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Graham, Ruth Bell.

 Person

Found in 5 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 278: Elisabeth Elliot Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 278
Scope and Contents Correspondence, slides, clippings, publicity releases, reviews, manuscripts, films, video and audio tapes relating to Elisabeth Elliot's careers as a missionary in Ecuador, author, teacher and speaker. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to the so-called "Auca Incident" and Elliot's own work the Waorani, whose enemies called them the "Auca," as well as her lectures on the Biblical view of the roles of men and women, dealing with suffering, and personal holiness, among...
Dates: Created: 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-2010

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

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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  • Subject: Women -- Religious life. X

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Subject
Missions -- China. 4
Bible -- Translating. 3
Children of missionaries. 3
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
Chinese language. 3
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Women 3
Animism -- Thailand 2
Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
Boarding schools. 2
China -- Description and travel. 2
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
China -- History. 2
Christianity and culture. 2
College students. 2
Conversion -- Christianity. 2
Conversion. 2
Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
Evangelistic work -- China. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Evangelistic work. 2
Language in missionary work. 2
Literacy programs 2
Medical care 2
Medical care -- China. 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 2
Missionaries. 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
Missions -- Korea. 2
Missions -- Linguistic work. 2
Missions -- Thailand. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Opium trade -- Thailand. 2
Persecution -- China. 2
Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
Presbyterian Church. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
Tribes -- Thailand. 2
Wheaton revival (Wheaton, Ill.) -- 1943 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
Worship (Christian) 2
Authors and publishers. 1
Authors and readers -- United States. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Boarding schools -- China. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
Children of missionaries -- China. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
China -- Manners and customs. 1
China -- Religion. 1
China -- Social life and customs. 1
Christian martyrs -- China. 1
Christian martyrs. 1
Christmas. 1
Church and social problems -- China. 1
Church and social problems -- United States. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- China. 1
Church and state. 1
Church of the Brethren 1
Church work with prisoners -- China. 1
Church work with prisoners. 1
Church work with single people 1
Church work with women -- China. 1
Church work with women. 1
College students -- Religious life -- Illinois -- Wheaton. 1
College students -- Religious life. 1
College students -- United States 1
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
College students in missionary work. 1
Colorado Indians (Ecuador) 1
Columbia Bible College, -- Columbia, SC. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Culture shock. 1
Economic and social conditions 1
Economic and social conditions -- China. 1
Education 1
Education -- United States. 1
Education, Higher 1
Education, Higher -- United States. 1
Epidemics 1
Epidemics -- China. 1
Evangelicalism -- 20th century. 1
Evangelicalism. 1
Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 1
Evangelistic work -- Korea. 1
Family. 1
Feminist theology 1
Festivals 1
Festivals -- China. 1
Footbinding 1
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