Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 12 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 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 177 Papers of Zoe Anne Alford
Collection
Identifier: CN 177
Scope and Contents
This collection contains curriculum materials and lecture notes, manuscripts of messages, correspondence, prayer letters, financial records, clippings, maps, promotional materials, minutes, photographs, newsletters, oral history interview, documenting Zoe Anne Alford's work in India and among Navajo Indians in New Mexico. The collection provides a broad overview of her education, preparation and missionary career, extending from her grammar school education into her retirement. It provides...
Dates:
Created: 1925-1983
Collection 228 Oral History Interview with Lyndon Hess
Collection
Identifier: CN 228
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Lyndon Roth Hess in which he describes his missionary service in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) between 1932 and 1975 as a teacher of missionary children, assistant to village pastors and other work with the Lunda people. Topics include cultural influences on missionary children, education at Wheaton College, missionary service with Brethren Assemblies in Zambia teaching children of missionaries, the national African church, tribal tensions, Marxism, influence of...
Dates:
Created: 1982
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 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 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates:
Created: 1950-1986
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
Conversion Narratives Collection
Collection — Container: Books
Identifier: SC-228
Scope and Contents
The contents of the Conversion Narratives Collection may be searched in the library catalog using keyword: SC/228
Dates:
Other: -
Found in:
Special Collections
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Conversion Narratives Collection
Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 352
Brief Description
Correspondence, form letters, financial and statistical reports, minutes, memos and promotional material related to IFMA administration and its service to its member missions. The files on IFMA members and numerous other Christian agencies predominate. Also includes series of maps of Latin American countries identifying nondenominational and denominational mission activity. Numerous mission-related subjects are documented. Persons prominently featured include Jack Frizen, Billy Graham, and...
Dates:
Created: 1934-1983, undated
Moody Church Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 330
Brief Description
Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, church bulletins, minutes of meetings, and other records documenting the activities of the influential independent Chicago church started by Dwight L. Moody; chiefly from ca. 1910 through 1946.Topics documented include worship services, Sunday school, the weekly activities of the congregation, the governance of the body, and various urban evangelistic outreaches of the church. Besides the history of the church, the collection also documents...
Dates:
Created: 1864-1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Moody Church Records
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Evangelistic work. 11
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 10
- Church and state. 9
- Indigenous church administration 9
- Language in missionary work. 9
- Missionaries -- Training of. 9
- Conversion. 8
- Catholic Church. 7
- Children of missionaries. 7
- Christianity and culture. 7
- Church development, New. 7
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 6
- Missions -- Educational work. 6
- Missions, Medical. 6
- Tribes. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Women missionaries. 6
- Animism. 5
- Christian education -- United States. 5
- Education 5
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 5
- Fund raising. 5
- Medical care 5
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 4
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 4
- Christian life. 4
- Church work with children. 4
- Communism. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 4
- Missions -- Africa. 4
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
- Pentecostalism. 4
- Rural churches. 4
- Sunday schools. 4
- Boarding schools. 3
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- Church discipline. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
- Family. 3
- Independent churches. 3
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
- Missions -- Public relations. 3
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Superstition. 3
- Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Worship. 3
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Belgium. 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Brethren Assemblies -- Missions. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Children. 2
- Christian education -- India. 2
- Christian education -- Zambia. 2
- Christian education, Outdoor. 2
- Church and social problems -- United States. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church and state -- Zambia. 2
- Church architecture. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Church schools 2
- Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church work with youth. 2
- Communism -- Zambia. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
- Correspondence schools and courses 2
- Correspondence schools and courses -- India. 2
- Counseling. 2
- Cults. 2
- Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Education -- Zambia. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic invitations. 2
- Evangelistic work -- India. 2 ∧ less
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