Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 5 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
Collection 415 Papers of Bonnie Stuckless
Collection
Identifier: CN 415
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, prayer letters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and articles relating to the ministry of Bonnie G. Stuckless and her husband Donald Stuckless, missionaries in Colombia, Panama, and Spain with the Assemblies of God from 1970 to 1992.[NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "folder 2-5" means box 2, folder 5.]Series: Audio TapesTwo oral history...
Dates:
Created: 1969-1992
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.
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
- Bible colleges 4
- Culture shock. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Women missionaries. 4
- Children of missionaries. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- College students. 3
- Education 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
- Missionaries. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Bible colleges -- United States. 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- College students -- United States 2
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Family. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Nursing. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Prayer groups -- United States. 2
- Prayer groups. 2
- Street preaching. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Buildings. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
- Worship (Christian) 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
- Assemblies of God -- Missions. 1
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- United States 1
- Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Baptism in the Holy Spirit. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible colleges -- India. 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Caste -- India. 1
- Caste. 1
- Catholic Church -- Colombia. 1
- Catholic Church -- Spain. 1
- Catholic Church -- United States. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Panama. 1
- Children -- United States 1
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- Children of missionaries -- China. 1
- Children. 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 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 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
- Church work with women -- China. 1 ∧ less
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