Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 039 Papers of Sarah "Belle" Hawkes
Collection
Identifier: CN 039
Scope and Contents
Correspondence etters, reports, and photos relating to the missionary service of Sarah "Belle" Sherwood Hawkes in Persia, now Iran under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Subjects discussed in letters include status of women in Persia, progress of mission work, and Sherwood family affairs.The collection consists of several letters written by Hawkes to her family, 1883-1899; and two reports prepared for the mission board which she served, 1884 and 1899. The...
Dates:
Created: 1881 - 1899
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 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 344 Oral History Interview with Paul B. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 344
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Paul Brown Long in which he discusses his childhood, attendance at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College (including individuals Hudson, Taylor Armerding, Edward A. Coray, V. Raymond Edman, Billy Graham, Ruth Bell Graham, Clarence Jaarsma, Clarence Simpson, C. Gregg Singer), missionary work in education, evangelism, and church planting in the former Belgian Congo and in Brazil. Other topics include animism, church discipline, Christianity and culture, rearing a...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Collection 387 Papers of William M. Miller
Collection
Identifier: CN 387
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and transcripts with William M. Miller in which he describes his education at Princeton, Christian faith, and work as a Presbyterian missionary to Iran from 1919 to 1962. Besides descriptions of his evangelistic, pastoral, and educational work, he also describes many aspects of Iranian and Islamic society. Most of the transcripts are of interviews done for the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Dates:
Created: 1979-1988
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- Church and state. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Missionaries. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Missions. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Christian education. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 3
- Presbyterian Church. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Animism. 2
- Christian education -- Iran. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Church and state -- Iran. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
- Education 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Evangelistic work -- Iran. 2
- Family. 2
- Indigenous church administration 2
- Iranians. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Iran. 2
- Muslims -- Iran. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Radio in missionary work. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Worship. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Anglicans. 1
- Animism -- Brazil. 1
- Armenians. 1
- Assemblies of God -- Missions. 1
- Bahai Faith. 1
- Baptism. 1
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Brazil -- Religion. 1
- Brazil. 1
- Brazil. -- Social conditions. 1
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children of missionaries. 1
- Children. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History. 1
- China -- Manners and customs. 1
- Chinese language. 1
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Christian education of children. 1
- Christian education of teenagers. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Christian martyrs -- China. 1
- Christian martyrs. 1
- Church and social problems -- China. 1
- Church and social problems -- United States. 1
- Church and social problems. 1
- Church and state -- China. 1
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Church architecture. 1
- Church architecture. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Church work with children. 1
- Church work with military personnel. 1
- Church work with prisoners -- China. 1
- Church work with prisoners. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- Church work with women. 1
- College students -- United States 1
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- College students. 1
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions. 1
- Courtship. 1
- Cults -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Cults. 1
- Demoniac possession 1
- Economic and social conditions 1
- Economic and social conditions -- China. 1
- Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1 ∧ less
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