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Collection 293 Oral History Interview with Melvin D. Suttie

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Identifier: CN 293
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Melvin David Suttie (1912-2006) in which he discusses his childhood, Christian growth, education at Wheaton College and Biblical Seminary in New York and Omaha Presbyterian Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission (1940-1950), work among university students, persecution, evangelistic work among the Chinese population and Nationalist troops, his wife Mary's work among women, their children, church and state relations in China, the impact of the...
Dates: Created: 1985

Collection 490 Oral History Interview with Joseph C. MacKnight

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Identifier: CN 490
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Joseph Charles MacKnight (1921-2003) in which he discusses his education and activities at Wheaton College from which he graduated in 1943, reasons for attending, literary societies, friends and significant staff and faculty (V. Raymond Edman, Russell Mixter, Elsie Storrs Dow, Edith Torrey, Mortimer Lane, James Mack), impact of World War II on the campus, Billy Graham and his role in the Gospel Tabernacle in Wheaton, and his medical career since graduating. The...
Dates: Created: 1993

Collection 363 Papers of Ruth M. Mellis

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Identifier: CN 363
Scope and Contents Correspondence, prayer letters, clippings, photographs, oral history interviews and audio tapes of missionary conference relating to the missionary career of Ruth M. Mellis. Materials document her work among orphans and students in Greece, the Greek Bible Institute, the Greek language, and Greater Europe Mission; oral history interviews describe her childhood, attendance at Wheaton College, work with Near East Relief in Siros, teaching public schools in the St. Louis area, teaching at the...
Dates: Created: 1928-1987

Collection 319 Oral History Interview with Jesse W. Hoover

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Identifier: CN 319
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Jesse Wilbert Hoover (1908-2002) in which he discuesses his pietistic background and beliefs, his education at Messiah and Wheaton Colleges, his involvement in Mennonite relief work in Europe and the Far East and his evangelistic work in Canada. The time period covered by the interviews is 1908-1947.

Jesse W. Hoover was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on October 7, 1985 in Greenfield, Indiana.

Dates: Created: 1985

Collection 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright

 Collection
Identifier: CN 284
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Gladys Lyle Wright (1902-1994), in which she discusses her work as a teacher in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo). Topics discussed include: Wright's family background, education at Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute, her work as a missionary in the Belgian Congo for the Africa Inland Mission, memories of the Congolese people and culture, and her experiences at Wheaton when she was on the staff of the College after retriring from the mission...
Dates: Created: 1984

Collection 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott

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Identifier: CN 187
Scope and Contents Family correspondence, prayer letters, brochures, newspaper clippings, prayer cards and letters from other missionaries, photographs, slides, negatives, journals and diaries, and eight interviews concerning Elliott's childhood in China, mission work with China Inland Mission (now Overseas Missionary Fellowship) in China and the Philippines, her experiences as an evangelist and teacher, her life in China during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, and the civil war that followed. Her retirement...
Dates: Created: 1910-1988

Collection 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans

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Identifier: CN 279
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Morrell Evans (1899-1976) in which she discusses her childhood; education at Wheaton College; work with J. Elwin Wright; her Christian education activities; the development of the New England Fellowship, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship; and her work as a missionary in Taiwan. The time period covered by the interviews is 1899-1976.Elizabeth Evans was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 8,...
Dates: Created: 1984-1985

