Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956.
Person
Found in 6 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
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
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- Subject: Missionaries -- Training of. X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Language in missionary work. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
- Missions. 5
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Children of missionaries. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- College students. 3
- Huao Indians. 3
- Intercultural communication. 3
- Marriage. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
- Missions -- South America. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Caste. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Church and state. 2
- Church growth. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Culture shock. 2
- Education 2
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 2
- Indigenous church administration 2
- Missions -- Ecuador. 2
- Quechua Indians. 2
- Quechua language. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- Women missionaries. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Aeronautics -- Safety measures. 1
- Airplanes. -- Maintenance and repair. 1
- Athletes 1
- Athletes -- United States 1
- Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- Authors and publishers. 1
- Authors and readers -- United States. 1
- Bhil (Indic people) 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- India. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Cancer -- Patients -- Religious life 1
- Caste -- India. 1
- Caste. -- Pakistan. 1
- Chester (Ill.) 1
- Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Pakistan. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Christian literature. 1
- Christian martyrs -- Ecuador. 1
- Christian martyrs. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Japan. 1
- Christmas. 1
- Church and state -- India. 1
- Church and state -- Pakistan. 1
- Church growth -- India. 1
- Church growth -- Japan. 1
- Church work with single people 1
- Church work with students -- United States. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- Church work with the working class 1
- Church work with the working class -- Pakistan. 1
- Church work with youth -- Japan. 1
- Church work with youth. 1
- City missions -- Japan. 1
- City missions. 1
- College students -- Religious life -- Illinois -- Wheaton. 1
- College students -- United States 1
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- College students in missionary work. 1
- Colorado Indians (Ecuador) 1
- Cross-cultural studies. 1
- Curaray River (Ecuador and Peru) 1
- Death. 1
- Diaries 1
- Disaster relief 1
- Economic and social conditions 1
- Economic and social conditions -- Pakistan. 1
- Ecuador 1
- Education -- India. 1
- Education -- Japan. 1
- Emergency management. 1
- Evangelicalism -- 20th century. 1
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
- Evangelistic sermons. 1
- Evangelistic work -- India. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Japan. 1
- Evangelistic work -- North America. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Pakistan. 1
- Evangelistic work -- South America. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- Feminist theology 1 ∧ less
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