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Thiessen, Henry Clarence, 1883-1947.

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 489 Oral History Interview with John A. MacDonald

 Collection
Identifier: CN 489
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with John Allan MacDonald (1921-2014) in which he discusses his education and activities at Wheaton College from his graduation in 1943; literary societies; friends and faculty; the impact of World War II on the campus; Billy Graham and his role in the United Gospel Tabernacle in Wheaton; MacDonald's evangelistic and church ministry among San Francisco hippies in the late 1960s and work with Jews for Jesus (JFJ) and its founder Moishe Rosen. The second interview...
Dates: Created: 1993-1994

Collection 678 Oral History Interview with Helen Grace Madeira Cox

 Collection
Identifier: CN 678
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Helen Grace Madeira Cox (1921-2019), missionary in China from 1947-1951 and Northern Thailand 1953-1973 with China Inland Mission (later Overseas Missionary Fellowship). Topics discussed include Cox's childhood experiences and early faith in the Church of the Brethren; call to missionary work; education at Columbia Bible College and Wheaton College; teaching Bible in Virginia public schools; attending Missionary Medical Institute and Wycliffe’s Summer Institute of...
Dates: 2014

Moody Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 330
Brief Description Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, church bulletins, minutes of meetings, and other records documenting the activities of the influential independent Chicago church started in 1864 by Dwight L. Moody; chiefly from ca. 1910 through 1946. Topics documented include worship services, Sunday school, the weekly activities in the congregation, the governance of the body, and various urban evangelistic outreaches of the church. Besides the history of the church, the collection also documents such...
Dates: Created: 1864-1987

Paul D. Votaw Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 105
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Paul Dean Votaw (1917-2007) in which he describes his childhood; education at Wheaton College, Dallas Seminary, and Princeton Seminary; and missionary activities in Syria and Lebanon. The time period covered by the interview is roughly 1917-1954.Reverend Paul Votaw was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 4, 1980, at the Graham Center offices in Wheaton. The first ten minutes of the interview are barely decipherable due to technical difficulties. The...
Dates: Created: 1980

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Subject
Conversion -- Christianity. 3
Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
Missions -- China. 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
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Missions to Jews. 2
Missions to Muslims. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
Women -- Religious life. 2
Women missionaries. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
African Americans -- Religious life. 1
Animism -- Thailand. 1
Arab-Israeli conflict. 1
Arabs. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 1
Catholic Church -- Syria. 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 1
Children -- United States -- Religious life. 1
China -- Description and travel. 1
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
China -- Religion. 1
China -- Social life and customs. 1
Chinese language. 1
Christian education -- United States. 1
Christian education, Outdoor -- United States. 1
Christian stewardship. 1
Christian vacation schools. 1
Church and social problems -- United States. 1
Church and state -- Lebanon. 1
Church and state -- Syria. 1
Church architecture -- United States. 1
Church buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago. 1
Church discipline. 1
Church fund raising. 1
Church management. 1
Church work with children -- Illinois -- Chicago. 1
Church work with youth -- Illinois -- Chicago. 1
Cities and towns -- United States. 1
City missions -- Illinois -- Chicago. 1
Dixon, A. C. (Amzi Clarence), 1854-1925 -- Sermons. Selections. 1
Ecumenical movement. 1
Education -- Israel. 1
Education -- Lebanon. 1
Education -- Syria. 1
English language -- Foreign speakers. 1
Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
Evangelistic invitations. 1
Evangelistic sermons. 1
Evangelistic work -- China. 1
Evangelistic work -- Illinois -- Chicago. 1
Evangelistic work -- Ireland. 1
Evangelistic work -- Japan. 1
Evangelistic work -- Lebanon. 1
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 1
Evangelistic work -- South Africa. 1
Evangelistic work -- Syria. 1
Evangelistic work. 1
Fundamentalism. 1
Gospel musicians -- United States. 1
Home missions -- Illinois. 1
Home missions -- United States. 1
Independent churches -- Illinois -- Chicago. 1
Jewish-Arab relations. 1
Jews -- United States. 1
Jews. 1
Language in missionary work. 1
Literacy programs 1
Missionaries -- Training of. 1
Missionaries -- United States. 1
Missions -- Mexico. 1
Missions -- Africa. 1
Missions -- Asia. 1
Missions -- Australia. 1
Missions -- Colombia. 1
Missions -- Congresses. 1
Missions -- Europe. 1
Missions -- Finance. 1
Missions -- Japan. 1
Missions -- Latin America. 1
Missions -- Lebanon. 1
Missions -- Linguistic work. 1
Missions -- Middle East. 1
Missions -- Nigeria. 1
Missions -- Russia. 1
Missions -- Study and teaching. 1
Missions -- Syria. 1
Missions -- Thailand. 1
Missions -- United States. 1
Missions, Medical. 1
Muslims -- Lebanon. 1
Muslims -- Syria. 1
Opium trade -- Thailand. 1
Overseas Missionary Fellowship, Home Council (United States) 1
Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948. 1
Palestine. 1
Pentecostalism -- United States. 1
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