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Collection 219 Oral History Interview with Bertil A. Ogren

 Collection
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 228 Oral History Interview with Lyndon Hess

 Collection
Identifier: CN 228
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Lyndon Roth Hess in which he describes his missionary service in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) between 1932 and 1975 as a teacher of missionary children, assistant to village pastors and other work with the Lunda people. Topics include cultural influences on missionary children, education at Wheaton College, missionary service with Brethren Assemblies in Zambia teaching children of missionaries, the national African church, tribal tensions, Marxism, influence of...
Dates: Created: 1982

Collection 372 Oral History Interview with Judith Adams

 Collection
Identifier: CN 372
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Judith Rachelle Whitthingham Adams about her childhood, her work with Genesis One Christian School, The Mendenhall Ministries, and the educational and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interview is circa 1960-1987.

Judith Adams was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 25 and 26, 1987, at the offices of Mendenhall Ministries in Mendenhall, MS.

Dates: Created: 1987

Collection 647 Oral History Interview with Loren D. Cunningham

 Collection
Identifier: CN 647
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Loren D. Cunningham, in which he describes his early life, family and influence of his mother and evangelist father, the Assemblies of God church and evangelistic mission, role of prayer in their family, other influences on his spiritual life, accounts of growing in his faith and learning to hear God speaking, call to worldwide mission as a young teenager, education, early mission trips, moving beyond Assemblies of God circles, meeting his wife Darlene, dream to...
Dates: Created: 2009

Collection 440 Oral History Interviews with Inge Rydland

 Collection
Identifier: CN 440
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Inge Herman Rydland in which he describes his family's Lutheran evangelistic work in Norway; his own call to become a missionary; his and his wife's departure to Ethiopia as workers of the Swedish Evangelical Mission in 1977; his work in Ethiopia as a teacher and as a community development work. Other topics discussed include:  the work of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Meaken Yesus; church state relations; effect of the Ethiopian political situation on the...
Dates: Created: 1991

Collection 370 Oral History Interview with Melvin R. Anderson

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Identifier: CN 370
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Melvin R. Anderson in which he discusses his work with Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS, particularly as director of Peoples Development Incorporated and its housing ministry to rennovate and make homes available to the economically disadvantaged in Jackson. Other topics discussed include Anderson's family background, education, racial integration of the public school system; boycott of white businesses,  the influence of John and Vera Mae Perkins on...
Dates: Created: 1987

Collection 213 Oral History Interview with Sarah "Sally" Bell

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Identifier: CN 213
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Sally Bell, in which she describes her mission work with radio station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, 1965 to 1976. Other topics discussed include: her conversion during Billy Graham's Toronto crusade in 1955,  preparation for and work on the mission field with radio station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador (in the departments of evangelism, television, and administration), language school in Costa Rica, comparisons between Western and Latin American culture, the role of women in...
Dates: Created: 1982

Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson

 Collection
Identifier: CN 263
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Johanna (Larson) Carlson in which she describes growing up in Ecuador as the child of missionaries, her education at Westmont and Wheaton Colleges, her nursing experience, and her missionary service with her husband at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong. Other topics discussed include: the founding of a HCJB radio station by her father, Reuben Larson, and her involvement in Wheaton College's HNGR Program. Individuals described...
Dates: Created: 1983

Collection 312 Papers of Diane W. Hawkins

 Collection
Identifier: CN 312
Scope and Contents Collection 312 consists of letters, oral history interviews, articles, minutes of meetings, reports and other relating to Diane Hawkins' missionary service in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) as well as the tapes of an oral history interview conducted several years later. Among the topics covered are: TEAM's evangelistic, and educational work in Rhodesia; the lifestyle, music, and beliefs of Shona people; the civil war between white government and the black nationalist guerrillas which raged while...
Dates: Created: 1970-1985

Collection 430 Papers of Tom Skinner

 Collection
Identifier: CN 430
Scope and Contents One oral history interview, articles, newsletters, clippings and other materials, relating to Skinner's life and the ministry of Tom Skinner Associates.[NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "folder 5-2" means box 5, folder 2.]Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Tom Skinner, in which he describes his parents, youth, conversion to Christianity, theological...
Dates: Created: 1966-1990

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 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

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

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 492 Papers of William A. Drury

 Collection
Identifier: CN 492
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews, audio recordings, brochures, photographs, and a video tape relating to the ministry of William A. Drury, evangelist and youth worker with Percy Crawford, Youtharama, and Youth Haven.

