Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 093 Oral History Interview with Earl A. Winsor
Collection
Identifier: CN 093
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Earl Austin Winsor (1897-1983) in which he discusses his education at Wheaton College as a student (1919-1920) and teacher (1920-25, history, and 1939-1949, math and physics) and his missionary experiences in Africa under Africa Inland Mission, serving in what is now Zaire. Wheaton personalities, mission experiences, especially those relating to his education work, and analysis of his exposure to African government, churches, tribal customs, and health practices....
Dates:
Created: 1979-1980
Collection 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 284
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Gladys Lyle Wright (1902-1994), in which she discusses her work as a teacher in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo). Topics discussed include: Wright's family background, education at Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute, her work as a missionary in the Belgian Congo for the Africa Inland Mission, memories of the Congolese people and culture, and her experiences at Wheaton when she was on the staff of the College after retriring from the mission...
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 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah
Collection
Identifier: CN 302
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with David Livingstone Farah, in which he discusses his upbringing, education at Wheaton College, work as an administrator with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru and Bolivia, and relationships with other religious bodies, national groups and governments. Other topics include the 1950 revival at Wheaton College; Wycliffe jungle training in Mexico; the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the prevalence of syncretism; differences between Peru and Bolivia; description of...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Collection 311 Papers of Charles J. Guth
Collection
Identifier: CN 311
Scope and Contents
Water color paintings and oral history interviews with Charles J. Guth, relating to Guth’s missionary work in Africa with the Sudan Interior Mission. Topics covered by the interviews include: Guth’s education at Wheaton College, preparation for the mission field as a worker with Sudan Interior Mission, his life, work, and contacts as a missionary among the Koma and Maban people of the Sudan; the culture of these peoples; the effect of Sudan's independence on the church in the Sudan,...
Dates:
Created: 1976-1985
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
Collection 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon
Collection
Identifier: CN 335
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and paper records relating to Ralph Shannon’s life and ministry as a medical missionary in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo).Audio Tapes Four oral history interviews with Ralph Shannon, recorded on eight reels of audio tape. Topics covered include Shannon's childhood in Belgian Congo (Zaire) with his missionary parents, Wheaton College undergraduate and graduate education, service in Zaire as a medical...
Dates:
Created: 1986-1990
Collection 428 Papers of Helen E. Berry
Collection
Identifier: CN 428
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview and prayer letters relating to the ministry of Helen Elizabeth Berry, missionary with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Taiwan from 1966-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Helen E. Berry in which she describes her youth, family, conversion, call to be a missionary, education at Wheaton College, missionary work with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Taiwan, church...
Dates:
Created: 1990
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Church and state. 7
- Conversion. 7
- Evangelistic work. 7
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 7
- Christianity and culture. 6
- Indigenous church administration 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Tribes. 6
- Catholic Church. 5
- Christian education. 5
- Medical care 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Boarding schools. 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Children of missionaries. 4
- College students in missionary work. 4
- Education 4
- Fund raising. 4
- Missions, Medical. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Church discipline. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Marriage. 3
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
- Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Worship. 3
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Belgium. 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church work with children. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- College students. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
- Cults. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Family. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Idols and images. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Public relations. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Prayer groups. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Religion in the public schools 2
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Sunday schools. 2
- Superstition. 2
- Syncretism (Religion). 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism -- Bolivia. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1 ∧ less
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