Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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 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
Wheaton College Revivals Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 514
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, questionnaires, reports, videos, and other materials relating to spontaneous revivals on Wheaton College campus in the twentieth century. There are restrictions on some material in this collection. The collection primarily documents the March 1995 revival at the College, largely through oral history interviews conducted during or shortly after the event; also included are thirteen follow-up interviews conducted two years after the revival.
Dates:
Created: 1936-1997; Other: Majority of material found in 1994-1995
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- Subject
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Children of missionaries. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Church and state. 2
- College students -- United States 2
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Education 2
- Indigenous church administration 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries -- Training of. 2
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
- Missionaries. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Prayer groups -- United States. 2
- Prayer groups. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Buildings. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- Women missionaries. 2
- Worship. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism. 1
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- United States 1
- Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Bible colleges -- India. 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
- Bible colleges -- United States. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Caste -- India. 1
- Caste. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Children -- United States 1
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- Children. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 1
- Church and social problems -- Nigeria. 1
- Church and social problems. 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Nigeria. 1
- Church development, New. 1
- Church discipline. 1
- Church growth -- India. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church renewal -- United States. 1
- Church renewal. 1
- Church schools 1
- Church schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Church work with military personnel. 1
- Church work with prisoners -- Florida. 1
- Church work with prisoners. 1
- College students -- Religious life. 1
- College students in missionary work -- United States. 1
- Confession. 1
- Demoniac possession 1
- Demoniac possession -- Nigeria. 1
- Donahue (Television program) 1
- Drug abuse. 1
- Education -- India. 1
- Education -- Nigeria. 1
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
- Evangelicalism. 1
- Evangelistic work -- India. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Nigeria. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- Faith. 1
- Forgiveness. 1
- Fula (African people) 1
- Great Britain 1
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 1
- Hausa (African people) 1
- Hausa (African people) -- Nigeria. 1
- Hausa language. 1
- Hinduism 1
- Hinduism -- Doctrines. 1
- Hinduism -- India. 1 ∧ less
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