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Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions.

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 281 Papers of John and Florence Stauffacher

 Collection
Identifier: CN 281
Scope and Contents Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, notes, clippings, and photographs relating to the Stauffachers' work as missionaries with Africa Inland Mission, chiefly from 1911 to the early 1940s. The materials document their careers from the earliest stages, describing their responsibilities and everyday life, primarily in Kenya and the Belgian Congo, but also in Uganda & Tanzania, their developing relationship by correspondence prior to Mrs. Stauffacher's arrival in Kenya and their subsequent...
Dates: Created: 1902-1973

Collection 387 Papers of William M. Miller

 Collection
Identifier: CN 387
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews and transcripts with William M. Miller in which he describes his education at Princeton, Christian faith, and work as a Presbyterian missionary to Iran from 1919 to 1962. Besides descriptions of his evangelistic, pastoral, and educational work, he also describes many aspects of Iranian and Islamic society. Most of the transcripts are of interviews done for the Presbyterian Historical Society.

Dates: Created: 1979-1988

Collection 417 Papers of Dick Springer

 Collection
Identifier: CN 417
Scope and Contents Oral history interview and one prayer letter relating to the ministry of Charles Oliver “Dick” Springer, missionary with Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Japan from 1937-1996.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Dick Springer in which he describes his family and their missionary interest and involvement, conversion, education (at Whitman College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Moody Bible Institute), his involvement...
Dates: Created: 1937-1989

Collection 593 Papers of Lillian R. Dickson

 Collection
Identifier: CN 593
Scope and Contents Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, newsletters, audio tapes, clippings, photo albums, photographs, prayer calendars, and video tapes all related to the life and ministry of Lillian Dickson, missionary to Taiwan under the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church of Canada along with her husband James and founder of the small independent mission Mustard Seed, Inc. The collection documents as well the mission’s founding and development over the years and in its activities in...
Dates: Created: 1926-1983

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Evangelistic work. 4
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
Missionaries. 3
Women 3
Women -- Religious life. 3
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China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
China -- History. 2
Christian education. 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
Christian literature. 2
Conversion. 2
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missionaries' spouses. 2
Missions -- China. 2
Missions -- Congresses. 2
Missions -- Taiwan. 2
Missions to Muslims. 2
Missions. 2
Persecution. 2
Presbyterian Church -- Missions -- Iran. 2
Women missionaries. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation -- 1979-1989. 1
Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 1973. 1
Afghanistan -- Social life and customs. 1
Anglicans. 1
Animism -- China. 1
Animism. 1
Armenians. 1
Assemblies of God -- Missions. 1
Bahai Faith. 1
Baptism. 1
Bible -- Inspiration. 1
Bible. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
China -- Description and travel. 1
China -- History -- 1949- 1
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
China. 1
Christian education -- Iran. 1
Christian education -- Kenya. 1
Christian education -- United States. 1
Christian education of children. 1
Christian education of teenagers. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Church and state -- Iran. 1
Church and state. 1
Church work with military personnel. 1
Church work with prisoners. 1
Church work with students. 1
Church work with women. 1
College students in missionary work. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Communism. 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Description and travel. 1
Correspondence schools and courses 1
Correspondence schools and courses -- Taiwain. 1
Courtship. 1
Evangelicalism -- 20th century. 1
Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
Evangelistic work -- Africa, East. 1
Evangelistic work -- China. 1
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Evangelistic work -- Iran. 1
Evangelistic work -- Pakistan. 1
Evangelistic work -- Soviet Union. 1
Evangelistic work -- Study and teaching. 1
Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 1
Evangelistic work -- Tanzania. 1
Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
Evangelistic work -- Zaire. 1
Family. 1
Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary -- Faculty 1
Great Britain 1
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
Great Britain -- Colonies. 1
Indigenous church administration 1
Interpersonal conflict. 1
Iran 1
Iran -- History 1
Iran -- History -- 20th century. 1
Iran -- History -- Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979. 1
Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979. 1
Iran -- Religion. 1
Iranians. 1
Islam -- Doctrines. 1
Kabul (Afghanistan) 1
Kenya 1
Kenya -- Description and travel. 1
Keswick movement. 1
Kijabe (Kenya) 1
Language in missionary work. 1
Leprosy. 1
Masai (African people) 1
Mass media in missionary work. 1
Mass media in religion. 1
Medical care 1
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