Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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 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 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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Conversion. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Pentecostalism. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Boarding schools. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Animism. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church schools 2
- Church work with military personnel. 2
- College students. 2
- Communism. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Ecumenical movement. 2
- Education 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Rural missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Sunday schools. 2
- Superstition. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Tribes. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Administration. 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Caste. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church -- Africa. 1
- Catholic Church -- Kenya. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History -- 1949- 1
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- China -- History. 1
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Sri Lanka. 1 ∧ less
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