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Collection 626 Oral History Interview with Stephen Christopher

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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 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 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 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 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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Boarding schools. 4
Children of missionaries. 4
Evangelistic work. 4
Intercultural communication. 4
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
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Missionaries. 4
Church and state. 3
Conversion. 3
Indigenous church administration 3
Missionaries -- Training of. 3
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
Tribes. 3
Women 3
Women -- Religious life. 3
Women missionaries. 3
Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
Children. 2
Christian leadership. 2
Christian life. 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
Christian literature. 2
Culture shock. 2
Economic and social conditions 2
Language in missionary work. 2
Medical care 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
Missions -- Finance. 2
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
Missions. 2
Radio in missionary work. 2
Rural missions. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
Worship. 2
AIDS (Disease) 1
Aeronautics in missionary work. 1
Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Animism. 1
Athletes 1
Athletes -- United States 1
Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
Bhil (Indic people) 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible. 1
Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Boarding schools -- Ecuador. 1
Boarding schools -- India. 1
Boarding schools -- Zambia. 1
Caste. 1
Caste. -- Pakistan. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Catholic Church. -- China. 1
Catholic Church. -- Hong Kong 1
Children -- Religious life. 1
Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
Children of missionaries -- Zambia. 1
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 1
China -- History. 1
China. 1
Chinese -- Missions. 1
Chinese. 1
Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Christian education -- India. 1
Christian education. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Pakistan. 1
Christianity and culture -- India. 1
Christianity and culture. 1
Church and social problems -- Ecuador. 1
Church and social problems -- Hong Kong. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Church and state -- Ecuador. 1
Church and state -- India. 1
Church and state -- Pakistan. 1
Church architecture. 1
Church architecture. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Church development, New -- India. 1
Church discipline. 1
Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Church work with children -- India. 1
Church work with children. 1
Church work with students -- United States. 1
Church work with students. 1
Church work with the working class 1
Church work with the working class -- Pakistan. 1
College students -- United States 1
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 1
College students in missionary work. 1
College students. 1
Colombia 1
Colombia -- Description and travel. 1
Communism -- China. 1
Communism. 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 1
Conversion -- Personal narratives. 1
Cults -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Cults. 1
Economic and social conditions -- Hong Kong 1
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 4
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 2
Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1