Collection 453 Oral History Interviews with Paul H. Bartel
Scope and Contents
One oral history interview with Paul Henry Bartel (1904-2001) in which he describes his parents' work in China with orphans, his own childhood in that growing up in China, his conversion to Christianity and anecdotes from his long career as a missionary. Other topics discussed include: The Boxer Uprising and its aftermath; education, including high school at a Holiness Mission school; returning to the United States for college and experiencing culture shock; missionary training institute; memories of Chiang Kai-Shek and Feng Yu-hsiang; effects of World War I on Western missionaries serving in China. The time period covered by the interviews is 1904-1991.
Paul Henry Bartel was interviewed by Robert Shuster on November 26, 1991 at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.
Dates
- Created: 1991
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Biographical Information
Full Name: Paul Henry Bartel (Rev)
Birth Date: July 19, 1904, in Tamingfu, Hopei, China
Death Date: June 25, 2001
Family:
Parents: Henry Cornelius and Nellie Schmidt Bartel, independent missionaries in China
Siblings: Loyal, Joseph (died young of small pox), Agnes, Jonathan
Marital Status: Married to Ina Birkey, January 1, 1931
Children: Robert, Joan (Stough, Wheaton B.A. 1981; MA 1983), Carol
Conversion: At age ten
Denominational Affiliation: Christian and Missionary Alliance
Education:
1946 M.A., University of Chicago
1962 B.Div, Fuller Theological Seminary
Career:
1932-1960 Missionary, Lungtan, China (on the borders of Szechwan, Kweichow, Hunan, and Hupeh provinces)
1960-19?? Teacher, Canadian Bible College, Saskatchewan, Canada
Church planter, Chinese C&MA churches in Canada
Founder of the Winter Conferences for Chinese students in Canada
Head, China Alliance Press, Hong Kong
Other significant information:
1946 M.A. Thesis: The Chinese Bible, being a historical survey of its translation, University of Chicago, 1946
1962 B.Div. Thesis: The use of literature in the Protestant missionary enterprise among the Chinese people, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1962
Extent
2 Audio Tapes
95 Minutes
Language of Materials
English
Accruals and Additions
The materials in this collection were given to the Billy Graham Center Archives by Paul H. Bartel in November 1991.
Accession 91-107
February 17, 1998
Janyce H. Nasgowitz
- Bartel, Henry Cornelius, 1873-1965.
- Bartel, Loyal.
- Bartel, Nellie Schmidt.
- Bartel, Paul Henry.
- Bible -- Translating.
- Bible.
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975.
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity.
- Children of missionaries -- China.
- Children of missionaries.
- Children.
- China -- History -- 1900-
- China -- History -- 1912-1937.
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901.
- China -- History.
- Christian life.
- Conversion -- Christianity.
- Culture shock.
- Evangelistic work -- China.
- Feng, Yuxiang, 1882-1948.
- Missionaries -- Training of.
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election.
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs.
- Missionaries.
- Missions -- China.
- Orphans
- Orphans -- China.
- Prayer.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Title
- Collection 453 Oral History Interviews with Paul H. Bartel
- 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