Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
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 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 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 434 Papers of Jack Frizen
Collection
Identifier: CN 434
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, articles, brochures, booklets, clippings, correspondence, directories, financial records, manuals, minutes, publications, reports, and other materials documenting Jack Frizen's life and ministry. Material mainly describes Frizen’s family life, work with G.I. Gospel Hour, director of Far East Gospel Crusade (now SEND International), executive director of Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA), director of Tyndale House Foundation, trustee of the Henry...
Dates:
Created: 1929-1995
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: -
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Conversion Narratives Collection
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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- Children of missionaries. 7
- Indigenous church administration 7
- Missionaries -- Training of. 7
- Catholic Church. 6
- Church and state. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Church development, New. 5
- Evangelicalism. 5
- Tribes. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Christian education. 4
- Communism. 4
- Education 4
- Medical care 4
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 4
- Missions -- Africa. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Missions. 4
- Racism. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Boarding schools. 3
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Occultism. 3
- Pentecostalism. 3
- Radio in missionary work. 3
- Rural churches. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Superstition. 3
- Animism. 2
- Apartheid. 2
- Brethren Assemblies -- Missions. 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children. 2
- China -- History. 2
- China. 2
- Christian education -- Zambia. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church and state -- Zambia. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Communism -- Zambia. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
- Ecumenical movement. 2
- Education -- Zambia. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses 2
- Evangelistic work -- Zambia. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Independent churches. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Zambia. 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- International relief. 2
- Jevovah's Witnesses -- Missions. 2
- Laity. 2
- Medical care -- Zambia. 2
- Missions -- Africa -- Politics and government. 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions -- Congresses. 2
- Missions -- North America. 2
- Missions -- Public relations. 2
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
- Missions -- Zambia. 2
- Racism -- Zambia. 2
- Rural churches -- Zambia. 2
- Rural missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Southern Lunda (African people) 2
- Sunday schools. 2
- Tribes -- Africa. 2
- Tribes -- Zambia. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 2
- Worship. 2
- Zambia 2
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