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Collection 432 Papers of Vernon C. Watford
Collection
Identifier: CN 432
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of an oral history interview with Vernon C. Watford and a video tape titled "Triple C Bible Camp." The video depicts activities at the Triple C Bible Camp, such as Bible study groups, singing, swimming, games, and campfires, with comments about the camp by supporters, workers, attendees, and parents. This camp was founded by the Watford and his wife. The oral history interiew includes information on Watford's family, childhood, conversion, education at Washington...
Dates:
Created: 1990
Collection 478 Oral History Interviews with Paul A. Buyse
Collection
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 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 327 Oral History Interview with James K. Friedrich
Collection
Identifier: CN 327
Scope and Contents
Oral history with James Kempe Friedrich (1903-1966) by Mr. Kearney (?) in which Friedrich discusses his career as a pastor specializing in production of Christian films to be used in churches, particularly for children. Included is a discussion of his reasons for choice of actors, use of Walt Disney Studios, and effectiveness of a film ministry. The time period covered by the interview is circa 1930 to 1947.James K. Friedrich was interviewed by a Mr. Kearney (?) during the Fourth...
Dates:
Created: 1947
Collection 396 Oral History Interview with Perry C. Straw
Collection
Identifier: CN 396
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Perry Clark Straw, an executive of the Moody Radio Network. Topics covered include Straw's childhood in the northeastern United States, his parent's work in starting and administering Baptist youth camps, memories of Percy Crawford and Jack Wyrtzen, his education at Southeastern Bible College and Moody Bible Institute, his early work in radio, discussion of Christian youth camps, descriptions of Percy Crawford, Jack Wyrtzen, WMBI, and the Chicago Gospel...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 282 Oral History Interview with Bonnie Jo Adolph
Collection
Identifier: CN 282
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Bonnie Jo Adelsman Adolph in which she discussses her missionary service in Ethiopia with Sudan Interior Mission from 1966-1974. Topics discussed include Adolph's education at Wheaton College, decision to become a missionary, living in Taiwan during her husband's military service, reasons for choosing Sudan Interior Mission, her husband's medical work in Ethiopia, observations about Sudanese culture, the church in Sudan, and the Adolphs short term mission service...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 397 Papers of Consuella York
Collection
Identifier: CN 397
Scope and Contents
Clippings, photographs, cards, sermons, handbooks, oral history interviews and other records mainly relating to Consuella York's ministry as a chaplain at the Cook County Jail, but also describing her childhood growing up on the south side of Chicago, her conversion, religious education, and work as a pastor.The materials in this collection consist of miscellaneous items from Rev. York's life, mostly relating to her prison ministry. They include newspaper and magazine clippings,...
Dates:
Created: 1953-1994
Collection 370 Oral History Interview with Melvin R. Anderson
Collection
Identifier: CN 370
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin R. Anderson in which he discusses his work with Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS, particularly as director of Peoples Development Incorporated and its housing ministry to rennovate and make homes available to the economically disadvantaged in Jackson. Other topics discussed include Anderson's family background, education, racial integration of the public school system; boycott of white businesses, the influence of John and Vera Mae Perkins on...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 270 Oral History Interview with Ray Schulenburg
Collection
Identifier: CN 270
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Roy Harvey Schulenberg (1909-2003) in which he discusses his conversion and involvement in Christian work, his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, the early days of Youth for Christ, evangelistic preaching, and city missions. Other topics discussed include: Rader’s radio ministry, Moody Memorial Church, evangelical figures who worked with or were influenced by Rader (Lance Latham, Richard Oliver, Howard Ferrin, Oswald Smith, Clarence Jones,...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 312 Papers of Diane W. Hawkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 312
Scope and Contents
Collection 312 consists of letters, oral history interviews, articles, minutes of meetings, reports and other relating to Diane Hawkins' missionary service in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) as well as the tapes of an oral history interview conducted several years later. Among the topics covered are: TEAM's evangelistic, and educational work in Rhodesia; the lifestyle, music, and beliefs of Shona people; the civil war between white government and the black nationalist guerrillas which raged while...
