Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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 424 Oral History Interviews with Ruth L. Maxwell
Collection
Identifier: CN 424
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ruth Lillian Maxwell in which she talks about her family background, including her grandfather, L.E. Maxwell, founder of Prairie Bible Institute, and her parents, missionaries with Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) in Nigeria; Nigerian village life; experiences at boarding school; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development; education in Canada at Prairie Bible Institute; joining SIM; missions work in Liberia teaching the Bible and leading study groups for...
Dates:
Created: 1989
Helen Renich Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 124
Brief Description
Two oral history interviews with Helen Gignilliat Torrey Renich in which she describes her grandfather, Reuben Archer Torrey, Sr., and her experiences growing up in China as a child of missionaries. Other topics discussed include her experiences at Wheaton College and culture shock. The collection also includes photographs of her family life in China and Chinese nationals, ca. 1920-30s.Helen Renich was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 15, 1980 in Michigan and on May 17, 1982...
Dates:
Created: 1920-1982
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Helen Renich Papers.
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- Subject
- Bible colleges. 2
- Children of missionaries. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries -- Training of. 2
- Missionaries. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
- Animism -- Liberia. 1
- Animism. 1
- Baptists -- Missions -- Cameroon. 1
- Baptists -- Missions. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Canada. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- Africa. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Cameroon. 1
- Cameroon. -- Politics and government. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Cameroon. 1
- Children of missionaries -- China. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- China -- History. 1
- Christian education -- Cameroon. 1
- Christian education -- Liberia. 1
- Christian education -- Nigeria. 1
- Christian education of children. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Church and state -- Cameroon. 1
- Church and state. 1
- Church growth -- Liberia. 1
- Church growth -- Nigeria. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church work with women -- Cameroon. 1
- Church work with women -- China. 1
- Church work with women -- Liberia. 1
- Church work with youth -- Cameroon. 1
- Church work with youth. 1
- Cities and towns -- Cameroon. 1
- Cities and towns. 1
- Education -- Cameroon. 1
- Education -- Liberia. 1
- Education -- United States. 1
- Education, Higher 1
- Education, Higher -- United States. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
- Evangelistic work -- China. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- Evangelistic work. 1
- Family. 1
- Footbinding 1
- Footbinding -- China. 1
- Fundamentalism. 1
- Hunger. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Cameroon. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Liberia. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 1
- International relief. 1
- Language in missionary work. 1
- Lay missionaries. 1
- Liberia 1
- Liberia -- Religion. 1
- Literacy 1
- Literacy -- Cameroon. 1
- Lord's Supper. 1
- Medical care -- Cameroon. 1
- Medical care -- China. 1
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 1
- Missions -- Cameroon. 1
- Missions -- China. 1
- Missions -- Liberia. 1
- Missions -- Nigeria. 1
- Missions, Medical. 1
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 1
- Muslims -- Nigeria. 1
- Muslims. 1 ∧ less
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