Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 293 Oral History Interview with Melvin D. Suttie
Collection
Identifier: CN 293
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin David Suttie (1912-2006) in which he discusses his childhood, Christian growth, education at Wheaton College and Biblical Seminary in New York and Omaha Presbyterian Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission (1940-1950), work among university students, persecution, evangelistic work among the Chinese population and Nationalist troops, his wife Mary's work among women, their children, church and state relations in China, the impact of the...
Dates:
Created: 1985
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 325 Oral History Interview with Donald W. Berry
Collection
Identifier: CN 325
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview in which Berry discusses his conversion, education at Wheaton College, and his work as a pilot and administrator for Mission Aviation Fellowship in Honduras and Southeast Asia. Other topics discussed include. Berry’s service in the Army during World War II, his views on pacifism, the origins of Mission Aviation Fellowship, challenges of MAF, and the effect of life on the mission field on Berry’s family.Donald Berry was interviewed by Robert Shuster on...
Dates:
Created: 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 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
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
- Church and state. 7
- Evangelistic work. 7
- Children of missionaries. 6
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Conversion. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Catholic Church. 4
- Christian education. 4
- Communism. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Fund raising. 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 4
- Missions. 4
- Rural missions. 4
- Sunday schools. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Ecumenical movement. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Independent churches. 3
- Intercultural communication. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Missions -- Africa. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Missions -- Public relations. 3
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 3
- Worship. 3
- Animism. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Children. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church and state -- United States. 2
- Church architecture. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church work with children. 2
- Church work with students. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Communication in organizations. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
- Cults. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Fundamentalism. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Journalism, Religious. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) 2
- Marriage. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missions -- Asia. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions -- Congresses. 2
- Missions -- Europe. 2
- Missions -- Middle East. 2
- Missions to Muslims. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 2
- New York World's Fair (1964-1965) 2
- Pentecostalism -- United States. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Personnel management. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Rural missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Sunday schools -- Chicago. 2
- Theological seminaries -- United States. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2 ∧ less
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