Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 5 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 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
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.
Ken and Kay Gieser book.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1997-088
Dates:
1984
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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- Type
- Collection 4
- Unprocessed Material 1
- Subject
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 4
- China -- History. 4
- Evangelistic work -- China. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Medical care 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Children of missionaries. 3
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Medical care -- China. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
- Missionaries. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- 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
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Church work with women -- China. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Communism. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Family. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Refugees 2
- Refugees -- China. 2
- Sex role -- China. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Tribes. 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 -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church. 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
- Christianity and other religions. 1
- Church and social problems -- China. 1
- Church and social problems -- United States. 1
- Church and state -- China. 1
- Church and state -- Ethiopia. 1
- Church growth -- China. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church work with children -- China. 1
- Church work with children. 1
- Church work with prisoners -- China. 1
- Church work with prisoners. 1
- Church work with refugees -- China. 1
- Church work with refugees. 1
- College students -- United States 1
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- College students in missionary work. 1 ∧ less
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