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Collection 626 Oral History Interview with Stephen Christopher
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Identifier: CN 626
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Stephen Christopher, a Tamil mission leader. Topics covered in the interview include his childhood, education and conversion; the work of Dohnavur Fellowship; ministry of his father (P. T. Christopher) and the founding of the Tamil Gospel Village Mission, his own vision for the ministry; the Christian church in northern and southern India; and a comparison of Indian and American Christianity. The time period covered by the interview is 1980 to 2006....
Dates:
2007
Collection 662: Oral History Interviews with Marcus Figueiredo
Collection
Identifier: CN 662
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews of Brazilian minister and missionary Marcus Figueiredo. Topics covered included his family background; membership in a spiritualist church, conversion; education at Seminario Biblico Palavra da Vida (Word of Life Seminary); his battle with cancer; pastoral duties at the Igreja Presbiteriana 12 de Agosto (August 12 Presbyterian Church); Evangelicalism in Brazil; Pioneer Missions; mission work in Kyrgyzstan as a teacher of English; Muslim attitudes towards Jesus; the...
Dates:
2011
Collection 668 Oral History Interviews with Esdras O. Krebsky
Collection
Identifier: CN 668
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Esdras Krebsky in which he describes his upbringing, ministry education in Brazil and the United States, Evangelicalism in Brazil, the nature of camp ministry, his experiences as a camp director, Christian Camping International, reflections on the church in Brazil, dealing with allegations of child abuse in camp ministry.Esdras Krebsky was interviewed by Bob Shuster on January 6 and 13, 2012 in the offices of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center...
Dates:
2012
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 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 511 Oral History Interviews with E.J. Cummins
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Identifier: CN 511
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Dr. Erwin Jephthah Cummins, Jr. (1918-1997), SIM International medical missionary to Nigeria from 1952 to 1983. Topics discussed include Cummins's Christian background and education; early medical training and practice in Chicago, involvement in Christian Medical and Dental Society; transition to the mission field in Nigeria; medical work building and directing leprosaria in the Nigerian interior; indigenous church administration; Evangelical Church of West...
Dates:
Created: 1995
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 266 Oral History Interview with Ruth Sundquist
Collection
Identifier: CN 266
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ruth Sundquist in which she describes her education at Moody Bible Institute, decision to become a missionary, work first in Kentucky home missions as a Christian education worker with the Evangelical Free Church and then her missionary career in China and Hong Kong between 1947 and 1982 as an administrator for a Sunday School and orphanage. Other topics discussed include: language school in China, Chinese attitudes toward the Nationalists, Communists, Americans...
Dates:
Created: 1984
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 401 Oral History Interview with Karl G. Dortzbach
Collection
Identifier: CN 401
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Karl G. Dortzbach in which he describes his childhood and youth, influence of his family, education at Wheaton College and Westminster Theological Seminary, and missionary experience in Ethiopia (short term with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church) and in Kenya. Subjects covered include missiology, conversion, raising children on the mission field, marital relationships on the mission field, church life in a Nairobi congregation, proliferation of parachurch groups...
Dates:
Created: 1988-1989
Collection 424 Oral History Interviews with Ruth L. Maxwell
Collection
Identifier: CN 424
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ruth Lillian Maxwell in which she talks about her family background, including her grandfather, L.E. Maxwell, founder of Prairie Bible Institute, and her parents, missionaries with Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) in Nigeria; Nigerian village life; experiences at boarding school; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development; education in Canada at Prairie Bible Institute; joining SIM; missions work in Liberia teaching the Bible and leading study groups for...
Dates:
Created: 1989
Collection 524 Oral History Interviews with Leonard H. F. Sumule
Collection
Identifier: CN 524
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Leonard Hendrik F. Sumule in which he describes his family, childhood in Indonesia, conversion and spiritual development, being a Christian in a predominantly Muslim nation, his experience at Wheaton College's Honey Rock Camp, comparison of Honey Rock with Christian camps in Indonesia, the 1995 revival at Wheaton College, his goals for ministry in Indonesia, involvement in youth ministry, camping and Christian education in the country, and education and church...
