Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977.
Person
Found in 9 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 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans
Collection
Identifier: CN 279
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Morrell Evans (1899-1976) in which she discusses her childhood; education at Wheaton College; work with J. Elwin Wright; her Christian education activities; the development of the New England Fellowship, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship; and her work as a missionary in Taiwan. The time period covered by the interviews is 1899-1976.Elizabeth Evans was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 8,...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1985
Collection 293 Oral History Interview with Melvin D. Suttie
Collection
Identifier: CN 293
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin David Suttie (1912-2006) in which he discusses his childhood, Christian growth, education at Wheaton College and Biblical Seminary in New York and Omaha Presbyterian Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission (1940-1950), work among university students, persecution, evangelistic work among the Chinese population and Nationalist troops, his wife Mary's work among women, their children, church and state relations in China, the impact of the...
Dates:
Created: 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 303 Oral History Interview with Erma Walker
Collection
Identifier: CN 303
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Erma Horton Stevens Walker in which she discusses her conversion, background in Christian Science, effects of the Great Depression, education at Wheaton College, husband Bill Walker, church planting in Texas, and acceptance to Central American Mission. The time period covered by the interviews is circa 1913-1950.
Erma Horton Walker was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on May 4, 1985, at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.
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
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.
Herbert J. Taylor Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 020
Brief Description
Correspondence, photographs, reports, publications, posters, minutes of meetings, and other documentation of Herbert J. Taylor's long involvement in the leadership of such organizations as Child Evangelism, Youth for Christ, Christian Service Brigade, Pioneer Girls, Young Life, National Association of Evangelicals, Fuller Seminary, Christian Workers Foundation, and Inter-Varsity as well as his role in the planning and development of Billy Graham's Chicago crusades and of Key '73. Other...
Dates:
Created: Ca. 1916-1979
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- Conversion. 8
- Evangelistic work. 7
- Women 7
- Women -- Religious life. 7
- Women missionaries. 7
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 6
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
- Missionaries. 6
- Presbyterians. 6
- World War, 1939-1945. 6
- Church and state. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 5
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 5
- Presbyterian Church. 5
- Church and social problems. 4
- College students. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Evangelistic work -- China. 4
- Missions -- China. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China -- History. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Church work with women. 3
- College students -- United States 3
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 3
- Education, Higher 3
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 3
- Fundamentalism. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Medical care 3
- Medical care -- China. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 3
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Children -- United States 2
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- Children of missionaries. 2
- Children. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Church and social problems -- China. 2
- Church and social problems -- United States. 2
- Church and state -- China. 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Church work with military personnel. 2
- Church work with students. 2
- Church work with women -- China. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Depressions 2
- Depressions -- 1929 2
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 2
- Education 2
- Education -- United States. 2
- Education, Higher -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Australia. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- International relief. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) 2
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 2
- Mass media in religion. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Korea. 2
- Missions, Medical -- China. 2
- Missions. 2
- Motion pictures in church work -- United States. 2
- Motion pictures in church work. 2
- Orphans 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Presbyterians -- United States. 2
- Radio in religion -- United States. 2
- Radio in religion. 2
- Refugees 2
- Religious institutions. 2
- Rural missions -- China. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Sunday schools. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Theology 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- United States. 2
- Worship (Christian) 2
- African Americans. 1
- Armenians. 1
- Baptism. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1 ∧ less
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