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

 Person

Found in 4 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 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

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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Subject
Children of missionaries. 3
Conversion. 3
Evangelistic work. 3
Missions -- Educational work. 3
Women 3
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Women -- Religious life. 3
Women missionaries. 3
World War, 1939-1945. 3
Bible. 2
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
China -- History. 2
Christian education. 2
Christianity and culture. 2
Church and social problems. 2
Church work with refugees. 2
Church work with women -- China. 2
Church work with women. 2
Education 2
Education -- United States. 2
Education, Higher 2
Education, Higher -- United States. 2
Evangelistic work -- China. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Family. 2
Indigenous church administration 2
Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
International relief. 2
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936. 2
Language in missionary work. 2
Medical care 2
Medical care -- China. 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
Missionaries. 2
Missions -- China. 2
Missions -- Ethiopia. 2
Missions -- India. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Persecution -- China. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Refugees 2
Sex role -- China. 2
Sex role. 2
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
Allentown (Pa.) 1
Amhara (African people) 1
Animism -- Sudan. 1
Animism. 1
Armenians. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges 1
Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Boarding schools -- China. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Boarding schools. 1
Buddhists -- China. 1
Buddhists. 1
Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
Catholic Church -- Relations 1
Catholic Church. 1
Children of missionaries -- China. 1
Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
China -- Description and travel. 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
China -- Religion. 1
Chinese -- Missions. 1
Chinese -- Philippines. 1
Chinese. 1
Christian education -- China. 1
Christian education -- Greece. 1
Christian education -- Philippines. 1
Christian education -- United States. 1
Christian martyrs -- China. 1
Christian martyrs. 1
Church and state -- Greece. 1
Church and state. 1
Church growth -- China. 1
Church growth. 1
Church work with children -- China. 1
Church work with children. 1
Church work with refugees -- China. 1
Church work with refugees -- Greece. 1
College students -- Religious life. 1
College students. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Communism. 1
Conversion -- Personal narratives. 1
Culture shock. 1
Depressions 1
Depressions -- 1929 1
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 1
Dinka (African people) 1
Education -- Ethiopia. 1
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