Wheaton College (Ill.)
Organization
Found in 12 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 186 Papers of M. Douglas Hursh
Collection
Identifier: CN 186
Scope and Contents
Two oral history interviews, manuscript material, photographs, and memorabilia relatingn to Marion Douglas Hursh's work with Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital, Kano in Nigeria from 1942-1962. Topics covered concern Hursh's education and work as a medical missionary at the Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, as well as various aspects of church life and mission activity in Nigeria. Events described in the interviews cover the time period from 1904 to...
Dates:
Created: 1904-1982
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 286 Oral History Interview with Marilyn J. Suttie
Collection
Identifier: CN 286
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Marilyn Joy Suttie in which she describes her work as a missionary in Cameroon with the United Presbyterian Ecumenical Mission. Topics discussed include: Suttie's childhood in China, education at Wheaton College, and short-term missionary work, mainly teaching missionary children in Cameroon. Also includes information on the Cameroon church, polygamy, Muslims in Cameroon, and medical care, and other political, social, and religious issues in Africa. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 311 Papers of Charles J. Guth
Collection
Identifier: CN 311
Scope and Contents
Water color paintings and oral history interviews with Charles J. Guth, relating to Guth’s missionary work in Africa with the Sudan Interior Mission. Topics covered by the interviews include: Guth’s education at Wheaton College, preparation for the mission field as a worker with Sudan Interior Mission, his life, work, and contacts as a missionary among the Koma and Maban people of the Sudan; the culture of these peoples; the effect of Sudan's independence on the church in the Sudan,...
Dates:
Created: 1976-1985
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 388 Oral History Interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco
Collection
Identifier: CN 388
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco in which she discusses her life and ministry in the Philippines, including her childhood, education, and work as a Bible school teacher. Other topics covered include theological education and evangelism in the Philippines; work with "Here's Life Philippines," sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ; the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church; Filipino culture; Muslim and Catholic communities in the Philippines; Ebenezer Bible College;...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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 424 Oral History Interviews with Ruth L. Maxwell
Collection
Identifier: CN 424
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ruth Lillian Maxwell in which she talks about her family background, including her grandfather, L.E. Maxwell, founder of Prairie Bible Institute, and her parents, missionaries with Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) in Nigeria; Nigerian village life; experiences at boarding school; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development; education in Canada at Prairie Bible Institute; joining SIM; missions work in Liberia teaching the Bible and leading study groups for...
Dates:
Created: 1989
Collection 553 Oral History Interview with Alex Sackey-Ansah
Collection
Identifier: CN 553
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Alex Atempo Sackey-Ansah in which he describes his family, conversion and spiritual development, education, joining PioneersAfrica, distinctives and programs of the mission, his responsibilities, PioneersAfrica director Solomon Aryeetey, Church of Pentecost, the church in Ghana, missions in Africa, African missionaries, church planting philosophy and process, conflict resolution in Africa, American perceptions of Africa and the African church, establishing a...
Dates:
Created: 1998
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
- Missionaries. 11
- Evangelistic work. 9
- Indigenous church administration 9
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 9
- Conversion. 8
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
- Missions to Muslims. 8
- Muslims. 8
- Christian education. 7
- Christianity and culture. 7
- Church and state. 7
- Medical care 7
- Missionaries -- Training of. 7
- Women missionaries. 7
- Church work with women. 6
- Missions -- Educational work. 6
- Tribes. 6
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 5
- Missions -- Nigeria. 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Bible. 4
- Catholic Church. 4
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Church growth. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Great Britain 4
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 4
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 4
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Animism. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Church and state -- Nigeria. 3
- Church growth -- Nigeria. 3
- Communism. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelistic work -- China. 3
- Family. 3
- Medical care -- Nigeria. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions, Medical -- Nigeria. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Tribes -- Nigeria. 3
- Worship. 3
- Baptism. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Bible colleges 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Children -- United States 2
- Children. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian education -- Niger. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christianity and other religions. 2
- Church and state -- Niger. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Church growth -- Niger. 2
- Church work with children. 2
- Church work with women -- Niger. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- College students. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Niger. 2
- France 2
- France -- Colonies 2
- France -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Fundamentalism. 2
- Hausa (African people) 2
- Hausa (African people) -- Niger. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Niger. 2
- International relief -- Niger. 2
- International relief. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Leprosy. 2
- Medical care -- Niger. 2
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Niger. 2
- Missions to Buddhists. 2
- Missions to Muslims -- Niger. 2
- Missions to Muslims -- Nigeria. 2
- Missions. 2
- Muslims -- Niger. 2
- Muslims -- Nigeria. 2
- Nationalism. 2
- Niger 2
- Niger -- Economic conditions. 2
- Niger -- Social conditions. 2 ∧ less
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