Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 104 Oral History Interview with Bruce F. Hunt
Collection
Identifier: CN 104
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews in which Bruce Finley Hunt (1903-1992) discusses his boyhood in Korea, college and seminary education at Wheaton College, Rutgers University and Princeton Seminary; a portion (1928-1942) of his missionary work in Korea and Manchuria; and his impressions of Korean culture. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1903-1976.Bruce Finley Hunt was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 22 and May 21, 1980 and October 16, 2002 in Abington, PA and...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson
Collection
Identifier: CN 263
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Margaret Johanna (Larson) Carlson in which she describes growing up in Ecuador as the child of missionaries, her education at Westmont and Wheaton Colleges, her nursing experience, and her missionary service with her husband at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong. Other topics discussed include: the founding of a HCJB radio station by her father, Reuben Larson, and her involvement in Wheaton College's HNGR Program. Individuals described...
Dates:
Created: 1983
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 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 284
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Gladys Lyle Wright (1902-1994), in which she discusses her work as a teacher in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo). Topics discussed include: Wright's family background, education at Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute, her work as a missionary in the Belgian Congo for the Africa Inland Mission, memories of the Congolese people and culture, and her experiences at Wheaton when she was on the staff of the College after retriring from the mission...
Dates:
Created: 1984
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 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook
Collection
Identifier: CN 317
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ian Harper Cooke and Ruth Eileen (Witmer) Cook, in which Ian describes his childhood and education in South Africa, college education at Wheaton College, training for missionary work, medical missions work in South Africa with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), the Zulus, apartheid, and the national church; and Ruth describes her childhood, conversion, and intention to become a missionary nurse, education at West Suburban Hospital and Wheaton College,...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Collection 405 Papers of W. Robert & Frances Holmes
Collection
Identifier: CN 405
Scope and Contents
Collection of letters written primarily by Robert Holmes and his wife, Frances (Frannie) to their families in the United States, while they served as missionaries with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Sri Lanka from 1947 to 1960. A few of the letters are from the children, Bobby and Carol Lou, to their grandparents, and there are a few letters sent to the Holmes family. (The originals were retained by the donor.) The letters date from 1947 to 1960, and were mostly...
Dates:
Created: 1947-1960
Collection 585 Oral History Interview with John B. Lutembeka
Collection
Identifier: CN 585
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with John B. Lutembeka in which he discusses his family and childhood in Tanzania, education in Uganda during the Idi Amin regime, conversion to the Christian faith while attending teacher's college; the development of his personal faith, the founding and growth of Big November Crusade Ministries; the rapid numerical growth of Christianity in Tanzania; the Tanzanian church's characteristics, strengths and weaknesses; his education at the Wheaton College Graduate...
Dates:
Created: 2003
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- Catholic Church. 7
- Church and state. 7
- Missionaries. 7
- Children of missionaries. 6
- Evangelistic work. 6
- Indigenous church administration 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Missions -- Finance. 6
- Women missionaries. 6
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 5
- Conversion. 5
- Culture shock. 5
- Medical care 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
- Tribes. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Christian education. 4
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Education 4
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Missions, Medical. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Animism. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- College students. 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
- Racism. 3
- Revivals. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Boarding schools -- Africa. 2
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 2
- Buddhism. 2
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- Communism. 2
- Discrimination. 2
- Family. 2
- Funeral rites and ceremonies. 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) 2
- Marriage. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions to Buddhists. 2
- Missions. 2
- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Street preaching. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Worship. 2
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism -- South Africa. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Baptists -- Missions -- Cameroon. 1
- Baptists -- Missions. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Administration. 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Boarding schools -- Ecuador. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
- Boarding schools -- Uganda. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhists -- Korea. 1 ∧ less
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