Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 11 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 385 Oral History Interview with Daniel E. Liberek
Collection
Identifier: CN 385
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Daniel Eric Liberek in which he describes growing up in Belgium as the son of a Protestant pastor, his conversion, methods of evangelism in that country, comparison between United States and Belgian evangelicals, his own work as a youth pastor in Belgium, Protestant-Catholic relations, church-state relations, and other faiths in the country. Other topics discussed include Liberek's experiences running a Christian youth camp; and some of the spiritual options in...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 388 Oral History Interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco
Collection
Identifier: CN 388
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco in which she discusses her life and ministry in the Philippines, including her childhood, education, and work as a Bible school teacher. Other topics covered include theological education and evangelism in the Philippines; work with "Here's Life Philippines," sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ; the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church; Filipino culture; Muslim and Catholic communities in the Philippines; Ebenezer Bible College;...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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 403 Oral History Interviews with Duncan Mugisha
Collection
Identifier: CN 403
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Duncan Aggrey Mugisha in which he discusses the state of the church in Uganda; life under the rule of Idi Amim, impressions of Bishop Festo Kivengere; the Bolokole movement; relations between Catholics and Protestants in Uganda; relations between Christians and Muslims in Uganda; his conversion and work with the Fellowship of Christian Unions (FOCUS) among college and university students. Other topics discussed include East African revivals of the 1930s; AIDS...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 408 Oral History Interview with Tien Fock Leong
Collection
Identifier: CN 408
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Tien Fock Leong in which he describes his conversion, work with Campus Crusade for Christ in Malaysia; Malaysian culture in the Chinese community; the Malaysian church; and the relationship between church and state in Malaysia. Other topics discussed include social and economic conditions of Malaysia; the Muslim population in Malaysia; role of women in Malaysian society; American misconceptions of Malaysia; cultural diversity of Malaysia; and the Japanese...
Dates:
Created: 1989
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Catholic Church. 10
- Church and state. 10
- Evangelistic work. 10
- Conversion. 9
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 9
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
- Missionaries. 8
- Muslims. 8
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 7
- Missionaries -- Training of. 7
- Missions to Muslims. 7
- Christian education. 6
- Indigenous church administration 6
- Bible. 4
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Church development, New. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Medical care 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Pentecostalism. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Baptism. 3
- Bible colleges 3
- Boarding schools. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- College students -- Religious life. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- College students. 3
- Education 3
- Family. 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- Worship. 3
- Animism. 2
- Belgium. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Catholic Church -- Africa. 2
- Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 2
- Catholic Church -- Uganda. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state -- Nigeria. 2
- Church and state -- Uganda. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Church schools 2
- Church work with students. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Communism. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
- Ecumenical movement. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic invitations. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Africa. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Fundamentalism. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Hausa (African people) 2
- Hausa language. 2
- Independent churches. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 2
- International relief. 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
- Revivals. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Tribes -- Nigeria. 2
- Uganda 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Abortion 1
- Abortion -- Religious aspects. 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Ancestor worship -- Malaysia. 1
- Ancestor worship. 1
- Anglican Communion 1
- Anglican Communion -- Uganda 1
- Anglican Communion -- Uganda -- History. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Anti-communist movements -- United States. 1
- Anti-communist movements. 1
- Arab-Israeli conflict. 1
- Arabs. 1 ∧ less
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