Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 8 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 230 Oral History Interview with John A. Gration
Collection
Identifier: CN 230
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with John Alexander Gration (1926-2012). Topics discussed include: Gration's Christian activities in high school and the U.S. Navy, education at Moody Bible Institute, Gordon College, and Wheaton College; his spiritual growth and call to become a missionary, his marriage, and his first impressions of and missionary experiences with Africa Inland mission in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Christianity and culture, animism, superstition, AIM...
Dates:
Created: 1982
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
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.
Institute for Advanced Christian Studies Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-241
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2013
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Bible colleges 7
- Education 7
- Evangelistic work. 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Children of missionaries. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Animism. 4
- Church and state. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Worship (Christian) 4
- Boarding schools. 3
- Church discipline. 3
- Church work with military personnel. 3
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 3
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Missions. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Superstition. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Animism -- Zaire. 2
- Belgium. 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Bible colleges -- Zaire. 2
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 2
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church work with military personnel -- United States. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Church work with youth -- United States. 2
- Church work with youth. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- College students. 2
- Communism. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Education -- United States. 2
- Education -- Zaire. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Zaire. 2
- Family. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 2
- International relief. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Liberia. 2
- Missions -- Nigeria. 2
- Missions -- Zaire. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Muslims -- Nigeria. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Nationalism -- Zaire. 2
- Nationalism. 2
- Nigeria 2
- Nigeria -- History 2
- Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Polygamy -- Zaire. 2
- Polygamy. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Street preaching. 2
- Superstition -- Zaire. 2
- Swahili language. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Tribes -- Zaire. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism -- Liberia. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Armenians. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges -- Canada. 1
- Bible colleges -- China. 1
- Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
- Bible colleges -- Vietnam. 1 ∧ less
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