Leedy, John W.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Burt E. Long Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 351
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Burt E. Long by Wheaton College student Heather Conley in which Long discusses his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, his education at Wheaton College, and his decades of services as a medical missionary for Sudan Interior Mission in Niger and Nigeria. The time period covered by the interviews is 1930-1986.
Burt Long was interviewed by Wheaton College student Heather Conley on November 26 and December 3, 1986.
Dates:
Created: 1986
Lyndon Hess Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 228
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Lyndon Roth Hess in which he describes his missionary service in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) between 1932 and 1975 as a teacher of missionary children, assistant to village pastors and other work with the Lunda people. Topics include cultural influences on missionary children, education at Wheaton College, missionary service with Brethren Assemblies in Zambia teaching children of missionaries, the national African church, tribal tensions, Marxism, influence of...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Ruth E. Hess Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 242
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruth Edna DeVelde Hess (1909-1997), a missionary with the Plymouth Brethren Church at Sakeji School for missionary children in Zambia. Topics discussed include: Hess' life as a child in Wheaton, Illinois, and education at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College; marriage to Lyndon Roth Hess; calling to be teachers of missionary children; decision to go to Africa; their work at Sakeji School from 1932 to 1982; and descriptions of life and customs in Zambia among the...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Zambia. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- Zambia. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni -- Oral history. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- 1930s 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 2
- Women -- Religious life. 2
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 1
- Baptism. 1
- Bible -- Inspiration. 1
- Boarding schools -- Zambia. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions -- Niger. 1
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 1
- Children of missionaries -- Zambia. 1
- Children of missionaries. 1
- Christian education -- Niger. 1
- Christian education -- Zambia. 1
- Christianity and culture. 1
- Church and state -- Niger. 1
- Church and state -- Nigeria. 1
- Church and state -- Zambia. 1
- Church development, New. 1
- Church growth -- Niger. 1
- Church growth -- Nigeria. 1
- Church work with women -- Niger. 1
- Communism -- Zambia. 1
- Conversion -- Christianity. 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 1
- Education -- Zambia. 1
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Niger. 1
- France -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Fundamentalism. 1
- Hausa (African people) -- Niger. 1
- Hausa language. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Niger. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 1
- Indigenous church administration -- Zambia. 1
- Intercultural communication -- Zambia. 1
- Interdenominational cooperation. 1
- International relief -- Niger. 1
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 1
- Jehovah's Witnesses -- Missions. 1
- Laity. 1
- Medical care -- Niger. 1
- Medical care -- Nigeria. 1
- Medical care -- Zambia. 1
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 1
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 1
- Missionaries -- United States. 1
- Missionaries' spouses. 1
- Missions -- Finance. 1
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 1
- Missions -- Niger. 1
- Missions -- Nigeria. 1
- Missions -- South Africa. 1
- Missions to Muslims -- Niger. 1
- Missions to Muslims -- Nigeria. 1
- Missions, Medical -- Nigeria. 1
- Missions, Medical. 1
- Muslims -- Niger. 1
- Niger -- Economic conditions. 1
- Niger -- Social conditions. 1
- Northern Lunda (African people) 1
- Occultism. 1
- Plymouth Brethren -- Missions. 1
- Public worship -- Christianity. 1
- Racism -- Zambia. 1
- Rural churches -- Zambia. 1
- Southern Lunda (African people) 1
- Superstition. 1
- Tribes -- Africa. 1
- Tribes -- Niger. 1
- Tribes -- Nigeria. 1
- Tribes -- Zambia. 1
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 1
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 1
- Women missionaries. 1
- Zambia -- Description and travel. 1
- Zambia -- History -- 1953-1964. 1
- Zambia -- History -- 1964- 1
- Zambia -- History. 1
- Zambia -- Politics and government -- 1964-1991. 1
- Zambia -- Politics and government -- To 1964. 1
- Zambia -- Social life and customs. 1 ∧ less
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