Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 088 Papers of Paul and Catharine Gieser
Collection
Identifier: CN 088
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Kenneth Gieser and letters reporting to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville, TN on the Gieser’s work in China, written between October 19, 1934, and November 1, 1936. Also contains audio tapes and transcripts of autobiographical statements.
Dates:
Created: 1934-1979
Collection 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby
Collection
Identifier: CN 171
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby, missionaries in Lisbon and Santiago do Cacem, Portugal, under The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Collection includes interviews, articles, correspondence, prayer letters, manuscript notes, and other material from the Bobbys about their mission work, including evangelism and radio broadcasting. The correspondence also includes information on various theological issues and American Christian leaders. The oral...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
Collection 272 Papers of Jennie Fitzwilliam
Collection
Identifier: CN 272
Scope and Contents
Letters with some translation, photographs, a Lisu translation of the New Testament, combined catechism and hymnbook in the Atsi Kachin language, slides, and four oral history interviews all related to Jennie Fitzwilliam's mission work with Overseas Missionary Fellowship (formerly China Inland Mission) among the Lisu and Kachin peoples in southern China along the Burmese border. Included are recollections of Fitzwilliam's husband, Francis, J.O. Fraser and the early history of missionary work...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Collection 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett
Collection
Identifier: CN 287
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Margaret Rice Elliott Crossett in which she describes her childhood with her missionary parents in China, her education at Wheaton College, and missionary career with her husband, Vincent Crossett, in China and Taiwan with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship (1929-1948, 1961-1973). Topics discussed include Crossett's childhood in China; description of Chinese indigenous worship practices and syncretism in Chinese religious culture; Crossett's...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1986
Collection 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett
Collection
Identifier: CN 288
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Vincent Leroy Crossett (1907-1999) in which he describes his education at Wheaton and Westminster Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Taiwan, and pastoral work in a local church in Hawaii. Topics discussed include Crossett's education at Wheaton College and Westminster Seminary; decision to join China Inland Mission; language school; evangelism methods; characteristics of the Chinese church; CIM's...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1986
Collection 303 Oral History Interview with Erma Walker
Collection
Identifier: CN 303
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Erma Horton Stevens Walker in which she discusses her conversion, background in Christian Science, effects of the Great Depression, education at Wheaton College, husband Bill Walker, church planting in Texas, and acceptance to Central American Mission. The time period covered by the interviews is circa 1913-1950.
Erma Horton Walker was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on May 4, 1985, at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.
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 347 Oral History Interview with Ruth M. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 347
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruth Margaret (Hollander) Long in which she discusses her conversion, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary for the Sudan Interior Mission tohgether with her husband Burt) in Niger and Nigeria from 1950 through 1984. Other topics discussed include raising a family on the mission field, development of an AWANA program for Hausa children, evangelistic activities, impressions of the French colonial system, the independence of Niger, Hamami Diori,...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Collection 351 Oral History Interview with Burt E. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 351
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Burt E. Long by Wheaton College student Heather Conley in which Long discusses his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, his education at Wheaton College, and his decades of services as a medical missionary for Sudan Interior Mission in Niger and Nigeria. The time period covered by the interviews is 1930-1986.
Burt Long was interviewed by Wheaton College student Heather Conley on November 26 and December 3, 1986.
Dates:
Created: 1986
Collection 402 Papers of Debbie Dortzbach
Collection
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
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
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Missionaries. 11
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 10
- Evangelistic work. 9
- Women missionaries. 9
- Children of missionaries. 8
- Indigenous church administration 8
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 8
- Christianity and culture. 7
- Language in missionary work. 7
- Medical care 7
- Missionaries -- Training of. 7
- Christian education. 6
- Church and state. 6
- Family. 6
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 6
- Catholic Church. 5
- Conversion. 5
- Culture shock. 5
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Missions. 5
- Rural missions. 5
- Sex role. 5
- Tribes. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 5
- Bible. 4
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 4
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 4
- China -- History. 4
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 4
- Christian literature. 4
- Church development, New. 4
- Communism. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 4
- Missions -- China. 4
- Christian education -- China. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 3
- Evangelistic work -- China. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
- Interpersonal conflict. 3
- Pentecostalism. 3
- Refugees 3
- Refugees -- China. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 3
- Animism. 2
- Belgium. 2
- Belgium. -- Administration. 2
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Buddhists -- China. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Children -- United States 2
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- Social life and customs. 2
- China. 2
- Chinese language. 2
- Christian education -- Niger. 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Church and state -- Niger. 2
- Church and state -- Nigeria. 2
- Church growth -- Niger. 2
- Church growth -- Nigeria. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Church work with women -- Niger. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- College students -- United States 2
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- College students. 2
- Crime and criminals 2
- Crime and criminals -- China. 2
- Depressions 2
- Depressions -- 1929 2
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 2
- Ecumenical movement. 2
- Education 2
- Evangelistic work -- Niger. 2
- France 2
- France -- Colonies 2
- France -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Hausa (African people) 2
- Hausa (African people) -- Niger. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Niger. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
- International relief -- Niger. 2 ∧ less
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