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 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 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. 3
- China -- History. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- Conversion. 3
- Evangelistic work -- China. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
- Missionaries. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Presbyterians. 3
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Children of missionaries. 2
- China -- Description and travel. 2
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- Christian martyrs -- China. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Church and social problems -- China. 2
- Church work with women -- China. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Family. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions, Medical -- China. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Refugees 2
- Refugees -- China. 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Sex role -- China. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Tribes. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
- Worship (Christian) 2
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
- Bible colleges. 1
- Bible. 1
- Boarding schools -- China. 1
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
- Boarding schools. 1
- Buddhists -- China. 1
- Buddhists. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Children of missionaries -- China. 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
- China -- Manners and customs. 1
- China -- Religion. 1
- Chinese -- Missions. 1
- Chinese -- Philippines. 1
- Chinese language. 1
- Chinese. 1
- Christian education -- China. 1
- Christian education -- Philippines. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Church and social problems -- United States. 1
- Church and state -- China. 1
- Church and state. 1
- Church growth -- China. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church work with children -- China. 1
- Church work with children. 1
- Church work with prisoners -- China. 1
- Church work with prisoners. 1
- Church work with refugees -- China. 1
- Church work with refugees. 1
- College students -- United States 1
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
- College students in missionary work. 1
- College students. 1
- Communism -- China. 1
- Communism. 1
- Cooperative societies 1
- Cooperative societies -- China. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Drug addictions 1
- Drug addictions -- China. 1
- Drug traffic 1
- Drug traffic -- China. 1
- Economic and social conditions 1
- Economic and social conditions -- China. 1 ∧ less
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