Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 116 Oral History Interviews with Helen Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 116
Scope and Contents
Oral History interviews conducted with Helen Ruth Belcher Elliot (1927-2012), missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators to the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Topics include Wheaton College during the 1940s, field experiences, Guatemalan culture and religion, and family activities. Topics covered in the interview include: Elliott's childhood, marriage and early family life, education at Wheaton College (including courses, academic and social life), decision to become a missionary with...
Dates:
Created: 1980
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 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 289 Oral History Interview with G. Paul Groen
Collection
Identifier: CN 289
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Paul Groen in which he describes his education at Wheaton College, missionary work the Christian Reformed Church in Nigeria and the Nigerian church, particularly among the Tiv people, and the country's economy, educational system and political history between 1964 and 1973. Other topics discussed include: Tiv customs and religion, the church among the Tiv and its indigenous leadership and transition of leadership from missionaries, relations with Roman Catholics...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates:
Created: 1950-1986
Collection 385 Oral History Interview with Daniel E. Liberek
Collection
Identifier: CN 385
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Daniel Eric Liberek in which he describes growing up in Belgium as the son of a Protestant pastor, his conversion, methods of evangelism in that country, comparison between United States and Belgian evangelicals, his own work as a youth pastor in Belgium, Protestant-Catholic relations, church-state relations, and other faiths in the country. Other topics discussed include Liberek's experiences running a Christian youth camp; and some of the spiritual options in...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 413 Oral History Interview with Matthew Parker
Collection
Identifier: CN 413
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Matthew Parker in which he describes his childhood, family, education, conversion, study at Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music and work/study at Wheaton College, ministry with Campus Crusade in its sports ministry and with Overseas Crusades sports evangelism ministry (Venture for Victory w/ Bud Schaeffer), the 1984 and 1986 National Summits on Black Church Development, the Atlanta '88 Congress on Evangelizing Black America, the Afro-American community, white...
Dates:
Created: 1989
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
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
/
Helen Renich Papers.
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- Conversion. 8
- Indigenous church administration 8
- Christian education -- United States. 7
- Christian education. 7
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 7
- Missionaries. 7
- Women missionaries. 6
- Children of missionaries. 5
- Christian life. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Education 5
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Church and state. 4
- Church development, New. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Medical care 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Animism. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- Education -- United States. 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Bible. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- Christian education -- India. 2
- Church and social problems -- United States. 2
- Church schools 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Church work with youth. 2
- Correspondence schools and courses 2
- Correspondence schools and courses -- India. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic invitations. 2
- Evangelistic work -- India. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Nigeria. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 2
- Family -- United States. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- India. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 2
- International relief. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Lord's Supper. 2
- Medical care -- Nigeria. 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Missions -- Nigeria. 2
- Missions, Medical -- Nigeria. 2
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Nigeria 2
- Nigeria -- History 2
- Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970. 2
- Nigeria -- Politics and government. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Social change. 2
- Sports 2
- Sports -- Religious aspects. 2
- Syncretism (Religion). 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Tribes -- Nigeria. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Worship (Christian) 2
- Worship. 2
- Abortion 1
- Abortion -- Religious aspects. 1
- African Americans -- Missions. 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 1
- African Americans. 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 1
- Animism -- Guatemala. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism -- Taiwan. 1
- Atheism -- Belgium. 1
- Atheism. 1
- Athletes -- Religious life. 1
- Baptism. 1
- Baptists -- Missions -- Taiwan. 1
- Baptists -- Missions. 1
- Baptists -- Taiwan. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Religion. 1 ∧ less
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