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Found in 3 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 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

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

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  • Subject: Bible colleges X
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Bible colleges 2
Boarding schools -- China. 2
Boarding schools. 2
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 2
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China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
China. 2
Christianity and culture. 2
Communism -- China. 2
Communism. 2
Conversion. 2
Culture shock. 2
Language in missionary work. 2
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
Missionaries' spouses. 2
Missionaries. 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
Missions. 2
Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 2
Sex role. 2
Women 2
Women -- Religious life. 2
Women missionaries. 2
Worship (Christian) 2
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges -- China. 1
Bible colleges -- United States. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Bible. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Buddhism -- Christianity. 1
Buddhism. 1
Buddhists -- China. 1
Buddhists -- Tibet (China) 1
Buddhists. 1
Children of missionaries -- China. 1
Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
China -- Church history -- 20th century. 1
China -- Church history. 1
China -- Foreign Relations -- United States. 1
China -- Foreign relations. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- History -- 1949- 1
China -- Religion. 1
Chinese language. 1
Christian education -- China. 1
Christian education of adults. 1
Christian education. 1
Christian giving. 1
Christian life. 1
Church and state -- Tibet. 1
Church and state. 1
Church discipline. 1
Church finance. 1
Church management. 1
Church work with women -- China. 1
Church work with women. 1
Education 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 -- Tibet (China) 1
Evangelistic work -- Tibet. 1
Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
Family. 1
Footbinding 1
Footbinding -- China. 1
Fundamentalism. 1
House churches -- Tibet. 1
House churches. 1
Hunger. 1
Indigenous church administration -- Tibet. 1
International relief. 1
Islam -- Doctrines. 1
Kachin (Asian people) 1
Kachin language. 1
Lay missionaries. 1
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) 1
Lisu (Southeast Asian people) 1
Lord's Supper. 1
Medical care 1
Medical care -- China. 1
Missionaries -- Training of. 1
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 1
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 1
Missions -- Tibet. 1
Missions to Buddhists -- China. 1
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