Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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 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
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.
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- Children of missionaries. 3
- Church and state. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Evangelistic work. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- Boarding schools. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Communism. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Family. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Amharic language. 1
- Animism -- Ethiopia. 1
- Animism. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Caste. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Japan. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Children -- Religious life. 1
- Children of missionaries -- China. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Children. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian education -- Japan. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Christian literature. 1
- Christianity and other religions. 1
- Christianity today (Periodical) 1
- Church and social problems. 1
- Church and state -- Ethiopia. 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Japan. 1
- Church and state -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Church polity and Christian union. 1
- Church work with women -- China. 1
- Church work with women. 1
- Cities and towns -- Japan. 1
- Cities and towns. 1
- Communism -- China. 1
- Communism -- Ethiopia. 1
- Communism -- India. 1
- Communism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Discrimination. 1
- Divorce. 1
- Ecumenical movement. 1
- Education 1
- Education -- United States. 1
- Education, Higher -- India. 1
- Education, Higher -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Ethiopia 1
- Ethiopia -- History 1
- Ethiopia -- History -- Revolution, 1974. 1
- Ethiopia -- Religion. 1
- Evangelicalism. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Ethiopia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Japan. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Soviet Union. 1 ∧ less
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