Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977.
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett
Collection
Identifier: CN 287
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Margaret Rice Elliott Crossett in which she describes her childhood with her missionary parents in China, her education at Wheaton College, and missionary career with her husband, Vincent Crossett, in China and Taiwan with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship (1929-1948, 1961-1973). Topics discussed include Crossett's childhood in China; description of Chinese indigenous worship practices and syncretism in Chinese religious culture; Crossett's...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1986
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
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- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China -- History. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- Evangelistic work. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Women 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- Women missionaries. 3
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Bible. 2
- Buddhists -- China. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Children of missionaries. 2
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- Christian education -- China. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Church and social problems -- China. 2
- Communism -- China. 2
- Communism. 2
- Conversion. 2
- Drug traffic 2
- Drug traffic -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Family. 2
- Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) 2
- Leprosy -- China. 2
- Leprosy. 2
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
- Missions to Buddhists. 2
- Missions, Medical -- China. 2
- Opium trade 2
- Opium trade -- China. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Refugees 2
- Refugees -- China. 2
- Rural missions -- China. 2
- Tai (Southeast Asian people) 2
- Tribes -- China. 2
- United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Missions. 2
- World War, 1939-1945. 2
- Ancestor worship. 1
- Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
- Animism. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- China -- Description and travel. 1
- China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912. 1
- China -- Religion. 1
- China -- Social life and customs. 1
- China. 1
- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese -- Philippines. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian education -- Philippines. 1
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 1
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Christian literature. 1
- Christian martyrs -- China. 1
- Christian martyrs. 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 refugees -- China. 1
- Church work with refugees. 1
- Church work with women -- China. 1
- Church work with women. 1
- Cooperative societies 1
- Cooperative societies -- China. 1
- Crime and criminals 1
- Crime and criminals -- China. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Drug addictions 1
- Drug addictions -- China. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- Idols and images. 1
- India -- Description and travel. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Philippines. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 1 ∧ less
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