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Evangelistic work. 6
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
Missionaries. 5
Women missionaries. 5
World War, 1939-1945. 5
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Catholic Church. 4
Christian education. 4
Church and state. 4
Conversion. 4
Missionaries -- Training of. 4
Missions -- Educational work. 4
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
Women 4
Women -- Religious life. 4
Children of missionaries. 3
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
China -- History. 3
Church and social problems. 3
Church work with refugees. 3
Church work with women. 3
College students. 3
Evangelistic work -- China. 3
Indigenous church administration 3
Language in missionary work. 3
Persecution. 3
Refugees 3
Buddhists. 2
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
Christian education -- United States. 2
Church development, New. 2
Church work with children. 2
Church work with military personnel. 2
Church work with refugees -- China. 2
Church work with women -- China. 2
College students -- Religious life. 2
Communism -- China. 2
Communism. 2
Depressions 2
Depressions -- 1929 2
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 2
Education 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Fund raising. 2
International relief. 2
Medical care 2
Missions -- China. 2
Missions -- Finance. 2
Missions -- India. 2
Missions to Buddhists. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Orphans 2
Pentecostalism. 2
Persecution -- China. 2
Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
Presbyterian Church. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Refugees -- China. 2
Rural churches. 2
Rural missions. 2
Sex role. 2
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
Tribes. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
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Armenians. 1
Baptism. 1
Belgium. 1
Belgium. -- Administration. 1
Belgium. -- Colonies 1
Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
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Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
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Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
Bible. 1
Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Boarding schools. 1
Buddhists -- China. 1
Buddhists -- Taiwan. 1
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Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
Catholic Church -- Relations 1
Catholic Church -- United States. 1
Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Catholic Church. -- France. 1
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Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
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Names
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 5
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 3
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 3
Mixter, Russell L. 3
Straw, Darien A. 3
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Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
China Inland Mission. 2
Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 2
Torrey, Edith C. 2
Zhongguo guo min dang. 2
Africa Inland Mission. 1
American Bible Society. 1
American Council of Christian Churches. 1
Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
Armerding, Hudson T. 1
Ayer, William Ward. 1
Bell, James W. 1
Blaine, Harriet Gertrude. 1
Blanchard, J. L. (Julia L.) 1
Bolten, John, 1920- 1
Booth, F. Carlton. 1
Brethren in Christ Church. 1
Central American Mission. 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003. 1
Coptic Church. 1
Crossett, Margaret E. 1
Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 1
Davis, Ralph T. 1
Eavey, C. B. (Charles Benton), 1889- 1
Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 1
Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 1
Elliott, Walter Scott. 1
Emery, Allan C. 1
European Christian Mission. 1
Evangelical Teacher Training Association. 1
Evans, Elizabeth, 1899-1989. 1
Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 1
Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 1
Greater Europe Mission. 1
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975. 1
Harrison, Norman B. (Norman Baldwin), 1874-1960. 1
Hess, Enos H. 1
Hess, Esther N. 1
Hess, Lawrence. 1
Hillis, Dick. 1
Hoagland, Dave. 1
Hoover, Jesse W. 1
Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 1
Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 1
Jones, Bob, 1911-1997. 1
Kane, J. Herbert. 1
Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
Lane, Mortimer B. 1
LeTourneau, R. G. (Robert Gilmour), 1888-1969. 1
League of Nations. 1
MacKnight, Joseph C. 1
Mack, James B. 1
Massee, J. C. (Jasper Cortenus), 1871-1965. 1
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
Mellis, Charles. 1
Mellis, Ruth. 1
Mennonite Central Committee. 1
Messiah College. 1
Moody Bible Institute. 1
National Association of Evangelicals. 1
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 1
Near East Relief (Organization) 1
New England Fellowship. 1
OMF International. 1
Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 1
Orthodox Eastern Church. 1
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados. 1
Page, Isaac. 1
Park Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Pierce, Bob, 1914-1978. 1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1
Rice, John R., 1895-1980. 1
Riley, W. B. (William Bell), 1861-1947. 1
Rimmer, Harry, 1890-1952. 1
Schaeffer, Edith. 1
Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August) 1
Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 1
Shapleigh, Katherine Chase. 1
Simpson, A. B. (Albert B.) 1
Spaulding, Alice K. 1
Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 1
Stam, Harry. 1
Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 1
Sudan Interior Mission. 1
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 1
Suttie, Mary Elizabeth. 1
Suttie, Melvin. 1
Taylor, Clyde W. (Clyde Willis), 1904-1988. 1
Taylor, Herbert John, 1893-1978. 1
Tenney, Helen J. 1
Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 1
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