Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 089 Papers of Paul P. Stough
Collection
Identifier: CN 089
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, films, videos relating to Paul P. Stough’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo with Africa Inland Mission. Materials contain information on Stough's father, Henry Stough, Wheaton College, Paul Stough's work as a missionary for Africa Inland Mission in the Belgian Congo (Zaire) and Kenya from the 1920s to the 1970s, and generally on the spread of Christianity in Africa.
Dates:
Created: 1979-1992
Collection 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby
Collection
Identifier: CN 171
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby, missionaries in Lisbon and Santiago do Cacem, Portugal, under The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Collection includes interviews, articles, correspondence, prayer letters, manuscript notes, and other material from the Bobbys about their mission work, including evangelism and radio broadcasting. The correspondence also includes information on various theological issues and American Christian leaders. The oral...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
Collection 201 Oral History Interview with Russell P. Shedd
Collection
Identifier: CN 201
Scope and Contents
Three oral history interviews with Russell Philip Shedd, in which he describes his upbringing by missionary parents in Bolivia; education at Wheaton College, Faith Seminary (PA), and the University of Edinburgh; Billy Graham's evangelistic meetings at Harringay and Edinburgh in 1954/55; evangelism opportunities in Scotland, 1953-55; and work with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Portugal, 1959-62, and Brazil, 1962-82. The time period covered by the interviews is 1929 to...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Collection 262 Oral History Interview with Raymond Buker Jr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 262
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Raymond Bates Buker in which he describes growing up in Burma as the child of missionaries, his education at Wheaton College, his decision to become a missionary under the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society, language study; evangelization, church planting, translation, medical missions and education activities in Pakistan, working with Muslims and the Sindhi, Bhils, and Marwari tribal people, 1954-1969. Other topics discussed include: the culture,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett
Collection
Identifier: CN 287
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Margaret Rice Elliott Crossett in which she describes her childhood with her missionary parents in China, her education at Wheaton College, and missionary career with her husband, Vincent Crossett, in China and Taiwan with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship (1929-1948, 1961-1973). Topics discussed include Crossett's childhood in China; description of Chinese indigenous worship practices and syncretism in Chinese religious culture; Crossett's...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1986
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 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon
Collection
Identifier: CN 335
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and paper records relating to Ralph Shannon’s life and ministry as a medical missionary in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo).Audio Tapes Four oral history interviews with Ralph Shannon, recorded on eight reels of audio tape. Topics covered include Shannon's childhood in Belgian Congo (Zaire) with his missionary parents, Wheaton College undergraduate and graduate education, service in Zaire as a medical...
Dates:
Created: 1986-1990
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
Collection 468 Oral History Interviews with Elizabeth C. Stough
Collection
Identifier: CN 468
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Quackenbush Stough (1913-2009) in which she discusses her parents, childhood, education, conversion, attendance at Moody Bible Institute, call to be a missionary, joining Africa Inland Mission, travel to Africa, work in French Equatorial Africa, evangelistic field trips, her husband Paul Stough, her work among women in the Belgian Congo, the growth of the Africa Inland Church, the independence of the Congo, the Congolese civil war and Simba uprising,...
Dates:
Created: 1992-1993
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
- Missionaries -- Training of. 9
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 9
- Evangelistic work. 8
- Indigenous church administration 8
- Language in missionary work. 8
- Christian education. 7
- Church and state. 7
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Women 6
- Women -- Religious life. 6
- Women missionaries. 6
- Bible. 5
- Catholic Church. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Communism. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 5
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 5
- Missions. 5
- Pentecostalism. 5
- Rural missions. 5
- Animism. 4
- Culture shock. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Family. 4
- Fund raising. 4
- Medical care 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
- Religious institutions. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Theology 4
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Boarding schools. 3
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China -- History. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Intercultural communication. 3
- Journalism, Religious. 3
- Marriage. 3
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Occultism 3
- Refugees 3
- Social change. 3
- Worship. 3
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Belgium. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Buddhists -- China. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Caste. 2
- Catholic Church -- Portugal. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Children. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- Social life and customs. 2
- China. 2
- Christian education -- Africa, East. 2
- Christian education -- China. 2
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Portugal. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church work with students. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Crime and criminals 2
- Crime and criminals -- China. 2
- Economic and social conditions 2
- Ecumenical movement. 2
- Education 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Portugal. 2
- Idols and images. 2
- Independent churches -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Independent churches. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Kingwana language. 2 ∧ less
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