Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 217 Papers of Elisa Espineli Chinn
Collection
Identifier: CN 217
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of four oral history interviews with Lisa Chinn covering her childhood and family, education, ministry with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of the Philippines and InterVarsity in the United States, ministries with her husband Leiton in the US among international students (with International Students, Inc., Interaction, and their church), writing projects, and her experience as a woman leader. Also included are her graduate school creative project, "Cross Cultural...
Dates:
Created: 1972-2020
Collection 242 Oral History Interview with Ruth E. Hess
Collection
Identifier: CN 242
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruth Edna DeVelde Hess (1909-1997), a missionary with the Plymouth Brethren Church at Sakeji School for missionary children in Zambia. Topics discussed include: Hess' life as a child in Wheaton, Illinois, and education at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College; marriage to Lyndon Roth Hess; calling to be teachers of missionary children; decision to go to Africa; their work at Sakeji School from 1932 to 1982; and descriptions of life and customs in Zambia among the...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen
Collection
Identifier: CN 260
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...
Dates:
Created: 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 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
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- Children of missionaries. 5
- Missionaries. 5
- Boarding schools. 4
- Church and state. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Medical care 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
- Catholic Church. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- College students. 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Worship. 3
- Caste. 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and state -- India. 2
- College students -- United States 2
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Communism. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Funeral rites and ceremonies. 2
- Hinduism 2
- Hinduism -- Doctrines. 2
- India -- History -- 1947- 2
- India -- History. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- India. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Marriage. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions to Hindus. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Missions. 2
- Nursing -- Study and teaching 2
- Nursing -- Study and teaching -- United States. 2
- Nursing. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Racism. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Tribes. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Animism. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Boarding schools -- Ecuador. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools -- Zambia. 1
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism. 1
- Caste -- India. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Hong Kong 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Philippines. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Children -- Religious life. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Zambia. 1
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 1
- China -- History. 1
- China. 1
- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Christianity today (Periodical) 1
- Church and social problems -- Ecuador. 1
- Church and social problems -- Hong Kong. 1
- Church and social problems. 1 ∧ less
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