Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 104 Oral History Interview with Bruce F. Hunt
Collection
Identifier: CN 104
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews in which Bruce Finley Hunt (1903-1992) discusses his boyhood in Korea, college and seminary education at Wheaton College, Rutgers University and Princeton Seminary; a portion (1928-1942) of his missionary work in Korea and Manchuria; and his impressions of Korean culture. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1903-1976.Bruce Finley Hunt was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 22 and May 21, 1980 and October 16, 2002 in Abington, PA and...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson
Collection
Identifier: CN 263
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Margaret Johanna (Larson) Carlson in which she describes growing up in Ecuador as the child of missionaries, her education at Westmont and Wheaton Colleges, her nursing experience, and her missionary service with her husband at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong. Other topics discussed include: the founding of a HCJB radio station by her father, Reuben Larson, and her involvement in Wheaton College's HNGR Program. Individuals described...
Dates:
Created: 1983
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 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 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
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- Subject
- Catholic Church. 6
- Church and state. 6
- Evangelistic work. 6
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Women missionaries. 6
- Conversion. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Language in missionary work. 5
- Medical care 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 5
- Tribes. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Animism. 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Culture shock. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Missions, Medical. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- College students. 3
- Education 3
- Intercultural communication. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Racism. 3
- Radio in missionary work. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 2
- Buddhism. 2
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children. 2
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church work with children. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- Communism. 2
- Discrimination. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Family. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Funeral rites and ceremonies. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) 2
- Marriage. 2
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions to Buddhists. 2
- Missions to Muslims. 2
- Missions. 2
- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Rural churches. 2
- Street preaching. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Worship. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism -- South Africa. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Administration. 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
- Boarding schools -- Ecuador. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1 ∧ less
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