Found 116 Results | Archives of Wheaton College

Mark Oestreicher interview (interviewed by Jeff Mazanec), 1981

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8116

Scope and Contents

STUDENT EXPERIENCE – Biographical information; First news of Wheaton; Considers fields of interest; Discouraging circumstances; Changes majors; Advice from Wheaton grads; Application process; Christian liberal arts; Testimony; Application, acceptance, financial aid, enrollment processes; First impression of roommate and suitemates; Classes; Chrouser Fitness Center; Fashions; Music on campus; Over-crowding of girls at Fischer

Dates: Created: 1981

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Dr. Donald Lake interview (interviewed by Jon Peterson)

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8117

Scope and Contents WHEATON COLLEGE – Biographical information; Religion; Salvation; Backslid; Call to preaching; Pastored a church and commuted to Wheaton; Traveled on Wheaton gospel team; Struggled with decisions in high school; Coach vs. preacher; Preached in Iowa for six years; Joined Wheaton faculty; Pastored in many churches; First impression of Wheaton as a student; Roommates; General Christian attitudes among students; Close friends; Most memorable times; Great, impressive teachers; High school...

Dates: Created: 1816-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1988

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Cheryl Hollatz interview (interviewed by Johnathan Searle), 1981-1982

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8118

Scope and Contents

WHEATON COLLEGE FRESHMAN -- Biographical information; Reasons for attending Wheaton; Feelings about having a father as a Professor at Wheaton; Chapel; Volleyball; Dorm life; Cliques in the freshman class; Teachers and classes in college vs. high school; Wh

Dates: Created: 1981-1982

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Waldbeseron Elmore interview

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8119a

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Oral history interviews conducted by history lab students and other interviewers.

Dates: Created: 1816-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1988

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Elmore Waldbeser interview (interviewed by Scott Waldbeser), 1941-1947

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8119b

Scope and Contents USAAF‑WWII – Depression years in Morton, IL; Pre-war occupation at Boeing Aircraft; Basic training – overseas service; Post war 1946: Return to America; Desire to enlist; Bootcamp in Texas; African replacement depot, 9th Air Force – 1st Tactical Unit; Frontline experience in Italy and Germany; Aircraft-ammunitions maintenance; engagements with enemy aircraft; Wreck-C-47 aircraft (!946) – Hospitalization; Service in Naples; Post war destruction; Personal reaction to WWII; Casualties on the...

Dates: Created: 1941-1947

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Elaine Fischer interview (interviewed by Greg Schrock), 1892-1981

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8120

Scope and Contents JONATHAN BLANCHARD PRIOR TO WHEATON COLLEGE – Biographical information; Origins of the middle names of the Blanchard’s children; Original Blanchard home’s description; Jonathan Blanchard’s young life and marriage; Years as president of Knox’s College; Involvement in abolition; Blanchard – Clay debate over slavery; More of Blanchard’s years at Knox; Blanchard’s conversion; Reason for leaving Knox; Blanchard’s reasons for choosing the city of Wheaton and founding the college; Arrival at...

Dates: Created: 1892-1981

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Don Leckme interview

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8121a

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Oral history interviews conducted by history lab students and other interviewers.

Dates: Created: 1816-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1988

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Mrs. Don Lemcke interview (interviewed by Bianca Riley), 1951

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8121b

Scope and Contents

WHEATON COLLEGE

Dates: Created: 1951

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Don Cooper interview (interviewed by Gretchen Schultz), 1962-1981

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8122

Scope and Contents

WHEATON COLLEGE

Dates: Created: 1962-1981

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Mrs. Graf interview (interviewed by Michele Hanneman), 1981

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8126a

Scope and Contents

TEACHING – River Forest High School; Teaching history, parochial and public; Public school descriptions; Racial problems; Bussing problems; Hot lunch program; Education Advances; Student teacher; Gifted children; Parochial schooling; Role of religion in school; Religion in public schools; Sex education; Children from broken homes

Dates: Created: 1981

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Michelle Hannemann interview

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8126b

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Oral history interviews conducted by history lab students and other interviewers.

