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Graham, Ruth Bell.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Collection 681 Oral History Interview with Mertis Byram Heimbach

 Collection
Identifier: CN 681
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Mertis Byram Heimbach (1921- ) missionary in China, Thailand, Singapore and U.S. with China Inland Mission (CIM) and (as it was later known) Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) from 1946 to 1999. Topics discussed include childhood in Korea; parents’ mission work; Wheaton College and Prairie Bible Institute; marriage to Ernest Heimbach; Hmong (Miao) people; tribal mission work; Communist takeover of China; Communist treatment of Christians; CIM’s exit from China;...
Dates: 2014

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

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Animism -- Thailand 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges. 1
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Boarding schools -- China. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Children of missionaries -- China. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
China -- History. 1
Chinese language. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Church work with women -- China. 1
Church work with women. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Conversion -- Christianity. 1
Conversion. 1
Culture shock. 1
Education 1
Education -- United States. 1
Education, Higher 1
Education, Higher -- United States. 1
Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
Evangelistic work -- China. 1
Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
Evangelistic work. 1
Family. 1
Footbinding 1
Footbinding -- China. 1
Fundamentalism. 1
Hmong (Asian people) 1
Hmong language 1
Hunger. 1
Indigenous church administration 1
Indigenous church administration -- China. 1
International relief. 1
Korea -- Foreign Relations -- Japan -- 1910-1945. 1
Literacy programs 1
Lord's Supper. 1
Medical care 1
Medical care -- China. 1
Missions -- Educational work. 1
Missions -- Korea. 1
Missions -- Linguistic work. 1
Missions -- Singapore. 1
Missions -- Thailand. 1
Missions, Medical. 1
Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 1
Opium trade -- Thailand. 1
Persecution. 1
Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 1
Presbyterian Church. 1
Presbyterians. 1
Revivals -- China. 1
Revivals. 1
Sex role -- China. 1
Sex role. 1
Shandong Sheng (China) 1
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 1
Spiritual healing. 1
Street preaching. 1
Tribes -- Thailand. 1
Wheaton revival (Wheaton, Ill.) -- 1943 1
Women 1
World War, 1939-1945. 1
Worship (Christian) 1
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