Africa Inland Mission.
Organization
Found in 86 Collections and/or Records:
Laura Neva Collins Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 422
Scope and Contents
Glass negatives, negatives, and photographs relating to the ministry of Laura Neva Collins, missionary to Kenya with Africa Inland Mission from 1907-1952. Shots include missionaries, Africans, indigenous artifacts, church architecture, etc., relating to mission work in Africa.This collection originally consisted of ninety-seven black and white glass negatives of missionary activities in Africa before 1914. There are two series of glass negatives. The first series may have taken...
Dates:
Created: 1899-1914
Mabel Buyse Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 496
Scope and Contents
Diaries, photographs, correspondence, and a scrapbook relating to Mabel Easton Buyse’s missionary service with Africa Inland Mission among the Dungu and Bafuka people groups in Belgian Congo (later, Zaire) before her marriage and later service in Aru and Kasengu, Belgian Congo; Goli, Uganda; and Opari, Sudan. Buyse was involved with setting up, operating, and teaching in schools in each place she worked. The scrapbook deals with the 1941 sinking of the Zamzam, in which her brother-in-law,...
Dates:
Created: 1908-1967
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Mabel Buyse Papers
Martha Hughell papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2017-023
Dates:
1950-2016
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Martha Hughell papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2018-019
Dates:
1988-2018
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mary Ann Miller Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 611
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Mary Ann (Shook) Miller a missionary with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) to the Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and the Central African Republic. Topics discussed include her family background; conversion to Christianity; education at Wheaton College; InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Urbana Conference; call to the mission field; history of AIM; preparation for the mission field; language training; descriptions of her first mission station; traditional...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Merv Rosell papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 34
Identifier: 2018-027
Dates:
1923-2001
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mine is a Missionary Family manuscript.
Unprocessed Material — loose: 1
Identifier: 2003-002
Dates:
1997
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 12
Identifier: 2003-009
Dates:
1944-1998
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mission Aviation History Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 528
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, prayer letters, audio tapes, clippings, brochures, negatives, photos, and slides collected by former aviator John R. Wells, retired Wheaton College employee, as a result of his interest in the use Christian mission agencies and individual missionaries made of airplanes since their invention. The collection documentation on various denominational and nondenominational organizations and individuals covering the time period 1922 to 1989; represented are such agencies as the...
Dates:
Created: 1922-1989
Moody Church Records
Collection
Identifier: CN-330
Brief Description
Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, church bulletins, minutes of meetings, and other records documenting the activities of the influential independent Chicago church started in 1864 by Dwight L. Moody; chiefly from ca. 1910 through 1946. Topics documented include worship services, Sunday school, the weekly activities in the congregation, the governance of the body, and various urban evangelistic outreaches of the church. Besides the history of the church, the collection also documents such...
Dates:
Created: 1864-1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Moody Church Records
Paul A. Buyse Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 478
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Paul Adrian Buyse (1926-2017), Africa Inland Mission worker in the Belgian Congo/Zaire. Topics covered include Buyse's childhood and youth as the son of AIM missionary parents in the Congo; education at Rethy Academy, Northwestern Schools, and Moody Bible Institute; work with North Arkansas Gospel Mission, spiritual hardships of being a missionary; his work in the Congo among pygmies; development of the Africa Inland Church in the Congo, transition from...
Dates:
Created: 1993
Paul Bowers papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 2
Identifier: 2013-013
Dates:
1962-2012
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Paul F. Hurlburt, Jr., Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 438
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul Frederick Hurlburt (1927-1996) in which he describes the work of his grandfather (Charles E.) and father (Paul F. E.) as missionaries and mission administrators in east central Africa; languages skills among missionaries; the development of Christianity among the nade people of Zaire, including their worship practices and music; and the influence of witchcraft in the area. The time period covered by the interview is approximately 1898 to 1990.Paul...
Dates:
Created: 1990
Paul P. Stough Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 089
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, films, videos relating to Paul P. Stough’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo with Africa Inland Mission. Materials contain information on Stough's father, Henry Stough, Wheaton College, Paul Stough's work as a missionary for Africa Inland Mission in the Belgian Congo (Zaire) and Kenya from the 1920s to the 1970s, and generally on the spread of Christianity in Africa.
