Search collections in Evangelism & Missions Archives where
- keyword(s): Oral History
Showing Results: 1 - 22 of 22
Collection 583 Oral History Interviews with Gregory S. Thellman
Collection
Identifier: CN 583
Scope and Contents
Oral history with Gregory Thellman (1970- ), missionary in the Bosnian region of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997-2008) as a member of a church team. Topics covered include Thellman’s spiritual development and conversion, interest in missions, participation in his Northside Community Church’s outreach among Muslim Bosnian refugees in Atlanta, Northside’s mission teams to Mostar in Bosnia, Bosnian Christian leaders and Evangelical congregation in the city, work among children and youth, relations...
Dates:
2003
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 516 Oral History Interview with B. Sam Hart
Collection
Identifier: CN 516
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with B. Sam Hart (1931-2012) in which he discusses his childhood; his parents’ work as missionaries in Jamaica; church life in Jamaica; his early preaching efforts; racial tensions and class divisions in Jamaica and witnessing segregation in churches in the United States; education at Gordon College; comparison of congregations in the United States and Jamaica; reflections on radio preaching ministry; thoughts on being named after Berlyn M. Nottage. The time period...
Dates:
Created: 1996
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 510 Oral History Interviews with Erik S. Barnett
Collection
Identifier: CN 510
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Erik Stanley Barnett (1910-2006) in which he describes his childhood in Kenya as the son of missionary parents; his own work in that country as pastor, church planter, educator and administrator with Africa Inland Mission (AIM); the internal developments of AIM and of the Africa Inland Church in Kenya during the twentieth century. Other topics discussed include: his parents’ missionary service in Kenya among the Maasai people; changes in AIM missionary training...
Dates:
Created: 1995
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 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 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 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 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 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
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
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
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 078 Papers of Corrie ten Boom
Collection
Identifier: CN 078
Scope and Contents
Papers of Dutch watchmaker, evangelist, author, and Christian aid worker Corrie ten Boom. The collection includes information on her father Casper ten Boom, her imprisonment in Ravensbrück concentration camp during World War II, her work among refugees after the war, her travels as an evangelist, the work of her two foundations, and the production of the film The Hiding Place. The collection includes audio tapes, correspondence, a film, notebooks, photos, photo albums, and video tapes.
Dates:
Created: 1902-1997; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1983
Collection 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon
Collection
Identifier: CN 335
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and paper records relating to Ralph Shannon’s life and ministry as a medical missionary in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo).Audio Tapes Four oral history interviews with Ralph Shannon, recorded on eight reels of audio tape. Topics covered include Shannon's childhood in Belgian Congo (Zaire) with his missionary parents, Wheaton College undergraduate and graduate education, service in Zaire as a medical...
Dates:
Created: 1986-1990
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 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer
Collection
Identifier: CN 328
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, speech manuscripts and prayer letters relating to the careers and ministries of Eric and Lydia Maillefer as missionaries and Christian workers with the Evangelical Free Church in Zaire, Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar (AEAM), and the Africa Evangelical Office (AEO). Lydia worked as a teacher and school administrator; Eric worked first as a teacher, then on loan as a conference coordinator to the Africa Evangelical Office, and later as administrative secretary...
Dates:
Created: 1971-1991
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
L. Nelson Bell Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 318
Brief Description
Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, and other documents related to the life and ministry of L. Nelson Bell, first as a medical missionary in China, then as doctor, editor, and lay leader in the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Among the topics covered by the material in the collection are missions in China in the twentieth century between the two world wars; the work of Bell's son-in-law, Billy Graham; the founding and development of Christianity Today and The...
