Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Women missionaries. 4
- Bible. 3
- Boarding schools. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Church and state. 3
- Communism. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Evangelistic work. 3
- Family. 3
- Intercultural communication. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Animism. 2
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Buddhists -- China. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Caste. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- History. 2
- China -- Social life and customs. 2
- Christian education -- China. 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Crime and criminals 2
- Crime and criminals -- China. 2
- Idols and images. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
- Missions -- Taiwan. 2
- Missions to Buddhists. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Missions. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Refugees 2
- Refugees -- China. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Worship. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Ancestor worship. 1
- Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- United States 1
- Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- Bhil (Indic people) 1
- Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Caste. -- Pakistan. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Children. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912. 1
- China. 1
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1 ∧ less
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