Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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 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 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 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
Collection 465 Oral History Interview with Merry E. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 465
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Merry Dalton Long (1925-2010) in which she describes her childhood; education at Wheaton College; marriage; missionary work in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and Brazil; the 1960 Congo Rebellion; raising and educating children on the mission field. Other topics discussed include: Long’s medical training as a nurse during WWII; impressions of Africa; medical care available on the mission field; observations about Congolese animism; missionary...
Dates:
Created: 1986
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- Subject
- Animism. 4
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Christian education. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Evangelistic work. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions. 3
- Worship. 3
- Boarding schools. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Communism. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Discrimination. 2
- Idols and images. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
- Marriage. 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Taiwan. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Racism. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Superstition. 2
- Tribes. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Ancestor worship. 1
- Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
- Animism -- South Africa. 1
- Animism -- Taiwan. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- Baptists -- Missions -- Taiwan. 1
- Baptists -- Missions. 1
- Baptists -- Taiwan. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Administration. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
- Brazil -- Religion. 1
- Brazil. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Buddhists -- China. 1
- Buddhists -- Taiwan. 1
- Caste. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Missions -- South Africa. 1
- Catholic Church. -- South Africa. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912. 1
- China -- History. 1
- China -- Social life and customs. 1
- China. 1
- Christian education -- Brazil. 1
- Christian education -- China. 1
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Christianity today (Periodical) 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Church and state -- Taiwan. 1
- Church polity and Christian union. 1
- Church work with women. 1 ∧ less
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