Rift Valley Academy (Kijabe, Kenya)
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 251 Oral History Interview with Herbert Downing
Collection
Identifier: CN 251
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Herbert Downing (1905-1986) in which he describes his childhood as a child of missionaries in Kenya, attending Rift Valley Academy in Kenya, a visit of Theodore Roosevelt to the Academy, his father's work as pastor and administrator, Africa Inland Mission's policy on the education of missionary children, and Downing's own work as an educator at Rift Valley Academy. The time period covered by the interview is 1905-1983Herbert Downing was intereviewed by...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 281 Papers of John and Florence Stauffacher
Collection
Identifier: CN 281
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, notes, clippings, and photographs relating to the Stauffachers' work as missionaries with Africa Inland Mission, chiefly from 1911 to the early 1940s. The materials document their careers from the earliest stages, describing their responsibilities and everyday life, primarily in Kenya and the Belgian Congo, but also in Uganda & Tanzania, their developing relationship by correspondence prior to Mrs. Stauffacher's arrival in Kenya and their subsequent...
Dates:
Created: 1902-1973
Collection 452 Papers of Elwood L. Davis
Collection
Identifier: CN 452
Scope and Contents
Diaries, photographs, and miscellaneous materials about Elwood L. Davis and his medical missionary work in Kenya for the Africa Inland Mission (AIM). Topics covered include brief descriptions of daily life in Africa, of his army medical service during World War I, places visited, colleagues entertained, services held, birth of his sons, death of his wife, etc.; diaries cover, with a few gaps, the years 1902 until his death in 1961; includes information on his father, various licenses and...
Dates:
Created: 1882-1961
Herbert Downing home movies.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2018-016
Dates:
1937-1953
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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- Type
- Collection 3
- Unprocessed Material 1
- Subject
- Family. 3
- Missionaries. 3
- Missions -- Kenya. 3
- Missions. 3
- Baptism. 2
- Bible. 2
- Children of missionaries. 2
- Kenya 2
- Kenya -- Description and travel. 2
- Masai (African people) 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Bible -- Inspiration. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Boarding schools -- Africa. 1
- Boarding schools -- Kenya. 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Christian education -- Kenya. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Description and travel. 1
- Courtship. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Africa, East. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Evangelistic work -- Tanzania. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Zaire. 1
- Evangelistic work. 1
- Great Britain 1
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 1
- Indigenous church administration 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 1
- Kikuyu (African people) 1
- Language in missionary work. 1
- Marriage. 1
- Medical care 1
- Medical care -- Kenya. 1
- Missionaries -- Training of. 1
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 1
- Missionaries' spouses. 1
- Missions -- Congresses. 1
- Missions -- Tanzania. 1
- Missions -- Uganda. 1
- Missions -- Zaire. 1
- Missions, Medical. 1
- Mombasa (Kenya) 1
- Rural missions. 1
- Tanzania 1
- Tanzania -- Description and travel. 1
- Uganda 1
- Uganda -- Description and travel. 1
- Women 1
- Women -- Religious life. 1
- Women missionaries. 1
- World War, 1914-1918. 1 ∧ less
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