Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
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 089 Papers of Paul P. Stough
Collection
Identifier: CN 089
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, films, videos relating to Paul P. Stough’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo with Africa Inland Mission. Materials contain information on Stough's father, Henry Stough, Wheaton College, Paul Stough's work as a missionary for Africa Inland Mission in the Belgian Congo (Zaire) and Kenya from the 1920s to the 1970s, and generally on the spread of Christianity in Africa.
Dates:
Created: 1979-1992
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 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 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 312 Papers of Diane W. Hawkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 312
Scope and Contents
Collection 312 consists of letters, oral history interviews, articles, minutes of meetings, reports and other relating to Diane Hawkins' missionary service in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) as well as the tapes of an oral history interview conducted several years later. Among the topics covered are: TEAM's evangelistic, and educational work in Rhodesia; the lifestyle, music, and beliefs of Shona people; the civil war between white government and the black nationalist guerrillas which raged while...
Dates:
Created: 1970-1985
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
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Helen Renich Papers.
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- Christianity and culture. 6
- Indigenous church administration 6
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Animism. 5
- Education 5
- Language in missionary work. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Christian education. 4
- Church and social problems. 4
- Church and state. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Women missionaries. 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- Children of missionaries. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Tribes. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Animism -- Nigeria. 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- College students. 2
- Communism. 2
- Demoniac possession 2
- Economic and social conditions 2
- Education -- Nigeria. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Nigeria. 2
- Family. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 2
- International relief. 2
- Medical care -- China. 2
- Medical care -- Nigeria. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Nigeria. 2
- Missions, Medical -- Nigeria. 2
- Nigeria 2
- Nigeria -- Economic conditions. 2
- Nigeria -- History 2
- Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970. 2
- Nigeria -- Politics and government. 2
- Nigeria -- Religion. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Racism. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
- Social change. 2
- Street preaching. 2
- Syncretism (Religion). 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Tiv (African people) 2
- Tribes -- Nigeria. 2
- Africa, East. 1
- Africa, East. -- Religion 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Animism -- Guatemala. 1
- Animism -- Zimbabwe. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1 ∧ less
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