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Found in 4 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 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 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

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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Bible colleges 3
Church and state. 3
Education 3
Evangelistic work. 3
Indigenous church administration 3
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Language in missionary work. 3
Missionaries' spouses. 3
Women missionaries. 3
Belief and doubt. 2
Boarding schools. 2
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 2
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
China -- History. 2
Christianity and culture. 2
Communism. 2
Conversion. 2
Culture shock. 2
Evangelistic work -- China. 2
Family. 2
Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
Medical care 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missionaries. 2
Missions -- China. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Missions. 2
Revivals. 2
Sex role. 2
Street preaching. 2
Tribes. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
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
BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges -- China. 1
Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
Bible colleges -- Vietnam. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Bible. 1
Boarding schools -- China. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
Buddhism -- Christianity. 1
Buddhism. 1
Buddhists -- China. 1
Buddhists -- Tibet (China) 1
Buddhists. 1
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Children of missionaries -- China. 1
Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
China -- Foreign Relations -- United States. 1
China -- Foreign relations. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
China -- History -- 1949- 1
China. 1
Chrau language. 1
Christian martyrs. 1
Church and social problems -- Nigeria. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- Nigeria. 1
Church and state -- Thailand. 1
Church and state -- Tibet. 1
Church and state -- Vietnam. 1
Church development, New. 1
Church discipline. 1
Church schools 1
Church schools -- Nigeria. 1
Church work with military personnel. 1
Church work with women -- China. 1
Church work with women. 1
College students -- Religious life. 1
College students in missionary work. 1
College students. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Communism -- Vietnam. 1
Demoniac possession 1
Demoniac possession -- Nigeria. 1
Education -- Nigeria. 1
Education -- United States. 1
Education -- Vietnam. 1
Education, Higher 1
Education, Higher -- United States. 1
Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
Evangelistic work -- Nigeria. 1
Evangelistic work -- Tibet (China) 1
Evangelistic work -- Tibet. 1
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