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Collection 680 Papers of the Almond Family
Collection
Identifier: CN 680
Scope and Contents
Diaries and oral history interviews documenting the work of Overseas Missionary Fellowship (China Inland Mission) workers Louis Almond, his first wife Stella and his second wife Helen in China (1949-1951), Thailand and the United States. Helen’s interview also describes the activities of the United States office of OMF, where she worked for many years.
Dates:
1949-1951, 2015-2016
Collection 480 Oral History Interviews with Margaret L. Clapper
Collection
Identifier: CN 480
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Margaret L. Clapper (1912-2005), missionary with Africa Inland Mission in Belgian Congo/Zaire from 1939-1980. Topics covered in two sessions include her youth, conversion, Bible school education at Moody Bible Institute, missionary work in central Africa, Belgian administration of the Congo, work among pygmies, Zaire politics and government, independence of the country in 1960 and the Simba rebellion, transition from mission to national authority, singleness,...
Dates:
Created: 1993
Collection 478 Oral History Interviews with Paul A. Buyse
Collection
Identifier: CN 478
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Paul Adrian Buyse (1926-2017), Africa Inland Mission worker in the Belgian Congo/Zaire. Topics covered include Buyse's childhood and youth as the son of AIM missionary parents in the Congo; education at Rethy Academy, Northwestern Schools, and Moody Bible Institute; work with North Arkansas Gospel Mission, spiritual hardships of being a missionary; his work in the Congo among pygmies; development of the Africa Inland Church in the Congo, transition from...
Dates:
Created: 1993
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 417 Papers of Dick Springer
Collection
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 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 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 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 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 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby
Collection
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
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
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Helen Renich Papers.
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 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
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
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- Missionaries. 13
- Evangelistic work. 12
- Children of missionaries. 11
- Conversion. 11
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 10
- Missionaries -- Training of. 9
- Indigenous church administration 8
- Women missionaries. 8
- Christianity and culture. 7
- Women 7
- Women -- Religious life. 7
- Christian education. 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Missions -- China. 6
- Sex role. 6
- Bible. 5
- Children. 5
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 5
- Missionaries' spouses. 5
- Persecution. 5
- World War, 1939-1945. 5
- Boarding schools. 4
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 4
- China -- History. 4
- Christian life. 4
- Church and state. 4
- Culture shock. 4
- Evangelistic work -- China. 4
- Family. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 4
- Missions, Medical. 4
- Radio in missionary work. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Animism. 3
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
- Bible -- Translating. 3
- Bible colleges 3
- Children -- United States 3
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- Christian education of children. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- Church work with women. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Communism. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
- Correspondence schools and courses 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 3
- Marriage. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
- Missions. 3
- Muslims. 3
- Persecution -- China. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Worship. 3
- Arabs -- Africa, North. 2
- Arabs -- Morocco. 2
- Arabs -- Spain. 2
- Arabs. 2
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Berbers. 2
- Berbers. -- Morocco. 2
- Bible colleges -- United States. 2
- Boarding schools -- China. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- China -- History -- 1949- 2
- Chinese language. 2
- Christian education -- China. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian education of children -- Morocco. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. 2
- Correspondence schools and courses -- Morocco. 2
- Correspondence schools and courses -- Spain. 2
- Demoniac possession 2
- Education 2
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Evangelistic work -- Thailand. 2
- Great Britain 2
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
- Lay missionaries. 2
- Lord's Supper. 2
- Missionaries -- Retirement. 2
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions -- Finance. 2
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Missions -- Kenya. 2
- Missions -- Morocco. 2 ∧ less
- Names
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 7
- OMF International. 4
- Africa Inland Church. 3
- Africa Inland Mission. 3
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 3
- Kuhn, John Becker. 3
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 3
- Barnett, Erik S. 2
- Davis, Ila. 2
- Gospel Missionary Union. 2
- Gospel Recordings, Inc. 2
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
- Kuhn, Isobel. 2
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 2
- Schneider, Doris Gould. 2
- Schneider, Robert, 1918- 2
- Smith, Wilbur M. (Wilbur Moorehead), 1894-1976. 2
- Stauffacher, Florence. 2
- Stough, Paul. 2
- Van Dusen, George C. 2
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 2
- Advent Christian Church. 1
- Almond, Helen Sutherland. 1
- Almond, Louis W. 1
- Almond, Stella Bills. 1
- Anderson, Dick. 1
- Association of Central Thailand Churches. 1
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 1
- Awana Clubs International. 1
- Barcus, John. 1
- Barnett, Albert E. 1
- Barnett, Elma. 1
- Barnett, Emily. 1
- Barnett, Ted W. 1
- Beam, Mary S. 1
- Beecher, Leonard James. 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Bingham, Rowland V., 1872-1942. 1
- Birech, Ezekiel. 1
- Bobby, Albert Edward, 1925- 1
- Bobby, Mary Lee, 1928- 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
- Buyse, John. 1
- Buyse, Leonard. 1
- Buyse, Mabel Easton, 1882-1967. 1
- Buyse, Paul A. 1
- Cary, Maude, 1878-1967. 1
- Center for Church Communications (Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- Chʻêng, Marcus. 1
- Clapper, Margaret L. 1
- Contento, Paul A. 1
- Culbertson, William, 1905-1971. 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Downing, Kenneth L., 1908-1989. 1
- Downing, Lee H. 1
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 1
- Epaineto, Balos. 1
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
- Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1
- Frost, Henry Weston, 1858- 1
- Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. 1
- Gemmell, Nina Eleanor. 1
- Gittisarn, Boon Mark. 1
- Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 1
- Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 1
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
- Griffin, Herbert M. 1
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 1
- Humbard, Rex, 1919-2007. 1
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 1
- Hursh, Douglas, 1911- 1
- Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 1
- Jacoby, Walter S. 1
- Jaffray, Robert A. (Robert Alexander), 1873-1945. 1
- Kane, J. Herbert. 1
- Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
- Kato, Byang H. 1
- Kuhn, Eileen, 1925- 1
- LeBar, Mary E. (Mary Evelyn), 1910- 1
- Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961. 1
- Mau Mau. 1
- McConkey, James H. (James Henry), 1858-1937. 1
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
- Moi, Daniel Arap, 1924-2020. 1
- Mulwa, Wellington E. 1
- Nida, Eugene A. (Eugene Albert), 1914-2011. 1
- North Arkansas Gospel Mission. 1
- Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1
- Paul, S. Austin. 1
- Philadelphia Bible Institute. 1
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 1 ∧ less
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