Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 177 Papers of Zoe Anne Alford
Collection
Identifier: CN 177
Scope and Contents
This collection contains curriculum materials and lecture notes, manuscripts of messages, correspondence, prayer letters, financial records, clippings, maps, promotional materials, minutes, photographs, newsletters, oral history interview, documenting Zoe Anne Alford's work in India and among Navajo Indians in New Mexico. The collection provides a broad overview of her education, preparation and missionary career, extending from her grammar school education into her retirement. It provides...
Dates:
Created: 1925-1983
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 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 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 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
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
/
Moody Church Records
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- Evangelistic work. 9
- Women missionaries. 9
- Conversion. 8
- Indigenous church administration 8
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
- Children of missionaries. 7
- Church and state. 7
- Missionaries -- Training of. 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Missions -- Educational work. 6
- Sex role. 6
- Tribes. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Animism. 5
- Boarding schools. 5
- Catholic Church. 5
- Christian education. 5
- Christian life. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Language in missionary work. 5
- Medical care 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 4
- Christian leadership. 4
- Church work with children. 4
- Education 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Family. 4
- Fund raising. 4
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 4
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
- Missions. 4
- Pentecostalism. 4
- Sunday schools. 4
- Worship. 4
- Children. 3
- Christian education -- United States. 3
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Church development, New. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Intercultural communication. 3
- Interpersonal conflict. 3
- Marriage. 3
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Prayer groups. 3
- Racism. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Theological seminaries. 3
- Apartheid. 2
- Belgium. 2
- Belgium. -- Administration. 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church architecture. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church schools 2
- Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church work with women. 2
- College students. 2
- Communism. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social life and customs 2
- Discrimination. 2
- Ecumenical movement. 2
- Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- India. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- South Africa. 2
- Funeral rites and ceremonies. 2
- Idols and images. 2
- Independent churches. 2
- India -- History -- 1947- 2
- India -- History. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Indigenous church administration -- India. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) 2
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2 ∧ less
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