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Collection 681 Oral History Interview with Mertis Byram Heimbach

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Identifier: CN 681
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Mertis Byram Heimbach (1921- ) missionary in China, Thailand, Singapore and U.S. with China Inland Mission (CIM) and (as it was later known) Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) from 1946 to 1999. Topics discussed include childhood in Korea; parents’ mission work; Wheaton College and Prairie Bible Institute; marriage to Ernest Heimbach; Hmong (Miao) people; tribal mission work; Communist takeover of China; Communist treatment of Christians; CIM’s exit from China;...
Dates: 2014

Collection 585 Oral History Interview with John B. Lutembeka

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Identifier: CN 585
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with John B. Lutembeka in which he discusses his family and childhood in Tanzania, education in Uganda during the Idi Amin regime, conversion to the Christian faith while attending teacher's college; the development of his personal faith, the founding and growth of Big November Crusade Ministries; the rapid numerical growth of Christianity in Tanzania; the Tanzanian church's characteristics, strengths and weaknesses; his education at the Wheaton College Graduate...
Dates: Created: 2003

Collection 424 Oral History Interviews with Ruth L. Maxwell

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Identifier: CN 424
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Ruth Lillian Maxwell in which she talks about her family background, including her grandfather, L.E. Maxwell, founder of Prairie Bible Institute, and her parents, missionaries with Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) in Nigeria; Nigerian village life; experiences at boarding school; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development; education in Canada at Prairie Bible Institute; joining SIM; missions work in Liberia teaching the Bible and leading study groups for...
Dates: Created: 1989

Collection 242 Oral History Interview with Ruth E. Hess

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Identifier: CN 242
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Ruth Edna DeVelde Hess (1909-1997), a missionary with the Plymouth Brethren Church at Sakeji School for missionary children in Zambia. Topics discussed include: Hess' life as a child in Wheaton, Illinois, and education at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College; marriage to Lyndon Roth Hess; calling to be teachers of missionary children; decision to go to Africa; their work at Sakeji School from 1932 to 1982; and descriptions of life and customs in Zambia among the...
Dates: Created: 1982

Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely

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Identifier: CN 290
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Merle Ashel Steely, who worked as a missionary with Sudan Interior Mission between 1951 and 1977 in Liberia and Nigeria. Topic discussed include: Steely's conversion while in military service, education and employment at Wheaton College (including the 1950 revival there), his missionary work in Liberia at radio station ELWA and with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, teaching in mission and government schools, evangelism and church planting, Billy Graham's 1960...
Dates: Created: 1984

Collection 104 Oral History Interview with Bruce F. Hunt

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Identifier: CN 104
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews in which Bruce Finley Hunt (1903-1992) discusses his boyhood in Korea, college and seminary education at Wheaton College, Rutgers University and Princeton Seminary; a portion (1928-1942) of his missionary work in Korea and Manchuria; and his impressions of Korean culture. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1903-1976.Bruce Finley Hunt was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 22 and May 21, 1980 and October 16, 2002 in Abington, PA and...
Dates: Created: 1980-1982

Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson

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Identifier: CN 263
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Johanna (Larson) Carlson in which she describes growing up in Ecuador as the child of missionaries, her education at Westmont and Wheaton Colleges, her nursing experience, and her missionary service with her husband at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong. Other topics discussed include: the founding of a HCJB radio station by her father, Reuben Larson, and her involvement in Wheaton College's HNGR Program. Individuals described...
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 283 Oral History Interviews with Nancy Folkerts

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Identifier: CN 283
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Nancy Wood Folkerts. Topics discussed include her childhood as a pastor's daughter; study at Wheaton College; her marriage; training in London; work as a missionary in British Cameroon (now Republic of Cameroon), especially Bible study and literacy programs for women and 3H clubs for girls; the political and social situation in Cameroon; Cameroon independence; medical problems in Cameroon; the work of her husband, Fred, at the Baptist Teacher Training College and...
Dates: Created: 1984

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 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook

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Identifier: CN 317
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Ian Harper Cooke and Ruth Eileen (Witmer) Cook, in which Ian describes his childhood and education in South Africa, college education at Wheaton College, training for missionary work, medical missions work in South Africa with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), the Zulus, apartheid, and the national church; and Ruth describes her childhood, conversion, and intention to become a missionary nurse, education at West Suburban Hospital and Wheaton College,...
Dates: Created: 1985

Helen Renich Papers.

