Mission Aviation Fellowship.
Organization
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
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 (so-called Auca) people. Microfilm edition of materials available for researcher use.
Dates:
Created: 1941-1959; Majority of material found within 1947-1956
Collection 377 Papers of Elias Hatcher
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
Collection 390 Papers of Janet Kuhns
Collection
Identifier: CN 390
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and manuscript, relating to the ministry of Janet Kuhns, missionary among the Dayak people in West Kalimantan, Indonesia under the auspices of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (CM&A).[NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "Folder 1-1" means box 1, Folder 1.]Series: Audio TapesThree oral history interviews with Janet Kuhns in which she...
Dates:
Created: 1987-1988
Collection 441 Oral History Interviews with Paul F. Robinson
Collection
Identifier: CN 441
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Paul Frederick Robinson (1910-1993) in which he describes his family background; spiritual development; education at Moody Bible Institute; his evangelist father, Frederick Robinson; and his own founding of Moody Bible Institute's mission aviation training program. Other topics discussed include: Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and Jungle Aviation and Radio Service (JAARS); Robinson's flying experiences in New Guinea, Indonesia, long cross-country flights,...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 446 Papers of Jack Wyrtzen
Collection
Identifier: CN 446
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, audio tapes and video tapes relating to the ministry of Jack Wyrtzen.Series: Audio TapesTape 1 to Tape 7: Oral history interviews with Jack Wyrtzen in which he describes his parents, childhood, early influences, conversion, relations with other Christian leaders, development of the Word of Life Fellowship, radio and television work and youth work. The time period covered by the...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 488 Papers of John E. Phillips
Collection
Identifier: CN 488
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, letters, newspaper clipping, a booklet and other materials, relating mainly to John E. Phillips' work as a missionary with the Sudan Interior Mission among the Kambatta people of Ethiopia (1932-1937) and among the Dinka people of Sudan (1938-1949). There is also some information on his involvement in other ministries, such as Ambassadors for Christ and the Allentown Rescue Mission.
Dates:
Created: 1926-2003
Collection 528 Ephemera of Mission Aviation History
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
Collection 599 Ephemera of the "Auca" Incident
Collection
Identifier: CN 599
Scope and Contents
Audio tapes, comic book, film, filmstrips, oversize materials, phonograph records, postage stamps, and video tapes documenting the martyrdom of five American missionaries in Ecuador by the Huaorani Indians in 1956. Documents describe the deaths of the missionary, the response by Protestant evangelical Christians in the United States, and later missionary work with the Indians by Rachel Saint and Elisabeth Elliot.
Dates:
Created: 1956-1993, undated
Collection 701 Papers of Olive Fleming Liefeld
Collection
Identifier: CN 701
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters, reports, transcripts, photographs, photo albums, and other materials from the papers of Olive Liefeld relating to her first husband, Peter Fleming, their work as missionaries in Ecuador among the Quichua people, his death along with four other missionaries at the hands of Waorani tribesmen in 1956, the continuing development of that story in terms of the impact of the men's deaths on American evangelicalism and the growth of a Christian community among the...
Dates:
Created: 1946-2006, undated
Collection 719 Papers of Janet Wismer
Collection
Identifier: CN 719
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of broadcasts, correspondence, newsletters, articles, and memorabilia, relating to Janet Wismer's work as a staff member and producer for Elisabeth Elliot’s Gateway to Joy radio program. The collection also contains some material documenting Wismer's friendship with Elliot.
Dates:
1959-2012; Majority of material found in 1981-2012
Doris Penny Hatcher Sunday school materials re Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF).
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2021-007
Dates:
1945-1948
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Elias Hatcher memorial notebook.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2015-009
Dates:
1967-1971
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Global Mapping International records.
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2017-039
Dates:
1980-2016
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 352
Brief Description
Correspondence, form letters, financial and statistical reports, minutes, memos and promotional material related to IFMA administration and its service to its member missions. The files on IFMA members and numerous other Christian agencies predominate. Also includes series of maps of Latin American countries identifying nondenominational and denominational mission activity. Numerous mission-related subjects are documented. Persons prominently featured include Jack Frizen, Billy Graham, and...
Dates:
Created: 1934-1983, undated
John Wells' mission aviation materials.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1994-023
Dates:
1953-1993
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Kenneth Fleming Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 657
Scope and Contents
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
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1988-076
Dates:
1949-1982
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 2
Identifier: 1990-078
Dates:
1974-1988
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1995-063
Dates:
1945-1992
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 5
Identifier: 1996-030
Dates:
1969-1994
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 1996-045
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 12
Identifier: 2003-009
Dates:
1944-1998
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 5
Identifier: 2006-023
Dates:
1946-2002
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) videotape film copy.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1986-062
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 136
Scope and Contents
Office files of MAF, a mission agency that provided transportation, radio contact and other support to missions working in remote areas, as well as some services to non-mission agencies. Materials, including correspondence, minutes, reports, prayer letters, personnel files, and budgets, that document the administration and activities of MAF, especially the regional offices in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the Development division (extensive individual prayer letters from entire...
Dates:
Created: 1944-2006
Nate Saint photographs.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2021-041
Dates:
1956, 1996
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Paul and Mary Ellen Johnson papers.
Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2004-024
Dates:
1964-2004
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Ruth Mellis papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 2
Identifier: 1999-022
Dates:
1926-1998
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Additional filters:
- Type
- Unprocessed Material 15
- Collection 13
- Subject
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 16
- Missionaries -- Training of. 8
- Huao Indians. 7
- Evangelistic work. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Missions. 6
- Missions -- Ecuador. 5
- Missions -- South America. 5
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Christian martyrs. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 4
- Christian education. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 3
- Evangelistic work -- South America. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Family. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Missions -- Africa. 3
- Missions -- Central America. 3
- Missions -- Honduras. 3
- Quechua Indians. 3
- Animism. 2
- Bible colleges 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- Catholic Church. -- Protestant churches. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christian martyrs -- Ecuador. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Communism. 2
- Curaray River (Ecuador and Peru) 2
- Death. 2
- Ecuador 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Europe. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Gateway to Joy (Radio program) 2
- Huao (Language) 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Missions -- Mexico. 2
- Missions -- Asia. 2
- Missions -- Caribbean Area. 2
- Missions -- Congresses. 2
- Missions -- Ethiopia. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Indonesia. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- North America. 2
- Missions -- Oceania. 2
- Missions -- Papua New Guinea. 2
- Missions -- Public relations. 2
- Missions -- Southeast Asia. 2
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
- Personnel management. 2
- Plymouth Brethren -- Missions. 2
- Quechua language. 2
- Quito (Ecuador) 2
- Radio in religion -- United States. 2
- Waorani Indians. 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- Women missionaries. 2
- Youth 2
- Youth -- Religious life. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Abortion 1
- Abortion -- Religious aspects. 1
- Aeronautics -- Safety measures. 1
- Airplanes. 1
- Airplanes. -- Maintenance and repair. 1
- Allentown (Pa.) 1
- Amhara (African people) 1
- Animism -- Sudan. 1
- Anti-communist movements -- United States. 1
- Anti-communist movements. 1
- Arajuno (Ecuador) 1
- Back Home Hour (Radio program) 1
- Baptism. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges -- Indonesia. 1
- Bible colleges -- United States. 1
- Bible. 1
- Cancer -- Patients -- Religious life 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Mexico. 1
- Chester (Ill.) 1
- Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
- Children -- Religious life. 1
- Children -- United States 1
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Children's literature 1
- Children. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History. 1
- China. 1 ∧ less
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