Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Organization
Found in 6 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 277 Ephemera of Jim Elliot
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
Collection 278: 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
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 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
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- Subject: College students X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Bible -- Translating. 5
- Language in missionary work. 5
- Marriage. 5
- Bible. 4
- Christian life. 4
- Church and state. 4
- College students -- Religious life. 4
- College students. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Animism. 3
- Children of missionaries. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- Catholic Church. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Christmas. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Huao Indians. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Ecuador. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Peru. 2
- Missions -- South America. 2
- Missions. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Quechua Indians. 2
- Quechua language. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Tribes. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 1
- Animism -- Bolivia. 1
- Animism -- Guatemala. 1
- Animism -- Sudan. 1
- Authors and publishers. 1
- Authors and readers -- United States. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bolivia -- Religion. 1
- Bolivia. 1
- Bolivia. -- Politics and government. 1
- Catholic Church -- Bolivia. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Guatemala. 1
- Chester (Ill.) 1
- Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
- Christian education -- Kenya. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian martyrs -- Ecuador. 1
- Christian martyrs -- Sudan. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Bolivia. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Kenya. 1
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 1
- Christianity and other religions. 1
- Christianity and politics -- Bolivia. 1
- Christianity and politics. 1
- Church and state -- Bolivia. 1
- Church and state -- Guatemala. 1
- Church and state -- Kenya. 1
- Church and state -- Sudan. 1
- Church work with refugees -- Kenya. 1
- Church work with refugees. 1
- Church work with single people 1
- Church work with students. 1
- Church work with women -- Sudan. 1
- Church work with women. 1
- Cold War. 1
- College students -- Religious life -- Illinois -- Wheaton. 1
- Colorado Indians (Ecuador) 1
- Communism. 1
- Community development -- Bolivia. 1
- Community development. 1
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. 1
- Courtship -- Sudan. 1
- Courtship. 1
- Crime and criminals 1
- Crime and criminals -- United States. 1
- Cross-cultural studies. 1
- Cults. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Curaray River (Ecuador and Peru) 1
- Death. 1
- Diaries 1
- Ecuador 1
- Education 1 ∧ less
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