Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 6 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 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 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett
Collection
Identifier: CN 288
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Vincent Leroy Crossett (1907-1999) in which he describes his education at Wheaton and Westminster Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Taiwan, and pastoral work in a local church in Hawaii. Topics discussed include Crossett's education at Wheaton College and Westminster Seminary; decision to join China Inland Mission; language school; evangelism methods; characteristics of the Chinese church; CIM's...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1986
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
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
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- Buddhists. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Language in missionary work. 5
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Christian education. 4
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Church and state. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Bible. 3
- Church work with women. 3
- Communism. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Family. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions -- India. 3
- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 3
- Rural churches. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Tribes. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 2
- Buddhism. 2
- Buddhists -- China. 2
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian education -- China. 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state -- India. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Taiwan. 2
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Refugees 2
- Refugees -- China. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Bangkok, Thailand. 1
- Baptism. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhists -- Korea. 1
- Buddhists -- Taiwan. 1
- Buddhists -- Thailand. 1
- Caste. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church -- United States. 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Korea. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Thailand. 1
- Chaplains, Military 1
- Chaplains, Military -- United States. 1
- Children -- United States 1 ∧ less
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