Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 285 Papers of Torrey Maynard Johnson Sr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 285
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, oral history interviews, scrapbooks, sermons, minutes, reports, photos, posters, newspaper and magazine clippings, brochures, audio recordings, video recordings reflecting Johnson’s life as an influential American Protestant from the 1930s through the 1990s. Besides documenting Johnson’s pastorates of Midwest Bible Church (Illinois) and Bibletown Community Church (Florida), his leadership of Youth for Christ International, and his activities as an independent evangelist, the...
Dates:
Created: 1919 -2001
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 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 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 398 Oral History Interview with Wayne L. Gordon
Collection
Identifier: CN 398
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Wayne LeRoy Gordon, pastor of Lawndale Community Church, a nondenominational church in Chicago's predominantly black community, Lawndale. Topics covered include Gordon's youth, the influence of his family on his spiritual growth, his call to work in the black community, his education at Wheaton College, ministry through Lawndale Community Church in Chicago (its structure, various ministries, including health care, education, and recreation), and the African...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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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- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Christian education. 4
- Christian leadership. 4
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Children of missionaries. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- Church and state. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Church work with youth. 3
- College students. 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Liberalism (Religion) 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Sunday schools. 3
- Animism. 2
- Belgium. 2
- Belgium. -- Administration. 2
- Chicago (Ill.) 2
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and social problems -- United States. 2
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church schools 2
- Church work with youth -- United States. 2
- College students -- United States 2
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
- Depressions 2
- Depressions -- 1929 2
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 2
- Education 2
- Evangelistic invitations. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Family. 2
- Independent churches. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Mass media in missionary work. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Rural missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Rural missions. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Worship. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- African Americans -- Religious life. 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 1
- African Americans. 1
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Apartheid. 1
- Armenians. 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies 1
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Boca Raton (Fla.) 1
- Brazil -- Religion. 1
- Brazil. 1
- Caste -- India. 1
- Caste. 1
- Catholic Church -- Africa. 1
- Catholic Church -- Kenya. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Chapel Hour (Radio program) 1
- Chaplains, Military 1
- Chaplains, Military -- United States. 1
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1 ∧ less
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