Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 248 Papers of William J. Barnett
Collection
Identifier: CN 248
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and booklet of short stories and photographs created by William John Barnett, relating to his upbringing in Kenya as the son of missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) and his own later medical missionary service in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Comoro Islands from 1950-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interviews with William John Barnett in which he describes his childhood in Kenya with his missionary parents;...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1997
Collection 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook
Collection
Identifier: CN 317
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ian Harper Cooke and Ruth Eileen (Witmer) Cook, in which Ian describes his childhood and education in South Africa, college education at Wheaton College, training for missionary work, medical missions work in South Africa with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), the Zulus, apartheid, and the national church; and Ruth describes her childhood, conversion, and intention to become a missionary nurse, education at West Suburban Hospital and Wheaton College,...
Dates:
Created: 1985
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
Helen Renich Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 124
Brief Description
Two oral history interviews with Helen Gignilliat Torrey Renich in which she describes her grandfather, Reuben Archer Torrey, Sr., and her experiences growing up in China as a child of missionaries. Other topics discussed include her experiences at Wheaton College and culture shock. The collection also includes photographs of her family life in China and Chinese nationals, ca. 1920-30s.Helen Renich was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 15, 1980 in Michigan and on May 17, 1982...
Dates:
Created: 1920-1982
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Helen Renich Papers.
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- Christianity and culture. 3
- Evangelistic work. 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Animism. 2
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Discrimination. 2
- Education 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Indigenous church administration 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Marriage. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Racism. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Tribes. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Animism -- Kenya. 1
- Animism -- South Africa. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- Kenya. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Caste. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Missions -- South Africa. 1
- Catholic Church. -- South Africa. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Children of missionaries -- China. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- China -- History. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Christian literature. 1
- Christianity today (Periodical) 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Church and state. 1
- Church polity and Christian union. 1
- Church work with women -- China. 1
- College students -- Religious life. 1
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- College students. 1
- Communism -- India. 1
- Communism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Communism. 1
- Discrimination -- South Africa. 1
- Divorce. 1
- Ecumenical movement. 1
- Education -- South Africa. 1
- Education -- United States. 1
- Education, Higher -- India. 1
- Education, Higher -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Evangelicalism -- South Africa. 1
- Evangelicalism. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
- Evangelistic work -- China. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Kenya. 1
- Evangelistic work -- South Africa. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Soviet Union. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- Footbinding 1
- Footbinding -- China. 1
- Fundamentalism. 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Sri Lanka. 1 ∧ less
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