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Collection 169 Oral History Interviews with Harold P. Adolph
Collection
Identifier: CN 169
Scope and Contents
Oral History Interview with Harold Paul Adolph, in which he discusses his boyhood in China as the son of missionaries with China Inland Mission, conditions in China, his education at Wheaton College, medical education at the University of Pennsylvania, decision to become a missionary, and his ministry in Ethiopia as a medical missionary in African with Sudan Interior Mission; American missions in Ethiopia; family life on the mission field, and work with the Christian Medical Society. The...
Dates:
Created: 1981
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 327 Oral History Interview with James K. Friedrich
Collection
Identifier: CN 327
Scope and Contents
Oral history with James Kempe Friedrich (1903-1966) by Mr. Kearney (?) in which Friedrich discusses his career as a pastor specializing in production of Christian films to be used in churches, particularly for children. Included is a discussion of his reasons for choice of actors, use of Walt Disney Studios, and effectiveness of a film ministry. The time period covered by the interview is circa 1930 to 1947.James K. Friedrich was interviewed by a Mr. Kearney (?) during the Fourth...
Dates:
Created: 1947
Collection 289 Oral History Interview with G. Paul Groen
Collection
Identifier: CN 289
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Paul Groen in which he describes his education at Wheaton College, missionary work the Christian Reformed Church in Nigeria and the Nigerian church, particularly among the Tiv people, and the country's economy, educational system and political history between 1964 and 1973. Other topics discussed include: Tiv customs and religion, the church among the Tiv and its indigenous leadership and transition of leadership from missionaries, relations with Roman Catholics...
Dates:
Created: 1984
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 363 Papers of Ruth M. Mellis
Collection
Identifier: CN 363
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, prayer letters, clippings, photographs, oral history interviews and audio tapes of missionary conference relating to the missionary career of Ruth M. Mellis. Materials document her work among orphans and students in Greece, the Greek Bible Institute, the Greek language, and Greater Europe Mission; oral history interviews describe her childhood, attendance at Wheaton College, work with Near East Relief in Siros, teaching public schools in the St. Louis area, teaching at the...
Dates:
Created: 1928-1987
Collection 395 Oral History Interview with Rafael Maldonado, Jr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 395
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Rafael Maldonado, Jr. in which describes his childhood; conversion; education and training for ministry at Moody Bible Institute and Calvin Theological Seminary; ministry with Chicago’s Hispanic communities; and role as a pastor at Hope Christian Fellowship to the Puerto Rican community in Chicago. Other topics discussed include: completion of the SCUPE program; apprenticeship for Urban Ministry, the Spirit and Truth Fellowship Church under Manuel Ortiz; church's...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 428 Papers of Helen E. Berry
Collection
Identifier: CN 428
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview and prayer letters relating to the ministry of Helen Elizabeth Berry, missionary with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Taiwan from 1966-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Helen E. Berry in which she describes her youth, family, conversion, call to be a missionary, education at Wheaton College, missionary work with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Taiwan, church...
Dates:
Created: 1990
Collection 396 Oral History Interview with Perry C. Straw
Collection
Identifier: CN 396
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Perry Clark Straw, an executive of the Moody Radio Network. Topics covered include Straw's childhood in the northeastern United States, his parent's work in starting and administering Baptist youth camps, memories of Percy Crawford and Jack Wyrtzen, his education at Southeastern Bible College and Moody Bible Institute, his early work in radio, discussion of Christian youth camps, descriptions of Percy Crawford, Jack Wyrtzen, WMBI, and the Chicago Gospel...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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 270 Oral History Interview with Ray Schulenburg
Collection
Identifier: CN 270
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Roy Harvey Schulenberg (1909-2003) in which he discusses his conversion and involvement in Christian work, his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, the early days of Youth for Christ, evangelistic preaching, and city missions. Other topics discussed include: Rader’s radio ministry, Moody Memorial Church, evangelical figures who worked with or were influenced by Rader (Lance Latham, Richard Oliver, Howard Ferrin, Oswald Smith, Clarence Jones,...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 386 Oral History Interview with Charles H. Dawson
Collection
Identifier: CN 386
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Charles H. Dawson (1916-2000) in which he describes his family background; conversion; involvement in street preaching; jail ministry and other work in the Camden area; involvement in the work of the Afro-American Missionary Crusade; and philosophy of Christian work. Other topics discussed include Dawson's training at the New Jersey Bible School; street preaching; Montrose Waite; Dawson's trips to Africa from the 1960s through the 1980s; training African...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah
Collection
Identifier: CN 302
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with David Livingstone Farah, in which he discusses his upbringing, education at Wheaton College, work as an administrator with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru and Bolivia, and relationships with other religious bodies, national groups and governments. Other topics include the 1950 revival at Wheaton College; Wycliffe jungle training in Mexico; the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the prevalence of syncretism; differences between Peru and Bolivia; description of...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Collection 385 Oral History Interview with Daniel E. Liberek
Collection
Identifier: CN 385
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Daniel Eric Liberek in which he describes growing up in Belgium as the son of a Protestant pastor, his conversion, methods of evangelism in that country, comparison between United States and Belgian evangelicals, his own work as a youth pastor in Belgium, Protestant-Catholic relations, church-state relations, and other faiths in the country. Other topics discussed include Liberek's experiences running a Christian youth camp; and some of the spiritual options in...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 413 Oral History Interview with Matthew Parker
Collection
Identifier: CN 413
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Matthew Parker in which he describes his childhood, family, education, conversion, study at Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music and work/study at Wheaton College, ministry with Campus Crusade in its sports ministry and with Overseas Crusades sports evangelism ministry (Venture for Victory w/ Bud Schaeffer), the 1984 and 1986 National Summits on Black Church Development, the Atlanta '88 Congress on Evangelizing Black America, the Afro-American community, white...
Dates:
Created: 1989
Collection 410 Oral History Interviews with Arthur Rorheim
Collection
Identifier: CN 410
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Arthur Rorheim, executive director of Awana Clubs, International. Topics disussed include his childhood, his parents' Christian example, his conversion, the youth work of the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Paul Rader, Lance Latham, the origins of AWANA, and principles for establishing programs for boys and girls. The time period covered by the interviews is 1918 to 1989.
Arthur Rorheim was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 31 and April 24, 1989.
Dates:
Created: 1989
Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates:
Created: 1950-1986
Collection 367 Papers of John Perkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 367
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview, video tapes, and promotional material, relating to the ministry of John Perkins, author, speaker, and founder and President Emeritus of Voice of Calvary Ministries.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with John PerkinsInterview with John Perkins in which he describes his childhood in rural Mississippi, his conversion, the formation of VOCM, its program and significant events and individuals in its...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1995
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 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
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- Christian education. 21
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- Church and social problems. 12
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 12
- Missionaries. 12
- