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Collection 075 Oral History Interviews with Elizabeth Warner

 Collection
Identifier: CN 075
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Elizabeth Howard Warner (1912-2000) in which she describes her childhood in the Canton Province of China as a daughter of missionaries, Canton Christian College where her father worked, studies and personalities at Wheaton College, her mission work among girls with Door of Hope Mission in Canton and Hong Kong, Chinese education, economic and social conditions, religion (particularly Buddhism), politics and government, the impact of China's war with Japan, and...
Dates: Created: 1978

Collection 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett

 Collection
Identifier: CN 287
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Rice Elliott Crossett in which she describes her childhood with her missionary parents in China, her education at Wheaton College, and missionary career with her husband, Vincent Crossett, in China and Taiwan with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship (1929-1948, 1961-1973). Topics discussed include  Crossett's childhood in China; description of Chinese indigenous worship practices and syncretism in Chinese religious culture; Crossett's...
Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Collection 092 Ephemera of Robert B. Ekvall

 Collection
Identifier: CN 092
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews, correspondence, photographs, and a manuscript that describe Robert B. Ekvall's education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary in China and Tibet, and military and diplomatic activities during World War II and after in China and Southeast Asia.

Dates: Created: 1933-1980

Collection 189 Papers of Mary Goforth Moynan

 Collection
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 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 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett

 Collection
Identifier: CN 288
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Vincent Leroy Crossett (1907-1999) in which he describes his education at Wheaton and Westminster Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Taiwan, and pastoral work in a local church in Hawaii. Topics discussed include Crossett's education at Wheaton College and Westminster Seminary; decision to join China Inland Mission; language school; evangelism methods; characteristics of the Chinese church; CIM's...
Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Collection 205 Oral History Interviews with Robert D. Carlson

 Collection
Identifier: CN 205
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews with Robert Dean Carlson in which he discusses his childhood in China and Tibet, the condition of the Christian church in those countries, social and religious customs, and the Chinese language. The time period covered by the interviews is 1928 to 1982.

Robert Carlson was interviewed by Robert Shuster on February 27 and April 17, 1982.

Dates: Created: 1982

Collection 418 Papers of Hester H. Withey

 Collection
Identifier: CN 418
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and a manuscript, documenting the ministry of Hester Hartzell Withey, missionary with Worldwide Evangelisation for Christ International (WEC) in China and India from 1940-1985.Series: Audio TapesOral history interviews with Hester Withey in which she describes her parents’ and grandparents’ missionary service in Angola, her childhood in Africa and the U.S., education in South Africa, conversion, medical training,...
Dates: Created: 1989

Collection 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott

 Collection
Identifier: CN 187
Scope and Contents Family correspondence, prayer letters, brochures, newspaper clippings, prayer cards and letters from other missionaries, photographs, slides, negatives, journals and diaries, and eight interviews concerning Elliott's childhood in China, mission work with China Inland Mission (now Overseas Missionary Fellowship) in China and the Philippines, her experiences as an evangelist and teacher, her life in China during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, and the civil war that followed. Her retirement...
Dates: Created: 1910-1988

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 182 Papers of J. Herbert and Winnifred Kane

 Collection
Identifier: CN 182
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and curriculum material from James Herbert Kane and Winnifred Mary (Shepherd) Kane's missiology courses, and three oral history interviews. Materials document the Kanes' missionary work in China and Dr. Kane's teaching in the U.S.  Events described in the interviews cover the time period from 1932 to 1950.

