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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 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 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook
Collection
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.
Collection
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
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Helen Renich Papers.
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
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- Children of missionaries. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Education 4
- Missionaries. 4
- Women 4
- Women -- Religious life. 4
- Belief and doubt. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Evangelistic work. 3
- Indigenous church administration 3
- Missionaries -- Training of. 3
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
- Presbyterians. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Animism. 2
- Bible colleges. 2
- Bible. 2
- Boarding schools -- China. 2
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Children of missionaries -- China. 2
- Christian life. 2
- Church work with women -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Family. 2
- International relief. 2
- Language in missionary work. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Racism. 2
- Sex role. 2
- Theological seminaries. 2
- Tribes. 2
- Worship. 2
- Ancestor worship. 1
- Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
- Animism -- Liberia. 1
- Animism -- South Africa. 1
- Apartheid. 1
- Baptism in the Holy Spirit. 1
- Baptists -- Missions -- Cameroon. 1
- Baptists -- Missions. 1
- Baptists. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible -- Translating. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Canada. 1
- Bible. -- New International 1
- Boarding schools -- Africa. 1
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
- Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
- Cameroon. 1
- Cameroon. -- Politics and government. 1
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Cameroon. 1
- Catholic Church. -- China. 1
- Catholic Church. -- Missions -- South Africa. 1
- Catholic Church. -- South Africa. 1
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 1
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 1
- China -- History. 1
- China -- Race relations. 1
- China. 1
- Christian education -- Cameroon. 1
- Christian education -- Korea. 1
- Christian education -- Liberia. 1
- Christian education -- Nigeria. 1
- Christian education of children. 1
- Christianity and culture -- China. 1
- Church and state -- Cameroon. 1
- Church and state. 1
- Church growth -- Liberia. 1
- Church growth -- Nigeria. 1
- Church growth. 1
- Church of England -- Missions. 1
- Church work with women -- Cameroon. 1
- Church work with women -- Liberia. 1
- Church work with youth -- Cameroon. 1
- Church work with youth. 1
- Cities and towns -- Cameroon. 1
- Cities and towns. 1
- Discrimination -- South Africa. 1
- Discrimination. 1
- Education -- Cameroon. 1
- Education -- Liberia. 1
- Education -- South Africa. 1
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 4
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 3
- Moody Bible Institute. 2
- Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 2
- Allen, Roland, 1869-1947. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
- Bechtel, Paul M. (1957-1998) 1
- Bible Institute of Los Angeles. 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- China International Famine Relief Commission. 1
- Church of England. 1
- Cook, Ian H. 1
- Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
- Folkerts, Fred C. 1
- Folkerts, Nancy. 1
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
- Jacoby, Walter S. 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
- Maxwell, Ernest. 1
- Maxwell, Freeda. 1
- Maxwell, L. E. 1
- Maxwell, Ruth Lillian, 1955- 1
- Moravian Church. 1
- North American Baptist Conference. 1
- North China American School (T'ung-hsien, China) 1
- Prairie Bible Institute. 1
- Renich-Meyers, Jill. 1
- St. Michael's Theological College (Korea) 1
- Sudan Interior Mission. 1
- Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985. 1
- West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, Ill.) 1 ∧ less
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