Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 105 Oral History Interview with Paul D. Votaw
Collection
Identifier: CN 105
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul Dean Votaw (1917-2007) in which he describes his childhood; education at Wheaton College, Dallas Seminary, and Princeton Seminary; and missionary activities in Syria and Lebanon. The time period covered by the interview is roughly 1917-1954.Reverend Paul Votaw was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 4, 1980, at the Graham Center offices in Wheaton. The first ten minutes of the interview are barely decipherable due to technical difficulties. The...
Dates:
Created: 1980
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 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
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
Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 352
Brief Description
Correspondence, form letters, financial and statistical reports, minutes, memos and promotional material related to IFMA administration and its service to its member missions. The files on IFMA members and numerous other Christian agencies predominate. Also includes series of maps of Latin American countries identifying nondenominational and denominational mission activity. Numerous mission-related subjects are documented. Persons prominently featured include Jack Frizen, Billy Graham, and...
Dates:
Created: 1934-1983, undated
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- Subject
- Catholic Church. 6
- Evangelistic work. 6
- Indigenous church administration 6
- Missionaries -- Training of. 6
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Conversion. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Christian education. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Medical care 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Muslims. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Boarding schools. 3
- Children of missionaries. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- Animism. 2
- Bible colleges 2
- Bible. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Church and state -- Nigeria. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- College students. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
- Ecumenical movement. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Africa. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Fundamentalism. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Hausa (African people) 2
- Hausa language. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 2
- International relief. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Medical care -- Nigeria. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Congresses. 2
- Missions -- Nigeria. 2
- Missions to Muslims -- Nigeria. 2
- Missions, Medical -- Nigeria. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Tribes -- Nigeria. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 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
- Anti-communist movements -- United States. 1
- Anti-communist movements. 1
- Arab-Israeli conflict. 1
- Arabs. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Bangkok, Thailand. 1
- Baptism. 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Administration. 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Bible -- Inspiration. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
- Bible colleges -- United States. 1
- Boarding schools -- Africa. 1
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Boarding schools -- Uganda. 1
- Buddhists -- Thailand. 1
- Buddhists. 1
- Catholic Church -- Africa. 1
- Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Tanzania. 1
- Catholic Church -- Uganda. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Catholic Church. -- Missions -- Niger. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Syria. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Thailand. 1 ∧ less
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