Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 187
Scope and Contents
Family correspondence, prayer letters, brochures, newspaper clippings, prayer cards and letters from other missionaries, photographs, slides, negatives, journals and diaries, and eight interviews concerning Elliott's childhood in China, mission work with China Inland Mission (now Overseas Missionary Fellowship) in China and the Philippines, her experiences as an evangelist and teacher, her life in China during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, and the civil war that followed. Her retirement...
Dates:
Created: 1910-1988
Collection 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans
Collection
Identifier: CN 279
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Morrell Evans (1899-1976) in which she discusses her childhood; education at Wheaton College; work with J. Elwin Wright; her Christian education activities; the development of the New England Fellowship, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship; and her work as a missionary in Taiwan. The time period covered by the interviews is 1899-1976.Elizabeth Evans was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 8,...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1985
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 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 351 Oral History Interview with Burt E. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 351
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Burt E. Long by Wheaton College student Heather Conley in which Long discusses his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, his education at Wheaton College, and his decades of services as a medical missionary for Sudan Interior Mission in Niger and Nigeria. The time period covered by the interviews is 1930-1986.
Burt Long was interviewed by Wheaton College student Heather Conley on November 26 and December 3, 1986.
Dates:
Created: 1986
Collection 392 Oral History Interviews with Dorothy J. Mainhood
Collection
Identifier: CN 392
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Dorothy Jane Mainhood in which she describes her childhood, conversion, spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College, call to be a missionary, and work in Thailand for Overseas Missionary Fellowship. Other topics discussed include Mainhood’s medical training, language study in Thailand, Thai people and culture, regional differences in Thailand, the Buddhist and Muslim communities in Thailand, religious syncretism, church-state relations, characteristics of...
Dates:
Created: 1988
World Evangelical Alliance Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 338
Brief Description
Correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, audio tapes, photographs. Topics documented included the formation of the WEF; the gradual growth of influence by non-Western associations; the activities of Evangelical Protestants in many different parts of the world; the leadership of J. Elwin Wright, Clyde Taylor, Waldron Scott, and David Howard, among others. Many of the twenty-eight audiotapes are of addresses presented at the Eighth General Assembly in Singapore in 1986.
Dates:
Created: 1926-1992, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1948-1986
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Catholic Church. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Bible. 5
- Christian education. 5
- Church and state. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
- Tribes. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Medical care 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Buddhists. 3
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 3
- Fundamentalism. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions to Buddhists. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Apartheid. 2
- Baptism. 2
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Children of missionaries. 2
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 2
- Christian education of children. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Education 2
- Evangelicalism -- South Africa. 2
- Family. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- International relief. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions to Muslims. 2
- Missions. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Rural churches. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Animism -- South Africa. 1
- Animism. 1
- Bangkok, Thailand. 1
- Baptists -- Missions -- Cameroon. 1
- Baptists -- Missions. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Bible -- Inspiration. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Boarding schools -- Africa. 1
- Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
- Buddhists -- China. 1
- Buddhists -- Taiwan. 1
- Buddhists -- Thailand. 1
- Cameroon. 1
- Cameroon. -- Politics and government. 1
- Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church -- United States. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Cameroon. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Missions -- Niger. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Missions -- South Africa. 1
- Catholic Church. -- South Africa. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Thailand. 1
- Chaplains, Military 1
- Chaplains, Military -- United States. 1
- Children -- United States 1
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- Children. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- China -- History. 1
- China -- Religion. 1
- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese -- Philippines. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian education -- Cameroon. 1
- Christian education -- China. 1
- Christian education -- Niger. 1
- Christian education -- Philippines. 1
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 1 ∧ less
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