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Collection 219 Oral History Interview with Bertil A. Ogren

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Identifier: CN 219
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Bertil A. Ogren (1914-2006) in which he describes his recruitment as a lay missionary in the Belgian Congo with the Covenant Church from 1948-56; his work there beginning and running the LECO Press, which served the needs of members of the Congo Protestant Council and relations between Africans and Western missionaries. Other topics discussed include: his family and early life, impressions of George Caprenter, independence of the Congo, Belgian influence on the...
Dates: Created: 1982

Collection 256 Oral History Interviews with Malcolm and Helen Sawyer

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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 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett

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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

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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 337 Papers of Roger H. Malstead

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Identifier: CN 337
Scope and Contents Two oral history interviews and prayer letters, relating to Roger Malstead’s ministry with Operation Mobilization.Audio TapesTwo oral history interviews with Roger Malstead in which he describes his youth, education at Wheaton College, work with Operation Mobilization (OM) in the former Soviet Union, Turkey, Lebanon, the United States, at OM headquarters in England, and with the OM ship DOULOS; Other topics described are the director of OM,...
Dates: Created: 1961-1993; Majority of material found within 1986-1993

Collection 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett

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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 468 Oral History Interviews with Elizabeth C. Stough

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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 201 Oral History Interview with Russell P. Shedd

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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 262 Oral History Interview with Raymond Buker Jr.

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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 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby

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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 473 Oral History Interview with Clayton L. Berg, Jr.

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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 483 Oral History Interview with Francis Sunderaraj

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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 387 Papers of William M. Miller

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Identifier: CN 387
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews and transcripts with William M. Miller in which he describes his education at Princeton, Christian faith, and work as a Presbyterian missionary to Iran from 1919 to 1962. Besides descriptions of his evangelistic, pastoral, and educational work, he also describes many aspects of Iranian and Islamic society. Most of the transcripts are of interviews done for the Presbyterian Historical Society.

Dates: Created: 1979-1988

Collection 418 Papers of Hester H. Withey

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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 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon

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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 529 Papers of Donald E. White

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Identifier: CN 529
Scope and Contents Oral history interview and one folder containing reports, correspondence, and newsletters. Materials describe White’s family background, conversion, education at Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College, marriage, activities as an Army chaplain's assistant in Germany, and missionary work in Austria for Greater Europe Mission.Donald E. White was interviewed by Robert Shuster on January 29, 1996, at the Archives of the Billy Graham Center. The events described in the interview...
Dates: Created: 1996

Collection 089 Papers of Paul P. Stough

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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

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Evangelistic work. 15
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 15
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Children of missionaries. 13
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Conversion. 11
Church and state. 10
Bible. 9
Christian education. 9
Christianity and culture. 9
Indigenous church administration 9
Women missionaries. 9
Women 8
Women -- Religious life. 8
Missions -- Educational work. 7
Missions. 7
Worship. 7
Christian leadership. 6
Christian life. 6
Communism. 6
Medical care 6
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
Missionaries' spouses. 6
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 6
Pentecostalism. 6
Tribes. 6
Animism. 5
Communism -- China. 5
Evangelistic work -- United States. 5
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 5
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Bible -- Publication and distribution. 4
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
Catholic Church. 4
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 4
China -- History. 4
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World War, 1939-1945. 4
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Belgium. 3
Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
Bible -- Translating. 3
Buddhists -- China. 3
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China -- Description and travel. 3
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
China -- Social life and customs. 3
China. 3
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
Church and social problems. 3
Church work with students. 3
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
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Mass media in missionary work. 3
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Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 11
Moody Bible Institute. 4
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 3
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 3
OMF International. 3
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Princeton Theological Seminary. 3
Africa Inland Church. 2
Africa Inland Mission. 2
Becker, Carl K., Jr. 2
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
Catholic Church. 2
China Inland Mission. 2
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 2
Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 2
Crossett, Margaret E. 2
Crossett, Vincent. 2
Davis, Ralph T. 2
Gospel Recordings, Inc. 2
Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 2
Kane, J. Herbert. 2
Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961. 2
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 2
Operation Mobilisation. 2
Paul, S. Austin. 2
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 2
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
Singh, Bakht, Brother, 1903-2000. 2
Stough, Paul. 2
Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. 2
Van Dusen, George C. 2
World Council of Churches. 2
Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 2
Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
American Bible Society. 1
American Colonization Society. 1
Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
Assemblies of God. 1
Athyal, Saphir P. 1
Barnett, Erik S. 1
Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
Berg, Jo Ann. 1
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
Blanchard, Jonathan, 1811-1892. 1
Bobby, Albert Edward, 1925- 1
Bobby, Mary Lee, 1928- 1
Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
Carey, William, 1761-1834. 1
Carpenter, George Wayland. 1
Chicago Evangelistic Institute. 1
Christ for the City. 1
Church Missionary Society. 1
Comunidad Latinoamericano de Ministerios Evangelicos. 1
Congo Protestant Council. 1
Costas, Orlando E. 1
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
Doulos (Ship) 1
Downing, Lee H. 1
Editorial Caribe. 1
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 1
Egilse de J'esus-Christ sur la terre par le proph'ete Simon Kimbangu (Democratic Republic of Congo) 1
Eglise du Christ au Zaire. 1
Ekvall, Robert B. (Robert Brainerd), 1898-1983. 1
Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 1
Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 1
Elliott, Walter Scott. 1
Emmanuel Methodist Church (Madras, India) 1
Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
Evangelical Church of Iran. 1
Evangelical Covenant Church of America. 1
Evangelical Fellowship of India. 1
Evangelical Literature Overseas. 1
Evangelism-in-Depth. 1
Fenton, Horace L. 1
Frost, Henry Weston, 1858- 1
Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. 1
Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 1
Gaebelein, Frank E. (Frank Ely), 1899-1983. 1
George, A. K. 1
Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 1
Greater Europe Mission. 1
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. 1
Hawkes, James Wood. 1
Howard, David M. 1
Humbard, Rex, 1919-2007. 1
Hurlburt, Charles E. 1
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
India-Ceylon Youth for Christ. 1
Indian Evangelical Mission. (Bangalore, India) 1
International Missionary Council. 1
Kamaleson, Samuel E. 1
Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
Kivengere, Festo. 1
Latin America Mission. 1
Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968. 1
Logos (Ship) 1
Lores, Ruben. 1
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