Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 052 Oral History Interview with Esther Salzman
Collection
Identifier: CN 052
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Esther I. Salzman (1906-1996), a Wheaton College alumna and missionary to China in the 1940s and to the Philippines from 1950 to 1972. Topics discussed include her education at Wheaton College, medical work in China and the Philippines, and Communism in China. The time period covered by the interview is 1906 to 1978.
Esther Salzman was interviewed by Wheaton College student Fred Baker on October 28, 1978 at her home in Kankakee, IL.
Dates:
Created: 1978
Collection 088 Papers of Paul and Catharine Gieser
Collection
Identifier: CN 088
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Kenneth Gieser and letters reporting to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville, TN on the Gieser’s work in China, written between October 19, 1934, and November 1, 1936. Also contains audio tapes and transcripts of autobiographical statements.
Dates:
Created: 1934-1979
Collection 169 Oral History Interviews with Harold P. Adolph
Collection
Identifier: CN 169
Scope and Contents
Oral History Interview with Harold Paul Adolph, in which he discusses his boyhood in China as the son of missionaries with China Inland Mission, conditions in China, his education at Wheaton College, medical education at the University of Pennsylvania, decision to become a missionary, and his ministry in Ethiopia as a medical missionary in African with Sudan Interior Mission; American missions in Ethiopia; family life on the mission field, and work with the Christian Medical Society. The...
Dates:
Created: 1981
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 298 Papers of Howard E. Thomas
Collection
Identifier: CN 298
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Howard E. Thomas in which he describes his family background, Christian life and growth, education at Stony Brook School and Wheaton College, missionary work with the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions among lepers of the Tai-Lu people along the Burmese border in southwestern China, internment by the Japanese in Thailand, contextualization of the gospel, expulsion from the area by the Chinese army involved in opium trade. Description of Stony Brook School...
Dates:
Created: 1946-1985
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
- Medical care -- China. 5
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
- Missionaries. 5
- World War, 1939-1945. 5
- Church and social problems. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Women missionaries. 4
- Children of missionaries. 3
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Church and state. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Communism. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missions, Medical -- China. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Presbyterians. 3
- Tribes. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Catholic Church. 2
- China -- Description and travel. 2
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
- Chinese -- Missions. 2
- Chinese. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christian martyrs -- China. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Church and social problems -- China. 2
- Church and state -- China. 2
- Church work with women -- China. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Family. 2
- Leprosy. 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- Philippines. 2
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
- Missions to Buddhists. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Refugees 2
- Refugees -- China. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Sex role -- China. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Worship (Christian) 2
- Amharic language. 1
- Animism -- Ethiopia. 1
- Animism. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Buddhists -- China. 1
- Buddhists. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church. -- Philippines. 1
- Children -- Religious life. 1
- Children of missionaries -- China. 1
- Children. 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
- China -- Manners and customs. 1
- China -- Religion. 1
- Chinese -- Philippines. 1
- Chinese language. 1
- Christian education -- China. 1
- Christian education -- Philippines. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christianity and other religions. 1
- Church and social problems -- United States. 1
- Church and state -- Ethiopia. 1 ∧ less
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