Dates:
1923-1973
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
/
L. Nelson Bell Papers
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Christian leadership. 21
- Evangelistic work. 20
- Christian life. 15
- Conversion. 14
- Missionaries. 14
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 13
- Children of missionaries. 12
- Evangelicalism. 11
- Christian education. 10
- Indigenous church administration 10
- Church and state. 9
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 9
- Missionaries -- Training of. 9
- Women 9
- Women -- Religious life. 9
- Women missionaries. 9
- Missions -- Educational work. 8
- Bible. 7
- Children. 7
- Christian literature. 7
- Christianity and culture. 7
- Church and social problems. 7
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 7
- Catholic Church. 6
- Children -- United States 6
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 6
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 6
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 6
- Missions. 6
- Radio in religion. 6
- Theological seminaries. 6
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 5
- Family. 5
- Fund raising. 5
- Fundamentalism. 5
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 5
- Pentecostalism. 5
- Preaching. 5
- Religious institutions. 5
- Tribes. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Worship. 5
- African Americans. 4
- Belief and doubt. 4
- Bible colleges 4
- Children -- United States -- Religious life. 4
- Communism. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Independent churches. 4
- Intercultural communication. 4
- Liberalism (Religion) 4
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Radio in religion -- United States. 4
- Rural churches. 4
- Rural missions. 4
- Sunday schools. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Animism. 3
- Bible -- Translating. 3
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 3
- Christian education -- United States. 3
- Christian education, Outdoor. 3
- Church and social problems -- United States. 3
- Church and state -- China. 3
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Church growth. 3
- Church work with children. 3
- Church work with refugees. 3
- Church work with students. 3
- Church work with youth. 3
- College students. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 3
- Forgiveness. 3
- Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 3
- Mass media in religion. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- China. 3
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
- Missions -- Kenya. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
- Motion pictures in church work. 3
- Organizational change. 3
- Prayer. 3
- Presbyterians. 3
- Racism. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Syncretism (Religion). 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 3
- Worship (Christian) 3
- Youth 3
- AIDS (Disease) 2 ∧ less
- Language
- Chinese 1
- Dutch; Flemish 1
- Names
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 10
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 6
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 4
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 3
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 3
- Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 3
- Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 3
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 3
- World Council of Churches. 3
- Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996. 3
- Africa Inland Church. 2
- Africa Inland Mission. 2
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 2
- Awana Clubs International. 2
- Bright, Bill. 2
- Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 2
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 2
- Davis, Ralph T. 2
- Downing, Kenneth L., 1908-1989. 2
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 2
- Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 2
- Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.) 2
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 2
- Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 2
- Johnson, Torrey Maynard, 1909- 2
- Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 2
- Kato, Byang H. 2
- Latham, Lance B. 2
- Mau Mau. 2
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 2
- Moody Bible Institute. 2
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 2
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
- Sterrett, T. Norton. 2
- Taylor, Clyde W. (Clyde Willis), 1904-1988. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School 2
- Williams, Theodore, 1935- 2
- World Wide Pictures, Inc. 2
- Wright, J. Elwin. 2
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 2
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 1
- Adeney, Ruth W. 1
- Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
- Africa Evangelical Office (Nairobi, Kenya) 1
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
- Ambassadors for Christ (Allentown, Pa.) 1
- American Colonization Society. 1
- American Council of Christian Churches. 1
- Anderson, Dick. 1
- Anderson, Peter. 1
- Andrew, Brother. 1
- Armerding, Carl, 1889-1987. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Armitage, Carolyn. 1
- Armstrong, John H. (John Harper), 1949- 1
- Asbury College (Wilmore, Ky.) 1
- Association of Christians Ministering Among Internationals. 1
- Athyal, Saphir P. 1
- Australian Inland Mission. 1
- Ayer, William Ward. 1
- Bacon, Daniel W. 1
- Barnett, Albert E. 1
- Barnett, Elma. 1
- Barnett, Emily. 1
- Barnett, Erik S. 1
- Barnett, Ted W. 1
- Barth, Karl, 1886-1968. 1
- Beam, Mary S. 1
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
- Beecher, Leonard James. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Beougher, Timothy K. (Timothy Ken) 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Berg, Jo Ann. 1
- Billy Graham Center. Institute for Chinese Studies. 1
- Birech, Ezekiel. 1
- Blaine, Harriet Gertrude. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Blanchard, J. L. (Julia L.) 1
- Blanchard, Jonathan, 1811-1892. 1
- Blocher, Jacques A. 1
- Bob Jones University. 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
- Bolten, John, 1920- 1
- Booth, F. Carlton. 1
- Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 1
- Bright, Vonette Z. 1
- Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
- Butt, Howard E., Jr. (Howard Edward), 1927-2016. 1
- Carey, William, 1761-1834. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Center for Church Communications (Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Ch'eng, Marcus, 1884-1964. 1
- Chandapilla, P. T. 1
- Chandler, Rosemary Joy. 1
- Chao, Calvin. 1
- Chao, Jonathan. 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more