Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 186 Papers of M. Douglas Hursh
Collection
Identifier: CN 186
Scope and Contents
Two oral history interviews, manuscript material, photographs, and memorabilia relatingn to Marion Douglas Hursh's work with Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital, Kano in Nigeria from 1942-1962. Topics covered concern Hursh's education and work as a medical missionary at the Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, as well as various aspects of church life and mission activity in Nigeria. Events described in the interviews cover the time period from 1904 to...
Dates:
Created: 1904-1982
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 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
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
- Conversion. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
- Missionaries. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Tribes. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Church work with women -- China. 2
- Education 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Medical care -- China. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Sex role -- China. 2
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
- Social change. 2
- Animism -- South Africa. 1
- Animism. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
- Buddhists -- China. 1
- Buddhists. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church. -- Missions -- South Africa. 1
- Catholic Church. -- South Africa. 1
- Children of missionaries -- China. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
- China -- Religion. 1
- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese -- Philippines. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian education -- China. 1
- Christian education -- Philippines. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian martyrs -- China. 1
- Christian martyrs. 1
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 1
- Christianity and other religions. 1
- Church and social problems. 1
- Church and state -- Nigeria. 1
- Church and state. 1
- Church growth -- China. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church work with children -- China. 1
- Church work with children. 1
- Church work with refugees -- China. 1
- Church work with refugees. 1
- Church work with women -- Nigeria. 1
- Communism -- China. 1
- Communism. 1
- Demoniac possession 1
- Demoniac possession -- Nigeria. 1
- Discrimination -- South Africa. 1
- Discrimination. 1
- Education -- South Africa. 1
- Education -- United States. 1
- Education, Higher 1
- Education, Higher -- United States. 1
- Evangelicalism -- South Africa. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Los Angeles. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Nigeria. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 1 ∧ less
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