Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956.
Person
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
"Auca Incident" Materials
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1, Box: 1
Identifier: 2022-044
Dates:
1956-1966
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Barbara Priddy papers.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 12
Identifier: 2016-019
Dates:
1927-2004
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 259 Oral History Interviews with Donald A. Cook
Collection
Identifier: CN 259
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Donald Arthur Cook (1923-2014) in which he describes his service with the Overseas Missionary Fellowship in Japan between 1956-1972. Topics discussed include upbringing, education at Wheaton College, experiences in the United States Air Force, American response to WWII, decision to join China Inland Mission (later OMF), evangelistic methods in Japan, administrative work, language difficulties, administrative duties in OMF headquarters in Hokkaido and in Tokyo,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
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 262 Oral History Interview with Raymond Buker Jr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 262
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Raymond Bates Buker in which he describes growing up in Burma as the child of missionaries, his education at Wheaton College, his decision to become a missionary under the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society, language study; evangelization, church planting, translation, medical missions and education activities in Pakistan, working with Muslims and the Sindhi, Bhils, and Marwari tribal people, 1954-1969. Other topics discussed include: the culture,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 277 Ephemera of Jim Elliot
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
Collection 278: 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
Collection 289 Oral History Interview with G. Paul Groen
Collection
Identifier: CN 289
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Paul Groen in which he describes his education at Wheaton College, missionary work the Christian Reformed Church in Nigeria and the Nigerian church, particularly among the Tiv people, and the country's economy, educational system and political history between 1964 and 1973. Other topics discussed include: Tiv customs and religion, the church among the Tiv and its indigenous leadership and transition of leadership from missionaries, relations with Roman Catholics...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates:
Created: 1950-1986
Collection 349 Papers of Clarence W. Jones
Collection
Identifier: CN 349
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence, reports, sermons, memos, minutes of meetings, clippings, photographs, videotapes, slides, and other materials relating to the career of mission executive Clarence W. Jones. The materials deal mainly with his work at the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle and the growth and development of the organization he helped found, the World Radio Missionary Fellowship, and especially its primary broadcasting station, HCJB in Ecuador. There is also an extensive amount of...
Dates:
Created: 1915-1986
Collection 599 Ephemera of the "Auca" Incident
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 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
Collection 607 Oral History Interviews with Herbert and Frieda Atkinson
Collection
Identifier: CN 607
Scope and Contents
Oral History Interviews with Dr. Herbert Andrew Atkinson (1931-2009) and his wife, Frieda Elizabeth (Paul) Atkinson (1930- ), missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) in the Belgian Congo. Dr. Atkinson discusses his family background, conversion, Wheaton College, influence of his roommate Bill Kornfield and Dr. V. Raymond Edman, God's provision for his entering medical school, ministry in Oicha, obstacles in communication with the Congolese, lessons learned on the mission field. Frieda...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 670 Papers of Kathryn Deering
Collection
Identifier: CN 670
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts, newsletters, photos, digital copies of journals, and other materials relating to the life and ministry of Elisabeth Elliot as they were gathered by Kathryn Deering, employee of Servant Publications who edited Elliot’s newsletter and several of her books.
Dates:
Created: 1979-2012
Collection 684 Papers of Bert and Colleen Elliot
Collection
Identifier: CN 684
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and photographs of Bert and Colleen Elliot, Plymouth Brethren missionaries to Peru from 1949 to 2012. Correspondence is by and large written by Colleen Elliot to her parents and sister. Topics covered include reflections on cultural and spiritual differences between the United States and Peru, the challenges of missionary life and language divides, interactions with missionaries from different denominations, medical work in rural areas, evangelism, and the spiritual...
Dates:
Created: 1943-1994
Collection 687 Papers of Ed and Marilou McCully
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
Collection 701 Papers of Olive Fleming Liefeld
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
Collection 719 Papers of Janet Wismer
Collection
Identifier: CN 719
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of broadcasts, correspondence, newsletters, articles, and memorabilia, relating to Janet Wismer's work as a staff member and producer for Elisabeth Elliot’s Gateway to Joy radio program. The collection also contains some material documenting Wismer's friendship with Elliot.
