Skip to main content

Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928

 Person

Found in 4 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 449 Ephemera of the Stam Family

 Collection
Identifier: CN 449
Scope and Contents

Memoirs, newsletters, correspondence, diary, photos, film, poems, newspaper clippings and other items that relate to the Stam family, their Christian faith, Star of Hope Mission and the missions and evangelism work of various family members, especially John and Betty Stam who were killed in China by Chinese Communist soldiers in 1934.

Dates: Created: 1919-2003

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

Filtered By

  • Subject: Women X
  • Subject: Christianity and culture. X

Additional filters:

Subject
Belief and doubt. 3
Church work with women. 3
Conversion. 3
Evangelistic work -- China. 3
Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
∨ more
Fundamentalism. 3
Missions -- China. 3
Presbyterians. 3
Women 3
Women -- Religious life. 3
Women missionaries. 3
Bible. 2
Boarding schools -- China. 2
Boarding schools -- Korea. 2
Boarding schools. 2
Children of missionaries -- China. 2
Children of missionaries. 2
China -- History. 2
China. 2
Christian life. 2
Christianity and culture -- China. 2
Christianity and culture. 2
Church work with women -- China. 2
Family. 2
Great Commission (Bible) 2
International relief. 2
Medical care 2
Medical care -- China. 2
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
Missionaries. 2
Missions. 2
Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
Presbyterian Church. 2
Rural churches -- China. 2
Rural churches. 2
Sex role. 2
Ancestor worship. 1
Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
Anhui Sheng (China) 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 -- Sermons. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Bible. -- New International 1
Catholic Church. 1
Catholic Church. -- China. 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
China -- Church history -- 20th century. 1
China -- Church history. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- History -- 1928-1937. 1
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
China -- Race relations. 1
Christian education -- Korea. 1
Christian education. 1
Christian life -- Sermons. 1
Christian martyrs. 1
Christianity and culture -- Sermons. 1
Church and social problems -- Sermons. 1
Church and social problems -- United States. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- United States. 1
Church and state. 1
Church of England -- Missions. 1
Church work with military personnel -- United States. 1
Church work with military personnel. 1
Church work with the working class 1
Church work with the working class -- United States. 1
Church work with women -- United States. 1
Cities and towns -- United States. 1
Cities and towns. 1
City missions -- United States. 1
City missions. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Communism. 1
Creation. 1
Creation. -- Sermons. 1
Crime 1
Crime -- China. 1
Culture shock. 1
Education 1
Education -- United States. 1
Education, Higher 1
Education, Higher -- United States. 1
Episcopalians. 1
Ethnocentrism. 1
Evangelistic invitations. 1
Evangelistic sermons. 1
Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Atlanta. 1
Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Boston. 1
∧ less