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 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
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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- Missionaries. 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History. 2
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- Church and state. 2
- College students. 2
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- Education -- United States. 2
- Education, Higher 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
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- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- International relief. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
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- Persecution. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Refugees 2
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
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- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Children of missionaries -- China. 1
- Children of missionaries. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
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