Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977.
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 298 Papers of Howard E. Thomas
Collection
Identifier: CN 298
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Howard E. Thomas in which he describes his family background, Christian life and growth, education at Stony Brook School and Wheaton College, missionary work with the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions among lepers of the Tai-Lu people along the Burmese border in southwestern China, internment by the Japanese in Thailand, contextualization of the gospel, expulsion from the area by the Chinese army involved in opium trade. Description of Stony Brook School...
Dates:
Created: 1946-1985
Collection 299 Oral History Interview with Ruth M. Thomas
Collection
Identifier: CN 299
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruth M. Thomas about her family and religious background, conversion, recollections of Billy Sunday's campaign in Scranton, PA in 1914, her education at Wheaton College, call to foreign missions, work as a missionary nurse with the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in a rehabilitation program of a leper colony in southwestern China along the Burmese border among the Tai-Lu people, language study, worship and use of music, an anti-opium campaign, and a...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Collection 416 Oral History Interviews with Benjamin L. Armstrong
Collection
Identifier: CN 416
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Benjamin Leighton Armstrong in which he describes his family, particularly his father (Benjamin Leighton Armstrong Sr.) and grandfather (Benjamin Franklin Armstrong), his own conversion and spiritual growth, education at Nyack Bible College, New York University, Union Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, religious radio and television, Samuel Shoemaker, Paul Tillich, missions in the Christian and Missionary Alliance church, Voice of Tangiers and Trans World...
Dates:
Created: 1989
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
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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- Christianity and culture. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Christian life. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
- Medical care 3
- Medical care -- China. 3
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
- Missionaries. 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Church and social problems -- China. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Drug traffic 2
- Drug traffic -- China. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Leprosy -- China. 2
- Leprosy. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions, Medical -- China. 2
- Opium trade 2
- Opium trade -- China. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Rural missions -- China. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Tai (Southeast Asian people) 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- United States. 2
- Tribes -- China. 2
- Tribes. 2
- United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Missions. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Children of missionaries -- China. 1
- Children of missionaries. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- Christian education -- Japan. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christianity and culture -- Japan. 1
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 1
- Church and state -- United States. 1
- Church and state. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church work with women -- China. 1
- Church work with women. 1
- Cooperative societies 1
- Cooperative societies -- China. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Drug addictions 1
- Drug addictions -- China. 1
- Education 1
- Education -- United States. 1
- Education, Higher -- Japan. 1
- Education, Higher -- United States. 1
- Electric church. 1
- Evangelicalism -- Political activity. 1
- Evangelicalism -- Relations -- Judaism. 1
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
- Evangelicalism. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
- Evangelists 1
- Evangelists -- United States. 1
- Family. 1
- Footbinding 1
- Footbinding -- China. 1
- Fundamentalism. 1
- Hunger. 1
- International relief. 1
- Japan -- History. 1
- Liberalism (Religion) 1
- Lord's Supper. 1
- Magic tricks. 1
- Mass media in missionary work. 1
- Mass media in religion -- Congresses. 1
- Mass media in religion. 1
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