Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956.
Person
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
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 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 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
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
Filtered By
- Subject: Evangelistic work. X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Evangelistic work. 11
- Missionaries. 9
- Huao Indians. 8
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
- Missions. 8
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Conversion. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Missions -- Ecuador. 5
- Missions -- South America. 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 4
- Children of missionaries. 4
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Intercultural communication. 4
- Medical care 4
- Plymouth Brethren -- Missions. 4
- Quechua Indians. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Women missionaries. 4
- Caste. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Christian martyrs. 3
- Church and state. 3
- College students. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 3
- Evangelistic sermons. 3
- Evangelistic work -- South America. 3
- Family. 3
- Huao (Language) 3
- Indians of South America. 3
- Marriage. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
- Quechua language. 3
- Radio in missionary work. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 3
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Bible. 2
- Caste -- India. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Christian martyrs -- Ecuador. 2
- Church and social problems. 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
- Cross-cultural studies. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Curaray River (Ecuador and Peru) 2
- Economic and social conditions 2
- Ecuador 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic invitations. 2
- Evangelistic work -- India. 2
- Family -- United States. 2
- Holiness -- Biblical teaching. 2
- India -- Social life and customs. 2
- Indians of South America -- Ecuador. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- India. 2
- March of Truth (Radio program) 2
- Mass media in missionary work. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- India. 2
- Missions -- Nigeria. 2
- Missions -- Peru. 2
- Missions -- Public relations. 2
- Organizational change -- United States. 2
- Quito (Ecuador) 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Sermons, American. 2
- Shandia (Ecuador) 2
- Social change. 2
- Through gates of splendor. 2
- Tribes. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Adultery. 1
- Aeronautics -- Safety measures. 1
- African Americans -- Missions. 1
- African Americans. 1
- Airplanes. -- Maintenance and repair. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism--Peru. 1
- Animism. 1
- Arajuno (Ecuador) 1
- Artificial satellites in telecommunication. 1 ∧ less
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