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Collection 289 Oral History Interview with G. Paul Groen

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Identifier: CN 289
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Paul Groen in which he describes his education at Wheaton College, missionary work the Christian Reformed Church in Nigeria and the Nigerian church, particularly among the Tiv people, and the country's economy, educational system and political history between 1964 and 1973. Other topics discussed include:  Tiv customs and religion, the church among the Tiv and its indigenous leadership and transition of leadership from missionaries, relations with Roman Catholics...
Dates: Created: 1984

Collection 607 Oral History Interviews with Herbert and Frieda Atkinson

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Identifier: CN 607
Scope and Contents Oral History Interviews with Dr. Herbert Andrew Atkinson (1931-2009) and his wife, Frieda Elizabeth (Paul) Atkinson (1930- ), missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) in the Belgian Congo. Dr. Atkinson discusses his family background, conversion, Wheaton College, influence of his roommate Bill Kornfield and Dr. V. Raymond Edman, God's provision for his entering medical school, ministry in Oicha, obstacles in communication with the Congolese, lessons learned on the mission field. Frieda...
Dates: Created: 1988

Collection 259 Oral History Interviews with Donald A. Cook

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Identifier: CN 259
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Donald Arthur Cook (1923-2014) in which he describes his service with the Overseas Missionary Fellowship in Japan between 1956-1972. Topics discussed include upbringing, education at Wheaton College, experiences in the United States Air Force, American response to WWII, decision to join China Inland Mission (later OMF), evangelistic methods in Japan, administrative work, language difficulties, administrative duties in OMF headquarters in Hokkaido and in Tokyo,...
Dates: Created: 1983

Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen

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Identifier: CN 260
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...
Dates: Created: 1983

Collection 262 Oral History Interview with Raymond Buker Jr.

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Identifier: CN 262
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Raymond Bates Buker in which he describes growing up in Burma as the child of missionaries, his education at Wheaton College, his decision to become a missionary under the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society, language study; evangelization, church planting, translation, medical missions and education activities in Pakistan, working with Muslims and the Sindhi, Bhils, and Marwari tribal people, 1954-1969. Other topics discussed include: the culture,...
Dates: Created: 1983

Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright

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Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates: Created: 1950-1986

David M. Howard, Sr., Papers

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Identifier: CN 484
Scope and Contents Four oral history interviews, paper records, and photographs documenting David Howard's life and work with Latin American Mission, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and World Evangelical Fellowship. Topics covered in the interviews include Howard's childhood, Christian faith, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary and administrator with Latin America Mission; missions director for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, director of the 1980 Consultation on World Evangelization; and...
Dates: Created: 1968-1993

Collection 349 Papers of Clarence W. Jones

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Identifier: CN 349
Scope and Contents Collection includes correspondence, reports, sermons, memos, minutes of meetings, clippings, photographs, videotapes, slides, and other materials relating to the career of mission executive Clarence W. Jones. The materials deal mainly with his work at the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle and the growth and development of the organization he helped found, the World Radio Missionary Fellowship, and especially its primary broadcasting station, HCJB in Ecuador. There is also an extensive amount of...
Dates: Created: 1915-1986

Collection 278: Elisabeth Elliot Papers

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Identifier: CN 278
Scope and Contents Correspondence, slides, clippings, publicity releases, reviews, manuscripts, films, video and audio tapes relating to Elisabeth Elliot's careers as a missionary in Ecuador, author, teacher and speaker. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to the so-called "Auca Incident" and Elliot's own work the Waorani, whose enemies called them the "Auca," as well as her lectures on the Biblical view of the roles of men and women, dealing with suffering, and personal holiness, among...
Dates: Created: 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-2010

