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Collection 626 Oral History Interview with Stephen Christopher
Collection
Identifier: CN 626
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Stephen Christopher, a Tamil mission leader. Topics covered in the interview include his childhood, education and conversion; the work of Dohnavur Fellowship; ministry of his father (P. T. Christopher) and the founding of the Tamil Gospel Village Mission, his own vision for the ministry; the Christian church in northern and southern India; and a comparison of Indian and American Christianity. The time period covered by the interview is 1980 to 2006....
Dates:
2007
Collection 585 Oral History Interview with John B. Lutembeka
Collection
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
Collection
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 314 Oral History Interview with Martha H. Philips
Collection
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
Collection 461 Oral History Interviews with John D. Ellison
Collection
Identifier: CN 461
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with John David Ellison (1925-1998) in which he talks about his parents' work as missionaries for the Christian and Missionary Alliance (CMA) in French Indochina (now Vietnam) between 1924 and 1940; his own missionary training at Nyack Institute; his and his wife's work in Thailand among Cambodians from 1950 through 1980; and his work in the United States among Cambodian refugees. Other topics discussed include internment by the Japanese in December 1941; methods of...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Collection 104 Oral History Interview with Bruce F. Hunt
Collection
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 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 283 Oral History Interviews with Nancy Folkerts
Collection
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 272 Papers of Jennie Fitzwilliam
Collection
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 331 Papers of Reuben Archer Torrey, III
Collection
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
Collection 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon
Collection
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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- Boarding schools. 10
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- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 7
- Women missionaries. 7
- Christian life. 6
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- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Revivals. 2
- Rural churches -- China. 2
- Rural missions -- China. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Sunday schools. 2
- Syncretism (Religion). 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
- AIDS (Disease) 1
- Aboriginal Australians. 1
- Ancestor worship. 1
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- Animism -- Liberia. 1
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 7
- Moody Bible Institute. 3
- Assemblies of God. 2
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 2
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 2
- Kuhn, Isobel. 2
- Kuhn, John Becker. 2
- Prairie Bible Institute. 2
- Advent Christian Church. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- Allen, Roland, 1869-1947. 1
- Amin, Idi, 1925-2003. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Bechtel, Paul M. (1957-1998) 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Bible Institute of Los Angeles. 1
- Big November Crusade Ministries. 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
- Bole, Simeon James, 1875- 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- China International Famine Relief Commission. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Christopher, P. T. 1
- Christopher, Stephen, 1980- 1
- Church of England. 1
- Dohnavur Fellowship. 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 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
- Ellison, John D., 1925-1998. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
- Folkerts, Fred C. 1
- Folkerts, Nancy. 1
- Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1
- Friends Missionary Prayer Band (Trivandum, India) 1
- Graham, Franklin, 1952- 1
- Gripsholm (Ocean liner) 1
- Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 1
- Hunt, William Brewster. 1
- Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
- Jesus Abbey (South Korea) 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 1
- LeBar, Mary E. (Mary Evelyn), 1910- 1
- League of Evangelical Students. 1
- Liddell, Eric, 1902-1945. 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
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
- Mennonite Brethren Church. 1
- North American Baptist Conference. 1
- North China American School (T'ung-hsien, China) 1
- Nyack Missionary Training Institute (N.Y.) 1
- Nyerere, Julius K., 1922-1999. 1
- OMF International. 1
- Philadelphia Bible Institute. 1
- Philips, Martha H. 1
- Piṣap Hīpar Kallūri. 1
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 1
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
- Shannon, Ralph E. 1
- Smith, George H., ca. 1846-1935. 1
- St. Michael's Theological College (Korea) 1
- Staines, Graham Stewart, -1999. 1
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 1
- Stam, Harry. 1
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 1
- Straw, Darien A. 1
- Stuart, David E., Jr. 1
- Sudan Interior Mission. 1
- Tamil Village Gospel Mission. 1
- Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985. 1
- Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 1
- Unevangelized Tribes Mission. 1
- United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 1
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School 1
- Winsor, Alice. 1
- Winsor, Earl. 1
- Wright, Gladys. 1
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 1
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 1 ∧ less
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