Collection 610 Oral History Interview with Geneva Grace Haller
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Geneva Grace Haller, who was a missionary to the Congo, first as an independent, then with World Wide Mission. Haller describes growing up in Africa, being home schooled, orphanage work, problems caused by the independence of Congo, persecution of Congolese, her view of various Congo political leaders, condition of the Congolese church, relationship between the Joseph Mobutu government and missionary societies, Congo education, health care, and economic problems. The time period covered by the interviews is 1927 to 1988.
Geneva Grace Haller was interviewed by Dale Stanley Brewster on October 22, 1988 at the D & D Missionary Home in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Dates
- Created: 1988
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Biographical Information
Full Name: Geneva Grace Haller
Birth: January 3, 1928, Belgian Congo
Death: Before 2005
Family:
Parents: Archie and Ellen Haller
Siblings: None
Marital Status: Single
Children: Adopted African children: Gary, Ruth, Lydia
Education:
ca. 1933-1938 - Home schooled by her father up to grade five when he died
Career:
1940s-1960 - Independent missionary to the Belgian Congo
1961-1964 - Missionary involved in orphanage work with her mother in the Belgian Congo under World Wide Mission
1964-1966 - Worked as a nurse in a hospital in Detroit, Michigan
1966-1987 - Returns to the Belgian Congo with her mother
Other Significant Information:
Grace's parents were missionaries with Congo Inland Mission (1926-1927), Unevangelized Tribes Mission (UTM) in the Bambunda Province of the Belgian Congo (1927-1939), and then independent missionaries (1939-1960). Later Grace and her mother worked with World Wide Mission (1961-1987).
Extent
2 Audio Tapes
90 Minutes
Language of Materials
English
Accruals and Additions
The materials in this collection were given to the Billy Graham Center Archives by Geneva Grace Haller and Dale Stanley Brewster in January 1989.
Accession: 89-6
May 9, 2005
Wayne D. Weber
- Children of missionaries.
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965.
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History.
- Haller, Geneva Grace.
- Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961.
- Missions -- Africa.
- Missions -- Zaire.
- Mobutu Sese Seko, 1930-1997.
- Women missionaries.
- World-Wide Missions.
- Youth -- Belgium
- Youth -- Belgium -- Colonies
- Youth -- Belgium -- Colonies -- Africa.
- Title
- Collection 610 Oral History Interview with Geneva Grace Haller
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Roman Script
Repository Details
Part of the Evangelism & Missions Archives Repository