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Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977.

 Person

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 093 Oral History Interview with Earl A. Winsor

 Collection
Identifier: CN 093
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Earl Austin Winsor (1897-1983) in which he discusses his education at Wheaton College as a student (1919-1920) and teacher (1920-25, history, and 1939-1949, math and physics) and his missionary experiences in Africa under Africa Inland Mission, serving in what is now Zaire. Wheaton personalities, mission experiences, especially those relating to his education work, and analysis of his exposure to African government, churches, tribal customs, and health practices....
Dates: Created: 1979-1980

Collection 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott

 Collection
Identifier: CN 187
Scope and Contents Family correspondence, prayer letters, brochures, newspaper clippings, prayer cards and letters from other missionaries, photographs, slides, negatives, journals and diaries, and eight interviews concerning Elliott's childhood in China, mission work with China Inland Mission (now Overseas Missionary Fellowship) in China and the Philippines, her experiences as an evangelist and teacher, her life in China during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, and the civil war that followed. Her retirement...
Dates: Created: 1910-1988

Collection 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans

 Collection
Identifier: CN 279
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Morrell Evans (1899-1976) in which she discusses her childhood; education at Wheaton College; work with J. Elwin Wright; her Christian education activities; the development of the New England Fellowship, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship; and her work as a missionary in Taiwan. The time period covered by the interviews is 1899-1976.Elizabeth Evans was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 8,...
Dates: Created: 1984-1985

Collection 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett

 Collection
Identifier: CN 287
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Rice Elliott Crossett in which she describes her childhood with her missionary parents in China, her education at Wheaton College, and missionary career with her husband, Vincent Crossett, in China and Taiwan with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship (1929-1948, 1961-1973). Topics discussed include  Crossett's childhood in China; description of Chinese indigenous worship practices and syncretism in Chinese religious culture; Crossett's...
Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Collection 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett

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Identifier: CN 288
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Vincent Leroy Crossett (1907-1999) in which he describes his education at Wheaton and Westminster Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Taiwan, and pastoral work in a local church in Hawaii. Topics discussed include Crossett's education at Wheaton College and Westminster Seminary; decision to join China Inland Mission; language school; evangelism methods; characteristics of the Chinese church; CIM's...
Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Collection 363 Papers of Ruth M. Mellis

 Collection
Identifier: CN 363
Scope and Contents Correspondence, prayer letters, clippings, photographs, oral history interviews and audio tapes of missionary conference relating to the missionary career of Ruth M. Mellis. Materials document her work among orphans and students in Greece, the Greek Bible Institute, the Greek language, and Greater Europe Mission; oral history interviews describe her childhood, attendance at Wheaton College, work with Near East Relief in Siros, teaching public schools in the St. Louis area, teaching at the...
Dates: Created: 1928-1987

Collection 442 Papers of Philip R. Foxwell, Sr.

 Collection
Identifier: CN 442
Scope and Contents Oral history interview and one folder relating to the ministry of Philip R. Foxwell with the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions and later World Presbyterian Missions.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Philip R. Foxwell in which he describes his youth, conversion, magician career, education at Wheaton College, decision to become a missionary, preparation and orientation for missionary work in Japan with the...
Dates: Created: 1990-1991

Collection 511 Oral History Interviews with E.J. Cummins

 Collection
Identifier: CN 511
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Dr. Erwin Jephthah Cummins, Jr. (1918-1997), SIM International medical missionary to Nigeria from 1952 to 1983. Topics discussed include Cummins's Christian background and education; early medical training and practice in Chicago, involvement in Christian Medical and Dental Society; transition to the mission field in Nigeria; medical work building and directing leprosaria in the Nigerian interior; indigenous church administration; Evangelical Church of West...
Dates: Created: 1995

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Missionaries. 7
Missionaries -- Training of. 6
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
Women missionaries. 6
Christianity and culture. 5
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Conversion. 5
Indigenous church administration 5
Language in missionary work. 5
Missions -- Educational work. 5
Women 5
Women -- Religious life. 5
Buddhists. 4
Catholic Church. 4
Children of missionaries. 4
Evangelistic work. 4
Refugees 4
Tribes. 4
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
Bible. 3
Buddhists -- China. 3
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
China -- History. 3
Christian education -- China. 3
Christian education -- Taiwan. 3
Church and social problems. 3
Church and state. 3
Communism -- China. 3
Communism. 3
Education 3
Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
Family. 3
Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 3
Medical care 3
Missions -- China. 3
Missions -- Taiwan. 3
Missions to Buddhists. 3
Refugees -- China. 3
Rural missions. 3
Sex role. 3
Theology 3
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
World War, 1939-1945. 3
Animism. 2
Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
China -- Social life and customs. 2
Christian education -- United States. 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
Christian literature. 2
Church development, New. 2
Church work with refugees. 2
Church work with women. 2
Crime and criminals 2
Crime and criminals -- China. 2
Culture shock. 2
Education -- United States. 2
Education, Higher 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- China. 2
Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 2
Interpersonal conflict. 2
Medical care -- China. 2
Missionaries' spouses. 2
Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
Missions -- India. 2
Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Missions. 2
Orphans 2
Persecution. 2
Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
Presbyterian Church. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Religious institutions. 2
Rural churches. 2
Social change. 2
Ancestor worship. 1
Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Armenians. 1
Baptism. 1
Belgium. 1
Belgium. -- Colonies 1
Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
Bible colleges 1
Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
Buddhists -- Taiwan. 1
Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 1
Catholic Church -- Relations 1
Catholic Church -- United States. 1
Catholic Church. -- China. 1
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