Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates:
Created: 1950-1986
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 363 Papers of Ruth M. Mellis
Collection
Identifier: CN 363
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, prayer letters, clippings, photographs, oral history interviews and audio tapes of missionary conference relating to the missionary career of Ruth M. Mellis. Materials document her work among orphans and students in Greece, the Greek Bible Institute, the Greek language, and Greater Europe Mission; oral history interviews describe her childhood, attendance at Wheaton College, work with Near East Relief in Siros, teaching public schools in the St. Louis area, teaching at the...
Dates:
Created: 1928-1987
Collection 401 Oral History Interview with Karl G. Dortzbach
Collection
Identifier: CN 401
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Karl G. Dortzbach in which he describes his childhood and youth, influence of his family, education at Wheaton College and Westminster Theological Seminary, and missionary experience in Ethiopia (short term with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church) and in Kenya. Subjects covered include missiology, conversion, raising children on the mission field, marital relationships on the mission field, church life in a Nairobi congregation, proliferation of parachurch groups...
Dates:
Created: 1988-1989
Collection 465 Oral History Interview with Merry E. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 465
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Merry Dalton Long (1925-2010) in which she describes her childhood; education at Wheaton College; marriage; missionary work in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and Brazil; the 1960 Congo Rebellion; raising and educating children on the mission field. Other topics discussed include: Long’s medical training as a nurse during WWII; impressions of Africa; medical care available on the mission field; observations about Congolese animism; missionary...
Dates:
Created: 1986
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- Women missionaries. 5
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Animism. 3
- Children of missionaries. 3
- Christian education -- United States. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Church and state. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Family. 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Mass media in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Sunday schools. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- College students. 2
- Cults. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Ethiopia 2
- Ethiopia -- History 2
- Ethiopia -- Religion. 2
- Ethiopia -- Social life and customs. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Lay missionaries. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- Ethiopia. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Public relations. 2
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
- Missions. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Sex role. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Animism -- Bolivia. 1
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Armenians. 1
- Belgium. 1
- Belgium. -- Administration. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Bolivia -- Religion. 1
- Bolivia. 1
- Bolivia. -- Politics and government. 1
- Brazil -- Religion. 1
- Brazil. 1
- Caste -- India. 1
- Caste. 1
- Catholic Church -- Bolivia. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children of clergy. 1
- Children of clergy. -- United States. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Children. 1
- Christian education -- Brazil. 1
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Christian education -- Greece. 1
- Christian education -- India. 1
- Christian education -- Kenya. 1
- Christian education, Outdoor. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- India. 1
- Christian martyrs -- Ecuador. 1
- Christian martyrs. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Bolivia. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Kenya. 1
- Christianity and politics -- Bolivia. 1
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