Dates: Created: 1816-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1988

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Karen Beachy interview (interviewed by Karen Boyd), 1981

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8127

Scope and Contents 21‑YR OLD FRESHMAN – Highlights and history of life before college; Reason for coming to Wheaton; How it feels to be a 21 year-old freshman; Personal response to being a 21 year-old freshman at Wheaton; Traveling after high school has helped for college; Factors on campus that have affected personal life; How a Christian education will affect life after graduation; Opinion of SAGA food; Reaction to clothing trends in Wheaton; Dorms, roommates, suitemates; Extra-curricular activities; The...

Dates: Created: 1981

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Kai Togomai interview (interviewed by Karen Togomai)

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8128

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Oral history interviews conducted by history lab students and other interviewers.

Dates: Created: 1816-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1988

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Jeff Mazanec interview (interviewed by Mark Oestreicher), 1860-1981

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8129

Scope and Contents CHRISTIAN IN RUSSIA – Story of Ancestors’ Emigration to America: Great-Great Grandfather moves from Czechoslovakia To Russia; Trip into town for supplies, wins money gambling, is mugged by the losers, is rescued by a beggar who gives him a Bible, Conversion of Family; Christian Leadership of Family in community; Immigration to the US; Ellis Island; Establishment in the Tennessee; Grandmother learns Mazanec family immigration story; Great-Great Grandfather organizes building of a community...

Dates: Created: 1860-1981

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Linda Smith interview (interviewed by Laurie Snyder), 1962-1978

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8201a

Scope and Contents PART ONE; M.K. VIETNAM – Biographical information; Why in Vietnam; Atmosphere of cities & villages; Family’s attitude; Contact with Vietnamese soldiers; Contact with American G.I.’s; G.I.’s relationship with the Vietnamese; G.I.’s feelings about being in Vietnam; Effect of the war on her family; Family’s experiences with actual war; Casual incidents & experiences from growing up in Vietnam; Younger brother Jonathan and his death; Response to Jonathan’s death; Response of the G.I. who...

Dates: Created: 1962-1978

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Linda Smith interview (interviewed by Laurie Snyder), 1962-1978

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8201b

Scope and Contents

PART TWO; M.K. VIETNAM – Vietnamese food; Language learned; Aminals; Climate; Architecture; Churches; Cardboard box houses; Sculpture or art work in architecture; French Influence; Holidays; Chinese New Year; Funerals; Temples; Closing of Vietnam; Renaming of Saigon; Ho Chi Min trail

Dates: Created: 1962-1978

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Ruth Bamford interview (interviewed by Kim Feather-Stone), 1970-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8202

Scope and Contents

FISCHER DORM – biographical information; Role at Wheaton; Fischer dorm history; Reaction to Fischer freshman; First mixing of men and women; Rules for Fischer; RA’s and RD’s in Fischer; Classes through the years; Fischer compared to other dorms; Socializing between dorms; Freshmen in upperclass dorms; Future of dorm program

Dates: Created: 1970-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Dr. Paul Jordan interview, 1929-1982

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8203

Scope and Contents LIFE – Early childhood – the Depression; Parents; Educational status of parents; Paul, only college graduate in family; Mother died; Married after graduation from Michigan 1955; Enlisted in Navy – consciences observer; Discharge in Chicago; Saw no action nor medical experience; Just over 19 when discharged; Applied to3 med schools; Accepted to Northwestern Sept 1951; 1955 got MD, started internship; 1956-58 Family practice; Family; Jan 1963 began practice in Wheaton; Travel as a family;...

Dates: Created: 1929-1982

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Ray Knighton interview (interviewed by Kim Ballard), 1922-1981

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8206

Scope and Contents

MAP International (Medical Assistance Programs); raised on South Side of Chicago with poor family; desired to be a musician; volunteered for WWII in infantry; 75% of those he trained with were killed in Guadalcanal due to large feet which kept him out of

Dates: Created: 1922-1981

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Dr. Elizabeth Hillstrom interview (interviewed by Diane Hillstrom), 1941-1958

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8207

Scope and Contents LIFE ON FARM – Family; Family reunions; Crops supported by the farm; Techniques for farming; Milking cows; Problems with livestock; Stepfather’s experiences with new car; Food preparation, home grown crops; Meat – hunting and livestock, preparation; Uses of lard; Preparation of dairy products; Other foods: bread, pies and honey; Finding time to do things other than farming; Typical night after school; How homework got done; Recreation; Radio; School activities; How the house was heated; How...

