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Collection 681 Oral History Interview with Mertis Byram Heimbach
Collection
Identifier: CN 681
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Mertis Byram Heimbach (1921- ) missionary in China, Thailand, Singapore and U.S. with China Inland Mission (CIM) and (as it was later known) Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) from 1946 to 1999. Topics discussed include childhood in Korea; parents’ mission work; Wheaton College and Prairie Bible Institute; marriage to Ernest Heimbach; Hmong (Miao) people; tribal mission work; Communist takeover of China; Communist treatment of Christians; CIM’s exit from China;...
Dates:
2014
Collection 424 Oral History Interviews with Ruth L. Maxwell
Collection
Identifier: CN 424
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ruth Lillian Maxwell in which she talks about her family background, including her grandfather, L.E. Maxwell, founder of Prairie Bible Institute, and her parents, missionaries with Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) in Nigeria; Nigerian village life; experiences at boarding school; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development; education in Canada at Prairie Bible Institute; joining SIM; missions work in Liberia teaching the Bible and leading study groups for...
Dates:
Created: 1989
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 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 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
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
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
Found in:
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Helen Renich Papers.
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
Collection 331 Papers of Reuben Archer Torrey, III
Collection
Identifier: CN 331
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey III and a videotape of the Otterbein United Brethren Missionary Convention in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on April 23, 1986.Audio TapesOral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey in which he describes his childhood in China as the son of Presbyterian missionaries; his experiences at boarding schools in China and Korea; his grandfather, Dr. R. A. Torrey, Sr.; his work as an Episcopalian...
Dates:
Created: 1986
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. 13
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- Conversion. 10
- Women 10
- Tribes. 9
- Indigenous church administration 8
- Language in missionary work. 8
- Missionaries -- Training of. 8
- Animism. 7
- Catholic Church. 7
- Christian education. 7
- Christianity and culture. 7
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 7
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 7
- Culture shock. 6
- Education 6
- Medical care 6
- Missions -- China. 6
- Rural missions. 6
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 5
- Christian life. 5
- Church and state. 5
- Church work with women. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 5
- Missions -- Finance. 5
- Sex role. 5
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- Bible -- Translating. 4
- Bible colleges 4
- Bible. 4
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- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- China -- History. 4
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- Evangelistic work -- China. 4
- Missions, Medical. 4
- Missions. 4
- Presbyterians. 4
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- Belief and doubt. 3
- Children of missionaries -- China. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China. 3
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- Racism. 3
- Radio in missionary work. 3
- Revivals. 3
- Rural churches. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Bible colleges -- Canada. 2
- Bible colleges. 2
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 2
- Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 2
- Catholic Church. -- China. 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- Chinese language. 2
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church and social problems. 2
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- Church development, New. 2
- Church work with children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Church work with children. 2
- Church work with women -- China. 2
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- Communism. 2
- Evangelicalism. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Canada. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Great Britain 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Nigeria. 2
- Medical care -- China. 2
- Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missionaries -- United States. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 12
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 7
- Moody Bible Institute. 4
- Kuhn, John Becker. 3
- Prairie Bible Institute. 3
- Africa Inland Mission. 2
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 2
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 2
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 2
- Kuhn, Isobel. 2
- OMF International. 2
- Sudan Interior Mission. 2
- Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 2
- Advent Christian Church. 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- Allen, Roland, 1869-1947. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
- Barnett, Albert E. 1
- Barnett, Elma. 1
- Barnett, William John. 1
- Bechtel, Paul M. (1957-1998) 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Bible Institute of Los Angeles. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- China International Famine Relief Commission. 1
- Christian Missions in Many Lands. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Church of England. 1
- Cook, Ian H. 1
- Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 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
- 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
- Gripsholm (Ocean liner) 1
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Heimbach, Ernest E. 1
- Heimbach, Mertis B. 1
- Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 1
- Hess, Lyndon. 1
- Hess, Ruth E. 1
- Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 1
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 1
- Jacoby, Walter S. 1
- Jesus Abbey (South Korea) 1
- Jones, Clarence W. 1
- Jones, Howard O. 1
- Larson, Reuben. 1
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 1
- LeBar, Mary E. (Mary Evelyn), 1910- 1
- Leedy, John W. 1
- Liddell, Eric, 1902-1945. 1
- Maxwell, Ernest. 1
- Maxwell, Freeda. 1
- Maxwell, L. E. 1
- Maxwell, Ruth Lillian, 1955- 1
- Mennonite Brethren Church. 1
- Mixter, Russell L. 1
- Moravian Church. 1
- North American Baptist Conference. 1
- North China American School (T'ung-hsien, China) 1
- Philadelphia Bible Institute. 1
- Philips, Martha H. 1
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 1
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 1
- Renich-Meyers, Jill. 1
- Rift Valley Academy (Kijabe, Kenya) 1
- Sakeji School (Zambia) 1
- Shannon, Ralph E. 1
- St. Michael's Theological College (Korea) 1
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 1
- Stam, Harry. 1
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 1
- Stauffacher, John R. 1
- Steely, Merle A. 1
- Steely, Vera Mae. 1
- Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1
- Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985. 1
- U.S. Center for World Mission 1
- Unevangelized Tribes Mission. 1
- West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, Ill.) 1 ∧ less
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