Search collections in Evangelism & Missions Archives where
- keyword(s): Oral History
Showing Results: 1 - 15 of 15
Collection 530 Oral History Interview with Ruby B. Maynard
Collection
Identifier: CN 530
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruby Beatrice (Arnold) Maynard (1912-1998), medical missionary in Tanzania from 1938-1984 with Africa Inland Mission. Topics discussed include Maynard's childhood; conversion; education at Moody Bible Institute; managing the hospital and leprosarium in Tanzania; the development of the African Inland Church in Tanzania; Dr. Nina Maynard's work at the Kolo Ndoto hospital; Ruby Maynard's marriage to station supervisor, William Maynard; challenges of missionary life;...
Dates:
Created: 1996
Collection 487 Oral History Interview with Kathryn M. Feldi
Collection
Identifier: CN 487
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Kathryn Marie Hess Feldi (1912-2015) in which she describes her parents, who were Africa Inland Mission workers in Tanzania; mother's conversion at a Billy Sunday campaign; her own attendance at Wheaton College; memories of Billy Graham as a college student; the Wheaton revival of 1943; favorite professors; and the effect of World War II on the Wheaton campus. The time period covered by the interviews is 1922 to 1993.Kathryn Marie Hess Feldi was...
Dates:
Created: 1993
Collection 524 Oral History Interviews with Leonard H. F. Sumule
Collection
Identifier: CN 524
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Leonard Hendrik F. Sumule in which he describes his family, childhood in Indonesia, conversion and spiritual development, being a Christian in a predominantly Muslim nation, his experience at Wheaton College's Honey Rock Camp, comparison of Honey Rock with Christian camps in Indonesia, the 1995 revival at Wheaton College, his goals for ministry in Indonesia, involvement in youth ministry, camping and Christian education in the country, and education and church...
Dates:
Created: 1996
Collection 450 Oral History Interviews with Vasile Bunta
Collection
Identifier: CN 450
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Vasile Bunta in which he decsribes his family background, the Baptist church in Romania, relations between church and state, his conversion and education, Billy Graham's visit to the country in 1985, the Christian revival of the 1970s in Romania, the effect of the 1989 revolution on the church, evangelistic work among the Romani people, and the current state of the Church. The time period covered by the interviews is 1960 to 1991.Vasile Bunta was...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely
Collection
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 104 Oral History Interview with Bruce F. Hunt
Collection
Identifier: CN 104
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews in which Bruce Finley Hunt (1903-1992) discusses his boyhood in Korea, college and seminary education at Wheaton College, Rutgers University and Princeton Seminary; a portion (1928-1942) of his missionary work in Korea and Manchuria; and his impressions of Korean culture. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1903-1976.Bruce Finley Hunt was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 22 and May 21, 1980 and October 16, 2002 in Abington, PA and...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
Collection 493 Oral History Interviews with Stella Kasirye
Collection
Identifier: CN 493
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Stella Kasirye in which she describes her childhood in Uganda; her conversion to Christian faith while at school; her involvement in programs to reach street children; her efforts to develop programs of AIDS education and care among college students and the country at large, and observations on the church in Uganda and missionary efforts there. The time period covered by the interviews is 1965 to 1993.Stella Kasirye was interviewed by Robert Shuster...
Dates:
Created: 1993
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 325 Oral History Interview with Donald W. Berry
Collection
Identifier: CN 325
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview in which Berry discusses his conversion, education at Wheaton College, and his work as a pilot and administrator for Mission Aviation Fellowship in Honduras and Southeast Asia. Other topics discussed include. Berry’s service in the Army during World War II, his views on pacifism, the origins of Mission Aviation Fellowship, challenges of MAF, and the effect of life on the mission field on Berry’s family.Donald Berry was interviewed by Robert Shuster on...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Collection 247 Oral History Interview with Louis E. Knowlton
Collection
Identifier: CN 247
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Louis E. Knowlton in which he discusses his career in evangelistic work and radio technology in Brazil for the Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. Topics discussed include Knowlton's early life, education, service as an Army chaplain's assistant, decision to go into technological ministry, work at WMBI and in Brazil, efforts as a street evangelist and beginnings of music studio, Brazilian churches, church-state relations, ethnic groups and cults, the use of...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Collection 483 Oral History Interview with Francis Sunderaraj
Collection
Identifier: CN 483
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Francis Sunderaraj in which he describes committing his life to Christ as a teenager in India; the development of his faith; the institutions and leadership of Evangelical Protestantism in India; Methodist churches in India and Malaysia; Sunderaraj's education at the Union Biblical Seminary in Yeotmal, India, Princeton Seminary, and Wheaton College; the development of the Evangelical Fellowship of India. The time period covered by the interviews is ca....
Dates:
Created: 1993
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
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:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
/
Helen Renich Papers.
