Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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 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
- Animism. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Church and state. 3
- Evangelistic work. 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Children of missionaries. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Communism. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Discrimination. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Family. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Indigenous church administration 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Racism. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Tribes. 2
- Women missionaries. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Animism -- Bolivia. 1
- Animism -- South Africa. 1
- Animism -- Sudan. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
- Bolivia -- Religion. 1
- Bolivia. 1
- Bolivia. -- Politics and government. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Caste. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church -- Bolivia. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Missions -- South Africa. 1
- Catholic Church. -- South Africa. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Christian literature. 1
- Christian martyrs -- Ecuador. 1
- Christian martyrs -- Sudan. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Bolivia. 1
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 1
- Christianity and other religions. 1
- Christianity and politics -- Bolivia. 1
- Christianity and politics. 1
- Christianity today (Periodical) 1
- Christmas. 1
- Church and state -- Bolivia. 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Church and state -- Sudan. 1
- Church polity and Christian union. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- Church work with women -- Sudan. 1
- Cold War. 1
- Communism -- India. 1
- Communism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Community development -- Bolivia. 1
- Community development. 1
- Courtship -- Sudan. 1
- Courtship. 1
- Cults. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Discrimination -- South Africa. 1 ∧ less
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