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Collection 478 Oral History Interviews with Paul A. Buyse

 Collection
Identifier: CN 478
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Paul Adrian Buyse (1926-2017), Africa Inland Mission worker in the Belgian Congo/Zaire. Topics covered include Buyse's childhood and youth as the son of AIM missionary parents in the Congo; education at Rethy Academy, Northwestern Schools, and Moody Bible Institute; work with North Arkansas Gospel Mission, spiritual hardships of being a missionary; his work in the Congo among pygmies; development of the Africa Inland Church in the Congo, transition from...
Dates: Created: 1993

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 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 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 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook

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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

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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

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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Children of missionaries. 6
Conversion. 6
Evangelistic work. 6
Indigenous church administration 6
Missionaries. 6
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Language in missionary work. 5
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
Missions -- Educational work. 5
Missions -- Finance. 5
Tribes. 5
Culture shock. 4
Education 4
Missionaries -- Training of. 4
Women missionaries. 4
Animism. 3
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 3
Catholic Church. 3
Christianity and culture. 3
Church and state. 3
Church development, New. 3
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
Medical care 3
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
Missions to Muslims. 3
Sex role. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
Women 3
Women -- Religious life. 3
Belief and doubt. 2
Bible colleges 2
Bible. 2
Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
Christian life. 2
Church work with women. 2
College students -- Religious life. 2
College students in missionary work. 2
College students. 2
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social life and customs 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Family. 2
Great Britain 2
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
Marriage. 2
Missionaries' spouses. 2
Missions, Medical -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Missions. 2
Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 2
Muslims. 2
Pygmies. 2
Revivals. 2
Rural missions. 2
Street preaching. 2
Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
Worship (Christian) 2
Worship. 2
Youth -- Belgium 2
Youth -- Belgium -- Administration. 2
Youth -- Belgium -- Colonies 2
Youth -- Belgium -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
Ababua (African people) 1
Alcoholism -- United States 1
Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
Animism -- Nigeria. 1
Animism -- South Africa. 1
Apartheid. 1
Athletes 1
Athletes -- United States 1
Athletes -- United States -- Religious life. 1
BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
Belgium. 1
Belgium. -- Administration. 1
Belgium. -- Colonies 1
Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
Bhil (Indic people) 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges -- Congo. 1
Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Boarding schools -- China. 1
Boarding schools -- Congo. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
Boarding schools -- South Africa. 1
Caste. 1
Caste. -- Pakistan. 1
Catholic Church -- Missions -- Seychelles. 1
Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Catholic Church. -- Missions -- South Africa. 1
Catholic Church. -- South Africa. 1
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Names
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 5
Wheaton College (Ill.) 5
Africa Inland Mission. 3
Moody Bible Institute. 3
Africa Inland Church. 2
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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 2
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
Stam, Harry. 2
Stauffacher, Florence. 2
Stough, Paul. 2
Van Dusen, George C. 2
Armerding, Hudson T. 1
Barnhouse, Donald Grey, 1895-1960. 1
Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
Bell, James W. 1
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
Buyse, John. 1
Buyse, Leonard. 1
Buyse, Mabel Easton, 1882-1967. 1
Buyse, Paul A. 1
Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
Church of the Open Door (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
Cook, Ian H. 1
Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 1
Davis, Ralph T. 1
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
Epaineto, Balos. 1
Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
Gaebelein, Frank E. (Frank Ely), 1899-1983. 1
Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
Hurlburt, Charles E. 1
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
Jacoby, Walter S. 1
Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
Kenyatta, Jomo. 1
Kline, Carmel. 1
Kline, Stanley R. 1
MacPherson, Merrill T. 1
McCully, Theodore Edward, 1927-1956. 1
Moravian Church. 1
North Arkansas Gospel Mission. 1
Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1
Paul, S. Austin. 1
Renich-Meyers, Jill. 1
Rethy Academy (Zaire) 1
Riley, W. B. (William Bell), 1861-1947. 1
Saint, Nathaniel, 1923-1956. 1
Steely, Merle A. 1
Steely, Vera Mae. 1
Stony Brook School (Stony Brook, N.Y.) 1
Sudan Interior Mission. 1
Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 1
West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, Ill.) 1
Winsor, Alice. 1
Winsor, Earl. 1
Wright, Gladys. 1
Young People's Church of the Air. 1
Zamzam (Ship) 1
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