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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 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson
Collection
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 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
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 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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- Children of missionaries. 5
- Church and state. 5
- Evangelistic work. 5
- Missionaries. 5
- Tribes. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Catholic Church. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Culture shock. 4
- Education 4
- Missionaries -- Training of. 4
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Missions -- Finance. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Animism. 3
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 3
- Christian education. 3
- Christianity and culture. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- College students. 3
- Language in missionary work. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Presbyterians. 3
- Radio in missionary work. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Bible colleges. 2
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
- Children. 2
- China -- History. 2
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church development, New. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church work with children. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Fund raising. 2
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- Medical care -- China. 2
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions to Muslims. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Persecution. 2
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- Baptists -- Missions. 1
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- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
- Belief and doubt. 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
- Bible colleges 1
- Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
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- Boarding schools -- China. 1
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- Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
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- Children -- Religious life. 1
- Children of missionaries -- China. 1
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- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 5
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
- Moody Bible Institute. 2
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Bechtel, Paul M. (1957-1998) 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
- Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 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
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Folkerts, Fred C. 1
- Folkerts, Nancy. 1
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Jacoby, Walter S. 1
- Jones, Clarence W. 1
- Jones, Howard O. 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- Larson, Reuben. 1
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 1
- LeBar, Mary E. (Mary Evelyn), 1910- 1
- Mennonite Brethren Church. 1
- North American Baptist Conference. 1
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 1
- Renich-Meyers, Jill. 1
- Shannon, Ralph E. 1
- Stam, Harry. 1
- Steely, Merle A. 1
- Steely, Vera Mae. 1
- Sudan Interior Mission. 1
- Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985. 1
- Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 1
- Unevangelized Tribes Mission. 1
- Winsor, Alice. 1
- Winsor, Earl. 1
- Wright, Gladys. 1 ∧ less
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