Dates:
Created: 1996
Collection 448 Oral History Interviews with Seung-Hun Yang
Collection
Identifier: CN 448
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Seung-Hun Yang in which he discusses the discipline and devotion of the rural South Korean Presbyterian church he grew up in, the effects of the Korean War on the country, his father's example as a Christian and lay leader, the work of the Navigators abd Campus Crusade for Christ in Korea, Yang's education as a physicist, the introduction of creation science to Korea, his efforts to found a Christian university, and the strengths and weaknesses of the Korean...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 228 Oral History Interview with Lyndon Hess
Collection
Identifier: CN 228
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Lyndon Roth Hess in which he describes his missionary service in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) between 1932 and 1975 as a teacher of missionary children, assistant to village pastors and other work with the Lunda people. Topics include cultural influences on missionary children, education at Wheaton College, missionary service with Brethren Assemblies in Zambia teaching children of missionaries, the national African church, tribal tensions, Marxism, influence of...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Collection 533 Oral History Interview with Catherine E. Jeter
Collection
Identifier: CN 533
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Catherine Elizabeth Jeter in which she discusses her childhood; conversion to Christianity through a neighborhood Bible club; education; marriage to Joseph Jeter; the start of their ministry (Have Christ Will Travel Ministries); work with inner-city children of Philadelphia and summer camp ministry in Nova Scotia, Canada; and the 1961 Billy Graham crusade in Philadelphia. Other topics discussed include: Jeter’s education at Philadelphia College of the Bible; Short...
Dates:
Created: 1996
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 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 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 427 Oral History Interviews with Americo Saavedra
Collection
Identifier: CN 427
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Americo Saavedra, a Peruvian-born missionary working with HCJB in Ecuador, in which he describes his childhood, family, conversion, Catholicism in Peru and Ecuador, radio station HCJB and its ministry, Quito, Ecuador, his decision to be a missionary, employment with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru. Other topics include his education at Moody Bible Institute, Christian education in Ecuador, informal education, Summer Institute of Linguistics, the state of the...
Dates:
Created: 1990
Collection 461 Oral History Interviews with John D. Ellison
Collection
Identifier: CN 461
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with John David Ellison (1925-1998) in which he talks about his parents' work as missionaries for the Christian and Missionary Alliance (CMA) in French Indochina (now Vietnam) between 1924 and 1940; his own missionary training at Nyack Institute; his and his wife's work in Thailand among Cambodians from 1950 through 1980; and his work in the United States among Cambodian refugees. Other topics discussed include internment by the Japanese in December 1941; methods of...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Collection 372 Oral History Interview with Judith Adams
Collection
Identifier: CN 372
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Judith Rachelle Whitthingham Adams about her childhood, her work with Genesis One Christian School, The Mendenhall Ministries, and the educational and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interview is circa 1960-1987.
Judith Adams was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 25 and 26, 1987, at the offices of Mendenhall Ministries in Mendenhall, MS.
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 467 Oral History Interview with Doris Schneider
Collection
Identifier: CN 467
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Doris Gould Schneider (1922-2009) in which she describes her family background; conversion to Christianity; preaching of John R. Rice; education at Moody Bible Institute; marriage; missionary work in Morocco; the role of women in Muslim society; raising children on the mission field; overthrow of the French protectorate; the family's move to Spain; cultural difference between Arabs and Berbers; public health in Morocco; return to the United States in 1982; views...
