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Collection 641 Oral History Interviews with David Kirwa Tarus

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Identifier: CN 641
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with David Kirwa Tarus, a Kenyan pastor and theologian. Tarus describes the ministry of his parents; growing up in Kenya; his conversion; spiritual development; Scott Theological College; the Africa Inland Church in Kenya; Scott’s satellite campus in Eldoret; the general condition of Christianity in Kenya; his impressions of the United States and Wheaton Graduate School; the 2008 election of Barak Obama. The interview covers the time period 1979-2008.David...
Dates: 2008

Collection 478 Oral History Interviews with Paul A. Buyse

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Identifier: CN 478
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Paul Adrian Buyse (1926-2017), Africa Inland Mission worker in the Belgian Congo/Zaire. Topics covered include Buyse's childhood and youth as the son of AIM missionary parents in the Congo; education at Rethy Academy, Northwestern Schools, and Moody Bible Institute; work with North Arkansas Gospel Mission, spiritual hardships of being a missionary; his work in the Congo among pygmies; development of the Africa Inland Church in the Congo, transition from...
Dates: Created: 1993

Collection 251 Oral History Interview with Herbert Downing

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Identifier: CN 251
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Herbert Downing (1905-1986) in which he describes his childhood as a child of missionaries in Kenya, attending Rift Valley Academy in Kenya, a visit of Theodore Roosevelt to the Academy, his father's work as pastor and administrator, Africa Inland Mission's policy on the education of missionary children, and Downing's own work as an educator at Rift Valley Academy. The time period covered by the interview is 1905-1983Herbert Downing was intereviewed by...
Dates: Created: 1983

Collection 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright

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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 477 Papers of Stanley R. Kline

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Identifier: CN 477
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Stanley R. Kline and extensive photo albums, relating to Kline’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from 1940 to 1977. Topics covered in interview include: his family background in Philadelphia, conversion, Percy Crawford's influence, evangelism in Philadelphia, rescue mission work, call to missions, his wife Carmel Anthony, his evangelism and educational work in the Congo between 1940 and...
Dates: Created: 1930-1999

Collection 248 Papers of William J. Barnett

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Identifier: CN 248
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and booklet of short stories and photographs created by William John Barnett, relating to his upbringing in Kenya as the son of missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) and his own later medical missionary service in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Comoro Islands from 1950-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interviews with William John Barnett in which he describes his childhood in Kenya with his missionary parents;...
Dates: Created: 1983-1997

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Boarding schools. 5
Missionaries. 5
Children of missionaries. 4
Language in missionary work. 4
Boarding schools -- Kenya. 3
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Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
Evangelistic work. 3
Indigenous church administration 3
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
Missions -- Finance. 3
Missions -- Kenya. 3
Missions, Medical. 3
Tribes. 3
Animism. 2
Bible. 2
Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Church development, New. 2
College students -- Religious life. 2
College students. 2
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social life and customs 2
Conversion. 2
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Evangelistic work -- Kenya. 2
Family. 2
Great Britain 2
Kenya -- Religion. 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
Missions, Medical -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Pygmies. 2
Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Women missionaries. 2
Youth -- Belgium 2
Youth -- Belgium -- Administration. 2
Youth -- Belgium -- Colonies 2
Youth -- Belgium -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
AIDS (disease) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
Ababua (African people) 1
Animism -- Kenya. 1
Belgium. 1
Belgium. -- Administration. 1
Belgium. -- Colonies 1
Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges 1
Bible colleges -- Congo. 1
Boarding schools -- Congo. 1
Catholic Church -- Kenya. 1
Catholic Church -- Missions -- Seychelles. 1
Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Children -- United States 1
Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Children of missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Children. 1
Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Christian education. 1
Christian life. 1
Christianity and culture -- Kenya. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Church and social problems -- Kenya. 1
Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Church and state -- Kenya. 1
Church and state. 1
Church development, New -- Congo. 1
Church growth -- Congo. 1
Church growth. 1
Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Church work with children. 1
City missions -- Philadelphia. 1
City missions. 1
Clergy, training of -- Kenya. 1
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
College students in missionary work. 1
Congo 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Agricultural conditions. 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960. 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions. 1
Congo -- Religion. 1
Congo, -- History, 1
Congo, -- History, -- 1908-1960. 1
Congo, -- Social life and customs. 1
Conversion -- Personal narratives. 1
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Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 1
Education 1
Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Evangelicalism -- Catholic Church. 1
Evangelicalism -- Kenya. 1
Evangelicalism. 1
Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
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Names
Africa Inland Church. 4
Hurlburt, Charles E. 3
Davis, Ralph T. 2
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 2
Moody Bible Institute. 2
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Rift Valley Academy (Kijabe, Kenya) 2
Stam, Harry. 2
Stauffacher, Florence. 2
Stough, Paul. 2
Van Dusen, George C. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) 2
Armerding, Hudson T. 1
Barnett, Albert E. 1
Barnett, Elma. 1
Barnett, William John. 1
Barnhouse, Donald Grey, 1895-1960. 1
Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
Bell, James W. 1
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
Buyse, John. 1
Buyse, Leonard. 1
Buyse, Mabel Easton, 1882-1967. 1
Buyse, Paul A. 1
Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Church of the Open Door (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 1
Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
Downing, Herbert C. 1
Downing, Lee H. 1
Epaineto, Balos. 1
Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 1
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
Kenyatta, Jomo. 1
Kibor Zablon, Jacob. 1
Kline, Carmel. 1
Kline, Stanley R. 1
MacPherson, Merrill T. 1
Moi, Daniel Arap, 1924-2020. 1
National Council of Churches of Kenya. 1
North Arkansas Gospel Mission. 1
Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1
Obama, Barack. 1
Paul, S. Austin. 1
Rethy Academy (Zaire) 1
Riley, W. B. (William Bell), 1861-1947. 1
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. 1
Scott Theological College. 1
Stauffacher, John R. 1
Tarus, David Kirwa. 1
Westervelt, Josephine B. (Hope). 1
Westervelt, Theodore. 1
Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School 1
Winsor, Alice. 1
Winsor, Earl. 1
Wright, Gladys. 1
Young People's Church of the Air. 1
Zamzam (Ship) 1
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