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Collection 583 Oral History Interviews with Gregory S. Thellman
Collection
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 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 394 Oral History Interview with Ruth W. Adeney
Collection
Identifier: CN 394
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ruth Winifred Temple Adeney (1912-1911) in which she describes her youth; spiritual growth; education at Northwestern Schools; call to missionary work with China Inland Mission; her missionary experience; her husband, David Adeney; her work with with China Inland Mission in rural areas of Henan Province (1934-1941); and her husband's work with university students in Nanking (1946-1948) and Shanghai (1949- 1950). Other topics discussed include the impact of war...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 256 Oral History Interviews with Malcolm and Helen Sawyer
Collection
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
Collection
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 461 Oral History Interviews with John D. Ellison
Collection
Identifier: CN 461
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with John David Ellison (1925-1998) in which he talks about his parents' work as missionaries for the Christian and Missionary Alliance (CMA) in French Indochina (now Vietnam) between 1924 and 1940; his own missionary training at Nyack Institute; his and his wife's work in Thailand among Cambodians from 1950 through 1980; and his work in the United States among Cambodian refugees. Other topics discussed include internment by the Japanese in December 1941; methods of...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen
Collection
Identifier: CN 260
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett
Collection
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 508 Oral History Interviews with Barbara L. Collins
Collection
Identifier: CN 508
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Barbara Lynn (Miner) Collins in which she describes her childhood; family's religious background; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development in college and young professional life; acceptance as a missionary by Africa Inland Mission (AIM); arrival on the mission field in Kenya; work among the Rendile and Kikuyu peoples; raising children on the mission field; development of women's program at Africa Inland Church Missionary College; work among women refugees...
Dates:
Created: 1995
David H. Adeney Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 393
Brief Description
Adeney’s correspondence, writings (articles, books), lecture and presentation manuscripts, subject files (especially files on various China-related topics) he compiled from many sources, notebooks and loose notes, a photo album, photographs and slides, and two oral history interviews. Together these span his career as a missionary in China and Southeast Asia, staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the United States, leader with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students,...
Dates:
Created: 1911-1994
Collection 418 Papers of Hester H. Withey
Collection
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 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 078 Papers of Corrie ten Boom
Collection
Identifier: CN 078
Scope and Contents
Papers of Dutch watchmaker, evangelist, author, and Christian aid worker Corrie ten Boom. The collection includes information on her father Casper ten Boom, her imprisonment in Ravensbrück concentration camp during World War II, her work among refugees after the war, her travels as an evangelist, the work of her two foundations, and the production of the film The Hiding Place. The collection includes audio tapes, correspondence, a film, notebooks, photos, photo albums, and video tapes.
Dates:
Created: 1902-1997; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1983
Collection 182 Papers of J. Herbert and Winnifred Kane
Collection
Identifier: CN 182
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and curriculum material from James Herbert Kane and Winnifred Mary (Shepherd) Kane's missiology courses, and three oral history interviews. Materials document the Kanes' missionary work in China and Dr. Kane's teaching in the U.S. Events described in the interviews cover the time period from 1932 to 1950.
