Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 9 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 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 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 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 408 Oral History Interview with Tien Fock Leong
Collection
Identifier: CN 408
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Tien Fock Leong in which he describes his conversion, work with Campus Crusade for Christ in Malaysia; Malaysian culture in the Chinese community; the Malaysian church; and the relationship between church and state in Malaysia. Other topics discussed include social and economic conditions of Malaysia; the Muslim population in Malaysia; role of women in Malaysian society; American misconceptions of Malaysia; cultural diversity of Malaysia; and the Japanese...
Dates:
Created: 1989
Collection 409 Papers of David D. Thomas
Collection
Identifier: CN 409
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, photographs, negatives, and clippings relating to the linguistic and missionary work of David and Dorothy Thomas in the Philippines, Vietnam (especially with the Chrau tribe), Cambodia, and Thailand with Wycliffe Bible Translators from 1954-1975. The bulk of the content consists of David and Dorothy's letters to his mother, Ruth, who lived in Wheaton, IL. Topics covered in the correspondence include information on the Thomas family, missionary work in the Philippines, and...
Dates:
Created: 1954-1975
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 531 Oral History Interview with Mary M. Cagney
Collection
Identifier: CN 531
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Mary Majella Cagney in which she describes her childhood, family, spiritual development, conversion and Christian life, Irish Catholicism, education, interaction between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland, Irish Evangelicalism, charismatics, Evangelical agencies working in the country, women's role in church, Leanne Payne's Pastoral Care Ministries conferences, Wheaton College Graduate School, strengths and weaknesses of the Evangelical church in Ireland,...
Dates:
Created: 1996
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.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 7
- Conversion. 6
- Evangelistic work. 6
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Worship. 6
- Children of missionaries. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Church and state. 5
- Sex role. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Animism. 4
- Belief and doubt. 4
- Christian education. 4
- Education 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Bible. 3
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- Christian education -- United States. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Interpersonal conflict. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Missions. 3
- Worship (Christian) 3
- Ancestor worship. 2
- Baptism. 2
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 2
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Communism. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Idols and images. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
- International relief. 2
- Lord's Supper. 2
- Marriage. 2
- Medical care -- China. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Taiwan. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Superstition. 2
- Syncretism (Religion). 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Abortion 1
- Abortion -- Religious aspects. 1
- Ancestor worship -- Malaysia. 1
- Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism -- South Africa. 1
- Animism -- Taiwan. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- Atheism -- Belgium. 1
- Atheism. 1
- Baptists -- Missions -- Taiwan. 1
- Baptists -- Missions. 1
- Baptists -- Taiwan. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Religion. 1
- Belgium. -- Social life and customs. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- Malaysia. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Vietnam. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
- Bread (Periodical) 1
- Broadcasting policy -- Belgium. 1
- Broadcasting policy. 1
- Buddhism -- Malaysia. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Buddhists -- China. 1 ∧ less
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