Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 187
Scope and Contents
Family correspondence, prayer letters, brochures, newspaper clippings, prayer cards and letters from other missionaries, photographs, slides, negatives, journals and diaries, and eight interviews concerning Elliott's childhood in China, mission work with China Inland Mission (now Overseas Missionary Fellowship) in China and the Philippines, her experiences as an evangelist and teacher, her life in China during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, and the civil war that followed. Her retirement...
Dates:
Created: 1910-1988
Collection 248 Papers of William J. Barnett
Collection
Identifier: CN 248
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and booklet of short stories and photographs created by William John Barnett, relating to his upbringing in Kenya as the son of missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) and his own later medical missionary service in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Comoro Islands from 1950-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interviews with William John Barnett in which he describes his childhood in Kenya with his missionary parents;...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1997
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 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
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- Christianity and culture. 4
- Communism. 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Bible. 3
- Buddhists -- China. 3
- Buddhists. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
- China -- History. 3
- Christian education -- China. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Evangelistic work. 3
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Missions to Buddhists. 3
- Refugees 3
- Refugees -- China. 3
- Animism. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
- China -- Social life and customs. 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Crime and criminals 2
- Crime and criminals -- China. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Medical care -- China. 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Missions -- Taiwan. 2
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Ancestor worship. 1
- Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
- Animism -- Kenya. 1
- Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- Kenya. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Caste. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912. 1
- China -- Religion. 1
- China. 1
- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese -- Philippines. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian education -- Philippines. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Christian martyrs -- China. 1
- Christian martyrs. 1
- Christianity today (Periodical) 1
- Church and social problems. 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Church and state. 1 ∧ less
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