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Collection 480 Oral History Interviews with Margaret L. Clapper

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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 478 Oral History Interviews with Paul A. Buyse

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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 189 Papers of Mary Goforth Moynan

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Identifier: CN 189
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous personal papers, an autobiography, oral history interviews and color slides relating to the ministry of Mary Goforth Moynan. Topics covered include Moynan's memories of the personalities and work of her parents, Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth; evangelistic work in China before World War II; her own career in Christian work; and her trips in 1979 to Taiwan and in 1980 to the People's Republic of China.

Dates: Created: 1918-1994

Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely

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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

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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 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 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright

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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 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

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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Wheaton College (Ill.) 6
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
Africa Inland Mission. 3
Moody Bible Institute. 3
Africa Inland Church. 2
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Becker, Carl K., Jr. 2
Bell, James W. 2
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 2
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 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
Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
Bole, Simeon James, 1875- 1
Buyse, John. 1
Buyse, Leonard. 1
Buyse, Mabel Easton, 1882-1967. 1
Buyse, Paul A. 1
Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964. 1
Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
Church of the Open Door (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Clapper, Margaret L. 1
Cook, Ian H. 1
Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 1
Davis, Ralph T. 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
Epaineto, Balos. 1
Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
Feng, Yuxiang, 1882-1948. 1
Finney, Charles G., 1792-1875. 1
Goforth, Jonathan, 1859-1936. 1
Goforth, Rosalind, 1864-1942. 1
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 1
Hunt, William Brewster. 1
Hurlburt, Charles E. 1
Jones, Clarence W. 1
Jones, Howard O. 1
Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
Kenyatta, Jomo. 1
Kline, Carmel. 1
Kline, Stanley R. 1
Larson, Reuben. 1
League of Evangelical Students. 1
MacPherson, Merrill T. 1
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
Mennonite Brethren Church. 1
Moravian Church. 1
Moynan, Mary Goforth. 1
North Arkansas Gospel Mission. 1
Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1
Paul, S. Austin. 1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 1
Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
Rethy Academy (Zaire) 1
Riley, W. B. (William Bell), 1861-1947. 1
Shannon, Ralph E. 1
Smith, George H., ca. 1846-1935. 1
Smith, Oswald J. 1
Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 1
Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 1
Steely, Merle A. 1
Steely, Vera Mae. 1
Straw, Darien A. 1
Sudan Interior Mission. 1
Unevangelized Tribes Mission. 1
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 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
Zhongguo guo min dang. 1
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