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Collection 208 Oral History Interview with Doris Embery

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Identifier: CN 208
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Doris Embery in which she discusses the activities of her parents, who were China Inland Mission workers; her education at the CIM school in Chefoo; her reflections on the lack of uniqueness of missionary children; her work with Scripture Union, experiences as a missionary for Overseas Missionary Fellowship in Hong Kong, and her experiences after she left China. The time period covered by the interviews is 1916 to 1957.Doris Embery was interviewed by...
Dates: Created: 1982

Collection 314 Oral History Interview with Martha H. Philips

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Identifier: CN 314
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Martha H. Philips (1905-1996) in which she describes her childhood, education, missionary work in China with China Inland Mission at Chefoo School as a teacher of missionary children, her internment by the Japanese at Temple Hill and Wei Xian camps, repatriation, working with Wycliffe Bible Translators among the Zapotec Indians in southern Mexico, and traveling throughout the world representing the mission. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly...
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 331 Papers of Reuben Archer Torrey, III

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Identifier: CN 331
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey III and a videotape of the Otterbein United Brethren Missionary Convention in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on April 23, 1986.Audio TapesOral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey in which he describes his childhood in China as the son of Presbyterian missionaries; his experiences at boarding schools in China and Korea; his grandfather, Dr. R. A. Torrey, Sr.; his work as an Episcopalian...
Dates: Created: 1986

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Conversion. 3
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Women missionaries. 3
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Bible -- Translating. 2
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Boarding schools -- Korea. 2
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China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
China -- History. 2
Christian education. 2
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Church work with women -- China. 2
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Culture shock. 2
Evangelistic work -- Canada. 2
International relief. 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missions. 2
Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
Presbyterian Church. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Rural missions. 2
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
Women 2
Women -- Religious life. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
Aboriginal Australians. 1
Ancestor worship. 1
Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
Animism -- Mexico. 1
Animism. 1
Baptism in the Holy Spirit. 1
Bible colleges 1
Bible colleges -- Canada. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Bible. -- New International 1
Catholic Church. -- China. 1
Catholic Church. -- Mexico. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
China -- Race relations. 1
China. 1
Chinese -- Missions. 1
Chinese. 1
Christian education -- Canada. 1
Christian education -- Korea. 1
Christianity and culture -- China. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Church of England -- Missions. 1
Education 1
Education -- United States. 1
Education, Higher 1
Education, Higher -- United States. 1
Episcopalians. 1
Ethnocentrism. 1
Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Korea. 1
Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
Family. 1
Footbinding 1
Footbinding -- China. 1
Fund raising. 1
Fundamentalism. 1
Gifts, Spiritual. 1
Glossolalia. 1
Great Commission (Bible) 1
Holy Spirit. 1
Hunger. 1
Indians of Mexico 1
Indians of Mexico -- Oaxaca 1
Indians of Mexico -- Oaxaca -- Missions. 1
Indians of Mexico -- Oaxaca -- Religion and mythology. 1
Indigenous church administration 1
Indigenous church administration -- China. 1
International relief -- China. 1
Language in missionary work. 1
Liberation theology. 1
Linguistics 1
Linguistics -- Mexico. 1
Lord's Supper. 1
Medical care 1
Medical care -- China. 1
Mexico 1
Mexico -- Religion 1
Missionaries -- Canada. 1
Missionaries -- Japan. 1
Missionaries -- Training of -- Canada. 1
Missionaries -- United States. 1
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Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 2
China Inland Mission. 2
Moody Bible Institute. 2
Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 2
Allen, Roland, 1869-1947. 1