Davis, Elwood Linnell, 1879-1961.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 438 Oral History Interview with Paul F. Hurlburt Jr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 438
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul Frederick Hurlburt (1927-1996) in which he describes the work of his grandfather (Charles E.) and father (Paul F. E.) as missionaries and mission administrators in east central Africa; languages skills among missionaries; the development of Christianity among the nade people of Zaire, including their worship practices and music; and the influence of witchcraft in the area. The time period covered by the interview is approximately 1898 to 1990.Paul...
Dates:
Created: 1990
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
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- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Animism. 1
- Baptism. 1
- Blackwater fever. 1
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
- Children -- Religious life. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Children of missionaries. 1
- Children. 1
- Christianity and culture Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 1
- Conversion. 1
- Dispensationalism 1
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Evangelistic work. 1
- Evangelists 1
- Evangelists -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Family. 1
- Hymns. 1
- Indigenous church administration 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 1
- Interpersonal conflict. 1
- Kenya 1
- Kenya -- Description and travel. 1
- Kijabe (Kenya) 1
- Kikuyu (African people) 1
- Kivu (Zaire) 1
- Language in missionary work. 1
- Masai (African people) 1
- Medical care 1
- Medical care -- Kenya. 1
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
- Missionaries. 1
- Missions -- Educational work. 1
- Missions -- Kenya. 1
- Missions, Medical. 1
- Missions. 1
- Mombasa (Kenya) 1
- Music -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Music -- Religious aspects. 1
- Nandi (Zairian people) 1
- Nandi (Zairian people) -- Music. 1
- Nandi language. 1
- Occultism 1
- Occultism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Pygmies. 1
- Religion, Primitive 1
- Religion, Primitive -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Rural missions. 1
- Storytelling -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Storytelling. 1
- Swahili language. 1
- Witchcraft -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Witchcraft. 1
- World War, 1914-1918. 1
- Worship. 1 ∧ less
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