Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 9 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 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 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 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 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
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Tribes. 8
- Catholic Church. 7
- Children of missionaries. 7
- Evangelistic work. 7
- Missionaries -- Training of. 7
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 7
- Missions -- Educational work. 7
- Christianity and culture. 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 6
- Missions, Medical. 6
- Animism. 5
- Boarding schools. 5
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 5
- Christian education. 5
- Conversion. 5
- Education 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Church development, New. 4
- College students in missionary work. 4
- Communism. 4
- Great Britain 4
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 4
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 4
- Intercultural communication. 4
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
- Racism. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 4
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 3
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Church discipline. 3
- College students. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Radio in missionary work. 3
- Rural churches. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Superstition. 3
- Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Belgium. 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Brethren Assemblies -- Missions. 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children. 2
- Christian education -- Zambia. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church and state -- Zambia. 2
- Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church work with children. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- Communism -- Zambia. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Education -- Zambia. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Zambia. 2
- Funeral rites and ceremonies. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Zambia. 2
- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Jevovah's Witnesses -- Missions. 2
- Laity. 2
- Marriage. 2
- Medical care -- Zambia. 2
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- Africa -- Politics and government. 2
- Missions -- Africa. 2
- Missions -- Zambia. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Occultism. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Racism -- Zambia. 2 ∧ less
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