Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 061 Papers of Billy and Helen Sunday
Collection
Identifier: CN 061
Scope and Contents
Microfilm edition of original documents held in Winona Lake, Indiana, including correspondence, sermons, reports, revival ephemera, and scrapbooks dealing mainly with the career of evangelist Billy Sunday from its beginning to his death and about the work of his wife Helen, who, besides acting as his general manager, was a fundamentalist leader in her own right, especially after his death. Persons featured include numerous fundamentalist figures and institutions; sermon topics cover a wide...
Dates:
Created: 1882-1974
Collection 331 Papers of Reuben Archer Torrey, III
Collection
Identifier: CN 331
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey III and a videotape of the Otterbein United Brethren Missionary Convention in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on April 23, 1986.Audio TapesOral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey in which he describes his childhood in China as the son of Presbyterian missionaries; his experiences at boarding schools in China and Korea; his grandfather, Dr. R. A. Torrey, Sr.; his work as an Episcopalian...
Dates:
Created: 1986
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
Helen Renich Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 124
Brief Description
Two oral history interviews with Helen Gignilliat Torrey Renich in which she describes her grandfather, Reuben Archer Torrey, Sr., and her experiences growing up in China as a child of missionaries. Other topics discussed include her experiences at Wheaton College and culture shock. The collection also includes photographs of her family life in China and Chinese nationals, ca. 1920-30s.Helen Renich was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 15, 1980 in Michigan and on May 17, 1982...
Dates:
Created: 1920-1982
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Helen Renich Papers.
Vernon W. Patterson Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 005
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings, reports, financial records, press releases, promotional material, forms, newsletters, and oral history interviews relating to Vernon W. Patterson's (1892-1991) active participation and leadership in evangelistic activities in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area. The papers focus particularly on his involvement in various evangelical lay organizations and other institutions and the early career of Billy Graham. The interviews were recorded on 3/4/85 and 3/5/85 and...
Dates:
Created: 1900-1985
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 4
- Belief and doubt. 3
- Bible. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- Church work with women. 3
- Fundamentalism. 3
- International relief. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- Bible colleges 2
- Boarding schools -- China. 2
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Children of missionaries -- China. 2
- Children of missionaries. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Church work with women -- China. 2
- City missions -- United States. 2
- City missions. 2
- Education 2
- Education -- United States. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Family. 2
- Great Commission (Bible) 2
- Holy Spirit. 2
- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Journalism, Religious. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) 2
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
- Missionaries. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Presbyterians -- United States. 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Salvation -- Sermons. 2
- Salvation. 2
- Sermons, American. 2
- Sex role. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Ancestor worship. 1
- Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
- Armenians. 1
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- United States 1
- Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Baptism in the Holy Spirit. 1
- Belief and doubt -- Sermons. 1
- Bible -- Congresses. 1
- Bible -- Sermons. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
- Bible colleges -- United States. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Bible. -- New International 1
- Businessmen -- Religious life. 1
- Businessmen. 1
- CBMC contact (Periodical) 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Chicago (Ill.) 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- China -- History. 1
- China -- Race relations. 1
- China. 1
- Christian education -- Greece. 1
- Christian education -- Korea. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian life -- Sermons. 1
- Christianity and culture -- China. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Sermons. 1
- Church and social problems -- Sermons. 1
- Church and social problems -- United States. 1
- Church and state -- Greece. 1
- Church and state -- United States. 1
- Church of England -- Missions. 1
- Church work with military personnel -- United States. 1
- Church work with military personnel. 1
- Church work with refugees -- Greece. 1
- Church work with refugees. 1
- Church work with the working class 1 ∧ less
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