Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 092 Ephemera of Robert B. Ekvall
Collection
Identifier: CN 092
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, correspondence, photographs, and a manuscript that describe Robert B. Ekvall's education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary in China and Tibet, and military and diplomatic activities during World War II and after in China and Southeast Asia.
Dates:
Created: 1933-1980
Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen
Collection
Identifier: CN 260
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 283 Oral History Interviews with Nancy Folkerts
Collection
Identifier: CN 283
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Nancy Wood Folkerts. Topics discussed include her childhood as a pastor's daughter; study at Wheaton College; her marriage; training in London; work as a missionary in British Cameroon (now Republic of Cameroon), especially Bible study and literacy programs for women and 3H clubs for girls; the political and social situation in Cameroon; Cameroon independence; medical problems in Cameroon; the work of her husband, Fred, at the Baptist Teacher Training College and...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely
Collection
Identifier: CN 290
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Merle Ashel Steely, who worked as a missionary with Sudan Interior Mission between 1951 and 1977 in Liberia and Nigeria. Topic discussed include: Steely's conversion while in military service, education and employment at Wheaton College (including the 1950 revival there), his missionary work in Liberia at radio station ELWA and with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, teaching in mission and government schools, evangelism and church planting, Billy Graham's 1960...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 363 Papers of Ruth M. Mellis
Collection
Identifier: CN 363
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, prayer letters, clippings, photographs, oral history interviews and audio tapes of missionary conference relating to the missionary career of Ruth M. Mellis. Materials document her work among orphans and students in Greece, the Greek Bible Institute, the Greek language, and Greater Europe Mission; oral history interviews describe her childhood, attendance at Wheaton College, work with Near East Relief in Siros, teaching public schools in the St. Louis area, teaching at the...
Dates:
Created: 1928-1987
Collection 409 Papers of David D. Thomas
Collection
Identifier: CN 409
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, photographs, negatives, and clippings relating to the linguistic and missionary work of David and Dorothy Thomas in the Philippines, Vietnam (especially with the Chrau tribe), Cambodia, and Thailand with Wycliffe Bible Translators from 1954-1975. The bulk of the content consists of David and Dorothy's letters to his mother, Ruth, who lived in Wheaton, IL. Topics covered in the correspondence include information on the Thomas family, missionary work in the Philippines, and...
Dates:
Created: 1954-1975
Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 352
Brief Description
Correspondence, form letters, financial and statistical reports, minutes, memos and promotional material related to IFMA administration and its service to its member missions. The files on IFMA members and numerous other Christian agencies predominate. Also includes series of maps of Latin American countries identifying nondenominational and denominational mission activity. Numerous mission-related subjects are documented. Persons prominently featured include Jack Frizen, Billy Graham, and...
Dates:
Created: 1934-1983, undated
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- Subject
- Bible colleges 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Missionaries -- Training of. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Children of missionaries. 5
- Education 5
- Evangelistic work. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
- Missions. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- Christian education. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- College students. 3
- Communism. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Refugees 3
- Tribes. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Worship (Christian) 3
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- China -- History. 2
- China. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- International relief. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions to Muslims. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism. 1
- Anti-communist movements -- United States. 1
- Anti-communist movements. 1
- Armenians. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Baptists -- Missions -- Cameroon. 1
- Baptists -- Missions. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges -- China. 1
- Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
- Bible colleges -- India. 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
- Bible colleges -- United States. 1
- Bible colleges -- Vietnam. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Boarding schools -- Africa. 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Buddhism -- Christianity. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Buddhists -- China. 1
- Buddhists -- Tibet (China) 1
- Buddhists. 1
- Cameroon. 1
- Cameroon. -- Politics and government. 1
- Caste -- India. 1
- Caste. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Cameroon. 1
- China -- Foreign Relations -- United States. 1
- China -- Foreign relations. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History -- 1949- 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- Chrau language. 1
- Christian education -- Cameroon. 1
- Christian education -- Greece. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian education of children. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- United States. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Christian literature. 1 ∧ less
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