Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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 116 Oral History Interviews with Helen Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 116
Scope and Contents
Oral History interviews conducted with Helen Ruth Belcher Elliot (1927-2012), missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators to the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Topics include Wheaton College during the 1940s, field experiences, Guatemalan culture and religion, and family activities. Topics covered in the interview include: Elliott's childhood, marriage and early family life, education at Wheaton College (including courses, academic and social life), decision to become a missionary with...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen
Collection
Identifier: CN 260
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 284
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Gladys Lyle Wright (1902-1994), in which she discusses her work as a teacher in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo). Topics discussed include: Wright's family background, education at Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute, her work as a missionary in the Belgian Congo for the Africa Inland Mission, memories of the Congolese people and culture, and her experiences at Wheaton when she was on the staff of the College after retriring from the mission...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely
Collection
Identifier: CN 290
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Merle Ashel Steely, who worked as a missionary with Sudan Interior Mission between 1951 and 1977 in Liberia and Nigeria. Topic discussed include: Steely's conversion while in military service, education and employment at Wheaton College (including the 1950 revival there), his missionary work in Liberia at radio station ELWA and with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, teaching in mission and government schools, evangelism and church planting, Billy Graham's 1960...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 401 Oral History Interview with Karl G. Dortzbach
Collection
Identifier: CN 401
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Karl G. Dortzbach in which he describes his childhood and youth, influence of his family, education at Wheaton College and Westminster Theological Seminary, and missionary experience in Ethiopia (short term with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church) and in Kenya. Subjects covered include missiology, conversion, raising children on the mission field, marital relationships on the mission field, church life in a Nairobi congregation, proliferation of parachurch groups...
Dates:
Created: 1988-1989
Collection 402 Papers of Debbie Dortzbach
Collection
Identifier: CN 402
Scope and Contents
Audio recordings, including an oral history interview, diary, and several letters, relating to the career and ministry of Debbie Dortzbach, missionary to Kenya and Eritrea with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and later the Reformed Presbyterian Church from 1973 to 1988.Series: Audio TapesOne oral history interview with Debbie Dortzbach in which she describes her describes her childhood, education at Wheaton College, and missionary work in...
Dates:
Created: 1974-1989
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- Children of missionaries. 6
- Indigenous church administration 6
- Medical care 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 5
- Church and state. 5
- Conversion. 5
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Christianity and culture. 4
- College students -- United States 4
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 4
- College students in missionary work. 4
- Education 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 4
- Animism. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- College students -- Religious life. 3
- Family. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
- Theological seminaries. 3
- Tribes. 3
- Bible colleges 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Children of clergy. 2
- Children of clergy. -- United States. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christianity and culture -- Kenya. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Eritrea (Ethiopia) 2
- Eritrea (Ethiopia) -- History 2
- Ethiopia 2
- Ethiopia -- History 2
- Ethiopia -- History -- Revolution, 1974. 2
- Ethiopia -- Religion. 2
- Ethiopia -- Social life and customs. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Kenya. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 2
- Lay missionaries. 2
- Medical education 2
- Medical education -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Congresses -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Congresses. 2
- Missions -- Ethiopia. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Rural work. 2
- Missions to Muslims. 2
- Missions, Medical -- Kenya. 2
- Nairobi (Kenya) 2
- Nairobi (Kenya) -- Religion. 2
- Refugees 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Seminary extension. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 2
- Worship (Christian) 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism -- Guatemala. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Administration. 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges -- India. 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Caste -- India. 1
- Caste. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Catholic Church. -- Guatemala. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History. 1
- China -- Manners and customs. 1
- Chinese language. 1 ∧ less
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