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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 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 286 Oral History Interview with Marilyn J. Suttie
Collection
Identifier: CN 286
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Marilyn Joy Suttie in which she describes her work as a missionary in Cameroon with the United Presbyterian Ecumenical Mission. Topics discussed include: Suttie's childhood in China, education at Wheaton College, and short-term missionary work, mainly teaching missionary children in Cameroon. Also includes information on the Cameroon church, polygamy, Muslims in Cameroon, and medical care, and other political, social, and religious issues in Africa. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 075 Oral History Interviews with Elizabeth Warner
Collection
Identifier: CN 075
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Elizabeth Howard Warner (1912-2000) in which she describes her childhood in the Canton Province of China as a daughter of missionaries, Canton Christian College where her father worked, studies and personalities at Wheaton College, her mission work among girls with Door of Hope Mission in Canton and Hong Kong, Chinese education, economic and social conditions, religion (particularly Buddhism), politics and government, the impact of China's war with Japan, and...
Dates:
Created: 1978
Collection 282 Oral History Interview with Bonnie Jo Adolph
Collection
Identifier: CN 282
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Bonnie Jo Adelsman Adolph in which she discussses her missionary service in Ethiopia with Sudan Interior Mission from 1966-1974. Topics discussed include Adolph's education at Wheaton College, decision to become a missionary, living in Taiwan during her husband's military service, reasons for choosing Sudan Interior Mission, her husband's medical work in Ethiopia, observations about Sudanese culture, the church in Sudan, and the Adolphs short term mission service...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 465 Oral History Interview with Merry E. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 465
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Merry Dalton Long (1925-2010) in which she describes her childhood; education at Wheaton College; marriage; missionary work in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and Brazil; the 1960 Congo Rebellion; raising and educating children on the mission field. Other topics discussed include: Long’s medical training as a nurse during WWII; impressions of Africa; medical care available on the mission field; observations about Congolese animism; missionary...
Dates:
Created: 1986
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 397 Papers of Consuella York
Collection
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 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 213 Oral History Interview with Sarah "Sally" Bell
Collection
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 316 Oral History Interview with Deborah J. Seymour
Collection
Identifier: CN 316
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Deborah J. Seymour in which she describes her childhood as a child of missionaries in Papua New Guinea and working as an English teacher in Honduras with World Gospel Mission and Churches of Christ in Christian Union from 1983 to 1985. Topics discussed include her parents' missionary work; her childhood as a missionary kid; New Guinea tribal culture; conversion to Christianity and spiritual life; call to the mission field; observations about Honduras,...
Dates:
Created: 1985-1986
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 205 Oral History Interviews with Robert D. Carlson
Collection
Identifier: CN 205
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Robert Dean Carlson in which he discusses his childhood in China and Tibet, the condition of the Christian church in those countries, social and religious customs, and the Chinese language. The time period covered by the interviews is 1928 to 1982.
Robert Carlson was interviewed by Robert Shuster on February 27 and April 17, 1982.
Dates:
Created: 1982
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
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
Found in:
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Helen Renich Papers.
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 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 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
Collection 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon
Collection
Identifier: CN 335
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and paper records relating to Ralph Shannon’s life and ministry as a medical missionary in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo).Audio Tapes Four oral history interviews with Ralph Shannon, recorded on eight reels of audio tape. Topics covered include Shannon's childhood in Belgian Congo (Zaire) with his missionary parents, Wheaton College undergraduate and graduate education, service in Zaire as a medical...
Dates:
Created: 1986-1990
Collection 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans
Collection
Identifier: CN 279
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Morrell Evans (1899-1976) in which she discusses her childhood; education at Wheaton College; work with J. Elwin Wright; her Christian education activities; the development of the New England Fellowship, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship; and her work as a missionary in Taiwan. The time period covered by the interviews is 1899-1976.Elizabeth Evans was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 8,...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1985
Collection 177 Papers of Zoe Anne Alford
Collection
Identifier: CN 177
Scope and Contents
This collection contains curriculum materials and lecture notes, manuscripts of messages, correspondence, prayer letters, financial records, clippings, maps, promotional materials, minutes, photographs, newsletters, oral history interview, documenting Zoe Anne Alford's work in India and among Navajo Indians in New Mexico. The collection provides a broad overview of her education, preparation and missionary career, extending from her grammar school education into her retirement. It provides...
