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Fleming, Peter, 1928-1956.

 Person

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Rorheim Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 410
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews with Arthur Rorheim, executive director of Awana Clubs, International. Topics disussed include his childhood, his parents' Christian example, his conversion, the youth work of the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Paul Rader, Lance Latham, the origins of AWANA, and principles for establishing programs for boys and girls. The time period covered by the interviews is 1918 to 1989.

Arthur Rorheim was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 31 and April 24, 1989.

Dates: Created: 1989

"Auca" Incident Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 599
Scope and Contents

Audio tapes, comic book, film, filmstrips, oversize materials, phonograph records, postage stamps, and video tapes documenting the martyrdom of five American missionaries in Ecuador by the Waorani (Huaorani) Indians in 1956. Documents describe the deaths of the missionary, the response by Protestant evangelical Christians in the United States, and later missionary work with the Indians by Rachel Saint and Elisabeth Elliot.

Dates: Created: 1956-1993, undated

Ed and Marilou McCully Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 687
Scope and Contents Journal, correspondence, manuscript, audio tapes, photographs and other materials relating to the life and ministry of Ed and Marilou McCully, Plymouth Brethren Missionaries in Ecuador. The materials document Ed Mc Cully's education (including at Wheaton College), successes in oratorical competition, courtship of Marilou Hobolth, their work in Ecuador as Plymouth Brethren missionaries, his death at the hands of Waorani tribespeople, and Marilou McCully’s subsequent involvement in documenting...
Dates: Created: 1944-1985

Elisabeth Elliot Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN-278
Scope and Contents Correspondence, slides, clippings, publicity releases, reviews, manuscripts, films, video and audio tapes relating to Elisabeth Elliot's careers as a missionary in Ecuador, author, teacher and speaker. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to the so-called "Auca Incident" and Elliot's own work the Waorani, whose enemies called them the "Auca," as well as her lectures on the Biblical view of the roles of men and women, dealing with suffering, and personal holiness, among...
Dates: Created: 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-2010

Jim Elliot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 277
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, tapes of sermons and audio letters, journals, notebooks, annotated Bibles, school records, poems, clippings, drawings, and other materials describing Elliot's courtship of his wife Elisabeth, his spiritual preparation for the mission field, early days of his work in Ecuador, and events leading up to his death and those of four other missionaries at the hands of the Waorani (called "Auca" by their enemies) people. Microfilm edition of materials available for researcher use.

Dates: Created: 1941-1959; Majority of material found within 1947-1956

Kenneth Fleming Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 657
Brief Description Collection contains letters, articles, audio recordings, photographs, and other material collected by Kenneth Fleming relating to the death of five American missionaries in Ecuador in 1956, including his brother Peter Fleming, in Ecuador with the Plymouth Brethren mission agency Christian Missions In Many Lands. In particular, the papers document the story of Peter’s involvement in the so-called “Operation Auca” and his death, along with missionaries Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Nate Saint and...
Dates: Created: 1946-2011

Mission Aviation Fellowship Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 136
Scope and Contents Office files of MAF, a mission agency that provided transportation, radio contact and other support to missions working in remote areas, as well as some services to non-mission agencies. Materials, including correspondence, minutes, reports, prayer letters, personnel files, and budgets, that document the administration and activities of MAF, especially the regional offices in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the Development division (extensive individual prayer letters from entire...
Dates: Created: 1944-2006

Nate Saint photographs.

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2021-041
Dates: 1956, 1996

Olive Fleming Liefeld Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN-701
Scope and Contents This collection contains letters, reports, transcripts, photographs, photo albums, and other materials from the papers of Olive Liefeld relating to her first husband, Peter Fleming, their work as missionaries in Ecuador among the Quichua people, his death along with four other missionaries at the hands of Waorani tribesmen in 1956, the continuing development of that story in terms of the impact of the men's deaths on American evangelicalism and the growth of a Christian community among the...
Dates: Created: 1946-2006, undated

Papers of Kathryn Long, 1950-2022

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-011
Dates: 1950-2022

Robert C. Savage papers.

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2018-026
Dates: 1938-1993

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 8
Unprocessed Material 3
 
Subject
Huao Indians. 9
Missions -- Ecuador. 8
Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 6
Aeronautics in missionary work. 4
Evangelicalism -- United States. 4
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Quechua Indians. 4
Quechua language. 4
Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
Huao (Language) 3
Missions -- South America. 3
Plymouth Brethren -- Missions. 3
Through gates of splendor. 3
Arajuno (Ecuador) 2
Bible -- Translating. 2
Christian martyrs -- Ecuador. 2
Christianity and culture. 2
College students -- Religious life. 2
Colorado Indians (Ecuador) 2
Cross-cultural studies. 2
Curaray River (Ecuador and Peru) 2
Evangelicalism -- 20th century. 2
Evangelistic sermons. 2
Gateway to Joy (Radio program) 2
Indians of South America -- Ecuador. 2
Language in missionary work. 2
March of truth (Radio program) 2
Marriage. 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
Quito (Ecuador) 2
Shandia (Ecuador) 2
Translating and interpreting. 2
Aeronautics -- Safety measures. 1
Airplanes -- Maintenance and repair. 1
Authors and publishers. 1
Authors and readers -- United States. 1
Back Home Hour (Radio program) 1
Baptism. 1
Bible -- Memorizing. 1
Boys -- United States -- Religious life. 1
Boys -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 1
Cancer -- Patients -- Religious life. 1
Chester (Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 1
Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Children -- United States -- Religious life. 1
Children -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
Christian education -- Ecuador. 1
Christian education -- Philosophy. 1
Christian education -- United States. 1
Christian education of children -- United States. 1
Christian education of teenagers -- United States. 1
Christian education, Outdoor -- United States. 1
Christian education. 1
Christian leadership. 1
Christian life. 1
Christian martyrs. 1
Christmas. 1
Church development, New. 1
Church work with children -- Illinois -- Chicago. 1
Church work with children -- United States. 1
Church work with single people. 1
Church work with youth -- Illinois -- Chicago. 1
Church work with youth -- United States. 1
College students -- Religious life -- Illinois -- Wheaton. 1
Conversion -- Christianity. 1
Courtship. 1
Death. 1
Diaries. 1
Disaster relief. 1
Ecuador -- Description and travel. 1
Ecuador -- Maps. 1
Ecuador. 1
Emergency management. 1
Evangelistic invitations. 1
Evangelistic work -- Illinois -- Chicago. 1
Evangelistic work -- North America. 1
Evangelistic work -- South America. 1
Evangelistic work. 1
Families -- United States. 1
Feminist theology. 1
Fundamentalism. 1
Genocide -- Rwanda. 1
Girls -- United States -- Societies and clubs. 1
Good News Hour (Radio program) 1
Holiness -- Biblical teaching. 1
Humanitarian assistance. 1
Huntington (Ind.) 1
Independent churches -- Illinois -- Chicago. 1
Indigenous church administration -- Ecuador. 1
Indigenous peoples. 1
Interdenominational cooperation. 1
Jivaroan Indians. 1
Liberalism (Religion) -- United States. 1
Loneliness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
Lord's Supper. 1
Mapuche Indians. 1
Martyred men (Motion picture) 1
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