Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Organization
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Americo Saavedra Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 427
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Americo Saavedra, a Peruvian-born missionary working with HCJB in Ecuador, in which he describes his childhood, family, conversion, Catholicism in Peru and Ecuador, radio station HCJB and its ministry, Quito, Ecuador, his decision to be a missionary, employment with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru. Other topics include his education at Moody Bible Institute, Christian education in Ecuador, informal education, Summer Institute of Linguistics, the state of the...
Dates:
Created: 1990
Barbara L. Collins Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 508
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Barbara Lynn (Miner) Collins in which she describes her childhood; family's religious background; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development in college and young professional life; acceptance as a missionary by Africa Inland Mission (AIM); arrival on the mission field in Kenya; work among the Rendile and Kikuyu peoples; raising children on the mission field; development of women's program at Africa Inland Church Missionary College; work among women refugees...
Dates:
Created: 1995
Burt E. Long Oral History Interview
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
Charles J. Guth Papers
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Charles J. Guth Papers
Christopher B. Ladish Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 623
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Christopher Ladish in which he discusses his childhood, conversion to Christian faith, marriage, joining Wycliffe Bible Translators/Summer Institute of Linguistics, his translation and literacy work in the Koromfe language among the Koromba people of Burkina Faso, the characteristics of the Wycliffe organization and staff, and methods of Bible translation. The time period covered by the interviews is 1961 to 2006.Christopher Ladish was interviewed by...
Dates:
2006
David D. Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 409
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, photographs, negatives, and clippings relating to the linguistic and missionary work of David and Dorothy Thomas in the Philippines, Vietnam (especially with the Chrau tribe), Cambodia, and Thailand with Wycliffe Bible Translators from 1954-1975. The bulk of the content consists of David and Dorothy's letters to his mother, Ruth, who lived in Wheaton, IL. Topics covered in the correspondence include information on the Thomas family, missionary work in the Philippines, and...
Dates:
Created: 1954-1975
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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David D. Thomas Papers
David L. Farah Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 302
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with David Livingstone Farah, in which he discusses his upbringing, education at Wheaton College, work as an administrator with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru and Bolivia, and relationships with other religious bodies, national groups and governments. Other topics include the 1950 revival at Wheaton College; Wycliffe jungle training in Mexico; the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the prevalence of syncretism; differences between Peru and Bolivia; description of...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Donald W. Berry Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 325
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview in which Berry discusses his conversion, education at Wheaton College, and his work as a pilot and administrator for Mission Aviation Fellowship in Honduras and Southeast Asia. Other topics discussed include. Berry’s service in the Army during World War II, his views on pacifism, the origins of Mission Aviation Fellowship, challenges of MAF, and the effect of life on the mission field on Berry’s family.Donald Berry was interviewed by Robert Shuster on...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Elias Hatcher Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 377
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, audio tapes, photographs, diaries, and periodicals documenting the career of Elias Hatcher as a pilot for Mission Aviation Fellowship in Mexico from 1949 to 1968, and his time as a mission administrator at the U. S. headquarters of MAF from 1968 until his death in 1971. Diaries document Hatcher's military service and education at Wheaton College; correspondence includes love letters between Hatcher and his future wife, and letters with their six children when they were away...
Dates:
Created: 1941-1978; Majority of material found in 1943-1974
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Elias Hatcher Papers
Elisabeth Elliot Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN-278
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, slides, clippings, publicity releases, reviews, manuscripts, films, video and audio tapes relating to Elisabeth Elliot's careers as a missionary in Ecuador, author, teacher and speaker. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to the so-called "Auca Incident" and Elliot's own work the Waorani, whose enemies called them the "Auca," as well as her lectures on the Biblical view of the roles of men and women, dealing with suffering, and personal holiness, among...
Dates:
Created: 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-2010
Erik S. Barnett Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 510
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Erik Stanley Barnett (1910-2006) in which he describes his childhood in Kenya as the son of missionary parents; his own work in that country as pastor, church planter, educator and administrator with Africa Inland Mission (AIM); the internal developments of AIM and of the Africa Inland Church in Kenya during the twentieth century. Other topics discussed include: his parents’ missionary service in Kenya among the Maasai people; changes in AIM missionary training...
Dates:
Created: 1995
Helen Elliott Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 116
Scope and Contents
Oral History interviews conducted with Helen Ruth Belcher Elliot (1927-2012), missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators to the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Topics include Wheaton College during the 1940s, field experiences, Guatemalan culture and religion, and family activities. Topics covered in the interview include: Elliott's childhood, marriage and early family life, education at Wheaton College (including courses, academic and social life), decision to become a missionary with...
