Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977.
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 088 Papers of Paul and Catharine Gieser
Collection
Identifier: CN 088
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Kenneth Gieser and letters reporting to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville, TN on the Gieser’s work in China, written between October 19, 1934, and November 1, 1936. Also contains audio tapes and transcripts of autobiographical statements.
Dates:
Created: 1934-1979
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 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 social problems -- China. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Medical care 3
- Medical care -- China. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Missions, Medical -- China. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Christianity and culture. 2
- Church and state. 2
- College students. 2
- Drug traffic 2
- Drug traffic -- China. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) 2
- Indigenous church administration 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Leprosy -- China. 2
- Leprosy. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Opium trade 2
- Opium trade -- China. 2
- Refugees 2
- Rural missions -- China. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Tai (Southeast Asian people) 2
- Tribes -- China. 2
- Tribes. 2
- United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Missions. 2
- Armenians. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- Manners and customs. 1
- Chinese language. 1
- Christian education -- Greece. 1
- Christian education -- United States. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian martyrs -- China. 1
- Christian martyrs. 1
- Church and social problems -- United States. 1
- Church and state -- China. 1
- Church and state -- Greece. 1
- Church work with prisoners -- China. 1
- Church work with prisoners. 1
- Church work with refugees -- Greece. 1
- Church work with refugees. 1
- College students -- Religious life. 1
- College students -- United States 1
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- College students in missionary work. 1
- Cooperative societies 1
- Cooperative societies -- China. 1
- Depressions 1
- Depressions -- 1929 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 1
- Drug addictions 1
- Drug addictions -- China. 1
- Economic and social conditions 1
- Economic and social conditions -- China. 1
- Education 1
- Education -- Ethiopia. 1
- Education -- Greece. 1
- Education -- United States. 1
- Education, Higher 1
- Education, Higher -- United States. 1
- English language 1
- English language -- Foreign speakers. 1
- Epidemics 1
- Epidemics -- China. 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 -- United States. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Greece. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Korea. 1
- Festivals 1
- Festivals -- China. 1
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