Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 8 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 110 Ephemera of Donald E. McDowell
Collection
Identifier: CN 110
Scope and Contents
Collection of 643 slides which document Donald E. McDowell's mission work and activity in Paraguay. Scenic views, native flora, mission personnel, mission facilities, national churchmen and pastors are some of the subjects illustrated by the collection.When the collection was received by the Archives, the slides were arranged in sets and were accompanied by an attached description and date for each picture. The original order of the slides was maintained. Three unidentified...
Dates:
Created: 1951-1973
Collection 166 Oral History Interview with Roger Walkwitz
Collection
Identifier: CN 166
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Roger Walkwitz in which he describes his early life in Wheaton, Illinois, education at Wheaton College, and experiences of 23 years in the Philippines (1958-1980) as a missionary with Far Eastern Gospel Crusade. Other topics discussed include: the influence of Gil Dodds; the 1950 Wheaton College revival; work as a teacher-coach at Bryan College; aspects of cultural, religious and political life in the Philippines, including ranslation, church planting in the...
Dates:
Created: 1980
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 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 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 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer
Collection
Identifier: CN 328
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, speech manuscripts and prayer letters relating to the careers and ministries of Eric and Lydia Maillefer as missionaries and Christian workers with the Evangelical Free Church in Zaire, Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar (AEAM), and the Africa Evangelical Office (AEO). Lydia worked as a teacher and school administrator; Eric worked first as a teacher, then on loan as a conference coordinator to the Africa Evangelical Office, and later as administrative secretary...
Dates:
Created: 1971-1991
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Evangelistic work. 7
- Missionaries. 6
- Missions -- Educational work. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Children of missionaries. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Language in missionary work. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
- Tribes. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Church and state. 4
- Communism. 4
- Education 4
- Medical care 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 4
- Missions, Medical. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Ecumenical movement. 3
- Family. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions to Buddhists. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Buddhists -- China. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian education -- China. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Christian martyrs -- China. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church schools 2
- College students. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) 2
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Congresses. 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Philippines. 2
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
- Missions to Muslims. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Refugees 2
- Refugees -- China. 2
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Sunday schools. 2
- Superstition. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Tribes -- Philippines. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Buildings. 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. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- Arab-Israeli conflict. 1
- Arabs. 1
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- Religious life. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Baptism. 1
- Baptists -- Missions -- Paraguay. 1
- Baptists -- Missions. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Administration. 1 ∧ less
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