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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 583 Oral History Interviews with Gregory S. Thellman

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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 682 Oral History Interviews with Kioko Mwangangi

 Collection
Identifier: CN 682
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Kioko Mwangani in which he describes about his work as an evangelist and pastor of the Africa Inland Church (AIC) in Kenya. Topics include his family background; early education, involvement with the ministry of DIGUNA and the movement’s leaders Vic Paul and David Rempel; higher education at Scott Theological College and Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST), his pastorates in Rural area; influence on his faith of marriage and fatherhood; the...
Dates: 2014

Collection 169 Oral History Interviews with Harold P. Adolph

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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

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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 058 Oral History Interview with Carol Carlson

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Identifier: CN 058
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Carol Hammond Carlson (1985-1980) in which she describes her experiences on the Tibetan mission field. Subjects discussed include first entry into Tibet, reaction of the people to non-Tibetans, and the Islamic rebellion of 1929.

Carol Hammon was interviewed in her home by Ellen Balmer, a Wheaton College student, on November 11, 1978. There is a section of blank tape which resulted in the loss of the bulk of the interview material.

Dates: Created: 1978

Collection 467 Oral History Interview with Doris Schneider

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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 512 Oral History Interview with Harry L. Cox

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Identifier: CN 512
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Harry Luther Cox (1906-2004) in which he describes his youth and family, conversion and spiritual growth, call to missionary work, service with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, relations with and evangelism among Muslims, tribal characteristics, Kano, language study, establishing a leprosy station, medical missions, the Magazawa and Fulani peoples, raising a family on the mission field, furloughs, death of his sons, World War II, animists, children of...
Dates: Created: 1995

Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely

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Identifier: CN 290
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Merle Ashel Steely, who worked as a missionary with Sudan Interior Mission between 1951 and 1977 in Liberia and Nigeria. Topic discussed include: Steely's conversion while in military service, education and employment at Wheaton College (including the 1950 revival there), his missionary work in Liberia at radio station ELWA and with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, teaching in mission and government schools, evangelism and church planting, Billy Graham's 1960...
Dates: Created: 1984

Collection 397 Papers of Consuella York

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Identifier: CN 397
Scope and Contents Clippings, photographs, cards, sermons, handbooks, oral history interviews and other records mainly relating to Consuella York's ministry as a chaplain at the Cook County Jail, but also describing her childhood growing up on the south side of Chicago, her conversion, religious education, and work as a pastor.The materials in this collection consist of miscellaneous items from Rev. York's life, mostly relating to her prison ministry. They include newspaper and magazine clippings,...
Dates: Created: 1953-1994

Collection 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright

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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 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 347 Oral History Interview with Ruth M. Long

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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 391 Papers of Robert C. Schneider

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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 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 186 Papers of M. Douglas Hursh

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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

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Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 9
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Church and state. 7
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Women missionaries. 5
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 6
Sudan Interior Mission. 5
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 4
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Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School 3
Africa Inland Mission. 2
Davis, Ila. 2
Gospel Missionary Union. 2
Schneider, Doris Gould. 2
Schneider, Robert, 1918- 2
Adolph, Harold Paul. 1
Africa Inland Church. 1
American Bible Society. 1
Armerding, Hudson T. 1
Assemblies of God. 1
Awana Clubs International. 1
Barcus, John. 1
Bell, James W. 1
Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship. 1
Bingham, Rowland V., 1872-1942. 1
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945. 1
Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. 1
Carlson, Carol Hammond. 1
Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
Cary, Maude, 1878-1967. 1
Chicago Baptist Institute. 1
China Inland Mission. 1
Christian Medical Society. 1
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
Cook County (Ill.). Department of Corrections. 1
Coptic Church. 1
Cox, Harry Luther. 1
DIGUNA (Organization) 1
Diori, Hamani. 1
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
Eastgate Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Egypt General Mission. 1
Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
Evangelical Church of Iran. 1
Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
Fellowship of Faith for Muslims. 1
Figueiredo, Marcus Vinicius. 1
Frew, Frank, 1927- 1
Gaebelein, Frank E. (Frank Ely), 1899-1983. 1
Gehman, Richard J., 1935- 1
Gospel Recordings, Inc. 1
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
Grigolia, Alexander, 1896-1979. 1
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975. 1
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. 1
Hawkes, James Wood. 1
Hursh, Douglas, 1911- 1
Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus. 1
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
Interserve. 1
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
Joyce, Mona M. 1
Joyce, Raymond H. 1
Kardec, Allan, 1804-1869. 1
Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
Latham, Lance B. 1
Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968. 1
Lidório, Ronaldo. 1
Long, Burt E. 1
Long, Ruth M. 1
MacArthur, John D., 1897-1978. 1
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
McCully, Theodore Edward, 1927-1956. 1
McDonald, Jessie, 1888-1980. 1
Miller, William McElwee. 1
Mission Resource Network. 1
Mitchell, Christopher W., 1951-2014. 1
Mwangangi, Kioko. 1
Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology. 1
Narramore Christian Foundation. 1
North Side Gospel Center (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Northside Community Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
OMF International. 1
Operation Mobilisation. 1
Paul, Victor. 1
Pioneer Ministries. 1
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 1
Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
RVOG (Radio station : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) 1
Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 1
Rempel, David. 1
Rowell, John, 1951- 1
SIM (Organization) 1
Saint, Nathaniel, 1923-1956. 1
Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 1
Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 1
Scott Theological College. 1
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