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Wheaton College (Ill.)

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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby

 Collection
Identifier: CN 171
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and personal papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby, missionaries in Lisbon and Santiago do Cacem, Portugal, under The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Collection includes interviews, articles, correspondence, prayer letters, manuscript notes, and other material from the Bobbys about their mission work, including evangelism and radio broadcasting. The correspondence also includes information on various theological issues and American Christian leaders. The oral...
Dates: Created: 1980-1982

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 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 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 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 415 Papers of Bonnie Stuckless

 Collection
Identifier: CN 415
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, prayer letters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and articles relating to the ministry of Bonnie G. Stuckless and her husband Donald Stuckless, missionaries in Colombia, Panama, and Spain with the Assemblies of God from 1970 to 1992.[NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "folder 2-5" means box 2, folder 5.]Series: Audio TapesTwo oral history...
Dates: Created: 1969-1992

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

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  • Subject: Family. X
  • Subject: Culture shock. X

Additional filters:

Subject
Children of missionaries. 7
Evangelistic work. 7
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 7
Missionaries. 7
Christianity and culture. 6
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Language in missionary work. 6
Missionaries -- Training of. 6
Conversion. 5
Sex role. 5
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
Catholic Church. 4
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 4
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 4
China -- History. 4
Christian education. 4
Indigenous church administration 4
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
Missions -- China. 4
Missions. 4
Tribes. 4
Belief and doubt. 3
Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
Bible. 3
Christian education -- China. 3
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
Christian literature. 3
Church development, New. 3
Church work with women. 3
Communism -- China. 3
Communism. 3
Demoniac possession 3
Education 3
Evangelicalism. 3
Evangelistic work -- China. 3
Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
Medical care 3
Missionaries' spouses. 3
Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
Missions -- Taiwan. 3
Missions, Medical. 3
Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 3
Pentecostalism. 3
Persecution. 3
Religious institutions. 3
Animism. 2
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
Boarding schools. 2
Buddhists -- China. 2
Buddhists. 2
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
Children of missionaries -- China. 2
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
China -- Social life and customs. 2
China. 2
Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
Church and state. 2
Crime and criminals 2
Crime and criminals -- China. 2
Exorcism. 2
Glossolalia. 2
Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
Interpersonal conflict. 2
Marriage. 2
Medical care -- China. 2
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
Organizational change. 2
Refugees 2
Refugees -- China. 2
Revivals. 2
Rural missions. 2
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
Social change. 2
Social classes 2
Theology 2
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
Worship. 2
Ancestor worship. 1
Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
Animism -- South Africa. 1
Apartheid. 1
Assemblies of God -- Missions. 1
Baptism in the Holy Spirit. 1
Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
Bible colleges 1
Bible colleges -- United States. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Boarding schools -- China. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
Catholic Church -- Colombia. 1
Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
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