Dates:
Created: 1979-1992
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Paul P. Stough Papers
Paul Stough materials.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2014-038
Dates:
1901-1991
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Ralph T. Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 291
Scope and Contents
Notebooks, clippings, hymns, poems, photographs relating to the ministry of Ralph T. Davis, as a missionary and executive leader of African Inland Mission. The materials in this collection consist primarily of notebooks apparently used by Davis for sermon materials or in his administrative capacities for AIM. They include: notes on books of the Old and New Testaments; sermon outlines and notes; church history; notes on geographical areas, countries and peoples; hymns and poems; other...
Dates:
Created: 1935-1962
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Ralph T. Davis Papers
Reuben and Elizabeth Ann Flinn Family history booklet.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2007-032
Dates:
2007
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Richard Gehman papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 35
Identifier: 2016-032
Dates:
1898-2005
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Richard Gehman papers and materials.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 2
Identifier: 2019-019
Dates:
1903-2019
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Richard Gehman photographs and papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 2
Identifier: 2021-018
Dates:
1984-2021
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Robert and Sally Olsen papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2001-047
Dates:
1964-1993
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Rose Mary Hayes diaries.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1982-146
Dates:
1944-1946
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Ruby B. Maynard Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 530
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruby Beatrice (Arnold) Maynard (1912-1998), medical missionary in Tanzania from 1938-1984 with Africa Inland Mission. Topics discussed include Maynard's childhood; conversion; education at Moody Bible Institute; managing the hospital and leprosarium in Tanzania; the development of the African Inland Church in Tanzania; Dr. Nina Maynard's work at the Kolo Ndoto hospital; Ruby Maynard's marriage to station supervisor, William Maynard; challenges of missionary life;...
Dates:
Created: 1996
Scott J. Harbert Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 447
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Scott Jeffrey Harbert in which he discusses his family, growing up, meeting his father as an adult, influences on his childhood and adolescence, contacts with Shintoism in Japan, problem with marijuana, conversion to Christianity and influence of Richard Foster, college education and participation in Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, work as a staff member at the IVCF headquarters, marriage to Barbara Gration, the development of Concerts of Prayer, short-term...
Dates:
Created: 1992
SIM International Records Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: CN 649
Scope and Contents
Microfilm of official documents, publications, and private papers relating to the work of the Sudan Interior Mission in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan, Benin, Niger, Upper Volta, and Ivory Coast. This collection consist of a copy negative of microfilm of the records of Sudan Interior Mission. The film was given to the BGC Archives by the SIM International Archives to make these resources for the history of the church in Africa more widely available. The documents are solely from Sudan Interior...
Dates:
Created: 1887-1987
Stanley R. Kline Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 477
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Stanley R. Kline and extensive photo albums, relating to Kline’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from 1940 to 1977. Topics covered in interview include: his family background in Philadelphia, conversion, Percy Crawford's influence, evangelism in Philadelphia, rescue mission work, call to missions, his wife Carmel Anthony, his evangelism and educational work in the Congo between 1940 and...
Dates:
Created: 1930-1999
Stephen D. Morad Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 689
Scope and Contents
Typed manuscript of an unpublished history of the Africa Inland Church (AIC) of Kenya written by Stephen D. Morad and Shelly Arensen and a report on the results a 1993-1995 survey of the AIC.[Note: In the Scope & Content section, the notation “folder 2-5" means “Box 2, Folder 5"]Date Range: circa 1995-1996Volume: .25 cubic feet, 1 Box...
Dates:
Created: 1995-1996
Thomas W. G. Collins papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2003-035
Dates:
1937-1999
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Thomas Watkin Gerrard Collins papers
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1995-107
Dates:
1932-1972
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Tom Collins linguistic materials.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2017-025
Dates:
1939-1991
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Vera E. Thiessen Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 084
Scope and Contents
Correspondence describing Vera Thiessen's experiences and work as a medical missionary for the Africa Inland Mission (AIM) in the Belgian Congo (now Zaire) to her family, which included her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Thiessen, her sisters Carol and Lois, and her brother Jack. A few letters were written to friends as general prayer letters. The time period covered by the letters is 1946 to 1976. Topics discussed include her experiences as a missionary with Africa Inland Mission, Africa...