Dates:
Created: 1980
InterAct Ministries Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 407
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, brochures, handbook, video tapes, and historical sketches documenting the ministry of the mission. Topics covered include administration of the mission, the Arctic Bible Institute, infant baptism, the Moravian Church, Arctic Training Center, Victory High School, Multi Media Production, the correspondence school program, Victory Bible Camp, Slavic Gospel Association's transfer of its work in Alaska to AMI, Native Institute of Canada, Native Bible Centre...
Dates:
Created: 1947-1989
Jacqueline Huggins Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 545
Scope and Contents
One oral history interview, one videotape, one radio interview, one photograph, and prayer letters related to the ministry of Jacqueline Huggins, missionary and Bible translator with Wycliffe Bible Translators among the Kagayanen people of the Philippines.The recordings, comprising the majority of the collection, consist of an oral history with Huggins (see detailed description which follows) and of the radio program Family Portraits segment hosted...
Dates:
Created: 1985-1997
Jim Elliot Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 277
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, tapes of sermons and audio letters, journals, notebooks, annotated Bibles, school records, poems, clippings, drawings, and other materials describing Elliot's courtship of his wife Elisabeth, his spiritual preparation for the mission field, early days of his work in Ecuador, and events leading up to his death and those of four other missionaries at the hands of the Waorani (called "Auca" by their enemies) people. Microfilm edition of materials available for researcher use.
Dates:
Created: 1941-1959; Majority of material found within 1947-1956
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Jim Elliot Collection
Joan M. Wise Oral History Interviews
Item
Identifier: CN 568
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews in which Wise talks about her Catholic childhood; the influence of the Jesus People movement; David Rose; her conversion experience; joining Youth With A Missions (YWAM); work with Vietnamese refugee youth in Hong Kong; the Revival Christian Church of Hong Kong; becoming an independent missionary; creating Sunday schools in north and south Vietnam; Church and state in Vietnam; condition of the church in Vietnam; speaking in tongues; miracles in Vietnam; ancestor...
Dates:
2000
Jonathan Burmeister manuscript.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2017-051
Dates:
2016
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Kathryn Deering Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 670
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts, newsletters, photos, digital copies of journals, and other materials relating to the life and ministry of Elisabeth Elliot as they were gathered by Kathryn Deering, employee of Servant Publications who edited Elliot’s newsletter and several of her books.
Dates:
Created: 1979-2012
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Kathryn Deering Papers
Kathryn Long book research papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 9
Identifier: 2019-015
Dates:
1949-2018
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Kenneth Fleming Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 657
Brief Description
Collection contains letters, articles, audio recordings, photographs, and other material collected by Kenneth Fleming relating to the death of five American missionaries in Ecuador in 1956, including his brother Peter Fleming, in Ecuador with the Plymouth Brethren mission agency Christian Missions In Many Lands. In particular, the papers document the story of Peter’s involvement in the so-called “Operation Auca” and his death, along with missionaries Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Nate Saint and...
Dates:
Created: 1946-2011
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Kenneth Fleming Papers
Martha H. Philips Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 314
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Martha H. Philips (1905-1996) in which she describes her childhood, education, missionary work in China with China Inland Mission at Chefoo School as a teacher of missionary children, her internment by the Japanese at Temple Hill and Wei Xian camps, repatriation, working with Wycliffe Bible Translators among the Zapotec Indians in southern Mexico, and traveling throughout the world representing the mission. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Mission Aviation History Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 528
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, prayer letters, audio tapes, clippings, brochures, negatives, photos, and slides collected by former aviator John R. Wells, retired Wheaton College employee, as a result of his interest in the use Christian mission agencies and individual missionaries made of airplanes since their invention. The collection documentation on various denominational and nondenominational organizations and individuals covering the time period 1922 to 1989; represented are such agencies as the...
Dates:
Created: 1922-1989
Papers of Kathryn Long, 1950-2022
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-011
Dates:
1950-2022
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Raymond Elliott Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 115
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Raymond Leroy Elliott (1924-2008), Wycliffe Bible translator working among the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Interview topics include educational work and life in Wheaton, translation activities, missionary training, mission responsibilities, and political, social, and cultural events in Central America. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1924-1980.Raymond Elliott was interviewed by Chris Matthews, a Wheaton College graduate...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Robert & Muriel Ward papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1986-055
Dates:
1966-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Susan Nivens Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 642
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Susan Nivens, conducted by Robert Shuster, in which she discusses her childhood in Michigan, development of her Christian faith, education at Bethany Bible College, joining the Summer Institute of Linguistics/Wycliffe Bible Translators, the relationship between the two; her marriage; work in Indonesia among the Tarangan people; raising a family in the field; the processes of Bible translation; Indonesian village life; Muslim/Christian relations; experiences...