Dates:
1959-2012; Majority of material found in 1981-2012
Collection 721 Papers of Fred and Clara Elliot
Collection
Identifier: CN 721
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and clippings received or created by the Elliots, who were parents of the missionary Jim Elliot. Most of the collection consists of letters from Jim Elliot to his parents and/or other members of his family, although there are also numerous letters from his parents to him and letters from other correspondents, such as Elisabeth Elliot (Jim’s wife), Ed and Marilou McCully, Marj Saint, and Barbara Youderian. The letters describe contemporaneously Jim Elliot’s student years at...
Dates:
1945-1958
David M. Howard, Sr., Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 484
Scope and Contents
Four oral history interviews, paper records, and photographs documenting David Howard's life and work with Latin American Mission, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and World Evangelical Fellowship. Topics covered in the interviews include Howard's childhood, Christian faith, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary and administrator with Latin America Mission; missions director for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, director of the 1980 Consultation on World Evangelization; and...
Dates:
Created: 1968-1993
Elisabeth Elliot letters and materials.
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1
Identifier: 2021-043
Dates:
1979-2004
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Jane Hawthorne oral history interview.
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2020-002
Dates:
2020
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Miscelleanous audio recordings, 1956-1970
Unprocessed Material — Container: 1
Identifier: 2023-023
Dates:
1956-1970
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
World Evangelical Alliance Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 338
Brief Description
Correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, audio tapes, photographs. Topics documented included the formation of the WEF; the gradual growth of influence by non-Western associations; the activities of Evangelical Protestants in many different parts of the world; the leadership of J. Elwin Wright, Clyde Taylor, Waldron Scott, and David Howard, among others. Many of the twenty-eight audiotapes are of addresses presented at the Eighth General Assembly in Singapore in 1986.
Dates:
Created: 1926-1992, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1948-1986
Additional filters:
- Type
- Collection 19
- Unprocessed Material 6
- Subject
- Huao Indians. 12
- Evangelistic work. 11
- Missions. 11
- Missionaries. 9
- Missions -- Ecuador. 9
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Quechua Indians. 6
- Women -- Religious life. 6
- Women missionaries. 6
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Conversion. 5
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 5
- Marriage. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Missions -- South America. 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Christian leadership. 4
- Christian life. 4
- Christian martyrs. 4
- Church and state. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 4
- Gateway to Joy (Radio program) 4
- Huao (Language) 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Intercultural communication. 4
- Medical care 4
- Plymouth Brethren -- Missions. 4
- Quechua language. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Women 4
- Bible. 3
- Caste. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- Christian martyrs -- Ecuador. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- College students. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelistic sermons. 3
- Evangelistic work -- South America. 3
- Family. 3
- Indians of South America. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
- Quito (Ecuador) 3
- Radio in missionary work. 3
- Radio in religion -- United States. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Sex role -- United States. 3
- Shandia (Ecuador) 3
- Through gates of splendor. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 3
- Women -- Sexual behavior. 3
- Women authors, American. 3
- Adultery. 2
- Arajuno (Ecuador) 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Caste -- India. 2
- Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Church work with students -- United States. 2
- Church work with students. 2
- Church work with youth. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Colorado Indians (Ecuador) 2
- Communication -- Congresses. 2
- Communication. 2
- Courtship -- United States. 2
- Courtship. 2
- Cross-cultural studies. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Curaray River (Ecuador and Peru) 2
- Death. 2
- Devotional literature. 2
- Divorce. 2
- Economic and social conditions 2
- Ecuador 2
- Ecumenical movement. 2
- Evangelicalism -- Catholic Church. 2
- Evangelistic invitations. 2
- Evangelistic work -- India. 2
- Family -- United States. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Holiness -- Biblical teaching. 2
- India -- Social life and customs. 2
- Indians of South America -- Ecuador. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- India. 2
- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- International relief. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- March of Truth (Radio program) 2
- Marriage -- Christianity. 2
- Mass media in missionary work. 2 ∧ less
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