reels; 35 mm.
535 1  Originals located at the Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.
545    William Ashley Sunday, Sr., American evangelist, was born November 19, 1862 in Ames, Iowa.  After holding various jobs while completing high school, he was recruited to join the Chicago White Stockings, a professional baseball team.  He committed his life to Christ in 1886 or 1887, upon following a street gospel band back to their mission.  He married Helen Amelia Thompson in 1888.  He gave talks to young men in the cities his team visited and worked part-time for the Chicago YMCA.  He coached the baseball team in exchange for tuition at Evanston Academy of Northwestern University in Illinois.  In 1891, he quit baseball to devote himself to full-time Christian service.  He worked briefly with evangelists J. Wilbur Chapman and Milan B. Williams in 1893 and, in 1896, began to hold his own revival campaigns.  He died in November of 1935.  Helen Sunday continued her husband's ministry after his death, and became an important Christian leader in her own right.  She died in 1957.
520    Correspondence documents all phases of Billy Sunday's career after his marriage, and is arranged chronologically.  Early files provide information on his baseball career and YMCA work, and files dating from 1900 reveal the influence of his evangelistic ministry and include letters of support as well as criticism.  Helen Sunday's correspondence details her role in their evangelistic campaigns, publishing ventures and, later, her emergence as an important Christian leader in her own right.  Family correspondence spans three generations of Sundays, beginning with the courtship letters of Billy and Helen, and ending with letters from grandchildren.  Other material includes revival files, sermons, press clippings and scrapbooks.
555 0  Published finding aid in repository.
524    Papers of William and Helen Sunday.  Microfilm.  Film Ms64.  Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library.
600 10 Sunday, Billy, |d1862-1935. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84088248
600 10 Sunday, Helen Amelia Thompson, |d1868-1957. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no90008034
650  0 Evangelists |zUnited States |vBiography. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103367
650  0 Baseball players |zUnited States |xHistory.
650  0 Revivals |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century.
851    Special Collections, |bYale Divinity School Library, |c409 Prospect St., New Haven, CT  06511.
902    Divinity Library |bLSF- Divinity Special Collections >>  Film Ms64|DELIM|3972577
907    2002-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
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