Dates:
Created: 1970-1985
Collection 374 Oral History Interviews with Artis Fletcher
Collection
Identifier: CN 374
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Artis Edwards Fletcher in which he discusses his childhood, education, and work as pastor of the Mendenhall Bible Church. Also discussed are John Perkins, Voice of Calvary Ministries, the black church in the United States, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interviews is 1944-1987.
Artis Fletcher was interviewed in by Paul Ericksen at office at the Mendenhall Bible Church, Mendenhall, MS on June 26, 1987.
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby
Collection
Identifier: CN 171
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby, missionaries in Lisbon and Santiago do Cacem, Portugal, under The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Collection includes interviews, articles, correspondence, prayer letters, manuscript notes, and other material from the Bobbys about their mission work, including evangelism and radio broadcasting. The correspondence also includes information on various theological issues and American Christian leaders. The oral...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
Collection 347 Oral History Interview with Ruth M. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 347
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruth Margaret (Hollander) Long in which she discusses her conversion, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary for the Sudan Interior Mission tohgether with her husband Burt) in Niger and Nigeria from 1950 through 1984. Other topics discussed include raising a family on the mission field, development of an AWANA program for Hausa children, evangelistic activities, impressions of the French colonial system, the independence of Niger, Hamami Diori,...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Collection 410 Oral History Interviews with Arthur Rorheim
Collection
Identifier: CN 410
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Arthur Rorheim, executive director of Awana Clubs, International. Topics disussed include his childhood, his parents' Christian example, his conversion, the youth work of the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Paul Rader, Lance Latham, the origins of AWANA, and principles for establishing programs for boys and girls. The time period covered by the interviews is 1918 to 1989.
Arthur Rorheim was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 31 and April 24, 1989.
Dates:
Created: 1989
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
Collection 390 Papers of Janet Kuhns
Collection
Identifier: CN 390
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and manuscript, relating to the ministry of Janet Kuhns, missionary among the Dayak people in West Kalimantan, Indonesia under the auspices of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (CM&A).[NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "Folder 1-1" means box 1, Folder 1.]Series: Audio TapesThree oral history interviews with Janet Kuhns in which she...
Dates:
Created: 1987-1988
Collection 492 Papers of William A. Drury
Collection
Identifier: CN 492
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, audio recordings, brochures, photographs, and a video tape relating to the ministry of William A. Drury, evangelist and youth worker with Percy Crawford, Youtharama, and Youth Haven.
Dates:
Created: 1962-1996
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
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- Children -- United States 17
- Children. 17
- Evangelistic work. 16
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 15
- Conversion. 11
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 10
- Women 10
- Women -- Religious life. 10
- Christian education. 9
- Christian life. 9
- Missionaries. 9
- Church and state. 8
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 8
- Evangelicalism. 8
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 8
- Family. 8
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
- Church and social problems. 7
- African Americans. 6
- Bible. 6
- Christian education of children -- United States. 6
- Christian education of children. 6
- Christian leadership. 6
- Church and social problems -- United States. 6
- Church work with children. 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Women missionaries. 6
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 5
- Bible colleges 5
- Christian education -- United States. 5
- Christian education, Outdoor -- United States. 5
- Christian education, Outdoor. 5
- Christianity and culture. 5
- Church work with children -- United States. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Missionaries -- Training of. 5
- Preaching. 5
- Racism. 5
- Radio in religion. 5
- Youth 5
- African Americans -- Religious life. 4
- Belief and doubt. 4
- Chicago (Ill.) 4
- Church work with youth -- United States. 4
- Church work with youth. 4
- Fundamentalism. 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Missions, Medical. 4
