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Mixter, Russell L.

 Person

Found in 5 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

 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

Collection 319 Oral History Interview with Jesse W. Hoover

 Collection
Identifier: CN 319
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Jesse Wilbert Hoover (1908-2002) in which he discuesses his pietistic background and beliefs, his education at Messiah and Wheaton Colleges, his involvement in Mennonite relief work in Europe and the Far East and his evangelistic work in Canada. The time period covered by the interviews is 1908-1947.

Jesse W. Hoover was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on October 7, 1985 in Greenfield, Indiana.

Dates: Created: 1985

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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Conversion. 4
Language in missionary work. 4
Missionaries -- Training of. 4
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
Missionaries. 4
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Refugees 4
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
Women 4
Women -- Religious life. 4
Women missionaries. 4
Church and state. 3
College students. 3
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 3
Bible colleges 2
Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
Children of missionaries. 2
China -- History. 2
Church and social problems. 2
Church work with refugees. 2
College students -- United States 2
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
College students in missionary work. 2
Depressions 2
Depressions -- 1929 2
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 2
Education 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- China. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Intercultural communication. 2
International relief. 2
Medical care 2
Medical education 2
Medical education -- United States. 2
Mennonites 2
Mennonites -- Missions. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Missions. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Refugees -- China. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 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
Catholic Church. 1
Catholic Church. -- France. 1
Children of missionaries -- Zambia. 1
China -- Description and travel. 1
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 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 -- China. 1
Church work with refugees -- France. 1
Church work with refugees -- Greece. 1
College students -- Religious life. 1
Culture shock. 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
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