Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 8 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 255 Oral History Interview of Helen Frame
Collection
Identifier: CN 255
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Helen Nowack Frame (1908-1999) in which she discusses her childdhood growing up in China, decision to become a missionary for Overseas Missionary Fellowship, education at Wheaton College, years of service in China, culture and political events in China; leaving China in 1951 with her husband Raymond and their children and resettlement in the Philippines, teaching at Faith Academy, development of the Bible Institute, return and activities in Wheaton. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 286 Oral History Interview with Marilyn J. Suttie
Collection
Identifier: CN 286
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Marilyn Joy Suttie in which she describes her work as a missionary in Cameroon with the United Presbyterian Ecumenical Mission. Topics discussed include: Suttie's childhood in China, education at Wheaton College, and short-term missionary work, mainly teaching missionary children in Cameroon. Also includes information on the Cameroon church, polygamy, Muslims in Cameroon, and medical care, and other political, social, and religious issues in Africa. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1984
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 388 Oral History Interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco
Collection
Identifier: CN 388
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco in which she discusses her life and ministry in the Philippines, including her childhood, education, and work as a Bible school teacher. Other topics covered include theological education and evangelism in the Philippines; work with "Here's Life Philippines," sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ; the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church; Filipino culture; Muslim and Catholic communities in the Philippines; Ebenezer Bible College;...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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 409 Papers of David D. Thomas
Collection
Identifier: CN 409
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, photographs, negatives, and clippings relating to the linguistic and missionary work of David and Dorothy Thomas in the Philippines, Vietnam (especially with the Chrau tribe), Cambodia, and Thailand with Wycliffe Bible Translators from 1954-1975. The bulk of the content consists of David and Dorothy's letters to his mother, Ruth, who lived in Wheaton, IL. Topics covered in the correspondence include information on the Thomas family, missionary work in the Philippines, and...
Dates:
Created: 1954-1975
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Children of missionaries. 7
- Women 7
- Women -- Religious life. 7
- Women missionaries. 7
- Christianity and culture. 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Bible. 5
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 5
- China -- History. 5
- Christian education. 5
- Communism -- China. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Catholic Church. 4
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 4
- Christian education -- China. 4
- Evangelistic work -- China. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Medical care 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Missions -- China. 4
- Rural missions. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
- Buddhists -- China. 3
- Buddhists. 3
- Christian education -- Philippines. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- Church and state. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 3
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions -- Philippines. 3
- Missions to Buddhists. 3
- Missions. 3
- Refugees 3
- Refugees -- China. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Bible colleges 2
- China -- Description and travel. 2
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
- China -- Social life and customs. 2
- China. 2
- Chinese -- Missions. 2
- Chinese. 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Crime and criminals 2
- Crime and criminals -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Medical care -- China. 2
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Missions -- Taiwan. 2
- Missions -- Vietnam. 2
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Organizational change. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
- Social change. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Ancestor worship. 1
- Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
- Animism. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges -- Philippines. 1
- Bible colleges -- Vietnam. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Bulu (African people) 1
- Cameroon. 1 ∧ less
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