Dates:
Created: 1934-1987
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- Refugees 12
- Children of missionaries. 11
- Evangelistic work. 11
- Missionaries -- Training of. 11
- Missionaries. 11
- Language in missionary work. 10
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 10
- Women 10
- Women -- Religious life. 10
- Women missionaries. 10
- Missions -- China. 9
- Communism -- China. 8
- Communism. 8
- China -- History. 7
- Christian education. 7
- Culture shock. 7
- Evangelistic work -- China. 7
- Bible. 6
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 6
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 6
- Christianity and culture. 6
- Church work with refugees. 6
- Conversion. 6
- Refugees -- China. 6
- Buddhists -- China. 5
- Buddhists. 5
- China -- Social life and customs. 5
- Christian education -- China. 5
- Christian literature. 5
- Education 5
- Family. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Missionaries' spouses. 5
- Missions. 5
- World War, 1939-1945. 5
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 4
- China. 4
- Christian life. 4
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 4
- Church and state. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 4
- Medical care 4
- Medical care -- China. 4
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 4
- Persecution -- China. 4
- Rural missions. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
- Bible colleges 3
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- China -- Description and travel. 3
- China -- Religion. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
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- Christian martyrs. 3
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- Church development, New. 3
- Church growth. 3
- Church work with children. 3
- College students -- Religious life. 3
- College students. 3
- Crime and criminals 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions -- India. 3
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 3
- Missions to Buddhists. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Rural churches -- China. 3
- Rural churches. 3
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 3
- Theology 3
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
- Worship. 3
- Ancestor worship. 2
- Ancestor worship. -- China. 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Buddhism. 2
- Caste -- India. 2
- Caste. 2
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
- China -- History -- 1949- 2
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 2
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
- Church and state -- China. 2
- Church work with refugees -- China. 2
- Church work with refugees -- United States. 2
- Church work with students -- United States. 2
- Church work with students. 2
- College students in missionary work. 2
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. 2
- Crime and criminals -- China. 2
- Education -- Curricula. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- India. 2 ∧ less
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- Dutch; Flemish 1
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- China Inland Mission. 6
- OMF International. 4
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 4
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 4
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
- Crossett, Margaret E. 3
- Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 3
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 3
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 2
- Adeney, Ruth W. 2
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 2
- Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 2
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 2
- Crossett, Vincent. 2
- Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 2
- Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 2
- Elliott, Walter Scott. 2
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 2
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 2
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 2
- Kane, J. Herbert. 2
- McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 2
- Moody Bible Institute. 2
- Nee, Watchman. 2
- Straw, Darien A. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School 2
- Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 2
- Africa Inland Church Missionary College (Eldoret, Kenya) 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- Ambassadors for Christ (Allentown, Pa.) 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- American Leprosy Missions. 1
- Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
- Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
- Anderson, Peter. 1
- Andrew, Brother. 1
- Armitage, Carolyn. 1
- Association of Christians Ministering Among Internationals. 1
- Bacon, Daniel W. 1
- Barrington College. 1
- Billy Graham Center. Institute for Chinese Studies. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Ch'eng, Marcus, 1884-1964. 1
- Chandapilla, P. T. 1
- Chandler, Rosemary Joy. 1
- Chao, Calvin. 1
- Chao, Jonathan. 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- Chicago Evangelistic Institute. 1
- China Graduate School of Theology. 1
- China Inter-Varsity Evangelical Christian Students Fellowship. 1
- Chinese Church Research Center. 1
- Chinese Congress on World Evangelization (1976 : Hong Kong) 1
- Chinese World Mission Centre. 1
- Christian Communications Ltd. (Hong Kong) 1
- Christian Medical Society. 1
- Christian Nurses Fellowship. 1
- Christians, Inc. 1
- Chua, Wee Hian, 1939- 1
- Chung, Derek. 1
- Collins, Barbara Lynn. 1
- Collins, Malcolm. 1
- Contento, Paul A. 1
- Corrie ten Boom Stichting. 1
- Discipleship Training Centre (Singapore) 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- Dowsett, Dick. 1
- Draper, Ben. 1
- Eastgate Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 1
- Ekvall, Robert B. (Robert Brainerd), 1898-1983. 1
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
- Ellison, John D., 1925-1998. 1
- English Language Institute/China. 1
- Evangelical China Office. 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Malaysia) 1
- Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Singapore) 1
- First Asian Student Missionary Convention (1973 : Baguio, Philippines) 1
- Frame, Helen. 1
- Friends of China Fellowship. 1
- Fung, Raymond. 1
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. 1
- Gates, Alan Frederick, 1931- 1
- George, A. K. 1
- Girao, William B. 1
- Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 1
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
- Gration, John Alexander, 1929- 1
- Green, Frank O. 1
- Guinness, Henry, 1908- 1
- Hamilton, Pauline G. 1
- Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011. 1
- Hildebrandt, Dorothy. 1
- Hildebrandt, Jonathan. 1
- Hockman, Robert William, 1906-1935. 1
- Houghton, Stanley, 1881-1913. 1 ∧ less
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