Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977.
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 105 Oral History Interview with Paul D. Votaw
Collection
Identifier: CN 105
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul Dean Votaw (1917-2007) in which he describes his childhood; education at Wheaton College, Dallas Seminary, and Princeton Seminary; and missionary activities in Syria and Lebanon. The time period covered by the interview is roughly 1917-1954.Reverend Paul Votaw was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 4, 1980, at the Graham Center offices in Wheaton. The first ten minutes of the interview are barely decipherable due to technical difficulties. The...
Dates:
Created: 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 293 Oral History Interview with Melvin D. Suttie
Collection
Identifier: CN 293
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin David Suttie (1912-2006) in which he discusses his childhood, Christian growth, education at Wheaton College and Biblical Seminary in New York and Omaha Presbyterian Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission (1940-1950), work among university students, persecution, evangelistic work among the Chinese population and Nationalist troops, his wife Mary's work among women, their children, church and state relations in China, the impact of the...
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
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- Church and state. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Presbyterians. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Catholic Church. 2
- Children of missionaries. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church work with refugees. 2
- Church work with women -- China. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- College students. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Communism. 2
- Education 2
- English language 2
- English language -- Foreign speakers. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Refugees 2
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- Arab-Israeli conflict. 1
- Arabs. 1
- Armenians. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
- Bible. 1
- Buddhists -- China. 1
- Buddhists. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church. -- Syria. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- 1949- 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
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Church and state -- China. 1
- Church and state -- Greece. 1
- Church and state -- Lebanon. 1
- Church and state -- Syria. 1
- Church development, New. 1
- Church growth -- China. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church work with children -- China. 1
- Church work with children. 1
- Church work with military personnel -- China. 1
- Church work with military personnel. 1
- Church work with refugees -- China. 1
- Church work with refugees -- Greece. 1
- Church work with students -- China. 1
- Church work with students. 1
- College students -- Religious life. 1
- College students -- United States 1
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- Depressions 1
- Depressions -- 1929 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 1
- Ecumenical movement. 1
- Education -- Ethiopia. 1
- Education -- Greece. 1
- Education -- Israel. 1
- Education -- Lebanon. 1
- Education -- Syria. 1
- Education -- United States. 1
- Education, Higher 1
- Education, Higher -- United States. 1
- Ethiopia 1
- Ethiopia -- Description and travel. 1 ∧ less
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