Dates: Created: 1934-1987

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Children of missionaries. 10
Evangelistic work. 10
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 9
Missions -- China. 9
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Missionaries -- Training of. 8
Missions to Buddhists. 8
China -- History. 7
Christian education. 7
Christianity and culture. 7
Communism -- China. 7
Communism. 7
Evangelistic work -- China. 7
Women 7
Women -- Religious life. 7
Women missionaries. 7
Family. 6
Indigenous church administration 6
Language in missionary work. 6
Catholic Church. 5
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 5
China. 5
Christian education -- China. 5
Church and state. 5
Church development, New. 5
Indigenous church administration -- China. 5
Missions to Buddhists -- China. 5
Missions. 5
Refugees 5
Rural churches. 5
World War, 1939-1945. 5
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 4
Bible. 4
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 4
Church and social problems. 4
Culture shock. 4
Medical care 4
Medical care -- China. 4
Missions -- Educational work. 4
Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 4
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Rural missions. 4
Sex role. 4
Tribes. 4
Buddhism. 3
Buddhists -- Tibet (China) 3
Catholic Church -- Missions. 3
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 3
China -- Religion. 3
China -- Social life and customs. 3
Chinese -- Missions. 3
Chinese. 3
Christian education -- Taiwan. 3
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
Christian literature. 3
Conversion. 3
Education 3
Evangelistic work -- Tibet (China) 3
Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 3
Missionaries' spouses. 3
Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
Missions -- India. 3
Missions -- Taiwan. 3
Missions -- Tibet. 3
Persecution -- China. 3
Persecution. 3
Religious institutions. 3
Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
Boarding schools. 2
Buddhism -- Doctrines. 2
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
Catholic Church. -- China. 2
China -- Description and travel. 2
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 2
China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912. 2
Church and state -- China. 2
Church growth. 2
Church work with children -- China. 2
Church work with children. 2
Church work with women. 2
Confucianism 2
Crime and criminals 2
Crime and criminals -- China. 2
Criminals 2
Economic and social conditions 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Fundamentalism. 2
Idols and images. 2
Interpersonal conflict. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
Missions -- Finance. 2
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Muslims -- China. 2
Muslims. 2
Pentecostalism. 2
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 7
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 4
China Inland Mission. 4
Straw, Darien A. 4
Zhongguo guo min dang. 4
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Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 3
Crossett, Margaret E. 3
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 3
OMF International. 3
Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 3
Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 3
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 2
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 2
Crossett, Vincent. 2
Dow, Elsie Storrs. 2
Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 2
Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 2
Elliott, Walter Scott. 2
Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 2
Kane, J. Herbert. 2
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 2
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 2
Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987. 1
American Bible Society. 1
American Council of Christian Churches. 1
Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
Assemblies of God. 1
Ayer, William Ward. 1
Barrington College. 1
Blaine, Harriet Gertrude. 1
Blanchard, J. L. (Julia L.) 1
Bole, Simeon James, 1875- 1
Bolten, John, 1920- 1
Booth, F. Carlton. 1
Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 1
Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003. 1
Chicago Evangelistic Institute. 1
Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 1
Davis, Ralph T. 1
Door of Hope Mission. 1
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 1
Ekvall, Robert B. (Robert Brainerd), 1898-1983. 1
Emery, Allan C. 1
Evangelical Teacher Training Association. 1
Evans, Elizabeth, 1899-1989. 1
Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
Feng, Yuxiang, 1882-1948. 1
Finney, Charles G., 1792-1875. 1
Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 1
George, A. K. 1
Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 1
Goforth, Jonathan, 1859-1936. 1
Goforth, Rosalind, 1864-1942. 1
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011. 1
Hillis, Dick. 1
Hockman, Robert William, 1906-1935. 1
Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 1
Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 1
Hunt, William Brewster. 1
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 1
Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 1
Jones, Bob, 1911-1997. 1
Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
LeTourneau, R. G. (Robert Gilmour), 1888-1969. 1
League of Evangelical Students. 1
Moody Bible Institute. 1
Moynan, Mary Goforth. 1
National Association of Evangelicals. 1
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 1
Nee, Watchman. 1
New England Fellowship. 1
North, G. W. 1
Nowack, Ruth Louise. 1
Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 1
Park Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Pierce, Bob, 1914-1978. 1
Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
Rice, John R., 1895-1980. 1
Riley, W. B. (William Bell), 1861-1947. 1
Rimmer, Harry, 1890-1952. 1
Schaeffer, Edith. 1
Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August) 1
Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 1
Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 1
Simpson, A. B. (Albert B.) 1
Singh, Bakht, Brother, 1903-2000. 1
Smith, George H., ca. 1846-1935. 1
Smith, Oswald J. 1
South China Boat Mission. 1
Taylor, Clyde W. (Clyde Willis), 1904-1988. 1
Taylor, Herbert John, 1893-1978. 1
Tenney, Helen J. 1
Tiffany, Orrin Edward. 1
Tilley, Florence 1
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