Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977.
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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 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
Collection
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 488 Papers of John E. Phillips
Collection
Identifier: CN 488
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, letters, newspaper clipping, a booklet and other materials, relating mainly to John E. Phillips' work as a missionary with the Sudan Interior Mission among the Kambatta people of Ethiopia (1932-1937) and among the Dinka people of Sudan (1938-1949). There is also some information on his involvement in other ministries, such as Ambassadors for Christ and the Allentown Rescue Mission.
Dates:
Created: 1926-2003
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
Helen Renich Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 124
Brief Description
Two oral history interviews with Helen Gignilliat Torrey Renich in which she describes her grandfather, Reuben Archer Torrey, Sr., and her experiences growing up in China as a child of missionaries. Other topics discussed include her experiences at Wheaton College and culture shock. The collection also includes photographs of her family life in China and Chinese nationals, ca. 1920-30s.Helen Renich was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 15, 1980 in Michigan and on May 17, 1982...
Dates:
Created: 1920-1982
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Helen Renich Papers.
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- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Women missionaries. 5
- Bible. 4
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- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 4
- China -- History. 4
- Christianity and culture. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Family. 4
- Indigenous church administration 4
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 4
- Language in missionary work. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Missionaries. 4
- Missions -- China. 4
- Persecution. 4
- Refugees 4
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Buddhists -- China. 3
- Buddhists. 3
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 3
- Christian education -- China. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Communism. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelistic work -- China. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
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- Refugees -- China. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Tribes. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
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- Catholic Church. 2
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- Education -- United States. 2
- Education, Higher 2
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- International relief. 2
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- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
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- Armenians. 1
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- Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
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