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Collection 642 Oral History Interviews with Susan Nivens
Collection
Identifier: CN 642
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Susan Nivens, in which she discusses her childhood in Michigan, development of her Christian faith, education at Bethany Bible College, joining the Summer Institute of Linguistics/Wycliffe Bible Translators, the relationship between the two; her marriage; work in Indonesia among the Tarangan people; raising a family in the field; the processes of Bible translation; Indonesian village life; Muslim/Christian relations; experiences during a jihad, helping to create...
Dates:
2009
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 453 Oral History Interviews with Paul H. Bartel
Collection
Identifier: CN 453
Scope and Contents
One oral history interview with Paul Henry Bartel (1904-2001) in which he describes his parents' work in China with orphans, his own childhood in that growing up in China, his conversion to Christianity and anecdotes from his long career as a missionary. Other topics discussed include: The Boxer Uprising and its aftermath; education, including high school at a Holiness Mission school; returning to the United States for college and experiencing culture shock; missionary training institute;...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 480 Oral History Interviews with Margaret L. Clapper
Collection
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 464 Oral History Interviews with Eileen J. Kuhn
Collection
Identifier: CN 464
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Eileen J. Kuhn in which she describes her family background; her conversion to Christianity; her medical training as a nurse; life at Moody Bible Institute in the late 1940s; China Inland Mission at about the same time; her call to foreign missions; her work at the CIM retirement home in Toronto; descriptions of John and Isobel Kuhn; work among the Lisu people in Thailand and Burma; translation of the Bible into the Lisu language; contacts with a former...
Dates:
Created: 1992-1994
Collection 256 Oral History Interviews with Malcolm and Helen Sawyer
Collection
Identifier: CN 256
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Malcolm Maurice Sawyer (1919-2007) and with Helen Irvin Sawyer, in which the Sawyers discuss their childhood, education, and working for the Christian and Missionary Alliance in China, 1948-1950 and in Laos, 1950-1975. Mission activities in Laos include church planting, training of pastors, and medical assistance to the Khamu and Hmong peoples, language study, Vietnam, Thailand and Tibet, transfer to Laos, cultural differences, political situation in Vietnam,...
Dates:
Created: 1985
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 251 Oral History Interview with Herbert Downing
Collection
Identifier: CN 251
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Herbert Downing (1905-1986) in which he describes his childhood as a child of missionaries in Kenya, attending Rift Valley Academy in Kenya, a visit of Theodore Roosevelt to the Academy, his father's work as pastor and administrator, Africa Inland Mission's policy on the education of missionary children, and Downing's own work as an educator at Rift Valley Academy. The time period covered by the interview is 1905-1983Herbert Downing was intereviewed by...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 508 Oral History Interviews with Barbara L. Collins
Collection
Identifier: CN 508
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Barbara Lynn (Miner) Collins in which she describes her childhood; family's religious background; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development in college and young professional life; acceptance as a missionary by Africa Inland Mission (AIM); arrival on the mission field in Kenya; work among the Rendile and Kikuyu peoples; raising children on the mission field; development of women's program at Africa Inland Church Missionary College; work among women refugees...
Dates:
Created: 1995
Collection 116 Oral History Interviews with Helen Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 116
Scope and Contents
Oral History interviews conducted with Helen Ruth Belcher Elliot (1927-2012), missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators to the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Topics include Wheaton College during the 1940s, field experiences, Guatemalan culture and religion, and family activities. Topics covered in the interview include: Elliott's childhood, marriage and early family life, education at Wheaton College (including courses, academic and social life), decision to become a missionary with...
Dates:
Created: 1980
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 488 Papers of John E. Phillips
Collection
Identifier: CN 488
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, letters, newspaper clipping, a booklet and other materials, relating mainly to John E. Phillips' work as a missionary with the Sudan Interior Mission among the Kambatta people of Ethiopia (1932-1937) and among the Dinka people of Sudan (1938-1949). There is also some information on his involvement in other ministries, such as Ambassadors for Christ and the Allentown Rescue Mission.
Dates:
Created: 1926-2003
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 409 Papers of David D. Thomas
Collection
Identifier: CN 409
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, photographs, negatives, and clippings relating to the linguistic and missionary work of David and Dorothy Thomas in the Philippines, Vietnam (especially with the Chrau tribe), Cambodia, and Thailand with Wycliffe Bible Translators from 1954-1975. The bulk of the content consists of David and Dorothy's letters to his mother, Ruth, who lived in Wheaton, IL. Topics covered in the correspondence include information on the Thomas family, missionary work in the Philippines, and...
Dates:
Created: 1954-1975
Collection 089 Papers of Paul P. Stough
Collection
Identifier: CN 089
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, films, videos relating to Paul P. Stough’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo with Africa Inland Mission. Materials contain information on Stough's father, Henry Stough, Wheaton College, Paul Stough's work as a missionary for Africa Inland Mission in the Belgian Congo (Zaire) and Kenya from the 1920s to the 1970s, and generally on the spread of Christianity in Africa.
Dates:
Created: 1979-1992
Collection 278: Elisabeth Elliot Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 278
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, slides, clippings, publicity releases, reviews, manuscripts, films, video and audio tapes relating to Elisabeth Elliot's careers as a missionary in Ecuador, author, teacher and speaker. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to the so-called "Auca Incident" and Elliot's own work the Waorani, whose enemies called them the "Auca," as well as her lectures on the Biblical view of the roles of men and women, dealing with suffering, and personal holiness, among...