Collection 248 Papers of William J. Barnett
Collection
Identifier: CN 248
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and booklet of short stories and photographs created by William John Barnett, relating to his upbringing in Kenya as the son of missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) and his own later medical missionary service in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Comoro Islands from 1950-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interviews with William John Barnett in which he describes his childhood in Kenya with his missionary parents;...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1997
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
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Conversion. 13
- Evangelistic work. 13
- Missionaries. 10
- Children of missionaries. 9
- Christianity and culture. 9
- Church and state. 8
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
- College students. 7
- Missionaries -- Training of. 7
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 6
- Women missionaries. 6
- Christian life. 5
- Church and social problems. 5
- Indigenous church administration 5
- Medical care 5
- Missions. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- Boarding schools. 4
- Christian education. 4
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 4
- Culture shock. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Family. 4
- Missions -- Finance. 4
- Missions, Medical. 4
- Pentecostalism. 4
- Prayer. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Worship. 4
- Bible colleges 3
- Caste -- India. 3
- Caste. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- Children. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Church growth. 3
- College students -- United States 3
- College students in missionary work. 3
- Education 3
- Evangelistic work -- India. 3
- Great Britain 3
- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Leprosy. 3
- Liberalism (Religion) 3
- Missions -- India. 3
- Missions -- Tanzania. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Revivals -- United States. 3
- Street preaching. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 3
- Youth 3
- AIDS (Disease) 2
- Animism. 2
- Baptism. 2
- Baptists. 2
- Bible colleges. 2
- Boarding schools -- Korea. 2
- Buddhists. 2
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Church and state -- India. 2
- Church schools 2
- Church work with children. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- Communism. 2
- Confession. 2
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
- Evangelistic work -- China. 2
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Great Britain -- Colonies. 2
- Hinduism 2
- Hinduism -- India. 2
- India -- Description and travel. 2
- India -- Social life and customs. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- India. 2
- Intercultural communication. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Liberation theology. 2
- Medical care -- China. 2
- Medical care -- India. 2
- Missions -- China. 2
- Missions -- Educational work. 2
- Missions to Buddhists. 2
- Missions to leprosy patients 2
- Nursing. 2
- Persecution -- China. 2
- Prayer groups -- United States. 2
- Prayer groups. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2 ∧ less
- Names
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 12
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 7
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 5
- Moody Bible Institute. 4
- Africa Inland Church. 2
- Africa Inland Mission. 2
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
- Dorsett, Lyle W. 2
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 2
- Singh, Bakht, Brother, 1903-2000. 2
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
- American Leprosy Missions. 1
- Amin, Idi, 1925-2003. 1
- Armerding, Carl, 1889-1987. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Armstrong, John H. (John Harper), 1949- 1
- Asbury College (Wilmore, Ky.) 1
- Athyal, Saphir P. 1
- Barnett, Albert E. 1
- Barnett, Elma. 1
- Barnett, William John. 1
- Beougher, Timothy K. (Timothy Ken) 1
- Berry, Donald W. 1
- Biserica Ortodoxă Română. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Bole, Simeon James, 1875- 1
- Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. 1
- Bright, Bill. 1
- Bright, Vonette Z. 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Bunta, Vasile. 1
- Carey, William, 1761-1834. 1
- Ceausescu, Nicolae. 1
- Central American Mission. 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- Chicago Evangelistic Institute. 1
- Christian Nurses Fellowship. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Church Missionary Society. 1
- Church of the Resurrection of Illinois. 1
- Church, Donald Lee, 1934-2020. 1
- Coleman, Robert E., 1928- 1
- Cornerstone College and Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary. 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Dorsett, Mary. 1
- Dyrness, Enock. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
- Emmanuel Methodist Church (Madras, India) 1
- Engel, Kevin W. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangelical Fellowship of India. 1
- Fawcett, John W. 1
- Fawcett, Nathanael T. 1
- Feldi, Kathryn M. 1
- Fellowship of Christian Unions (Uganda) 1
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. 1
- George Fox College. 1
- George, A. K. 1
- Gereja Kemah Injil Indonesia. 1
- Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.) 1
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
- Green, Frank O. 1
- Grigolia, Alexander, 1896-1979. 1
- Hale, Clarence B. (Clarence Benjamin), 1905-1992. 1
- Hatcher, Elias. 1
- Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 1
- Hope College. 1
- Horner, George R. 1
- Houghton College. 1
- Howard Payne University (Brownwood, Tex.) 1
- Howard, David M. 1
- Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 1
- Hunt, William Brewster. 1
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 1
- Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
- India-Ceylon Youth for Christ. 1
- Indian Evangelical Mission. (Bangalore, India) 1
- Jacoby, Walter S. 1
- Jaffray Theological Seminary (Indonesia) 1
- Judson University. 1
- Kamaleson, Samuel E. 1
- Kasirye, Stella. 1
- Kellough, Stephen. 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- Kisall, Walter. 1
- Kivengere, Festo. 1
- Kline, Jean R. 1
- Knowlton, Louis E. 1
- LeTourneau, R. G. (Robert Gilmour), 1888-1969. 1
- League of Evangelical Students. 1
- Litfin, A. Duane. 1
- Luckman, Cyril E. 1
- Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. 1
- MAP International (Organization) 1
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
- Marshall, Catherine, 1914-1983. 1
- Mayers, Marvin K. (Marvin Keene), 1927-2015. 1
- Maynard, Nina. 1
- Maynard, Ruby. 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more