Dates:
2009
V24. The Good Seed, 1986
Item
Identifier: V24
Content Description
30 minutes Produced by Gateway Films, 1986. The story of Marianna Slocum and Florence Gerdel's work among the Tzeltal people of Mexico for Wycliffe Bible Translators. Color.
Dates:
1986
Vera Mae Ellmaker papers.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1986-011
Dates:
1953-1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Vernon W. Patterson Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 005
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings, reports, financial records, press releases, promotional material, forms, newsletters, and oral history interviews relating to Vernon W. Patterson's (1892-1991) active participation and leadership in evangelistic activities in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area. The papers focus particularly on his involvement in various evangelical lay organizations and other institutions and the early career of Billy Graham. The interviews were recorded on 3/4/85 and 3/5/85 and...
Dates:
Created: 1900-1985
W. Arthur Saunders Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 471
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview and a manuscript translated by W. Arthur Saunders, relating to Saunder’s missionary service in China with China Inland Mission and Overseas Missionary Fellowship from 1930 to 1987. The interview describes his childhood in England, emigration to New Zealand, training at the New Zealand Bible Institute, joining the China Inland Mission, going to China in 1930, evangelistic work in south Gansu province, the work of Chinese evangelists, worship services in Gansu churches,...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Wilbur and Evelyn Aulie papers.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1991-076
Dates:
1958-1972
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Wilbur Aulie papers.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1987-122
Dates:
1940-1948
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Zamzam Incident Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN-624
Scope and Contents
Diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, oral history interviews, correspondence, photos, and other materials relating to the passengers, mainly American missionaries, who were aboard the ship Zamzam, sunk in the south Atlantic Ocean in 1941 by a German warship. Materials describe the sinking, the subsequent experiences of the passengers as German prisoners and the internment of some for the duration of the war, and reunions held in later years by the survivors and their families.
Dates:
Created: 1941-2012
Additional filters:
- Type
- Collection 25
- Unprocessed Material 7
- Archival Object 1
- Subject
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 18
- Bible -- Translating. 15
- Conversion -- Christianity. 12
- Language in missionary work. 11
- Missionaries -- Training of. 11
- Women missionaries. 10
- Women -- Religious life. 9
- Christian life. 8
- Christianity and culture. 8
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 8
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni -- Oral history. 8
- Children of missionaries. 7
- Missions -- Mexico. 7
- Translating and interpreting. 7
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. -- Christianity. 6
- Huao Indians. 6
- Missions -- Ecuador. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- World War, 1939-1945. 6
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 5
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 5
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 5
- Christian leadership. 4
- College students -- Religious life. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 4
- Fund raising. 4
- Marriage. 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Missions -- Finance. 4
- Missions -- Philippines. 4
- Religious institutions. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- 1940s 4
- Baptism. 3
- Bible colleges -- United States. 3
- Christian martyrs -- Ecuador. 3
- Christmas. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Fundamentalism. 3
- Gateway to Joy (Radio program) 3
- Holy Spirit. 3
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 3
- Linguists -- United States. 3
- Missions -- Linguistic work. 3
- Missions -- Peru. 3
- Public worship -- Christianity. 3
- Quechua Indians. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- 1950s 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 3
- Animism -- Guatemala. 2
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Catholic Church -- Guatemala. 2
- Catholic Church -- Mexico. 2
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- Chol Indians. 2
- Chol language. 2
- Christian education -- Ecuador. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
- Church and state -- United States. 2
- Church and state -- Vietnam. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Communism -- Vietnam. 2
- Communism. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Curaray River (Ecuador and Peru) 2
- Death. 2
- Divorce -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 2
- Education -- Guatemala. 2
- Evangelicalism -- 20th century. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Guatemala. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Kenya. 2
- Families -- United States. 2
- Families. 2
- Glossolalia. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Guatemala -- Economic conditions. 2
- Guatemala -- Race relations. 2
- Guatemala -- Religion. 2
- Huao (Language) 2
- Indians of Central America -- Guatemala. 2
- Indians of Central America -- Missions -- Guatemala. 2
- Indians of South America -- Ecuador. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Ecuador. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Guatemala. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Ixil Indians -- Missions. 2
- Ixil Indians -- Religion. 2
- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) 2
- Linguistics -- Guatemala. 2
- Literacy -- Guatemala. 2
- Lord's Supper. 2
- Medical care -- Guatemala. 2
- Men -- Sexual behavior. 2
- Miracles. 2 ∧ less
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