Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 075 Oral History Interviews with Elizabeth Warner
Collection
Identifier: CN 075
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Elizabeth Howard Warner (1912-2000) in which she describes her childhood in the Canton Province of China as a daughter of missionaries, Canton Christian College where her father worked, studies and personalities at Wheaton College, her mission work among girls with Door of Hope Mission in Canton and Hong Kong, Chinese education, economic and social conditions, religion (particularly Buddhism), politics and government, the impact of China's war with Japan, and...
Dates:
Created: 1978
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 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 187
Scope and Contents
Family correspondence, prayer letters, brochures, newspaper clippings, prayer cards and letters from other missionaries, photographs, slides, negatives, journals and diaries, and eight interviews concerning Elliott's childhood in China, mission work with China Inland Mission (now Overseas Missionary Fellowship) in China and the Philippines, her experiences as an evangelist and teacher, her life in China during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, and the civil war that followed. Her retirement...
Dates:
Created: 1910-1988
Collection 237 Records of the Slavic Gospel Association
Collection
Identifier: CN 237
Description:
Correspondence, minutes, prayer letters, audio tapes, films, and other materials documenting the work of the Slavic Gospel Association among Slavic peoples, primarily Russians. Records deal with the early career of Peter Deyneka Sr.; work of individual missionaries; long range planning for the mission; media ministry (radio, film, both before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union video, literature); and evangelism in Europe, North America and South America. Collection contains...
Dates:
Created: 1922-2002
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 312 Papers of Diane W. Hawkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 312
Scope and Contents
Collection 312 consists of letters, oral history interviews, articles, minutes of meetings, reports and other relating to Diane Hawkins' missionary service in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) as well as the tapes of an oral history interview conducted several years later. Among the topics covered are: TEAM's evangelistic, and educational work in Rhodesia; the lifestyle, music, and beliefs of Shona people; the civil war between white government and the black nationalist guerrillas which raged while...
Dates:
Created: 1970-1985
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 493 Oral History Interviews with Stella Kasirye
Collection
Identifier: CN 493
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Stella Kasirye in which she describes her childhood in Uganda; her conversion to Christian faith while at school; her involvement in programs to reach street children; her efforts to develop programs of AIDS education and care among college students and the country at large, and observations on the church in Uganda and missionary efforts there. The time period covered by the interviews is 1965 to 1993.Stella Kasirye was interviewed by Robert Shuster...
Dates:
Created: 1993
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
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Moody Church Records
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Conversion. 7
- Women missionaries. 7
- Christian education. 6
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Missions -- Educational work. 6
- Children of missionaries. 5
- Church and state. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Medical care 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Children. 4
- Church and social problems. 4
- Communism. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Missions -- Finance. 4
- Pentecostalism. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Sunday schools. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Animism. 3
- Bible. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Church growth. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelistic work -- China. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Family. 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Rural churches. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Worship. 3
- AIDS (Disease) 2
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Buddhists -- China. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Chicago (Ill.) 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children -- United States 2
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History. 2
- China -- Religion. 2
- Chinese -- Missions. 2
- Chinese. 2
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian education, Outdoor -- United States. 2
- Christian education, Outdoor. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church architecture. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church work with children -- China. 2
- Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church work with refugees. 2
- Church work with youth. 2
- City missions. 2
- College students. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Evangelistic invitations. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Fundamentalism. 2
- Independent churches. 2
- Medical care -- China. 2
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
- Missions to Muslims. 2
- Missions. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Prayer groups. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Seminary extension. 2
- Sermons, American. 2
- Sex role -- China. 2
- Sunday schools -- Chicago. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Women in church work. 2
- Worship (Christian) 2 ∧ less
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