Wheaton College (Ill.)
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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 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
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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- Bible colleges. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Education -- United States. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work. 2
- Indigenous church administration 2
- International relief. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries -- Training of. 2
- Missionaries. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Persecution. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Armenians. 1
- Baptists -- Missions -- Cameroon. 1
- Baptists -- Missions. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- Africa. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 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
- Children of missionaries. 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 -- Greece. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian education of children. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Church and social problems. 1
- Church and state -- Cameroon. 1
- Church and state -- Greece. 1
- Church work with refugees -- Greece. 1
- Church work with refugees. 1
- Church work with women -- Cameroon. 1
- Church work with women -- China. 1
- Church work with youth -- Cameroon. 1
- Church work with youth. 1
- Cities and towns -- Cameroon. 1
- Cities and towns. 1
- College students -- Religious life. 1
- College students. 1
- Depressions 1
- Depressions -- 1929 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 1
- Education -- Cameroon. 1
- Education -- Ethiopia. 1
- Education -- Greece. 1
- English language 1
- English language -- Foreign speakers. 1
- Ethiopia 1
- Ethiopia -- Description and travel. 1
- Ethiopia -- History 1
- Ethiopia -- History -- 1889-1974. 1
- Ethiopia -- Religion. 1
- Ethiopia -- Social life and customs. 1
- Evangelicalism -- Greece. 1
- Evangelicalism. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
- Evangelistic work -- China. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Greece. 1
- Family. 1
- Footbinding 1
- Footbinding -- China. 1
- Fundamentalism. 1
- Greece 1
- Greece -- History 1
- Greece -- History -- 1917-1944. 1
- Greece -- Social life and customs. 1
- Hunger. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Cameroon. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 1 ∧ less
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