Dates:
Created: 1989
Collection 450 Oral History Interviews with Vasile Bunta
Collection
Identifier: CN 450
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Vasile Bunta in which he decsribes his family background, the Baptist church in Romania, relations between church and state, his conversion and education, Billy Graham's visit to the country in 1985, the Christian revival of the 1970s in Romania, the effect of the 1989 revolution on the church, evangelistic work among the Romani people, and the current state of the Church. The time period covered by the interviews is 1960 to 1991.Vasile Bunta was...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 465 Oral History Interview with Merry E. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 465
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Merry Dalton Long (1925-2010) in which she describes her childhood; education at Wheaton College; marriage; missionary work in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and Brazil; the 1960 Congo Rebellion; raising and educating children on the mission field. Other topics discussed include: Long’s medical training as a nurse during WWII; impressions of Africa; medical care available on the mission field; observations about Congolese animism; missionary...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Collection 462 Oral History Interview with Adrian O. Ban
Collection
Identifier: CN 462
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Adrian Ban in which he describes his family background, the revival in his Baptist church in Oradea, Romania; his own conversion; attempts by the government to intimidate Christians; influence of Christians such as Joseph Tson, Liviu Olah, and Aurel Tosa; his involvement in music ministry in Romania; the 1989 revolution in Romania; conditions for the church since the revolution; impressions of the church in the United States and Romania; the Romanian Missionary...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Collection 104 Oral History Interview with Bruce F. Hunt
Collection
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 440 Oral History Interviews with Inge Rydland
Collection
Identifier: CN 440
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Inge Herman Rydland in which he describes his family's Lutheran evangelistic work in Norway; his own call to become a missionary; his and his wife's departure to Ethiopia as workers of the Swedish Evangelical Mission in 1977; his work in Ethiopia as a teacher and as a community development work. Other topics discussed include: the work of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Meaken Yesus; church state relations; effect of the Ethiopian political situation on the...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 547 Oral History Interviews with Sharelle M. Eland
Collection
Identifier: CN 547
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Sharelle May Eland in which she describes her childhood growing up in Papua New Guinea where her parents were missionaries, her return to Australia and adjustment to life there, affinity for primitive culture, Christian life and spiritual development, desire to become a missionary, education to become a teacher and at Capernwray Bible Colleges in Great Britain and Germany, ministry among Australian young people and aborigines, missions to aborigines and their...
Dates:
Created: 1997
Collection 604 Oral History Interview with Dan D. Crawford
Collection
Identifier: CN 604
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Dan Duvall Crawford in which he discusses his parents, Percy and Ruth (Duvall) Crawford; Percy Crawford’s evangelistic ministry at meetings, through radio and television programming; and the camps his father founded. Other topics discussed include Crawford’s experiences at Pine Brook Camp as a child; Pine Brook Praises and Young People’s Church of the Air; Percy Crawford’s relationship with Billy...
Dates:
Created: 2004
Collection 321 Papers of Glicerio M. Manzano
Collection
Identifier: CN 321
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of prayer letters and oral history interviews, which document Glicerio M. Jojo Manzano's early life, education, family life, and work as a service manager with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship and as an accountant for a rural hospital with International Nepal Fellowship.Series 1: Audio TapesThree oral history interviews with Glicerio Manzano. Topics discussed in the interview include Manzano's early life, education,...
Dates:
Created: 1981-1992
Collection 252 Oral History Interviews with Robert and Joan Brain
Collection
Identifier: CN 252
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Robert Wesley Brain and Joan Gordon Brain, in which they discuss their life and faith, particularly their work as missionaries in Zambia with Africa Evangelical Fellowship. The Brains were interviewed separately for this collection. In the Robert Brain interview, he discusses his life on the mission field in Angola as a child and as an adult serving Africa Evangelical Fellowship at Catota Bible Institute until 1975, Manna Bible Institute in Zambia, translating...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 316 Oral History Interview with Deborah J. Seymour
Collection
Identifier: CN 316
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Deborah J. Seymour in which she describes her childhood as a child of missionaries in Papua New Guinea and working as an English teacher in Honduras with World Gospel Mission and Churches of Christ in Christian Union from 1983 to 1985. Topics discussed include her parents' missionary work; her childhood as a missionary kid; New Guinea tribal culture; conversion to Christianity and spiritual life; call to the mission field; observations about Honduras,...
Dates:
Created: 1985-1986
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 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 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 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 468 Oral History Interviews with Elizabeth C. Stough
Collection
Identifier: CN 468
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Quackenbush Stough (1913-2009) in which she discusses her parents, childhood, education, conversion, attendance at Moody Bible Institute, call to be a missionary, joining Africa Inland Mission, travel to Africa, work in French Equatorial Africa, evangelistic field trips, her husband Paul Stough, her work among women in the Belgian Congo, the growth of the Africa Inland Church, the independence of the Congo, the Congolese civil war and Simba uprising,...
