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

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 319 Oral History Interview with Jesse W. Hoover

 Collection
Identifier: CN 319
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Jesse Wilbert Hoover (1908-2002) in which he discuesses his pietistic background and beliefs, his education at Messiah and Wheaton Colleges, his involvement in Mennonite relief work in Europe and the Far East and his evangelistic work in Canada. The time period covered by the interviews is 1908-1947.

Jesse W. Hoover was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on October 7, 1985 in Greenfield, Indiana.

Dates: Created: 1985

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

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

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Church work with refugees. 2
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Education 2
Education -- United States. 2
Education, Higher 2
Education, Higher -- United States. 2
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Missions -- Educational work. 2
Persecution. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Refugees 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
Women 2
Women -- Religious life. 2
Women missionaries. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
Armenians. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible colleges 1
Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Boarding schools -- China. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Boarding schools. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Catholic Church. -- France. 1
Children of missionaries -- China. 1
Children of missionaries. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
Christian education -- Greece. 1
Christian education -- United States. 1
Christian education. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- Greece. 1
Church and state. 1
Church work with refugees -- China. 1
Church work with refugees -- France. 1
Church work with refugees -- Greece. 1
Church work with women -- China. 1
Church work with women. 1
College students -- Religious life. 1
College students. 1
Culture shock. 1
Education -- Ethiopia. 1
Education -- Greece. 1
English language 1
English language -- Foreign speakers. 1
Ethiopia 1
Ethiopia -- Description and travel. 1
Ethiopia -- History 1
Ethiopia -- History -- 1889-1974. 1
Ethiopia -- Religion. 1
Ethiopia -- Social life and customs. 1
Evangelicalism -- Greece. 1
Evangelicalism. 1
Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
Evangelistic work -- Greece. 1
Evangelistic work -- Northwestern Territory. 1
Family. 1
Footbinding 1
Footbinding -- China. 1
Fundamentalism. 1
Greece 1
Greece -- History 1
Greece -- History -- 1917-1944. 1
Greece -- Social life and customs. 1
Hell. 1
Hunger. 1
Indigenous church administration 1
Indigenous church administration -- China. 1
International relief -- China. 1
International relief -- Christianity. 1
International relief -- France. 1
International relief -- Greece. 1
Interpersonal conflict. 1
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 1
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936. 1
Language in missionary work. 1
Liberalism (Religion) 1
Lord's Supper. 1
Mass media in missionary work. 1
Medical care 1
Medical care -- China. 1
Mennonite Central Committee -- Missions. 1
Mennonites 1
Mennonites -- Missions. 1
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