Wheaton College (Ill.)
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 051 Papers of Katharine H. Schoerner
Collection
Identifier: CN 051
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Katherine Hastings Dodd Schoerner for the Missionary Sources Collection at the BGC Archives, in which she describes her experiences as a missionary with China Inland Mission from 1931-1951. Also included the collection are five letters written during her ministry in China describing her life there.Katharine Schoerner was interviewed by Wheaton College student Gary Ziccardi on October 20, 1978 at her home in Evergreen Park. Topics covered in the...
Dates:
Created: 1978
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 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans
Collection
Identifier: CN 279
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Morrell Evans (1899-1976) in which she discusses her childhood; education at Wheaton College; work with J. Elwin Wright; her Christian education activities; the development of the New England Fellowship, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship; and her work as a missionary in Taiwan. The time period covered by the interviews is 1899-1976.Elizabeth Evans was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 8,...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1985
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 383 Oral History Interview with Itchaya Sitterley
Collection
Identifier: CN 383
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Itchaya Sitterley in which she describes her family, life in Thailand, education, career in television and radio, conversion, the evangelistic use of folk drama, the Thai church and comparisons between it and the American church, and Buddhism. Other topics discussed include Sitterley's work with the Chrisitan Communicatins Institute; her marriage; main denominations and seminaries in Thailand; and education at Wheaton College; competition among churches in...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 392 Oral History Interviews with Dorothy J. Mainhood
Collection
Identifier: CN 392
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Dorothy Jane Mainhood in which she describes her childhood, conversion, spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College, call to be a missionary, and work in Thailand for Overseas Missionary Fellowship. Other topics discussed include Mainhood’s medical training, language study in Thailand, Thai people and culture, regional differences in Thailand, the Buddhist and Muslim communities in Thailand, religious syncretism, church-state relations, characteristics of...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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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- Missionaries. 6
- Women missionaries. 6
- Buddhists. 5
- Catholic Church. 5
- Evangelistic work. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Bible. 4
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Communism. 4
- Family. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
- Buddhists -- China. 3
- Children of missionaries. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China -- History. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Church and state. 3
- Church work with women. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Evangelistic work -- China. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Missions -- India. 3
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Tribes. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Buddhism -- Doctrines. 2
- Buddhism. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- Religion. 2
- Chinese -- Missions. 2
- Chinese. 2
- Christian education -- China. 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state -- India. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
- Mass media in religion. 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Taiwan. 2
- Missions to Buddhists -- Thailand. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Radio in religion. 2
- Refugees 2
- Refugees -- China. 2
- Rural churches. 2
- Thailand 2
- Thailand -- Religion. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- History -- 1945- 1
- Bangkok, Thailand. 1
- Baptism. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- India. 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Buddhism -- Christianity. 1
- Buddhism -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Buddhism -- Thailand. 1
- Buddhists -- Taiwan. 1
- Buddhists -- Thailand. 1
- Caste. 1
- Caste. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church -- United States. 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Catholic Church. -- India. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Sri Lanka. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Thailand. 1
- Chaplains, Military 1
- Chaplains, Military -- United States. 1
- Children -- United States 1
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 1 ∧ less
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