Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977.
Person
Found in 3 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
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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- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Church and social problems -- China. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Drug traffic 2
- Drug traffic -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Leprosy -- China. 2
- Leprosy. 2
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
- Missionaries. 2
- Missions, Medical -- China. 2
- Opium trade 2
- Opium trade -- China. 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
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- Women missionaries. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 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
- 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 1
- Education, Higher -- United States. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
- Family. 1
- Footbinding 1
- Footbinding -- China. 1
- Fundamentalism. 1
- Hunger. 1
- International relief. 1
- Lord's Supper. 1
- Missionaries -- Training of. 1
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 1
- Missions -- Educational work. 1
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 1
- Missions to Buddhists. 1
- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 1
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 1
- Persecution -- China. 1
- Persecution. 1
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 1
- Presbyterian Church. 1
- Revivals -- China. 1
- Revivals. 1
- Sex role -- China. 1
- Sex role. 1
- Shandong Sheng (China) 1
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 1
- Smallpox 1
- Smallpox -- China. 1
- Street preaching. 1
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 1
- Worship (Christian) 1 ∧ less
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