Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby
Collection
Identifier: CN 171
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby, missionaries in Lisbon and Santiago do Cacem, Portugal, under The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Collection includes interviews, articles, correspondence, prayer letters, manuscript notes, and other material from the Bobbys about their mission work, including evangelism and radio broadcasting. The correspondence also includes information on various theological issues and American Christian leaders. The oral...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
Collection 278: Elisabeth Elliot Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 278
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, slides, clippings, publicity releases, reviews, manuscripts, films, video and audio tapes relating to Elisabeth Elliot's careers as a missionary in Ecuador, author, teacher and speaker. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to the so-called "Auca Incident" and Elliot's own work the Waorani, whose enemies called them the "Auca," as well as her lectures on the Biblical view of the roles of men and women, dealing with suffering, and personal holiness, among...
Dates:
Created: 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-2010
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 625 Papers of Lois Gregory
Collection
Identifier: CN 625
Scope and Contents
Class papers and notes, correspondence, hymns, manuscript, post cards, sermon notes, and thesis documenting the ministry of Lois Vashti Gregory, American Methodist evangelist and teacher of Christian values to young people. Her ministry not only included preaching to adults but also teaching young people, especially children, in Christian ethics and living a morally pure life. Gregory was particularly active in the northeast region of the United States.
Dates:
Created: 1887-1961; Majority of material found in 1902-1961
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Missionaries. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Women missionaries. 4
- Catholic Church. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Evangelistic work. 3
- Family. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
- Missions. 3
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Children. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Discrimination. 2
- Divorce. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Racism. 2
- Sex role -- United States. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Animism -- South Africa. 1
- Animism. 1
- Antismoking movement. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- Authors and publishers. 1
- Authors and readers -- United States. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 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 -- Portugal. 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
- Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children -- Religious life. 1
- Children -- United States 1
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian education of children. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Portugal. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Portugal. 1
- Christianity today (Periodical) 1
- Christmas. 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Portugal. 1
- Church and state -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Church polity and Christian union. 1
- Church work with single people 1
- Church work with women. 1
- College students -- Religious life -- Illinois -- Wheaton. 1
- College students -- Religious life. 1
- College students. 1
- Colorado Indians (Ecuador) 1
- Communism -- India. 1
- Communism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Communism. 1
- Demoniac possession 1
- Demoniac possession -- Portugal. 1
- Discrimination -- South Africa. 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 ∧ less
∨ more