Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Organization
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 116 Oral History Interviews with Helen Elliott
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
Collection 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah
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
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 325 Oral History Interview with Donald W. Berry
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
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 407 Records of InterAct Ministries
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
Collection 409 Papers of David D. Thomas
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
Collection 471 Papers of W. Arthur Saunders
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
Collection 508 Oral History Interviews with Barbara L. Collins
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
Collection 545 Papers of Jacqueline Huggins
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
Collection 642 Oral History Interviews with Susan Nivens
Collection
Identifier: CN 642
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Susan Nivens, 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 during a jihad, helping to create...
Dates:
2009
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Additional filters:
- Subject
- Church and state. 10
- Evangelistic work. 9
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 9
- Missionaries. 9
- Missionaries -- Training of. 8
- Bible -- Translating. 7
- Bible. 7
- Conversion. 7
- Indigenous church administration 7
- Language in missionary work. 7
- Christianity and culture. 6
- Tribes. 6
- Women -- Religious life. 6
- Pentecostalism. 5
- Women 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Animism. 4
- Catholic Church. 4
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Christian education. 4
- Christian life. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Missions -- Finance. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Bible colleges 3
- Christian martyrs. 3
- Communism. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Family. 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 3
- Marriage. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 2
- Baptism. 2
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
- Church and state -- United States. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- College students. 2
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. 2
- Divorce. 2
- Family -- United States. 2
- Fundamentalism. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Linguistics 2
- Linguists 2
- Linguists -- United States. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Philippines. 2
- Missions -- Public relations. 2
- Missions -- Rural work. 2
- Missions to Muslims. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Missions. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Nationalism. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Prayer groups. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Rural churches. 2
- Translating and interpreting. 2
- African American missionaries. 1
- African Americans -- Religious life. 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 1
- African Americans. 1
- Alcoholics. 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 1
- Animism -- Bolivia. 1
- Animism -- Guatemala. 1
- Animism -- Philippines. 1
- Animism -- Sudan. 1
- Arctic voice (Periodical) 1
- Arminianism -- United States 1
- Arminianism. 1
- Bible -- Inspiration. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible colleges -- Alaska. 1
- Bible colleges -- United States. 1
- Bible colleges -- Vietnam. 1
- Bolivia -- Religion. 1
- Bolivia. 1
- Bolivia. -- Politics and government. 1 ∧ less
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