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[email protected] Phone: (626) 584-5311 Fax: (626) 584-5613 Guide to the Roberts, William J. CFT00033 1 Collection Guide to the Roberts, William J. Collection 1952/2004 David Allan Hubbard Library Archives Overview of the Collection Collection Title: Roberts, William J. Collection Bulk Dates: 1958-1986 Identification: CFT00033 Creator: Roberts, William J., 1952-2004 Physical Description: 66.00 Language of Materials: English Repository: David Allan Hubbard Library Archives 135 N. Oakland Avenue Pasadena, CA, 91182-0002 URL: http://library.fuller.edu/archives/ Email:
[email protected] Phone: (626) 584-5311 Fax: (626) 584-5613 Administrative History: William J. Roberts was born in a covered wagon June 1, 1909 in Twin Falls, Idaho. He is the son of crop-sharing parents who came as pioneers from the state of Kansas. At seventeen years of age he and his older brother felt the call of the Lord and came to Southern California to study at the Southern California Bible School now known as Vanguard University. His career in radio is outlined below: 1935: Began his radio ministry – “Gospel and Song”, KFWB Hollywood California. 1945: Initiated the Dr. Roberts and family broadcast, “Family Bible Hour,” KGER, Long Beach, California. 1960: Joined with “Bible Fellowship Hour,” networked in U.