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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 083 Papers of Richard E. Scheel

 Collection
Identifier: CN 083
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews, slides, photographs, correspondence and a personal diary created by Dr. Richard E. Scheel, missionary to Ethiopia with Sudan Interior Mission (S.I.M.) from 1951-1971.

Dates: Created: 1953-1970

Collection 200 Papers of Robert and Winifred Hockman

 Collection
Identifier: CN 200
Scope and Contents

Collection documenting the medical missionary service of Robert and Winnifred Hockman with the United Presbyterian Church in Ethiopia, including correspondence written by Hockmans to Robert Hockman’s parents, photographs, a scrapbook about the life and death of Robert Hockman, and oral history interviews with Winifred Hockman. The collection contains extensive material on the Italo-Ethiopian War and the work of the International Red Cross.

Dates: Created: 1933-1982

Collection 289 Oral History Interview with G. Paul Groen

 Collection
Identifier: CN 289
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Paul Groen in which he describes his education at Wheaton College, missionary work the Christian Reformed Church in Nigeria and the Nigerian church, particularly among the Tiv people, and the country's economy, educational system and political history between 1964 and 1973. Other topics discussed include:  Tiv customs and religion, the church among the Tiv and its indigenous leadership and transition of leadership from missionaries, relations with Roman Catholics...
Dates: Created: 1984

Collection 347 Oral History Interview with Ruth M. Long

 Collection
Identifier: CN 347
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Ruth Margaret (Hollander) Long in which she discusses her conversion, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary for the Sudan Interior Mission tohgether with her husband Burt) in Niger and Nigeria from 1950 through 1984. Other topics discussed include raising a family on the mission field, development of an AWANA program for Hausa children, evangelistic activities, impressions of the French colonial system, the independence of Niger, Hamami Diori,...
Dates: Created: 1986

Collection 351 Oral History Interview with Burt E. Long

 Collection
Identifier: CN 351
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews with Burt E. Long by Wheaton College student Heather Conley in which Long discusses his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, his education at Wheaton College, and his decades of services as a medical missionary for Sudan Interior Mission in Niger and Nigeria. The time period covered by the interviews is 1930-1986.

Burt Long was interviewed by Wheaton College student Heather Conley on November 26 and December 3, 1986.

Dates: Created: 1986

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

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  • Subject: Missions, Medical X
  • Subject: International relief. X

Additional filters:

Subject
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
Missionaries. 5
Indigenous church administration 4
Missions -- Educational work. 4
Tribes. 4
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Christian education. 3
Church and state. 3
Church work with women. 3
Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 3
Medical care -- Nigeria. 3
Missions -- Nigeria. 3
Missions to Muslims. 3
Missions, Medical -- Nigeria. 3
Muslims. 3
Tribes -- Nigeria. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
Women 3
Women -- Religious life. 3
Christian education -- Niger. 2
Christianity and culture. 2
Church and state -- Niger. 2
Church and state -- Nigeria. 2
Church growth -- Niger. 2
Church growth -- Nigeria. 2
Church growth. 2
Church work with women -- Niger. 2
Economic and social conditions 2
Education 2
Ethiopia 2
Ethiopia -- Description and travel. 2
Ethiopia -- Politics and government. 2
Evangelistic work -- Ethiopia. 2
Evangelistic work -- Niger. 2
Family. 2
France 2
France -- Colonies 2
France -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
Fundamentalism. 2
Great Britain 2
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
Hausa (African people) 2
Hausa (African people) -- Niger. 2
Indigenous church administration -- Niger. 2
International relief -- Ethiopia. 2
International relief -- Niger. 2
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
Medical care -- Ethiopia. 2
Medical care -- Niger. 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missionaries' spouses. 2
Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
Missions -- Ethiopia. 2
Missions -- Niger. 2
Missions to Muslims -- Niger. 2
Missions, Medical -- Ethiopia. 2
Muslims -- Niger. 2
Niger 2
Niger -- Economic conditions. 2
Niger -- Social conditions. 2
Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
Presbyterian Church. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Sex role. 2
Social change. 2
Tribes -- Niger. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
Worship (Christian) 2
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 1
Animism -- Nigeria. 1
Animism. 1
Baptism. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible -- Inspiration. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Bible. 1
Boarding schools -- China. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Boarding schools. 1
Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Catholic Church. -- Missions -- Niger. 1
Children -- United States 1
Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Children of missionaries -- China. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
Children. 1
Children. -- Niger 1
Children. -- Niger -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Children. -- Niger -- Societies and clubs. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
China -- History. 1
Christian Reformed Church -- Missions. 1
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