Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 177 Papers of Zoe Anne Alford
Collection
Identifier: CN 177
Scope and Contents
This collection contains curriculum materials and lecture notes, manuscripts of messages, correspondence, prayer letters, financial records, clippings, maps, promotional materials, minutes, photographs, newsletters, oral history interview, documenting Zoe Anne Alford's work in India and among Navajo Indians in New Mexico. The collection provides a broad overview of her education, preparation and missionary career, extending from her grammar school education into her retirement. It provides...
Dates:
Created: 1925-1983
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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- Boarding schools. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Education 2
- Education, Higher -- India. 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work. 2
- India -- History -- 1947- 2
- India -- History. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- India. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Caste. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 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 drama. 1
- Christian education -- India. 1
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 1
- Christian education -- Study and teaching. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Christian literature. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Christianity today (Periodical) 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Church and state. 1
- Church growth -- India. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church polity and Christian union. 1
- Church schools 1
- Church schools -- India. 1
- Church work with children -- India. 1
- Church work with children. 1
- Church work with families -- India. 1
- Church work with families. 1
- Church work with women -- China. 1
- Church work with women. 1
- Communism -- India. 1
- Communism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Communism. 1
- Correspondence schools and courses 1
- Correspondence schools and courses -- India. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Discrimination. 1
- Divorce. 1
- Ecumenical movement. 1
- Education -- Curricula. 1
- Education -- India. 1
- Education -- United States. 1
- Education, Higher -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
- Evangelistic work -- China. 1
- Evangelistic work -- India. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Soviet Union. 1
- Family -- India. 1
- Footbinding 1
- Footbinding -- China. 1
- Fundamentalism. 1 ∧ less
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