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Mixter, Russell L.

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 088 Papers of Paul and Catharine Gieser

 Collection
Identifier: CN 088
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Kenneth Gieser and letters reporting to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville, TN on the Gieser’s work in China, written between October 19, 1934, and November 1, 1936. Also contains audio tapes and transcripts of autobiographical statements.

Dates: Created: 1934-1979

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

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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

Collection 363 Papers of Ruth M. Mellis

 Collection
Identifier: CN 363
Scope and Contents Correspondence, prayer letters, clippings, photographs, oral history interviews and audio tapes of missionary conference relating to the missionary career of Ruth M. Mellis. Materials document her work among orphans and students in Greece, the Greek Bible Institute, the Greek language, and Greater Europe Mission; oral history interviews describe her childhood, attendance at Wheaton College, work with Near East Relief in Siros, teaching public schools in the St. Louis area, teaching at the...
Dates: Created: 1928-1987

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Church and state. 3
College students. 3
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
Refugees 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
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Bible colleges 2
Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
Children of missionaries. 2
Church and social problems. 2
College students -- United States 2
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
College students in missionary work. 2
Education 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Intercultural communication. 2
Medical care 2
Medical education 2
Medical education -- United States. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Missions. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
Worship. 2
Aeronautics in missionary work. 1
Armenians. 1
Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
Bible colleges -- India. 1
Boarding schools -- Zambia. 1
Boarding schools. 1
Caste -- India. 1
Caste. 1
Children of missionaries -- Zambia. 1
China -- Description and travel. 1
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
China -- History. 1
China -- Manners and customs. 1
Chinese language. 1
Christian education -- Greece. 1
Christian education -- United States. 1
Christian education. 1
Christian martyrs -- China. 1
Christian martyrs. 1
Church and social problems -- China. 1
Church and social problems -- United States. 1
Church and state -- China. 1
Church and state -- Greece. 1
Church and state -- India. 1
Church growth -- India. 1
Church growth. 1
Church work with prisoners -- China. 1
Church work with prisoners. 1
Church work with refugees -- Greece. 1
Church work with refugees. 1
College students -- Religious life. 1
Culture shock. 1
Depressions 1
Depressions -- 1929 1
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 1
Economic and social conditions 1
Economic and social conditions -- China. 1
Education -- Ethiopia. 1
Education -- Greece. 1
Education -- India. 1
Education -- United States. 1
Education, Higher 1
Education, Higher -- United States. 1
English language 1
English language -- Foreign speakers. 1
Epidemics 1
Epidemics -- China. 1
Ethiopia 1
Ethiopia -- Description and travel. 1
Ethiopia -- History 1
Ethiopia -- History -- 1889-1974. 1
Ethiopia -- Religion. 1
Ethiopia -- Social life and customs. 1
Evangelicalism -- Greece. 1
Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
Evangelistic work -- China. 1
Evangelistic work -- Greece. 1
Evangelistic work -- India. 1
Evangelistic work -- Korea. 1
Evangelistic work -- Zambia. 1
Festivals 1
Festivals -- China. 1
Greece 1
Greece -- History 1
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