Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956.
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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 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 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 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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Medical care 4
- Conversion. 3
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
- Missionaries. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Missions. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Children of missionaries. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Education 2
- Huao Indians. 2
- Indians of South America. 2
- Indigenous church administration 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Missions -- Nigeria. 2
- Women missionaries. 2
- Adultery. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism--Peru. 1
- Animism. 1
- Artificial satellites in telecommunication. 1
- Bible -- Sermons. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- India. 1
- Bible. 1
- Cashibo People--Peru. 1
- Caste -- India. 1
- Caste. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church--Peru. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Christian Reformed Church -- Missions. 1
- Christian education -- Peru. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian martyrs. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Church and social problems -- Ecuador. 1
- Church and social problems. 1
- Church and state -- Ecuador. 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church discipline. 1
- Church fund raising. 1
- Church growth -- India. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Cities and towns -- Nigeria. 1
- Cities and towns. 1
- Cocaine Industry--Peru. 1
- College students -- United States 1
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- College students in missionary work. 1
- College students. 1
- Come to this mountain : the miracle of Clarence W. Jones & HCJB. 1
- Communication -- Congresses. 1
- Communication -- Religious aspects 1
- Communication. 1
- Communism--Peru. 1
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History 1
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 1
- Cross-cultural studies. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Discipling (Christianity) 1
- Divorce. 1
- Drug abuse. 1
- Economic and social conditions 1
- Economic and social conditions -- Nigeria. 1
- Ecuador 1
- Ecuador -- Description and travel. 1
- Ecuador -- Religion. 1
- Education -- India. 1
- Education -- Nigeria. 1
- Evangelicalism -- Latin America. 1
- Evangelicalism -- Peru. 1
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
- Evangelicalism. 1
- Evangelism--Peru. 1
- Evangelistic sermons. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Africa. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Chicago. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Hymns. 1
- Evangelistic work -- India. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Nigeria. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Peru. 1
- Evangelistic work -- South America. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Wales. 1
- Family -- United States. 1
- Family. 1
- Gospel musicians -- United States. 1
- Gospel musicians. 1
- Hinduism 1
- Hinduism -- Doctrines. 1
- Hinduism -- India. 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Religious life. 1
- Hispanic Americans. 1
- Holiness -- Biblical teaching. 1 ∧ less
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