Dates:
Created: 1925-1983
Collection 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer
Collection
Identifier: CN 328
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, speech manuscripts and prayer letters relating to the careers and ministries of Eric and Lydia Maillefer as missionaries and Christian workers with the Evangelical Free Church in Zaire, Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar (AEAM), and the Africa Evangelical Office (AEO). Lydia worked as a teacher and school administrator; Eric worked first as a teacher, then on loan as a conference coordinator to the Africa Evangelical Office, and later as administrative secretary...
Dates:
Created: 1971-1991
Collection 278: Elisabeth Elliot Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 278
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, slides, clippings, publicity releases, reviews, manuscripts, films, video and audio tapes relating to Elisabeth Elliot's careers as a missionary in Ecuador, author, teacher and speaker. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to the so-called "Auca Incident" and Elliot's own work the Waorani, whose enemies called them the "Auca," as well as her lectures on the Biblical view of the roles of men and women, dealing with suffering, and personal holiness, among...
Dates:
Created: 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-2010
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- Women missionaries. 20
- Conversion. 17
- Christianity and culture. 16
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- World War, 1939-1945. 7
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- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
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- Pentecostalism. 4
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- Racism. 4
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- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Bible -- Translating. 3
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 3
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
- China -- Religion. 3
- Chinese -- Missions. 3
- Chinese. 3
- Christian education -- China. 3
- Christian education -- United States. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Church growth. 3
- Church schools 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 3
- Demoniac possession 3
- Economic and social conditions 3
- Education, Higher 3
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Interpersonal conflict. 3
- Lay missionaries. 3
- Lord's Supper. 3
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 17
- Moody Bible Institute. 7
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 6
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 5
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 4
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 3
- OMF International. 3
- Sudan Interior Mission. 3
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 2
- Davis, Ralph T. 2
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 2
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 2
- Gospel Recordings, Inc. 2
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 2
- Jones, Clarence W. 2
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 2
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 2
- Straw, Darien A. 2
- Tenney, Helen J. 2
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 2
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 2
- Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
- Adolph, Bonnie. 1
- Adolph, Harold Paul. 1
- Advent Christian Church. 1
- Africa Evangelical Office (Nairobi, Kenya) 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- American Council of Christian Churches. 1
- Anderson, Ann Kiemel. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 1
- Ayer, William Ward. 1
- Barnett, Erik S. 1
- Bell, B. Clayton. 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Bell, Sarah Margaret, 1939- 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Bingham, Rowland V., 1872-1942. 1
- Blaine, Harriet Gertrude. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Blanchard, J. L. (Julia L.) 1
- Blocher, Jacques A. 1
- Bobby, Albert Edward, 1925- 1
- Bobby, Mary Lee, 1928- 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
- Bolten, John, 1920- 1
- Booth, F. Carlton. 1
- Brooks, Charles C. 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Bürki, Hans Ferdinand, 1925- 1
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. 1
- Canadian Sunday School Mission. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
- Carmichael, Amy, 1867-1951. 1
- Carpenter, George Wayland. 1
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003. 1
- Chicago Baptist Institute. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- Christian Service Brigade. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Christianity Today International. 1
- Churches of Christ in Christian Union. 1
- Clapper, Margaret L. 1
- Cook County (Ill.). Department of Corrections. 1
- Cook, Ian H. 1
- Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
- Crossett, Margaret E. 1
- Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 1
- Dayuma (Auca Indian) 1
- Dohnavur Fellowship. 1
- Door of Hope Mission. 1
- Downing, Kenneth L., 1908-1989. 1
- Downing, Lee H. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
- Egilse de J'esus-Christ sur la terre par le proph'ete Simon Kimbangu (Democratic Republic of Congo) 1
- Eglise du Christ au Zaire. 1
- Elliot, Elisabeth. 1
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
- Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 1
- Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 1
- Elliott, Walter Scott. 1
- Emery, Allan C. 1
- Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. 1
- Evangelical Covenant Church of America. 1
- Evangelical Fellowship of India. 1
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
- Evangelical Teacher Training Association. 1
- Evangeliska fosterlands-stiftelsen. 1
- Evans, Elizabeth, 1899-1989. 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
- Fleming, Peter, 1928-1956. 1
- Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1
- Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. 1 ∧ less
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