Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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 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 383 Oral History Interview with Itchaya Sitterley
Collection
Identifier: CN 383
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Itchaya Sitterley in which she describes her family, life in Thailand, education, career in television and radio, conversion, the evangelistic use of folk drama, the Thai church and comparisons between it and the American church, and Buddhism. Other topics discussed include Sitterley's work with the Chrisitan Communicatins Institute; her marriage; main denominations and seminaries in Thailand; and education at Wheaton College; competition among churches in...
Dates:
Created: 1987
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 428 Papers of Helen E. Berry
Collection
Identifier: CN 428
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview and prayer letters relating to the ministry of Helen Elizabeth Berry, missionary with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Taiwan from 1966-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Helen E. Berry in which she describes her youth, family, conversion, call to be a missionary, education at Wheaton College, missionary work with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Taiwan, church...
Dates:
Created: 1990
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- Indigenous church administration 5
- Language in missionary work. 5
- Missionaries. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Bible. 4
- Buddhists. 4
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Christian education. 4
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Communism. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Missions to Buddhists. 4
- Rural missions. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
- Buddhists -- China. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
- China -- History. 3
- Christian education -- China. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 3
- Interpersonal conflict. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Missions -- Taiwan. 3
- Refugees 3
- Refugees -- China. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Tribes. 3
- Animism. 2
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 2
- Buddhism. 2
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
- China -- Social life and customs. 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Crime and criminals 2
- Crime and criminals -- China. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Idols and images. 2
- Medical care -- China. 2
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Superstition. 2
- Taiwan. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Worship. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Ancestor worship. 1
- Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
- Animism -- Taiwan. 1
- Baptists -- Missions -- Taiwan. 1
- Baptists -- Missions. 1
- Baptists -- Taiwan. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Buddhism -- Christianity. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism -- Thailand. 1
- Buddhists -- Taiwan. 1
- Caste. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912. 1 ∧ less
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