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Collection 480 Oral History Interviews with Margaret L. Clapper
Collection
Identifier: CN 480
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Margaret L. Clapper (1912-2005), missionary with Africa Inland Mission in Belgian Congo/Zaire from 1939-1980. Topics covered in two sessions include her youth, conversion, Bible school education at Moody Bible Institute, missionary work in central Africa, Belgian administration of the Congo, work among pygmies, Zaire politics and government, independence of the country in 1960 and the Simba rebellion, transition from mission to national authority, singleness,...
Dates:
Created: 1993
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 251 Oral History Interview with Herbert Downing
Collection
Identifier: CN 251
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Herbert Downing (1905-1986) in which he describes his childhood as a child of missionaries in Kenya, attending Rift Valley Academy in Kenya, a visit of Theodore Roosevelt to the Academy, his father's work as pastor and administrator, Africa Inland Mission's policy on the education of missionary children, and Downing's own work as an educator at Rift Valley Academy. The time period covered by the interview is 1905-1983Herbert Downing was intereviewed by...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 242 Oral History Interview with Ruth E. Hess
Collection
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
Collection
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
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 262 Oral History Interview with Raymond Buker Jr.
Collection
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
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
Collection 477 Papers of Stanley R. Kline
Collection
Identifier: CN 477
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Stanley R. Kline and extensive photo albums, relating to Kline’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from 1940 to 1977. Topics covered in interview include: his family background in Philadelphia, conversion, Percy Crawford's influence, evangelism in Philadelphia, rescue mission work, call to missions, his wife Carmel Anthony, his evangelism and educational work in the Congo between 1940 and...
Dates:
Created: 1930-1999
Collection 248 Papers of William J. Barnett
Collection
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
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
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- Children of missionaries. 12
- Evangelistic work. 11
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 11
- Conversion. 10
- Missionaries -- Training of. 9
- Tribes. 9
- Women missionaries. 8
- Bible. 7
- Indigenous church administration 7
- Women 7
- Women -- Religious life. 7
- Animism. 6
- Catholic Church. 6
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 6
- Culture shock. 6
- Missions -- Finance. 6
- Bible -- Translating. 5
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 5
- Christian education. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Church and state. 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Rural missions. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Christian life. 4
- Education 4
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Missions. 4
- Sex role. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
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- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Family. 3
- Great Britain 3
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- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
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- Children of missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social life and customs 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Kenya. 2
- Missions -- South Africa. 2
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Presbyterians. 2
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 2
- Rural churches. 2
- Street preaching. 2
- Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Athletics. 2
- Youth -- Belgium 2
- Youth -- Belgium -- Administration. 2
- Aboriginal Australians. 1
- Aeronautics in missionary work. 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Animism -- Kenya. 1
- Animism -- Mexico. 1
- Animism -- Nigeria. 1
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 9
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 6
- Africa Inland Mission. 4
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 3
- Moody Bible Institute. 3
- Africa Inland Church. 2
- Bell, James W. 2
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 2
- Davis, Ralph T. 2
- Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 2
- Kuhn, Isobel. 2
- Kuhn, John Becker. 2
- Rift Valley Academy (Kijabe, Kenya) 2
- Stam, Harry. 2
- Advent Christian Church. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Barnett, Albert E. 1
- Barnett, Elma. 1
- Barnett, William John. 1
- Barnhouse, Donald Grey, 1895-1960. 1
- Bechtel, Paul M. (1957-1998) 1
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
- Bole, Simeon James, 1875- 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
- Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- Christian Missions in Many Lands. 1
- Church of the Open Door (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Clapper, Margaret L. 1
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- Cook, Ian H. 1
- Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 1
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- Downing, Herbert C. 1
- Downing, Lee H. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 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, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
- Gripsholm (Ocean liner) 1
- Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 1
- Hess, Lyndon. 1
- Hess, Ruth E. 1
- Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 1
- Hunt, William Brewster. 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- Kenyatta, Jomo. 1
- Kline, Carmel. 1
- Kline, Stanley R. 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
- Liddell, Eric, 1902-1945. 1
- MacPherson, Merrill T. 1
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
- McCully, Theodore Edward, 1927-1956. 1
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
- Mixter, Russell L. 1
- Moravian Church. 1
- North American Baptist Conference. 1
- OMF International. 1
- Paul, S. Austin. 1
- Philadelphia Bible Institute. 1
- Philips, Martha H. 1
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 1
- Prairie Bible Institute. 1
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
- Rethy Academy (Zaire) 1
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. 1
- Saint, Nathaniel, 1923-1956. 1
- Sakeji School (Zambia) 1
- Smith, George H., ca. 1846-1935. 1
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 1
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 1
- Stauffacher, Florence. 1
- Stauffacher, John R. 1
- Steely, Merle A. 1
- Steely, Vera Mae. 1
- Stony Brook School (Stony Brook, N.Y.) 1
- Stough, Paul. 1
- Straw, Darien A. 1
- Sudan Interior Mission. 1
- Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985. 1
- United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 1
- Van Dusen, George C. 1 ∧ less
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