Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 10 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 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 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
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
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
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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- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 9
- Evangelistic work. 8
- Indigenous church administration 8
- Missionaries -- Training of. 8
- Children of missionaries. 7
- Animism. 6
- Catholic Church. 6
- College students in missionary work. 6
- Fund raising. 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Medical care 6
- Women 6
- Women -- Religious life. 6
- Women missionaries. 6
- Boarding schools. 5
- Christian education. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Conversion. 5
- Tribes. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Church development, New. 4
- Communism. 4
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Missions -- Public relations. 4
- Missions to Muslims. 4
- Pentecostalism. 4
- Persecution. 4
- Radio in missionary work. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Alcoholism -- United States 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- College students. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Intercultural communication. 3
- Marriage. 3
- Mass media in religion. 3
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 3
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Bible colleges 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children. 2
- China -- History. 2
- China. 2
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Christianity and politics. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church and state -- United States. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church work with children. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
- Cults. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Ecumenical movement. 2
- Education 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Family. 2
- Funeral rites and ceremonies. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Idols and images. 2
- Independent churches. 2
- Indians of South America -- Missions. 2
- Indians of South America. 2
- International relief. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Journalism, Religious. 2
- Mass media in missionary work. 2
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
- Missions. 2
- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 2 ∧ less
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