Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
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 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 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 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer
Collection
Identifier: CN 328
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, speech manuscripts and prayer letters relating to the careers and ministries of Eric and Lydia Maillefer as missionaries and Christian workers with the Evangelical Free Church in Zaire, Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar (AEAM), and the Africa Evangelical Office (AEO). Lydia worked as a teacher and school administrator; Eric worked first as a teacher, then on loan as a conference coordinator to the Africa Evangelical Office, and later as administrative secretary...
Dates:
Created: 1971-1991
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 382 Oral History Interview with Paul E. Freed
Collection
Identifier: CN 382
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul Ernest Freed (1918-1996) in which he describes the founding of Trans World Radio in 1952, the history of the development of its administrative policies and work from that time to 1981, and about the use of radio in missionary work. Other topics discussed include: Freed's childhood as the son of Christian and Missionary Alliance workers in Syria, his education in Jerusalem and at Wheaton College, the business he started to help pay his way through college...
Dates:
Created: 1981
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. 8
- Fund raising. 8
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
- Church and state. 7
- Missionaries -- Training of. 7
- Christian education. 6
- Conversion. 6
- Indigenous church administration 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Children of missionaries. 5
- Pentecostalism. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Animism. 4
- Catholic Church. 4
- Christian leadership. 4
- Christian life. 4
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Church development, New. 4
- College students in missionary work. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Missions -- Public relations. 4
- Missions to Muslims. 4
- Sunday schools. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 3
- Christian education -- United States. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Church work with children. 3
- Church work with youth. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Independent churches. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- Africa. 3
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 3
- Missions. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Tribes. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Belgium. 2
- Belgium. -- Administration. 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Children. 2
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Christian education, Outdoor. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Christianity and politics. 2
- Church and social problems -- United States. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state -- United States. 2
- Church architecture. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church schools 2
- Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Communism. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social life and customs 2
- Counseling. 2
- Cults. 2
- Ecumenical movement. 2
- Education 2
- Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Evangelistic invitations. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses 2
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 2
- Fundamentalism. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Marriage. 2
- Mass media in missionary work. 2
- Mass media in religion. 2
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Asia. 2
- Missions -- Congresses. 2
- Missions -- Europe. 2
- Missions -- Middle East. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Nationalism. 2 ∧ less
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