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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 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

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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

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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 402 Papers of Debbie Dortzbach

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Identifier: CN 402
Scope and Contents Audio recordings, including an oral history interview, diary, and several letters, relating to the career and ministry of Debbie Dortzbach, missionary to Kenya and Eritrea with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and later the Reformed Presbyterian Church from 1973 to 1988.Series: Audio TapesOne oral history interview with Debbie Dortzbach in which she describes her describes her childhood, education at Wheaton College, and missionary work in...
Dates: Created: 1974-1989

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Women missionaries. 5
Children of missionaries. 4
Christian education. 4
Christian life. 4
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Church and state. 4
Indigenous church administration 4
Language in missionary work. 4
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
Sunday schools. 4
Women 4
Women -- Religious life. 4
Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
College students. 3
Conversion. 3
Ethiopia 3
Ethiopia -- History 3
Ethiopia -- Religion. 3
Ethiopia -- Social life and customs. 3
Evangelicalism. 3
Fund raising. 3
Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 3
Lay missionaries. 3
Missionaries' spouses. 3
Missions -- Congresses. 3
Missions -- Educational work. 3
Missions -- Ethiopia. 3
Missions -- Finance. 3
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
Nairobi (Kenya) 3
Pentecostalism. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
Animism. 2
Catholic Church. 2
Children of clergy. 2
Children of clergy. -- United States. 2
Christian education -- United States. 2
Christian leadership. 2
Christianity and culture -- Kenya. 2
Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Church development, New. 2
College students -- United States 2
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
Cults. 2
Education 2
Education, Higher 2
Education, Higher -- United States. 2
Eritrea (Ethiopia) 2
Eritrea (Ethiopia) -- History 2
Ethiopia -- History -- Revolution, 1974. 2
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Evangelistic work -- Kenya. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Family. 2
Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Liberalism (Religion) 2
Mass media in missionary work. 2
Medical care 2
Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
Missions -- Congresses -- United States. 2
Missions -- Kenya. 2
Missions -- Public relations. 2
Missions -- Rural work. 2
Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
Missions, Medical -- Kenya. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Missions. 2
Nairobi (Kenya) -- Religion. 2
Nationalism. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Radio in missionary work. 2
Rural missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Rural missions. 2
Sex role. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
AIDS (Disease) 1
Animism -- Bolivia. 1
Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Apartheid. 1
Armenians. 1
Belgium. 1
Belgium. -- Administration. 1
Belgium. -- Colonies 1
Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges 1
Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
Bible. 1
Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
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