Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956.
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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 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
Filtered By
- Subject: Plymouth Brethren -- Missions. X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 3
- Cross-cultural studies. 2
- Curaray River (Ecuador and Peru) 2
- Evangelistic sermons. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Indians of South America -- Ecuador. 2
- Indians of South America. 2
- March of Truth (Radio program) 2
- Missions -- Ecuador. 2
- Quechua Indians. 2
- Quechua language. 2
- Quito (Ecuador) 2
- Shandia (Ecuador) 2
- Adultery. 1
- Animism--Peru. 1
- Arajuno (Ecuador) 1
- Cashibo People--Peru. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church--Peru. 1
- Chester (Ill.) 1
- Christian education -- Ecuador. 1
- Christian education -- Peru. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christian martyrs -- Ecuador. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Church discipline. 1
- Cocaine Industry--Peru. 1
- College students -- Religious life. 1
- College students. 1
- Communism--Peru. 1
- Death. 1
- Diaries 1
- Discipling (Christianity) 1
- Drug abuse. 1
- Ecuador 1
- Ecuador -- Description and travel 1
- Evangelicalism -- Peru. 1
- Evangelism--Peru. 1
- Evangelistic invitations. 1
- Evangelistic work -- North America. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Peru. 1
- Evangelistic work -- South America. 1
- Evangelistic work. 1
- Good News Hour (Radio program) 1
- Huao (Language) 1
- Huntington (Ind.) 1
- Indians of South American--Peru. 1
- Indigenous peoples. 1
- Jehovah's Witnesses. 1
- Language in missionary work. 1
- Lord's Supper. 1
- Marriage. 1
- Martyred Men (Motion picture) 1
- Medical care--Peru. 1
- Miracles. 1
- Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF). 1
- Mission Work--Peru 1
- Missionaries -- Training of. 1
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 1
- Missionaries. 1
- Missions -- Peru. 1
- Missions -- South America. 1
- Missions. 1
- Oratory 1
- Oratory -- United States. 1
- Peru -- Religion. 1
- Peru, South America. 1
- Plymouth Brethren. 1
- Poetry. 1
- Portland (Or.) 1
- Poverty. 1
- Prayer. 1
- Preaching. 1
- Primitive societies. 1
- Prophecy (Christianity) 1
- Quechua (Language) 1
- Radio in missionary work. 1
- Resurrection 1
- Savage, My Kinsman 1
- Search and rescue operations 1
- Sermons, American. 1
- Shell Mera (Ecuador) 1
- Social classes--Peru. 1
- Spanish (Language). 1
- Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1
- Terrorism. 1
- Through gates of splendor. 1
- Tribes -- Ecuador. 1
- Tribes--Peru. 1 ∧ less
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