Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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 293 Oral History Interview with Melvin D. Suttie
Collection
Identifier: CN 293
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin David Suttie (1912-2006) in which he discusses his childhood, Christian growth, education at Wheaton College and Biblical Seminary in New York and Omaha Presbyterian Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission (1940-1950), work among university students, persecution, evangelistic work among the Chinese population and Nationalist troops, his wife Mary's work among women, their children, church and state relations in China, the impact of the...
Dates:
Created: 1985
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
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
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- College students in missionary work. 6
- Missionaries -- Training of. 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Catholic Church. 5
- Children of missionaries. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Animism. 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Church development, New. 4
- College students. 4
- Communism. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Fund raising. 4
- Medical care 4
- Missions to Muslims. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Women missionaries. 4
- Boarding schools. 3
- China -- History. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Pentecostalism. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Theological seminaries. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Bible colleges 2
- Bible. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church work with military personnel. 2
- Church work with students. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- College students -- United States 2
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Education 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Indians of South America -- Missions. 2
- Indians of South America. 2
- International relief. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Marriage. 2
- Mass media in missionary work. 2
- Mass media in religion. 2
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Public relations. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Missions. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Religion in the public schools 2
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- 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
- Animism -- Sudan. 1
- Anti-communist movements -- United States. 1
- Anti-communist movements. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Administration. 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1 ∧ less
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