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Mixter, Russell L.

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 242 Oral History Interview with Ruth E. Hess

 Collection
Identifier: CN 242
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Ruth Edna DeVelde Hess (1909-1997), a missionary with the Plymouth Brethren Church at Sakeji School for missionary children in Zambia. Topics discussed include: Hess' life as a child in Wheaton, Illinois, and education at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College; marriage to Lyndon Roth Hess; calling to be teachers of missionary children; decision to go to Africa; their work at Sakeji School from 1932 to 1982; and descriptions of life and customs in Zambia among the...
Dates: Created: 1982

Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen

 Collection
Identifier: CN 260
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...
Dates: Created: 1983

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Aeronautics in missionary work. 1
Bible colleges 1
Bible colleges -- India. 1
Boarding schools -- Zambia. 1
Boarding schools. 1
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Caste -- India. 1
Caste. 1
Children of missionaries -- Zambia. 1
Church and state -- India. 1
Church and state. 1
Church growth -- India. 1
Church growth. 1
College students -- United States 1
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
College students in missionary work. 1
College students. 1
Culture shock. 1
Education 1
Education -- India. 1
Evangelistic work -- India. 1
Evangelistic work -- Zambia. 1
Hinduism 1
Hinduism -- Doctrines. 1
Hinduism -- India. 1
India -- Description and travel. 1
India -- History -- 1947- 1
India -- History. 1
India -- Social life and customs. 1
Indigenous church administration 1
Indigenous church administration -- India. 1
Intercultural communication -- India. 1
Intercultural communication -- Zambia. 1
Leprosy -- India. 1
Leprosy. 1
Marriage. 1
Medical care 1
Medical care -- India. 1
Medical education 1
Medical education -- United States. 1
Mennonites 1
Mennonites -- Missions. 1
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
Missionaries -- United States. 1
Missions -- India. 1
Missions -- South Africa. 1
Missions -- Zambia. 1
Missions to Hindus. 1
Missions to leprosy patients 1
Missions to leprosy patients -- India. 1
Missions, Medical -- India. 1
Missions, Medical. 1
Missions. 1
Northern Lunda (African people) 1
Nursing -- India. 1
Nursing -- Study and teaching 1
Nursing -- Study and teaching -- United States. 1
Nursing. 1
Parenthood. 1
Prayer groups -- United States. 1
Prayer groups. 1
Refugees 1
Refugees -- India. 1
Revivals -- Wheaton. 1
Revivals. 1
Seminary extension -- India. 1
Seminary extension. 1
Theology 1
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 1
Theology -- Study and teaching -- India. 1
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 1
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 1
Zambia 1
Zambia -- Description and travel. 1
Zambia -- Social life and customs. 1
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