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Identifier: CN 124
Brief Description Two oral history interviews with Helen Gignilliat Torrey Renich in which she describes her grandfather, Reuben Archer Torrey, Sr., and her experiences growing up in China as a child of missionaries. Other topics discussed include her experiences at Wheaton College and culture shock. The collection also includes photographs of her family life in China and Chinese nationals, ca. 1920-30s.Helen Renich was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 15, 1980 in Michigan and on May 17, 1982...
Dates: Created: 1920-1982

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

Collection 272 Papers of Jennie Fitzwilliam

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Identifier: CN 272
Scope and Contents Letters with some translation, photographs, a Lisu translation of the New Testament, combined catechism and hymnbook in the Atsi Kachin language, slides, and four oral history interviews all related to Jennie Fitzwilliam's mission work with Overseas Missionary Fellowship (formerly China Inland Mission) among the Lisu and Kachin peoples in southern China along the Burmese border. Included are recollections of Fitzwilliam's husband, Francis, J.O. Fraser and the early history of missionary work...
Dates: Created: 1985

Collection 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon

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Identifier: CN 335
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and paper records relating to Ralph Shannon’s life and ministry as a medical missionary in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo).Audio Tapes Four oral history interviews with Ralph Shannon, recorded on eight reels of audio tape. Topics covered include Shannon's childhood in Belgian Congo (Zaire) with his missionary parents, Wheaton College undergraduate and graduate education, service in Zaire as a medical...
Dates: Created: 1986-1990

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Children of missionaries. 13
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Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 8
Moody Bible Institute. 3
Africa Inland Mission. 2
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
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Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
Graham, Ruth Bell. 2
Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 2
Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 2
Kuhn, John Becker. 2
OMF International. 2
Prairie Bible Institute. 2
Sudan Interior Mission. 2
Advent Christian Church. 1
Africa Inland Church. 1
Amin, Idi, 1925-2003. 1
Armerding, Hudson T. 1
Assemblies of God. 1
Barnett, Albert E. 1
Barnett, Elma. 1
Barnett, William John. 1
Bechtel, Paul M. (1957-1998) 1
Bell, James W. 1
Big November Crusade Ministries. 1
Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
Bole, Simeon James, 1875- 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
Christian Missions in Many Lands. 1
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
Cook, Ian H. 1
Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
Davis, Ralph T. 1
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
Egilse de J'esus-Christ sur la terre par le proph'ete Simon Kimbangu (Democratic Republic of Congo) 1
Eglise du Christ au Zaire. 1
Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
Fisher, Walter, 1865-1935. 1
Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
Folkerts, Fred C. 1
Folkerts, Nancy. 1
Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1
Gaebelein, Frank E. (Frank Ely), 1899-1983. 1
Graham, Franklin, 1952- 1
HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
Heimbach, Ernest E. 1
Heimbach, Mertis B. 1
Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 1
Hess, Lyndon. 1
Hess, Ruth E. 1
Hunt, William Brewster. 1
Hurlburt, Charles E. 1
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
Jacoby, Walter S. 1
Jones, Clarence W. 1
Jones, Howard O. 1
Kuhn, Isobel. 1
Larson, Reuben. 1
LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 1
LeBar, Mary E. (Mary Evelyn), 1910- 1
League of Evangelical Students. 1
Leedy, John W. 1
Lutembeka, John B. 1
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
Maxwell, Ernest. 1
Maxwell, Freeda. 1
Maxwell, L. E. 1
Maxwell, Ruth Lillian, 1955- 1
McCully, Theodore Edward, 1927-1956. 1
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
Mennonite Brethren Church. 1
Mixter, Russell L. 1
Moravian Church. 1
North American Baptist Conference. 1
Nyerere, Julius K., 1922-1999. 1
Philadelphia Bible Institute. 1
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 1
Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
Renich-Meyers, Jill. 1
Rift Valley Academy (Kijabe, Kenya) 1
Saint, Nathaniel, 1923-1956. 1
Sakeji School (Zambia) 1
Shannon, Ralph E. 1
Smith, George H., ca. 1846-1935. 1
Stam, Harry. 1
Stauffacher, John R. 1
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