Dates:
Created: 1946-1976
William A. Stier Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 479
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with William Adam Stier (1912-2004), missionary with Africa Inland Mission in Tanzania from 1938 to 1978. Topics covered in the two sessions include his youth and conversion, marriage, Bible school education, call to missions, his work with the Sakuma and Tuzu peoples, his ministry as a teacher of African pastors; the transition from mission to indigenous church control in Tanzania, the policies and personnel of AIM, Emil Sywulka, political changes in Tanzania,...
Dates:
Created: 1993
William J. Barnett Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 248
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and booklet of short stories and photographs created by William John Barnett, relating to his upbringing in Kenya as the son of missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) and his own later medical missionary service in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Comoro Islands from 1950-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interviews with William John Barnett in which he describes his childhood in Kenya with his missionary parents;...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1997
William Stier slides.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2007-024
Dates:
1950-1978
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Women of the Good News AIM Congo records.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2022-005
Dates:
1981-2021.
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Zamzam Incident Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN-624
Scope and Contents
Diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, oral history interviews, correspondence, photos, and other materials relating to the passengers, mainly American missionaries, who were aboard the ship Zamzam, sunk in the south Atlantic Ocean in 1941 by a German warship. Materials describe the sinking, the subsequent experiences of the passengers as German prisoners and the internment of some for the duration of the war, and reunions held in later years by the survivors and their families.
Dates:
Created: 1941-2012
Additional filters:
- Type
- Collection 47
- Unprocessed Material 39
- Subject
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 29
- Missions -- Kenya. 26
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 25
- Conversion -- Christianity. 22
- Missions -- Educational work. 20
- Women missionaries. 17
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 16
- Missionaries -- Training of. 15
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 14
- Language in missionary work. 14
- Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 13
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 12
- Children of missionaries. 11
- Evangelistic work -- Kenya. 11
- Missions -- Africa. 11
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni -- Oral history. 10
- Belgium -- Colonies -- Africa. 9
- Christianity and culture. 9
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 9
- Missions -- Finance. 9
- Missions, Medical. 9
- Women -- Religious life. 9
- Christian life. 8
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. -- Christianity. 8
- Missions -- Tanzania. 8
- Bible -- Translating. 7
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 7
- Christian education -- Kenya. 7
- Christian leadership. 7
- Religious institutions. 7
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 6
- Baptism. 6
- Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 6
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 6
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 6
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 6
- Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 6
- Animism. 5
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 5
- Church discipline. 5
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social life and customs. 5
- Families. 5
- Fund raising. 5
- Kenya -- Religion. 5
- Kijabe (Kenya) 5
- Kikuyu (African people) 5
- Masai (African people) 5
- Missionaries -- Kenya. 5
- Missionaries -- United States. 5
- Missions -- Africa, East. 5
- Missions -- Sudan. 5
- Missions, Medical -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 5
- Public worship -- Christianity. 5
- Rural missions. 5
- Swahili language. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Boarding schools -- Kenya. 4
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 4
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Christianity and culture -- Kenya. 4
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- College students in missionary work. 4
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960. 4
- Evangelicalism -- Kenya. 4
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Africa, East. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Africa. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Tanzania. 4
- Marriage. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 4
- Missions -- Central African Republic. 4
- Missions -- Nigeria. 4
- Missions -- Uganda. 4
- Missions to Muslims. 4
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni and alumnae. 4
- Pygmies. 4
- Sermons, American. 4
- Theological seminaries -- Kenya. 4
- Tribes -- Kenya. 4
- World War, 1914-1918. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Worship -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 3
- Animism -- Kenya. 3
- Belgium -- Administration. 3
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
- Bible colleges -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Church and state -- Kenya. 3
- Church fund raising. 3
- Clergy -- Training of -- Kenya. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Description and travel. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Illinois -- Chicago. 3
- Fundamentalism. 3
- Hymns. 3
- Indigenous church administration. 3 ∧ less
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