Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 7 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 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 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 401 Oral History Interview with Karl G. Dortzbach
Collection
Identifier: CN 401
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Karl G. Dortzbach in which he describes his childhood and youth, influence of his family, education at Wheaton College and Westminster Theological Seminary, and missionary experience in Ethiopia (short term with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church) and in Kenya. Subjects covered include missiology, conversion, raising children on the mission field, marital relationships on the mission field, church life in a Nairobi congregation, proliferation of parachurch groups...
Dates:
Created: 1988-1989
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
David M. Howard, Sr., Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 484
Scope and Contents
Four oral history interviews, paper records, and photographs documenting David Howard's life and work with Latin American Mission, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and World Evangelical Fellowship. Topics covered in the interviews include Howard's childhood, Christian faith, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary and administrator with Latin America Mission; missions director for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, director of the 1980 Consultation on World Evangelization; and...
Dates:
Created: 1968-1993
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- Evangelistic work. 6
- Indigenous church administration 6
- Children of missionaries. 5
- Christian education. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
- Missionaries. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Church development, New. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Bible. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Education 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- African Americans -- Missions. 2
- African Americans. 2
- Animism. 2
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Buddhists -- China. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- History. 2
- China -- Social life and customs. 2
- Christian education -- China. 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
- Church and state. 2
- College students. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Communism. 2
- Crime and criminals 2
- Crime and criminals -- China. 2
- Education -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Family -- United States. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Taiwan. 2
- Organizational change. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Refugees 2
- Refugees -- China. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Social change. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 1
- Ancestor worship. 1
- Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
- Animism -- Guatemala. 1
- Athletes -- Religious life. 1
- Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- United States. 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Guatemala. 1
- Children of clergy. 1
- Children of clergy. -- United States. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912. 1
- China. 1
- Christian education -- Kenya. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Kenya. 1
- Christianity and other religions. 1
- Church and social problems -- United States. 1
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