Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 11 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 272 Papers of Jennie Fitzwilliam
Collection
Identifier: CN 272
Scope and Contents
Letters with some translation, photographs, a Lisu translation of the New Testament, combined catechism and hymnbook in the Atsi Kachin language, slides, and four oral history interviews all related to Jennie Fitzwilliam's mission work with Overseas Missionary Fellowship (formerly China Inland Mission) among the Lisu and Kachin peoples in southern China along the Burmese border. Included are recollections of Fitzwilliam's husband, Francis, J.O. Fraser and the early history of missionary work...
Dates:
Created: 1985
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 297 Papers of Kenneth L. Shingledecker
Collection
Identifier: CN 297
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Kenneth L. Shingledecker in which he describes his work with college students in Student Training in Missions, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, planning Urbana '79 student missions convention, missionary work in Kenya for Daystar Communications, and the development of Christian leadership in the church in Kenya. The collection also includes a folder of prayer letters, ranging from 1985-1990.Topics covered in the oral history interview include...
Dates:
Created: 1985-1990
Collection 413 Oral History Interview with Matthew Parker
Collection
Identifier: CN 413
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Matthew Parker in which he describes his childhood, family, education, conversion, study at Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music and work/study at Wheaton College, ministry with Campus Crusade in its sports ministry and with Overseas Crusades sports evangelism ministry (Venture for Victory w/ Bud Schaeffer), the 1984 and 1986 National Summits on Black Church Development, the Atlanta '88 Congress on Evangelizing Black America, the Afro-American community, white...
Dates:
Created: 1989
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
Collection 427 Oral History Interviews with Americo Saavedra
Collection
Identifier: CN 427
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Americo Saavedra, a Peruvian-born missionary working with HCJB in Ecuador, in which he describes his childhood, family, conversion, Catholicism in Peru and Ecuador, radio station HCJB and its ministry, Quito, Ecuador, his decision to be a missionary, employment with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru. Other topics include his education at Moody Bible Institute, Christian education in Ecuador, informal education, Summer Institute of Linguistics, the state of the...
Dates:
Created: 1990
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.
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Evangelistic work. 9
- Missionaries. 9
- Bible colleges 8
- Children of missionaries. 8
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
- Christian education. 7
- Conversion. 7
- Education 7
- Missionaries -- Training of. 7
- Women missionaries. 7
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Boarding schools. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Church and state. 5
- Culture shock. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Bible colleges -- United States. 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Catholic Church. 4
- China -- History. 4
- Christian life. 4
- College students in missionary work. 4
- Medical care 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Missions. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Bible colleges. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Church discipline. 3
- Church growth. 3
- Church work with women. 3
- Communism. 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Evangelistic work -- China. 3
- Family. 3
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 3
- Revivals. 3
- Sex role. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Worship (Christian) 3
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Animism. 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools -- China. 2
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 2
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- College students. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Education -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Asia. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses 2
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Fundamentalism. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 2
- International relief. 2
- Lay missionaries. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Africa. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Liberia. 2
- Missions -- Nigeria. 2
- Missions to Muslims. 2
- Muslims -- Nigeria. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Nigeria 2
- Nigeria -- History 2
- Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Refugees 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Street preaching. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Worship. 2
- African Americans -- Missions. 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 1
- African Americans. 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1 ∧ less
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