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- Radio in religion -- United States. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Sunday schools -- United States. 4
- Sunday schools. 4
- Alcoholism -- United States 3
- Baptists. 3
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 3
- Children of missionaries. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Church growth. 3
- City missions. 3
- Evangelistic invitations. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Chicago. 3
- Family -- United States. 3
- Independent churches. 3
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- Marriage. 3
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 3
- Mass media in religion. 3
- Medical care 3
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- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 3
- Prayer. 3
- Religion and music. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Rural churches. 3
- Theological seminaries. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 3
- Worship (Christian) 3
- Youth -- United States 3
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 2
- Animism. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Bible colleges -- United States. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 2
- Christian education of teenagers -- United States. 2
- Christian education of teenagers. 2
- Church work with prisoners. 2
- Church work with women. 2
- Church work with youth -- Chicago. 2
- Cities and towns -- United States. 2
- Cities and towns. 2
- City missions -- United States. 2
- Civil rights movements 2
- Civil rights movements -- United States. 2
- College students -- United States 2
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- Names
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 8
- Moody Bible Institute. 5
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 4
- Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 4
- Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 3
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 3
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 3
- Latham, Lance B. 3
- Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996. 3
- Awana Clubs International. 2
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 2
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 2
- Hillis, Dick. 2
- Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 2
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 2
- LeBar, Mary E. (Mary Evelyn), 1910- 2
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 2
- Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- North Side Gospel Center (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Perkins, John, 1930- 2
- Riley, W. B. (William Bell), 1861-1947. 2
- Smith, Oswald J. 2
- Sudan Interior Mission. 2
- Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.) 2
- Adolph, Bonnie. 1
- Adolph, Harold Paul. 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- American Council of Christian Churches. 1
- American Society of Missiology. 1
- American Sunday-School Union. 1
- Anderson, Melvin R., 1955- 1
- Armerding, Carl, 1889-1987. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 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 Theological Schools in South East Asia. 1
- Ayer, William Ward. 1
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
- Beougher, Timothy K. (Timothy Ken) 1
- Berry, Raymond, 1933- 1
- Blaine, Harriet Gertrude. 1
- Blanchard, J. L. (Julia L.) 1
- Bobby, Albert Edward, 1925- 1
- Bobby, Mary Lee, 1928- 1
- Bolten, John, 1920- 1
- Booth, F. Carlton. 1
- Bright, Bill. 1
- Bright, Vonette Z. 1
- Buyse, John. 1
- Buyse, Leonard. 1
- Buyse, Mabel Easton, 1882-1967. 1
- Buyse, Paul A. 1
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. 1
- Camp-of-the-Woods. 1
- Cathedral Films. 1
- Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003. 1
- Chicago Baptist Institute. 1
- Chicago Gospel Mission. 1
- Christian Committee of Concern. 1
- Christian Nationals Evangelism Commission, Inc. 1
- Church of the Resurrection of Illinois. 1
- Coleman, Robert E., 1928- 1
- Cook County (Ill.). Department of Corrections. 1
- Cornerstone College and Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary. 1
- Criswell, W. A. (Wallie A.), 1909-2002. 1
- Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 1
- Danielson, Rudolph. 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Diori, Hamani. 1
- Dorsett, Lyle W. 1
- Dorsett, Mary. 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- Drury, William A. 1
- Dyrness, Enock. 1
- Emery, Allan C. 1
- Engel, Kevin W. 1
- Engstrom, Ted W. (Ted Wilhelm), 1916- 1
- Epaineto, Balos. 1
- Erickson, Clarence H. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
- Evangelical Literature Overseas. 1
- Evangelical Teacher Training Association. 1
- Evans, Elizabeth, 1899-1989. 1
- Fawcett, John W. 1
- Fawcett, Nathanael T. 1
- Ferrin, Howard W. 1
- Fleming, Peter, 1928-1956. 1
- Fletcher, Artis. 1
- Friedrich, James K. 1
- Fuchida, Mitsuo, 1902-1976. 1
- Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. 1
- Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 1
- George Fox College. 1 ∧ less
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