Dates: Created: 1962-1996

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

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Evangelistic work. 14
Christianity and culture. 9
Conversion. 9
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 9
Missionaries. 9
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Church and state. 8
Children of missionaries. 7
Racism -- United States. 7
Women 7
Women -- Religious life. 7
Catholic Church. 6
Children. 6
Christian education. 6
Church and social problems. 6
Discrimination. 6
Education 6
Language in missionary work. 6
Medical care 6
Women missionaries. 6
African Americans -- Social conditions. 5
African Americans. 5
Christian life. 5
Church work with children. 5
Communism. 5
Evangelicalism. 5
Evangelistic work -- United States. 5
Indigenous church administration 5
Missionaries -- Training of. 5
Persecution. 5
Race relations. 5
Rural churches. 5
African Americans -- Religious life. 4
Bible. 4
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
Children -- United States 4
Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 4
Evangelicalism -- United States. 4
Family. 4
Interdenominational cooperation. 4
Mass media in missionary work. 4
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
Missions, Medical. 4
Missions. 4
Sex role. 4
Theological seminaries. 4
Tribes. 4
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
African Americans -- Segregation. 3
Alcoholism -- United States 3
Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 3
Animism. 3
Belief and doubt. 3
Boarding schools. 3
Catholic Church -- Missions. 3
Children -- United States -- Religious life. 3
Christian leadership. 3
Church and social problems -- United States. 3
College students in missionary work. 3
Community development. 3
Culture shock. 3
Discrimination -- United States. 3
Economic and social conditions 3
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 3
International relief. 3
Interpersonal conflict. 3
Marriage. 3
Mendenhall (Miss.) 3
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
Missions -- Educational work. 3
Missions -- Finance. 3
Radio in religion. 3
Religious institutions. 3
Social change. 3
Worship. 3
Youth 3
Belgium. 2
Belgium. -- Colonies 2
Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
Bible -- Translating. 2
Catholic Church. -- China. 2
Children -- Religious life. 2
China. 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
Christian literature. 2
Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Church and state -- Ecuador. 2
Church development, New. 2
Church growth. 2
Church work with children -- United States. 2
Church work with women. 2
Church work with youth -- United States. 2
Church work with youth. 2
Civil rights movements 2
Civil rights movements -- United States. 2
College students -- United States 2
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 6
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 4
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 3
Perkins, John, 1930- 3
Assemblies of God. 2
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Evangelical Alliance Mission. 2
HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 2
Jones, Clarence W. 2
Larson, Reuben. 2
Mendenhall Ministries (Mendenhall, Miss.) 2
Operation Mobilisation. 2
Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.) 2
Weary, Dolphus., 1946- 2
Adams, Judith. 1
Africa Evangelical Fellowship. 1
Africa Inland Church. 1
Africa Inland Mission. 1
Aldrich, Willard. 1
Allen, Roland, 1869-1947. 1
American Colonization Society. 1
Anderson, Melvin R., 1955- 1
Armerding, Carl, 1889-1987. 1
Armerding, Hudson T. 1
Armstrong, John H. (John Harper), 1949- 1
Asbury College (Wilmore, Ky.) 1
Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
Bell, Sarah Margaret, 1939- 1
Beougher, Timothy K. (Timothy Ken) 1
Berry, Raymond, 1933- 1
Bible Institute of Los Angeles. 1
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
Blanchard, Jonathan, 1811-1892. 1
Boice, Edward H. 1
Bright, Bill. 1
Bright, Vonette Z. 1
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
Campanella, Roy, 1921-1993. 1
Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
Carpenter, George Wayland. 1
Central Bible School (Springfield, Mo.) 1
China International Famine Relief Commission. 1
Christian Service Brigade. 1
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
Church of England. 1
Church of the Resurrection of Illinois. 1
Coleman, Robert E., 1928- 1
Congo Protestant Council. 1
Cook, Ian H. 1
Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
Coray, Edward A. 1
Cornerstone College and Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary. 1
Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 1
Cunningham, Darlene. 1
Cunningham, David. 1
Cunningham, Jewell Nicholson. 1
Cunningham, Loren. 1
Davis, Ralph T. 1
Dorsett, Lyle W. 1
Dorsett, Mary. 1
Drury, William A. 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. 1
Engel, Kevin W. 1
Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. 1
Evangelical Covenant Church of America. 1
Evangelical Literature Overseas. 1
Evangeliska fosterlands-stiftelsen. 1
Fawcett, John W. 1
Fawcett, Nathanael T. 1
Fletcher, Artis. 1
Fuchida, Mitsuo, 1902-1976. 1
Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940. 1
Genesis One Christian School (Mendenhall, Miss.) 1
George Fox College. 1
Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.) 1
Gospel Recordings, Inc. 1
Griggins, Suzanne. 1
Hale, Clarence B. (Clarence Benjamin), 1905-1992. 1
Hall, John F., 1906-1984. 1
Harlem Evangelistic Association. 1
Hawkins, Diane W. 1
Hess, Lyndon. 1
Hope College. 1
Howard Payne University (Brownwood, Tex.) 1
Hurlburt, Charles E. 1
International Missionary Council. 1
Jesson, Daniel J. 1
Jesus Abbey (South Korea) 1
Jones, Howard O. 1
Judson University. 1
KAIM (Radio station : Honolulu, Hawaii) 1
Kellough, Stephen. 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. 1
Kivengere, Festo. 1
Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 1
LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 1
LeBar, Mary E. (Mary Evelyn), 1910- 1
Leedy, John W. 1
Litfin, A. Duane. 1
Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961. 1
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