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Evangelistic work. 8
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 7
Missionaries. 7
Missions. 6
Conversion. 5
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Language in missionary work. 5
Children of missionaries. 4
Christianity and culture. 4
Indigenous church administration 4
Intercultural communication. 4
Medical care 4
Missionaries -- Training of. 4
Missions, Medical. 4
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
Women missionaries. 4
Caste. 3
Christian leadership. 3
Church and state. 3
Education 3
Evangelicalism -- United States. 3
Family. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 3
Bible -- Translating. 2
Bible. 2
Caste -- India. 2
Christian education -- United States. 2
Christian education. 2
Christian life. 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
Christian literature. 2
Church and social problems. 2
Church growth. 2
Church work with students -- United States. 2
Church work with students. 2
Church work with youth. 2
College students in missionary work. 2
College students. 2
Culture shock. 2
Economic and social conditions 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 2
Evangelistic work -- India. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Family -- United States. 2
Holiness -- Biblical teaching. 2
Huao Indians. 2
India -- Social life and customs. 2
Indigenous church administration -- India. 2
Marriage. 2
Mass media in missionary work. 2
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
Missions -- Ecuador. 2
Missions -- India. 2
Missions -- Nigeria. 2
Missions -- South America. 2
Quechua Indians. 2
Religious institutions. 2
Social change. 2
Tribes. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 2
Women 2
Women -- Religious life. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
African Americans -- Missions. 1
African Americans. 1
Animism -- Nigeria. 1
Animism. 1
Artificial satellites in telecommunication. 1
Athletes 1
Athletes -- United States 1
Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
Authors and publishers. 1
Authors and readers -- United States. 1
Bhil (Indic people) 1
Bible -- Sermons. 1
Bible colleges 1
Bible colleges -- India. 1
Boarding schools. 1
Caste. -- Pakistan. 1
Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
Christian Reformed Church -- Missions. 1
Christian education -- India. 1
Christian education, Outdoor. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- India. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Pakistan. 1
Christian martyrs. 1
Christianity and culture -- Japan. 1
Christmas. 1
Church and social problems -- Ecuador. 1
Church and social problems -- United States. 1
Church and state -- Ecuador. 1
Church and state -- India. 1
Church and state -- Pakistan. 1
Church development, New -- United States. 1
Church development, New. 1
Church fund raising. 1
Church growth -- India. 1
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 8
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 6
Howard, David M. 5
McCully, Theodore Edward, 1927-1956. 4
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 3
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Saint, Nathaniel, 1923-1956. 3
Africa Inland Mission. 2
Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 2
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 2
Howard, Philip E. (Philip Eugene), 1898- 2
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 2
Jones, Clarence W. 2
Latin America Mission. 2
Saint, Rachel. 2
Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
Afromedia Productions. 1
Alexander, John W. (John Wesley), 1918-2002. 1
American Leprosy Missions. 1
Anderson, Ann Kiemel. 1
Atkinson, Frieda E. 1
Atkinson, Herbert Andres. 1
Barnhouse, Donald Grey, 1895-1960. 1
Bell, B. Clayton. 1
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
Bowman, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1915-2014. 1
Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
Bürki, Hans Ferdinand, 1925- 1
Canadian Sunday School Mission. 1
Carmichael, Amy, 1867-1951. 1
Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 1
China Inland Mission. 1
Christian Broadcasting Network (U.S.) 1
Christian Nurses Fellowship. 1
Christian Reformed Church. 1
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
Christianity Today International. 1
Clark, Stuart D. 1
Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 1
Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
Cook, Donald A. 1
Dayuma (Auca Indian) 1
Dohnavur Fellowship. 1
ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
Elliot, Elisabeth. 1
Epp, Theodore H. (Theodore Herman), 1907-1985. 1
Evangelical Confederation of Colombia. 1
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. 1
Evangelism Explosion, Inc. 1
Evangelism-in-Depth. 1
Far East Broadcasting Company. 1
Fenton, Horace L. 1
Fleming, Peter, 1928-1956. 1
Ford, Leighton. 1
Fowler, Ernie. 1
Gaebelein, Frank E. (Frank Ely), 1899-1983. 1
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. 1
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. 1
Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
Green, Frank O. 1
Gren, Lars. 1
Groen, G. Paul. 1
HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
HOXO (Radio station : Panama City, Panama) 1
Hampden Dubose Academy (Fl.) 1
Hardesty, Nancy. 1
India-Ceylon Youth for Christ. 1
Inter-Varsity Student Missions Convention (11th : 1976 : Urbana, Ill.) 1
Inter-Varsity Student Missions Convention (12th : 1979 : Urbana, Ill.) 1
Intercristo (Organization) 1
International Christian Broadcasters. 1
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 1
Jaarsma, Cornelius Richard, 1897- 1
Jones, Katherine Welty. 1
KAIM (Radio station : Honolulu, Hawaii) 1
Kline, Jean R. 1
Kool, Anne-Marie. 1
Larson, Reuben. 1
Latham, Lance B. 1
Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 1
LeTourneau, R. G. (Robert Gilmour), 1888-1969. 1
Leitch, Addison H. 1
Little, Paul E. 1
Luckman, Cyril E. 1
Lyons, Christopher. 1
M. Isáis, Juan (Martínez Isáis) 1
MAP International (Organization) 1
Maranatha Bible & Missionary Conference Ground (Muskegon, Mich.) 1
Mayers, Marvin K. (Marvin Keene), 1927-2015. 1
McCully, Marilou. 1
McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 1
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
Mitchell, Hubert. 1
Mixter, Russell L. 1
Navigators (Religious organization) 1
Neely, Lois. 1
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964. 1
OMF International. 1
Olford, Stephen F. 1
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