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Collection 487 Oral History Interview with Kathryn M. Feldi
Collection
Identifier: CN 487
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Kathryn Marie Hess Feldi (1912-2015) in which she describes her parents, who were Africa Inland Mission workers in Tanzania; mother's conversion at a Billy Sunday campaign; her own attendance at Wheaton College; memories of Billy Graham as a college student; the Wheaton revival of 1943; favorite professors; and the effect of World War II on the Wheaton campus. The time period covered by the interviews is 1922 to 1993.Kathryn Marie Hess Feldi was...
Dates:
Created: 1993
Collection 169 Oral History Interviews with Harold P. Adolph
Collection
Identifier: CN 169
Scope and Contents
Oral History Interview with Harold Paul Adolph, in which he discusses his boyhood in China as the son of missionaries with China Inland Mission, conditions in China, his education at Wheaton College, medical education at the University of Pennsylvania, decision to become a missionary, and his ministry in Ethiopia as a medical missionary in African with Sudan Interior Mission; American missions in Ethiopia; family life on the mission field, and work with the Christian Medical Society. The...
Dates:
Created: 1981
Collection 607 Oral History Interviews with Herbert and Frieda Atkinson
Collection
Identifier: CN 607
Scope and Contents
Oral History Interviews with Dr. Herbert Andrew Atkinson (1931-2009) and his wife, Frieda Elizabeth (Paul) Atkinson (1930- ), missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) in the Belgian Congo. Dr. Atkinson discusses his family background, conversion, Wheaton College, influence of his roommate Bill Kornfield and Dr. V. Raymond Edman, God's provision for his entering medical school, ministry in Oicha, obstacles in communication with the Congolese, lessons learned on the mission field. Frieda...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen
Collection
Identifier: CN 260
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 325 Oral History Interview with Donald W. Berry
Collection
Identifier: CN 325
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview in which Berry discusses his conversion, education at Wheaton College, and his work as a pilot and administrator for Mission Aviation Fellowship in Honduras and Southeast Asia. Other topics discussed include. Berry’s service in the Army during World War II, his views on pacifism, the origins of Mission Aviation Fellowship, challenges of MAF, and the effect of life on the mission field on Berry’s family.Donald Berry was interviewed by Robert Shuster on...
Dates:
Created: 1986
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
Wheaton College Revivals Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 514
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, questionnaires, reports, videos, and other materials relating to spontaneous revivals on Wheaton College campus in the twentieth century. There are restrictions on some material in this collection. The collection primarily documents the March 1995 revival at the College, largely through oral history interviews conducted during or shortly after the event; also included are thirteen follow-up interviews conducted two years after the revival.
Dates:
Created: 1936-1997; Other: Majority of material found in 1994-1995
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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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 567 Papers of H. Wilbert Norton
Collection
Identifier: CN 567
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, photographs, correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, pamphlets, and manuscripts relating to Gustav H.W. Norton's (1915-2017) work as an administrator and professor of theology and missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Wheaton College, as well as his involvement with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Evangelical Literature Overseas, and Mid-American Keswick. The collection documents Norton’s childhood, education, and career as professor of missions...
Dates:
Created: 1950-2000
Collection 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans
Collection
Identifier: CN 279
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Morrell Evans (1899-1976) in which she discusses her childhood; education at Wheaton College; work with J. Elwin Wright; her Christian education activities; the development of the New England Fellowship, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship; and her work as a missionary in Taiwan. The time period covered by the interviews is 1899-1976.Elizabeth Evans was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 8,...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1985
Collection 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer
Collection
Identifier: CN 328
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, speech manuscripts and prayer letters relating to the careers and ministries of Eric and Lydia Maillefer as missionaries and Christian workers with the Evangelical Free Church in Zaire, Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar (AEAM), and the Africa Evangelical Office (AEO). Lydia worked as a teacher and school administrator; Eric worked first as a teacher, then on loan as a conference coordinator to the Africa Evangelical Office, and later as administrative secretary...
Dates:
Created: 1971-1991
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- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
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- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 5
- Moody Bible Institute. 4
- Africa Inland Mission. 3
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 3
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 3
- Armerding, Hudson T. 2
- Davis, Ralph T. 2
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 2
- Dyrness, Enock. 2
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 2
- Hillis, Dick. 2
- Howard, David M. 2
- LeTourneau, R. G. (Robert Gilmour), 1888-1969. 2
- Moravian Church. 2
- Redpath, Alan. 2
- Sudan Interior Mission. 2
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 2
- West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, Ill.) 2
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 2
- Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
- Adolph, Harold Paul. 1
- Africa Evangelical Office (Nairobi, Kenya) 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- American Council of Christian Churches. 1
- American Leprosy Missions. 1
- American Society of Missiology. 1
- Armerding, Carl, 1889-1987. 1
- Armstrong, John H. (John Harper), 1949- 1
- Asbury College (Wilmore, Ky.) 1
- Asia Missions Association (Korea) 1
- Asia Theological Association. 1
- Association of Evangelical Professors of Missions. 1
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 1
- Association of Theological Schools in South East Asia. 1
- Atkinson, Frieda E. 1
- Atkinson, Herbert Andres. 1
- Ayer, William Ward. 1
- Barnett, Albert E. 1
- Barnett, Elma. 1
- Barnett, William John. 1
- Bechtel, Paul M. (1957-1998) 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Beougher, Timothy K. (Timothy Ken) 1
- Berry, Donald W. 1
- Blaine, Harriet Gertrude. 1
- Blanchard, J. L. (Julia L.) 1
- Blocher, Jacques A. 1
- Bolten, John, 1920- 1
- Booth, F. Carlton. 1
- Bright, Bill. 1
- Bright, Vonette Z. 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
- Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
- Central American Mission. 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- Christian Medical Society. 1
- Christian Nurses Fellowship. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Church of the Resurrection of Illinois. 1
- Coleman, Robert E., 1928- 1
- Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- Cook, Ian H. 1
- Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
- Coptic Church. 1
- Cornerstone College and Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary. 1
- Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 1
- Danielson, Rudolph. 1
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
- Dorsett, Lyle W. 1
- Dorsett, Mary. 1
- Downing, Kenneth L., 1908-1989. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
- Emery, Allan C. 1
- Engel, Kevin W. 1
- Engstrom, Ted W. (Ted Wilhelm), 1916- 1
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangelical Literature Overseas. 1
- Evangelical Teacher Training Association. 1
- Evans, Elizabeth, 1899-1989. 1
- Fawcett, John W. 1
- Fawcett, Nathanael T. 1
- Feldi, Kathryn M. 1
- Folkerts, Fred C. 1
- Folkerts, Nancy. 1
- Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 1
- Gaebelein, Frank E. (Frank Ely), 1899-1983. 1
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. 1
- George Fox College. 1
- Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 1
- Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.) 1
- Graham, James R. (James Robert), 1898-1982. 1 ∧ less
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