Dates: Created: 1941-1958

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Dietrich Heyer interview (interviewed by Brian Stamm), 1970-1974

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8208

Scope and Contents

GROWING UP IN AFRICA – Life in Sierra Leone and Liberia; Family; Parents’ jobs as missionaries; Lived in a small town; Housing and water; Climate; Drinking water; Hospital; Food; Acceptance by people; School; Driving conditions; Other transportation; Access to countries – Government, customs; Fruits; Pets; Wild animals; Fishing; Knowledge gained; Present situation and future plans

Dates: Created: 1970-1974

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Jan Hoeskstra interview (interviewed by Kathy Ferrel), 1954-1982

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8209

Scope and Contents

WHEATON COLLEGE – Calvin College 1954; Married 1955; Part time at Wheaton 1975; Being mother and student; Israel project 1975; Career goals – Archaeology major; Traveling; Campus life; Chapel; President Armerding and President Chase; Controversy of 1978: Faculty and administration control over the Record, closing of co-ed halls; Feelings on faculty; Student advisor – Al Hurtz; Changes in Wheaton since 1978

Dates: Created: 1954-1982

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Harry Aqabedis interview (interviewed by Daughter?), 1956-1959

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8301

Scope and Contents WHEATON COLLEGE – Biographical information; Former education; Why Wheaton; Entrance into Wheaton; Freshman orientation; Dorm Life; Spiritual Life; Girls’ Dorm; Cafeteria; Chapel; College Church; Personal Church; Death of Nate Saint; Professors; Alumni who teach at Wheaton; CSC; Honeyrock; Other activities; Athletics, school spirit; Dating; Meeting wife; Engagement rituals; Senior bench, senior sneak; Earning money: Chicago post office, job placement bureau; Wheaton's influence after...

Dates: Created: 1956-1959

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Walter Danylak interview (interviewed by Barry Danylak), 1930-1949

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8302

Scope and Contents UKRAINIAN IMMIGRATION – Biographical information; Reasons for parents immigration to Canada; Polish domination of Ukraine homeland; Maternal grandparents; Mother’s immigration; Father’s immigration; Ukrainian people always dominated by others; Little schooling; Find opportunity elsewhere – Canada; Parents’ job in Canada; Courtship among Ukrainian immigrants; Parents settle in Medicine Hat, Alberta; Their early home; Immigrants from various countries together in Medicine Hat; Means of income;...

Dates: Created: 1930-1949

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Pam Moorman interview (interviewed by Barbara Dawson), 1980-1984

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8303

Scope and Contents WHEATON VS. DUKE – Biographical Information; Attending Duke: Scholarships, Family influence, Freshman Year; Reasons for transfer to Wheaton; Working at Lost Valley Ranch; Dating Influence on Transferring; Parents’ influence; Personal decision – pros and cons of Wheaton; Christian life at Duke vs. Wheaton; Initial experiences at Wheaton: Academic, Spiritual, & Social disappointments; Consideration of returning to Duke or transferring again; Attitude changes Junior Year; Breaking...

Dates: Created: 1980-1984

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Kathy Smith interview (interviewed by Heather Hughes), 1969-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8304

Scope and Contents M.K. IN VIETNAM – Biographical information; learning Vietnamese; Childhood in Vietnam; Going away to school; Loving but disciplinary parents; Relations to siblings; Leaving Vietnam; International awareness; Parents’ call to Senegal; Adjusting to different culture; Involvement in missions; Future work with foreign people; God’s will for future; Not overly sheltered; Culture shock; Relating to guys as friends; Dating in America; Interracial dating; God’s will in relationships; People and...

Dates: Created: 1969-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Martha Little interview (interviewed by Deborah Little), 1979-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8305

Scope and Contents INNER‑CITY TEACHING – Biographical information; College preparations; Wheaton; Most significant time in college; Activities in college; Significant memories of Christian Service Council; Personal significant memories; Reasons for Elementary Education major; Acquiring first job; Things learned while teaching inner city kids; Examples of Frustrations and Children; Change from 6th to 3rd grade; Negative aspects of teaching; Experiences with other cultures; Free time/ hobbies; Feelings about...

