Elliott, Helen Belcher.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 115 Oral History Interview with Raymond Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 115
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Raymond Leroy Elliott (1924-2008), Wycliffe Bible translator working among the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Interview topics include educational work and life in Wheaton, translation activities, missionary training, mission responsibilities, and political, social, and cultural events in Central America. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1924-1980.Raymond Elliott was interviewed by Chris Matthews, a Wheaton College graduate...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Collection 116 Oral History Interviews with Helen Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 116
Scope and Contents
Oral History interviews conducted with Helen Ruth Belcher Elliot (1927-2012), missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators to the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Topics include Wheaton College during the 1940s, field experiences, Guatemalan culture and religion, and family activities. Topics covered in the interview include: Elliott's childhood, marriage and early family life, education at Wheaton College (including courses, academic and social life), decision to become a missionary with...
Dates:
Created: 1980
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- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 1
- Children of missionaries. 1
- Christian education -- Guatemala. 1
- Christian education. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Church and state -- Guatemala. 1
- Church and state. 1
- College students -- Religious life. 1
- College students. 1
- Conversion. 1
- Culture shock. 1
- Education -- United States. 1
- Family -- United States. 1
- Family. 1
- Guatemala -- Politics and government. 1
- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) 1
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation -- Guatemala. 1
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 1
- Pentecostalism -- Guatemala. 1
- Pentecostalism. 1
- Theological seminaries -- Guatemala. 1
- Theological seminaries. 1
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 1
- Women 1
- Women -- Religious life. 1
- Women missionaries. 1
- World War, 1939-1945. 1
- Worship (Christian) 1 ∧ less
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