Dates:
Created: 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-2010
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- Children of missionaries. 15
- Bible. 14
- Missionaries. 13
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 12
- Conversion. 11
- Language in missionary work. 11
- Women missionaries. 11
- Evangelistic work. 10
- Missionaries -- Training of. 10
- Women -- Religious life. 10
- Christian life. 8
- Women 8
- Boarding schools. 7
- Church and state. 7
- Missions -- China. 7
- Missions. 7
- Christian education. 6
- Indigenous church administration 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Tribes. 6
- Animism. 5
- Catholic Church. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Marriage. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 5
- Bible colleges 4
- China -- History. 4
- Communism. 4
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. 4
- Culture shock. 4
- Education 4
- Evangelistic work -- China. 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Missions -- Kenya. 4
- Rural missions. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Boarding schools -- China. 3
- Children of missionaries -- China. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- China. 3
- Chinese language. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- College students -- Religious life. 3
- College students. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Family. 3
- Linguistics 3
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 3
- Polygamy. 3
- Prayer. 3
- Theological seminaries. 3
- Translating and interpreting. 3
- World War, 1939-1945. 3
- Worship. 3
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Children. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 2
- China -- Religion. 2
- Christian education -- Kenya. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Christmas. 2
- Church and state -- Kenya. 2
- Church and state -- Vietnam. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church work with refugees. 2
- Communism -- Vietnam. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Evangelistic work -- Kenya. 2
- Fund raising. 2
- Hmong (Asian people) 2
- Hmong language 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) 2
- Linguists 2
- Linguists -- United States. 2
- Medical care 2
- Missionaries -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Burma. 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions -- Singapore. 2
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
- Missions -- Thailand. 2
- Opium trade -- Thailand. 2
- Pentecostalism. 2
- Prisoners 2
- Racism. 2 ∧ less
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 9
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 6
- Kuhn, John Becker. 4
- Moody Bible Institute. 4
- Summer Institute of Linguistics. 4
- Africa Inland Mission. 3
- Kuhn, Isobel. 3
- OMF International. 3
- Prairie Bible Institute. 3
- Africa Inland Church. 2
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 2
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 2
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 2
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 2
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 2
- McCully, Theodore Edward, 1927-1956. 2
- Rift Valley Academy (Kijabe, Kenya) 2
- Saint, Nathaniel, 1923-1956. 2
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 2
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 2
- Advent Christian Church. 1
- Africa Inland Church Missionary College (Eldoret, Kenya) 1
- Allen, Roland, 1869-1947. 1
- Allentown Rescue Mission and Home Association. 1
- Ambassadors for Christ (Allentown, Pa.) 1
- American Colonization Society. 1
- Anderson, Ann Kiemel. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
- Bartel, Henry Cornelius, 1873-1965. 1
- Bartel, Loyal. 1
- Bartel, Nellie Schmidt. 1
- Bartel, Paul Henry. 1
- Bell, B. Clayton. 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Bible Institute of Los Angeles. 1
- Bingham, Rowland V., 1872-1942. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Blanchard, Jonathan, 1811-1892. 1
- Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
- Bürki, Hans Ferdinand, 1925- 1
- Campbell, Evvy Hay. 1
- Canadian Sunday School Mission. 1
- Carmichael, Amy, 1867-1951. 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- China International Famine Relief Commission. 1
- Chow, Moses. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Christianity Today International. 1
- Church of England. 1
- Clapper, Margaret L. 1
- Collins, Barbara Lynn. 1
- Collins, Malcolm. 1
- Congo Protestant Council. 1
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- Coray, Edward A. 1
- Crossett, Margaret E. 1
- Crossett, Vincent. 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Dayuma (Auca Indian) 1
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
- Dohnavur Fellowship. 1
- Downing, Herbert C. 1
- Downing, Lee H. 1
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 1
- Ekvall, Robert B. (Robert Brainerd), 1898-1983. 1
- Elliot, Elisabeth. 1
- Elliott, Helen Belcher. 1
- Elliott, Raymond Leroy. 1
- Evangelical Literature Overseas. 1
- Evans, Robert P., 1918-2011. 1
- Feng, Yuxiang, 1882-1948. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
- Fleming, Peter, 1928-1956. 1
- Forsberg, Malcolm. 1
- Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1
- Gaebelein, Frank E. (Frank Ely), 1899-1983. 1
- Gallagher, Robert L. 1
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. 1
- Gospel Recordings, Inc. 1
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
- Gration, John Alexander, 1929- 1
- Gren, Lars. 1
- Gripsholm (Ocean liner) 1
- Hampden Dubose Academy (Fl.) 1
- Hardesty, Nancy. 1
- Heimbach, Ernest E. 1
- Heimbach, Mertis B. 1
- Hildebrandt, Dorothy. 1
- Hildebrandt, Jonathan. 1
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 1
- Howard, David M. 1
- Howard, Philip E. (Philip Eugene), 1898- 1
- Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 1
- Iltengezi, John. 1
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 1
- Inter-Varsity Student Missions Convention (11th : 1976 : Urbana, Ill.) 1 ∧ less
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