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Collection 255 Oral History Interview of Helen Frame
Collection
Identifier: CN 255
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Helen Nowack Frame (1908-1999) in which she discusses her childdhood growing up in China, decision to become a missionary for Overseas Missionary Fellowship, education at Wheaton College, years of service in China, culture and political events in China; leaving China in 1951 with her husband Raymond and their children and resettlement in the Philippines, teaching at Faith Academy, development of the Bible Institute, return and activities in Wheaton. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1983
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 535 Oral History Interview with Mona Joyce
Collection
Identifier: CN 535
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Mona Miller Joyce (1912-2000) in which she describes her childhood and youth, conversion and spiritual development, call to missionary work, family, work in China with China Inland Mission, husband Raymond Joyce, the Communist period in China and CIM's expulsion from the country, co-workers Dr. Jessie McDonald and Mabel Soltau, Pentecostalism, relations among missionaries, her role as a woman missionary, outreach to Muslims, their work in the Persian Gulf with...
Dates:
Created: 1996
Collection 394 Oral History Interview with Ruth W. Adeney
Collection
Identifier: CN 394
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ruth Winifred Temple Adeney (1912-1911) in which she describes her youth; spiritual growth; education at Northwestern Schools; call to missionary work with China Inland Mission; her missionary experience; her husband, David Adeney; her work with with China Inland Mission in rural areas of Henan Province (1934-1941); and her husband's work with university students in Nanking (1946-1948) and Shanghai (1949- 1950). Other topics discussed include the impact of war...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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 293 Oral History Interview with Melvin D. Suttie
Collection
Identifier: CN 293
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin David Suttie (1912-2006) in which he discusses his childhood, Christian growth, education at Wheaton College and Biblical Seminary in New York and Omaha Presbyterian Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission (1940-1950), work among university students, persecution, evangelistic work among the Chinese population and Nationalist troops, his wife Mary's work among women, their children, church and state relations in China, the impact of the...
Dates:
Created: 1985
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 417 Papers of Dick Springer
Collection
Identifier: CN 417
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview and one prayer letter relating to the ministry of Charles Oliver “Dick” Springer, missionary with Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Japan from 1937-1996.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Dick Springer in which he describes his family and their missionary interest and involvement, conversion, education (at Whitman College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Moody Bible Institute), his involvement...
Dates:
Created: 1937-1989
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 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
David H. Adeney Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 393
Brief Description
Adeney’s correspondence, writings (articles, books), lecture and presentation manuscripts, subject files (especially files on various China-related topics) he compiled from many sources, notebooks and loose notes, a photo album, photographs and slides, and two oral history interviews. Together these span his career as a missionary in China and Southeast Asia, staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the United States, leader with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students,...
Dates:
Created: 1911-1994
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 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 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 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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- China -- History. 14
- Missionaries. 14
- Evangelistic work -- China. 13
- Communism -- China. 12
- Communism. 12
- Evangelistic work. 12
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 12
- Women missionaries. 12
- Missionaries -- Training of. 11
- Women 11
- Women -- Religious life. 11
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 10
- Conversion. 10
- Language in missionary work. 10
- World War, 1939-1945. 10
- Christian education. 8
- Christianity and culture. 8
- Culture shock. 8
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 8
- Missionaries' spouses. 7
- Rural missions. 7
- Tribes. 7
- Christian education -- China. 6
- Family. 6
- Indigenous church administration 6
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 6
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 6
- Persecution -- China. 6
- Persecution. 6
- Bible. 5
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- Buddhists. 5
- China. 5
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- Medical care -- China. 5
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- Refugees 5
- Refugees -- China. 5
- Animism. 4
- Children of missionaries -- China. 4
- China -- History -- 1949- 4
- China -- Religion. 4
- China -- Social life and customs. 4
- Chinese -- Missions. 4
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- Education 4
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 4
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
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- Rural churches -- China. 4
- Rural missions -- China. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
- Boarding schools -- China. 3
- Boarding schools. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- China -- Description and travel. 3
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 3
- Christian life. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
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- Church and social problems. 3
- Church and state -- China. 3
- Church and state. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Church work with students. 3
- Church work with women -- China. 3
- Church work with women. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions -- Taiwan. 3
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 3
- Pentecostalism -- China. 3
- Pentecostalism. 3
- Presbyterians. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Rural churches. 3
- Sex role -- China. 3
- Theology 3
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Worship. 3
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Bible colleges 2
- Bible colleges. 2
- China -- Church history -- 20th century. 2
- China -- Church history. 2
- Chinese language. 2
- Christian education -- Philippines. 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Church work with children -- China. 2
- Church work with children. 2
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- China Inland Mission. 10
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 9
- OMF International. 8
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 7
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 7
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 5
- Moody Bible Institute. 5
- Kane, J. Herbert. 4
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 4
- Crossett, Margaret E. 3
- Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 3
- Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 3
- Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 3
- Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 3
- Straw, Darien A. 3
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 2
- Adeney, Ruth W. 2
- Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 2
- Anderson, Ian Rankin. 2
- Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 2
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 2
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 2
- Christian Medical Society. 2
- Crossett, Vincent. 2
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 2
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 2
- Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 2
- Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 2
- Elliott, Walter Scott. 2
- Frame, Helen. 2
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 2
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 2
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 2
- Kuhn, Isobel. 2
- Kuhn, John Becker. 2
- Nee, Watchman. 2
- Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 2
- Adolph, Harold Paul. 1
- Advent Christian Church. 1
- Ambassadors for Christ (Allentown, Pa.) 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- Anderson, Peter. 1
- Armitage, Carolyn. 1
- Association of Christians Ministering Among Internationals. 1
- Bacon, Daniel W. 1
- Barrington College. 1
- Bible Institute of the Philippines (Valenzuela, Philippines) 1
- Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship. 1
- Billy Graham Center. Institute for Chinese Studies. 1
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Ch'eng, Marcus, 1884-1964. 1
- Chandapilla, P. T. 1
- Chandler, Rosemary Joy. 1
- Chao, Calvin. 1
- Chao, Jonathan. 1
- China Graduate School of Theology. 1
- China Inter-Varsity Evangelical Christian Students Fellowship. 1
- Chinese Church Research Center. 1
- Chinese Congress on World Evangelization (1976 : Hong Kong) 1
- Chinese World Mission Centre. 1
- Christian Communications Ltd. (Hong Kong) 1
- Chua, Wee Hian, 1939- 1
- Chung, Derek. 1
- Contento, Paul A. 1
- Coptic Church. 1
- Discipleship Training Centre (Singapore) 1
- Door of Hope Mission. 1
- Dowsett, Dick. 1
- Draper, Ben. 1
- Egypt General Mission. 1
- English Language Institute/China. 1
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
- Evangelical China Office. 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Malaysia) 1
- Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Singapore) 1
- Fellowship of Faith for Muslims. 1
- First Asian Student Missionary Convention (1973 : Baguio, Philippines) 1
- Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
- Frame, Raymond. 1
- Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1
- Friends of China Fellowship. 1
- Frost, Henry Weston, 1858- 1
- Fung, Raymond. 1
- Gates, Alan Frederick, 1931- 1
- Girao, William B. 1
- Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 1
- Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 1
- Gripsholm (Ocean liner) 1
- Guinness, Henry, 1908- 1
- Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975. 1
- Hamilton, Pauline G. 1
- Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011. 1
- Hess, Esther N. 1
- Hess, Lawrence. 1
- Hockman, Robert William, 1906-1935. 1 ∧ less
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