Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 10 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 115 Oral History Interview with Raymond Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 115
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Raymond Leroy Elliott (1924-2008), Wycliffe Bible translator working among the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Interview topics include educational work and life in Wheaton, translation activities, missionary training, mission responsibilities, and political, social, and cultural events in Central America. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1924-1980.Raymond Elliott was interviewed by Chris Matthews, a Wheaton College graduate...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Collection 122 Oral History Interview with Gladys M. Fleckles
Collection
Identifier: CN 122
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Gladys Marie Fleckles (1946-2006) in which she describes her short term missionary experience with OMF in Japan. Other topics include her graduate work at Wheaton, undergraduate study at John Brown University, and work in the admissions department of Wheaton Graduate School. The time period covered by the interview is roughly 1946-1980.Gladys Fleckles was interviewed by Mr. John Svadbik twice in May 1980. The time period covered by the interviews is...
Dates:
Created: 1980
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 186 Papers of M. Douglas Hursh
Collection
Identifier: CN 186
Scope and Contents
Two oral history interviews, manuscript material, photographs, and memorabilia relatingn to Marion Douglas Hursh's work with Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital, Kano in Nigeria from 1942-1962. Topics covered concern Hursh's education and work as a medical missionary at the Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, as well as various aspects of church life and mission activity in Nigeria. Events described in the interviews cover the time period from 1904 to...
Dates:
Created: 1904-1982
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 262 Oral History Interview with Raymond Buker Jr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 262
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Raymond Bates Buker in which he describes growing up in Burma as the child of missionaries, his education at Wheaton College, his decision to become a missionary under the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society, language study; evangelization, church planting, translation, medical missions and education activities in Pakistan, working with Muslims and the Sindhi, Bhils, and Marwari tribal people, 1954-1969. Other topics discussed include: the culture,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
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 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
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
/
Helen Renich Papers.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 9
- Missionaries. 9
- Indigenous church administration 8
- Children of missionaries. 7
- Church and state. 7
- Conversion. 7
- Language in missionary work. 7
- Medical care 7
- Missionaries -- Training of. 7
- Women missionaries. 7
- Tribes. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Women 6
- Women -- Religious life. 6
- Catholic Church. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Education 5
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 5
- World War, 1939-1945. 5
- Animism. 4
- Boarding schools. 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Christian education. 4
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 4
- Missions to Muslims. 4
- Muslims. 4
- Sex role. 4
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China -- History. 3
- Church work with women. 3
- Education, Higher 3
- Education, Higher -- United States. 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Evangelistic work -- China. 3
- Family. 3
- Leprosy. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Missions. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Revivals. 3
- Worship (Christian) 3
- Worship. 3
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Bible colleges 2
- Bible. 2
- Caste. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christianity and other religions. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state -- Nigeria. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- College students. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Communism. 2
- Demoniac possession 2
- Demoniac possession -- Nigeria. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Nigeria. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Marriage. 2
- Medical care -- China. 2
- Medical care -- Nigeria. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Nigeria. 2
- Missions to Muslims -- Nigeria. 2
- Missions, Medical -- Nigeria. 2
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 2
- Muslims -- Nigeria. 2
- Nigeria 2
- Nigeria -- Foreign relations 2
- Nigeria -- History 2
- Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970. 2
- Nigeria -- Politics and government. 2
- Nursing. 2
- Race relations. 2
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Sex role -- Nigeria. 2
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
- Street preaching. 2
- Tribes -- Nigeria. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Amharic language. 1 ∧ less
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