Dates: Created: 1979-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Dr. Stephen Bell interview (interviewed by Miriam Schmidt)

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8306

Scope and Contents SCOTLAND – Mother’s life on the farm; American vs. Scottish farming; England and Scotland: United Kingdom government; Scottish and Irish brotherhood; Irish Rebellion 1745-50; French and Scottish alliance before Reformation; Economy of Scotland; Margaret Thatcher; Socialism in Scotland; Lady Diana; Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth; Childhood during WWII; Attack on Glasgow; Father’s job during and after war; Rationing; Scottish countryside; Scottish Christmas celebrations; Occupation at...

Dates: Created: 1816-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1988

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Cindy Shaffer interview (interviewed by Rebecca Kliewer), 1970-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8307

Scope and Contents GROWING UP IN EUROPE, WHEATON COLLEGE – Biographical information; Schools in Europe vs. America; Growing up on a NATO base; Political and economic change in Europe; Housing in Belgium; Attitudes towards Americans; Greetings in Europe; Social life at Wheaton vs. Europe; Effects of life overseas on Christianity; European Media; Treatment of military kids; Laws on Drugs, Pornography, and Alcohol; America’s understanding of Europe; Wheaton College; Religion in Europe; Views on social...

Dates: Created: 1970-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Becky Kliewer interview (interviewed by Laura Morgan), 1968-1978

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8308

Scope and Contents GROWING UP—IRAN – Biographical information; Iran; housing; friends; Iranian Society; Culture/traditions; New Year; Ramadan; Political Affairs; Hostage crisis; Unstable Iran; Curfew; Buddy system; Riots; Chanting, bonfires; Shaw of Iran; Conflict between Shaw andAyatollah Khomeini; Khomeni; Brainwashing children; Executions; Religion now; No music or freedom of sleep; Leave for Egypt; 2 weeks in Egypt then to Germany; Reaction to leaving Iran; Iran’s unique culture – language, writings;...

Dates: Created: 1968-1978

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Peter Hansen interview (interviewed by David Garner), 1962-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8309

Scope and Contents

WHEATON; PSYCHOLOGY – Biographical information; becoming a Christian; How Wheaton changed him; Reasons for leaving Wheaton for a University; Reasons for coming to Wheaton; Spiritual crisis; Secular Psychology class; Reasons for returning to Wheaton; Men’s Glee Club; Being an RA; What he learned from being an RA; Career plans; Residence after school; Spiritual goals; Interaction of his faith and psychology; Work preferences; Advantages of Psychology when an RA

Dates: Created: 1962-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Tony Trollep interview (interviewed by Doug Sweeney), 1961-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8311

Scope and Contents WHEATON COLLEGE CHAPLAINS – Background; Adolescence; Further education; Family relations; Armerding’s style; Patterson’s personality; Complimentary styles; Chapel pranks; 5 wild geese; Spiritual similarities; Practical Christianity; Age similarities; Chase and Gordon; Chaplain Vic; President Chase; Vic less humorous; Comparison between Chase and Armerding; Age and style compared; Chase and Gordon’s relationship; Chase’s attitude toward Chapel; The Chaplains’ view toward their jobs and roles;...

Dates: Created: 1961-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Henry Wakefield interview (interviewed by Kathy Mccalla), 1912-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8312

Scope and Contents

HIS LIFE – Birthplace; Family life; Holidays; Close family ties; Hometown; Candy; Food packaging; Special treats; Interesting school experiences; Entertainment; Church; Work; Father’s work; Typical day; Neighborhood; Dating; Freshman in college; 1929 during Depression; Philosophy of life; High prices; Transportation (Taxi, Air Plane, Cars); Vacations; Old people; Grandparents; Stories passed down

Dates: Created: 1912-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Joe N/A interview (interviewed by John Mckenzie), 1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8313

Scope and Contents LIFE IN NIGERIA – Biographical information; Parents died by age 7; Childhood experiences, no close friends; Worked at SAGA, food very different; Nigeria has similar housing; Improvements in Nigerian literacy; Differing systems of education; Religion in Nigeria; Church services; Nigerian politics; Coup, military rule; Civilian government, 1979 general elections; Nigeria is a heterogeneous people; New constitution, similar to US; Jobs abroad, teacher; Majored in speech at Wheaton; Misses...

