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2. Wheaton College (Illinois) - Wikipedia

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   Wheaton College was founded in 1860. Its predecessor, the Illinois Institute, had been founded in late 1853 by Wesleyan Methodists as a college and preparatory school. . Wheaton's first president, Jonathan Blanchard, was a former president of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and a staunch abolitionist with ties to Oberlin Co

3. DuPage County Historical Museum - Wikipedia

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   The library classified books with the Dewey Decimal system, becoming one of the first in Illinois to use this system. Adams Memorial was the main library in the region until a new library was constructed in 1965. The endowment from Adams completely supported the facility until 1923, when Wheaton provided additional funds.

4. Olcott Estate - Wikipedia

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   Olcott Estate. Coordinates: 41.885494°N 88.106937°W. Olcott Estate is the administrative headquarters of the Theosophical Society in America. Its education department conducts on-site courses, seminars, workshops, and lectures for members and the public. It is located in Wheaton, Illinois.

5. Wheaton, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   2397294 [3] Website. www.wheaton.il.us. Wheaton is a city in and the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois, United States. [5] It is located in Milton and Winfield Townships, approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, Wheaton's population was 53,970, making it the 27th-most populous municipality in the state.

6. Marion E. Wade Center - Wikipedia

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   The Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College (Illinois) is a special research collection of papers, books, and manuscripts, primarily relating to seven authors from the United Kingdom: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and George MacDonald, as well as C. S. Lewis's wife, the poet Joy Davidman.

7. C. O. Baptista - Wikipedia

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   C. O. Baptista leads staff devotions at Baptista Film Mission offices, 1943. Courtesy of Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections. Along with a prolific output of films, Baptista's company also manufactured two innovative projection devices. The more important of these was the "Miracle Projector," introduced in 1944.