Dates:
Created: 1992-1993
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 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 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 201 Oral History Interview with Russell P. Shedd
Collection
Identifier: CN 201
Scope and Contents
Three oral history interviews with Russell Philip Shedd, in which he describes his upbringing by missionary parents in Bolivia; education at Wheaton College, Faith Seminary (PA), and the University of Edinburgh; Billy Graham's evangelistic meetings at Harringay and Edinburgh in 1954/55; evangelism opportunities in Scotland, 1953-55; and work with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Portugal, 1959-62, and Brazil, 1962-82. The time period covered by the interviews is 1929 to...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Collection 473 Oral History Interview with Clayton L. Berg, Jr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 473
Scope and Contents
Oral historyinterviews with Clayton L. Berg, known as "Mike," former missionary, educator and president of Latin America Mission. Topics discussed include Berg's youth, family, conversion, education (including Wheaton Grad School), youth pastorate at Western Springs church, marriage and family, language training at Spanish Language Institute, Hogar Biblico, teaching and administration at the Latin America Biblical Seminary iin Costa Rica, administration of LAM's Education Division, training...
Dates:
Created: 1993
Collection 385 Oral History Interview with Daniel E. Liberek
Collection
Identifier: CN 385
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Daniel Eric Liberek in which he describes growing up in Belgium as the son of a Protestant pastor, his conversion, methods of evangelism in that country, comparison between United States and Belgian evangelicals, his own work as a youth pastor in Belgium, Protestant-Catholic relations, church-state relations, and other faiths in the country. Other topics discussed include Liberek's experiences running a Christian youth camp; and some of the spiritual options in...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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
Collection 483 Oral History Interview with Francis Sunderaraj
Collection
Identifier: CN 483
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Francis Sunderaraj in which he describes committing his life to Christ as a teenager in India; the development of his faith; the institutions and leadership of Evangelical Protestantism in India; Methodist churches in India and Malaysia; Sunderaraj's education at the Union Biblical Seminary in Yeotmal, India, Princeton Seminary, and Wheaton College; the development of the Evangelical Fellowship of India. The time period covered by the interviews is ca....
Dates:
Created: 1993
Collection 391 Papers of Robert C. Schneider
Collection
Identifier: CN 391
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, oversize materials, and a photograph, relating to the ministry of Robert C. Schneider, missionary in Spain and Morocco with Gospel Missionary Union.Series: Audio TapesTwo oral history interviews with Robert C. Schneider in which he describes his childhood, education, evangelistic work, the beginnings of Youth for Christ; attendance at Moody Bible Institute, marriage to Doris Gould, missionary work in Morocco and...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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 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
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- Kuhn, John Becker. 3
- Latham, Lance B. 3
- LeBar, Mary E. (Mary Evelyn), 1910- 3
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 3
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 3
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 3
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 3
- Taylor, Clyde W. (Clyde Willis), 1904-1988. 3
- Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985. 3
- Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School 3
- Word of Life, Inc. 3
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 3
- Wright, J. Elwin. 3
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 3
- Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996. 3
- Africa Evangelical Fellowship. 2
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 2
- American Bible Society. 2
- American Sunday-School Union. 2
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 2
- Biserica Ortodoxă Română. 2
- Bunta, Vasile. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 2
- Christian Medical Society. 2
- Crossett, Vincent. 2
- Davis, Ila. 2
- Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 2
- Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 2
- Elliott, Walter Scott. 2
- Evangelical Fellowship of India. 2
- Fenton, Horace L. 2
- Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 2
- Gospel Missionary Union. 2
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 2
- Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 2
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 2
- Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 2
- Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 2
- Johnson, Torrey Maynard, 1909- 2
- Kane, J. Herbert. 2
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 2
- Latin America Mission. 2
- Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961. 2
- Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Mortenson, Vernon. 2
- National Association of Evangelicals. 2
- North Side Gospel Center (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Nyack Missionary Training Institute (N.Y.) 2
- Olah, Liviu. 2
- Orthodox Eastern Church. 2
- Paul, S. Austin. 2
- Pinebrook Bible Conference. 2
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 2
- Porter, Ruth Crawford, 1916-1986. 2
- Prairie Bible Institute. 2
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
- SIM (Organization) 2
- Schneider, Doris Gould. 2
- Schneider, Robert, 1918- 2
- Seminario Biblico Palavra de Vida. 2
- Smith, Oswald J. 2
- Stough, Paul. 2
- Tenney, Helen J. 2
- Ton, Josef. 2
- Union Biblical Seminary (Yeotmal, India) 2
- Van Dusen, George C. 2
- World Council of Churches. 2
- Adams, Judith. 1
- Adolph, Harold Paul. 1 ∧ less
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