Dates: Created: 1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Sharmila Banerjee interview (interviewed by Beth Miller), 1980-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8314

Scope and Contents

FAMILY/INDIA – Personal family; Indian marriage system; Mother’s role; Relatives; Reasons for choosing Wheaton College; Indian friends; Indian vs. American education; Languages used in India; Indian education; Impressions of US vs. India; Speed at which things happen; American lack of culture; Mechanization of household tasks; Freshness of food; Waste of food; Hunger and poor; Clothing; Holidays; Things backward in America; Transportation; Cows in road; Personal view of India

Dates: Created: 1980-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Harvey Chrouser interview (interviewed by Donna J. Strodel), 1948-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8315

Scope and Contents HONEY ROCK – Biographical information; Underlying philosophy of Honey Rock; Internship experience and leadership school; Spiritual growth through isolation; Types of campers; Engineer’s program; Sources for counselors; Spiritual Growth; Inner-city kids (scholarships); Extended trips; High school Vanguard; Vanguard for incoming Freshmen (High Road); Vanguard improves self-concept; 3-day solo; Service projects; Changes through the years in Honey Rock; Future Ideas – center for advanced...

Dates: Created: 1948-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Daniel M. Wisely interview (interviewed by Cindy Wheaton), 1965-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8317

Scope and Contents PHILIPPINES/MALAYSIA – Biographical information; First time in US; Boarding school in Thailand; Friendships; Entertainment in school; Sports; Native kids’ schooling; International status of Philippines; Government influence on people; Social life of Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines; Family life; US industrial influence – oil; Cultural background influence on life now; Initial impressions from parents on US; Religion in Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand; Being a Christian and becoming one there;...

Dates: Created: 1965-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Sonja Kemp interview (interviewed by Laurie Shute), 1964-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8319

Scope and Contents

BIOGRAPHICAL – Personal Background; Background of her Father; Feelings as Minister’s Child; Difference in school life; Relations with friends and peers; Handling Pressure at School and Church; Had to be an example for others; Realized scrutiny once in high school; Stopped rebelling; Not much pressure in college; Rebellion of Pastors’ Kids; Love and respect for parents

Dates: Created: 1964-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Ruby Norville interview (interviewed by Peter Norrille)

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8320

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Oral history interviews conducted by history lab students and other interviewers.

Dates: Created: 1816-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1988

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Doug Waite interview (interviewed by Doug Wall), 1980-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8321

Scope and Contents

WHEATON COLLEGE – Biographical information; Choosing Wheaton; Freshman year; Professors; the Pledge; Dating; Free Time; Special events; Finals weeks; Spiritual life; Studies; Family; Friendships/People; Sophomore year; “Sophomore slump,” discouragement; Attitude toward freshmen; Campus Involvement; Junior Year; Growth and discipline; Apartment life; Academics; College Union; MCAT; Senior Year; Life as RA; Reasons for being an RA; Regrets about College; Fondest memories

Dates: Created: 1980-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Steve Kilmer interview (interviewed by Brian Wildman), 1973-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8322

Scope and Contents

RESIDENT DIRECTOR – Biographical information; Colleges attended; Decision to attend Wheaton; Jobs; Becoming an RD; Adjustment was difficult; Relationships with Sam Shellhammer and Henry Nelson; Contact with Students; Involvement with RAs; Typical day of RD; building relationships; Involvement in Honduras Project; Mediator between students and maintenance; Rewards; Traber RD transition; Advice to future RDs; Fishbowl existence

Dates: Created: 1973-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Leanne Hull interview (interviewed by Jeff Sonne), 1970-1981

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8323

Scope and Contents ZAIRE, AFRICA – Geography of Zaire; Political situation; Extend of civil unrest and superpower influence in Zaire; Life of a soldier and abuses of the military; Bribery as a widespread problem and examples in the government; People lost the will to fight the government; Transportation; Lack of food distribution; Economic system of Zaire; Dietary habits of the people; Industry and trade; Education in Zaire: lacking materials; University of Zaire: personal language barrier; Clash between...

Dates: Created: 1970-1981

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Dr. Vida Chenoweth interview (interviewed by Katherine (Or Catherine Foster) Fawcett), 1930-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8324

Scope and Contents MISSIONARY‑NEW GUINEA – Childhood; Boarding school; Northwestern University; Concert stage, World-wide travel; Conversion; Left concert stage for Asbury Seminary; Linguistic school, idea of ethnomusicology; Work with Quechuan and Cheyenne Indians; Notated a Quechuan hymnal; Called to Papua New Guinea; Began work with Usarufa tribe; Learning the language; Translated reading material; Present state of church in Papua New Guinea; Completion of Bible translation; Population of the Usarufa tribe;...

