Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
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- Subject
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Animism -- South Africa. 1
- Animism. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism. 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
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Christian literature. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Christianity today (Periodical) 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Church and state. 1
- Church polity and Christian union. 1
- Church work with women. 1
- Communism -- India. 1
- Communism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Communism. 1
- Conversion. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Discrimination -- South Africa. 1
- Divorce. 1
- Ecumenical movement. 1
- Education 1
- Education -- South Africa. 1
- Education, Higher 1
- Education, Higher -- India. 1
- Education, Higher -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Education, Higher -- United States. 1
- Evangelicalism -- South Africa. 1
- Evangelicalism. 1
- Evangelistic work -- South Africa. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Soviet Union. 1
- Evangelistic work. 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies. 1
- Hinduism 1
- Hinduism -- Doctrines. 1
- Hindus 1
- Hindus -- India. 1
- Hindus -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Honey Rock Camp (Wheaton College) 1
- India -- History -- 1947- 1
- India -- History. 1
- Indigenous church administration 1
- Indigenous church administration -- India. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Intercultural communication. 1
- Interdenominational cooperation. 1
- Journalism, Religious. 1
- Liberalism (Religion) 1
- Marriage -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Medical care 1
- Medical care -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Missionaries -- Training of. 1
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 1
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
- Missionaries' spouses. 1
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 1
- Missions -- Educational work. 1
- Missions -- Honduras. 1
- Missions -- India. 1
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 1
- Missions -- South Africa. 1
- Missions -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Missions -- Vietnam. 1
- Missions to Buddhists. 1
- Missions to Hindus. 1 ∧ less
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