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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 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 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 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook
Collection
Identifier: CN 317
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ian Harper Cooke and Ruth Eileen (Witmer) Cook, in which Ian describes his childhood and education in South Africa, college education at Wheaton College, training for missionary work, medical missions work in South Africa with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), the Zulus, apartheid, and the national church; and Ruth describes her childhood, conversion, and intention to become a missionary nurse, education at West Suburban Hospital and Wheaton College,...
Dates:
Created: 1985
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
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
Found in:
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Helen Renich Papers.
Collection 387 Papers of William M. Miller
Collection
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 331 Papers of Reuben Archer Torrey, III
Collection
Identifier: CN 331
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey III and a videotape of the Otterbein United Brethren Missionary Convention in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on April 23, 1986.Audio TapesOral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey in which he describes his childhood in China as the son of Presbyterian missionaries; his experiences at boarding schools in China and Korea; his grandfather, Dr. R. A. Torrey, Sr.; his work as an Episcopalian...
Dates:
Created: 1986
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 186 Papers of M. Douglas Hursh
Collection
Identifier: CN 186
Scope and Contents
Two oral history interviews, manuscript material, photographs, and memorabilia relatingn to Marion Douglas Hursh's work with Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital, Kano in Nigeria from 1942-1962. Topics covered concern Hursh's education and work as a medical missionary at the Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, as well as various aspects of church life and mission activity in Nigeria. Events described in the interviews cover the time period from 1904 to...
Dates:
Created: 1904-1982
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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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 10
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 4
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
- Moody Bible Institute. 4
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 3
- Straw, Darien A. 3
- Sudan Interior Mission. 3
- American Bible Society. 2
- Assemblies of God. 2
- China Inland Mission. 2
- Davis, Ralph T. 2
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 2
- Gospel Recordings, Inc. 2
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
- Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 2
- Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 2
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 2
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- Allen, Roland, 1869-1947. 1
- American Council of Christian Churches. 1
- Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
- Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
- Awana Clubs International. 1
- Ayer, William Ward. 1
- Barnett, Erik S. 1
- Bechtel, Paul M. (1957-1998) 1
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Bible Institute of Los Angeles. 1
- Bingham, Rowland V., 1872-1942. 1
- Blaine, Harriet Gertrude. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Blanchard, J. L. (Julia L.) 1
- Bolten, John, 1920- 1
- Booth, F. Carlton. 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003. 1
- China International Famine Relief Commission. 1
- Church of England. 1
- Cook, Ian H. 1
- Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
- Crossett, Margaret E. 1
- Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 1
- Diori, Hamani. 1
- Downing, Lee H. 1
- Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 1
- Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 1
- Elliott, Walter Scott. 1
- Emery, Allan C. 1
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
- Evangelical Church of Iran. 1
- Evangelical Teacher Training Association. 1
- Evans, Elizabeth, 1899-1989. 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Folkerts, Fred C. 1
- Folkerts, Nancy. 1
- Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 1
- Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 1
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
- Grigolia, Alexander, 1896-1979. 1
- Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. 1
- Hawkes, James Wood. 1
- Hess, Esther N. 1
- Hess, Lawrence. 1
- Hillis, Dick. 1
- Hursh, Douglas, 1911- 1
- Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
- Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 1
- Jacoby, Walter S. 1
- Jesus Abbey (South Korea) 1
- Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 1
- Jones, Bob, 1911-1997. 1
- Kane, J. Herbert. 1
- Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- Latham, Lance B. 1
- Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968. 1
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 1
- LeBar, Mary E. (Mary Evelyn), 1910- 1
- LeTourneau, R. G. (Robert Gilmour), 1888-1969. 1
- Long, Burt E. 1
- Long, Ruth M. 1
- Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961. 1
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
- Maxwell, Ernest. 1
- Maxwell, Freeda. 1
- Maxwell, L. E. 1
- Maxwell, Ruth Lillian, 1955- 1
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
- Miller, William McElwee. 1
- Moi, Daniel Arap, 1924-2020. 1
- Moravian Church. 1
- National Association of Evangelicals. 1
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 1
- New England Fellowship. 1
- North American Baptist Conference. 1
- North China American School (T'ung-hsien, China) 1
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