Dates: Created: 1930-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Linda Okerstrom interview (interviewed by Todd Bowers), 1969-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8325

Scope and Contents WHEATON COLLEGE, L’ABRI – Intro; Practical jokes at Wheaton; Wheaton Grad School; Wheaton Experiences; Experience at and reason for going to L’Abri; Inner-city tutoring work in Boston; Hearing Francis Schaeffer speak and her interest in him; Studentships to L’Abri; Her search for God; Inner-city ministry; Purpose of L’Abri; Dinner in Schaeffer’s chalet and meeting him; Study and community work at L’Abri; Evolution; Taught in Germany; First trip to Europe; Decision to change her life; Quit...

Dates: Created: 1969-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Margaret Grow interview (interviewed by Kenneth Anderson), 1934-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8326

Scope and Contents

LIFE STORY – Biographical information; Active at Barrington College; Family life; Brother paralyzed at 15; Parents – admirable characteristics; Influential people; Memories of the Depression; Happiest period of her life (1950s); Missions Career; Thoughts on the Women’s Liberation Movement; Memories of WWII; Kennedy assassination; Historical events and memories of her childhood in Medford, MA; Wheaton College

Dates: Created: 1934-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Edward Coray interview (interviewed by Randy Barnhisel), 1919-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8328

Scope and Contents ATHLETICS – Biographical information; Student years at Wheaton; President Blanchard; Athletics; Turning points at the College (The presidents); The Fischers; Academics at Wheaton 1919-1923; Average Day at Wheaton 1919-1923; Dr. Straw; Ed Coray’s further education; Career before returning to Wheaton; PE at Wheaton; His Wife; Dating; Housing; Outstanding Wheaton Athletes; Alumni Association; Chaplain Welles; Red Grange (University of Illinois Football); Chaplain Pat; Dr. Armerding years; Time...

Dates: Created: 1919-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Don Church interview (interviewed by Todd Moxley), 1953-1957

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8329

Scope and Contents WHEATON COLLEGE – New buildings on campus: MSC, dining hall; Living accommodations; Jobs during school; Upperclassman housing; Use of free time clubs, sports intramurals; Class attendance policy; Dating; Typical Students: Middle class, intelligent, hardworking, not as many went to graduate school; Dr. Edman: very prominent figure on campus; Getting accepted to college; Dr. Leedy – Biologist, botanist; College parties; Honey Rock camp; Bad ulcer; Soccer team; No intercollegiate women’s teams;...

Dates: Created: 1953-1957

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Paul Fisher interview (interviewed by Carmel Hazen), 1964-1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8330

Scope and Contents MISSIONARY LIFE – Biographical information; Countries visited; Parents’ employment; Parents’ mission work; Moved to US; Preference to live; Future plans; Experiences in countries – poverty; Advantages and disadvantages to missionary travel; Group of missionaries worked together; Difference between kids in public schools and missionary kids; Salary for missionary; God center of life; Travels influence on faith; Parents’ meeting and early marriage; Needs in countries and how to help; Career...

Dates: Created: 1964-1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Paul Beavers interview (interviewed by Emmett Mcglohn), 1983

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8331

Scope and Contents MISSIONARY LIFE – Biographical information; Countries visited; Parents’ employment; Parents’ mission work; Moved to US; Preference to live; Future plans; Experiences in countries – poverty; Advantages and disadvantages to missionary travel; Group of missionaries worked together; Difference between kids in public schools and missionary kids; Salary for missionary; God center of life; Travels influence on faith; Parents’ meeting and early marriage; Needs in countries and how to help; Career...

Dates: Created: 1983

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Colleen Dansma interview (interviewed by Mike Ewing), 1980

Item — Box: 2

Identifier: Item 8332

Scope and Contents TRIP TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – High school background; Reasons for going on trip; Dominican Republic; Problems between Dominican Republic and Haiti; Colleens involvement in trip; High school fundraisers; Preparations for trip; Team members; Training of team; Financial support; Facilities in Dominican republic; Climate, Physical description; Work site; Idea behind Adopt-A-Village; Village clinic; Frustrations at clinic; Supplies; Dealing with Language barrier; Population of village; Social...

Dates: Created: 1980

Found in: Wheaton College Archives / RG-11-001, Oral history interviews / Audio-cassette recordings

Box 2

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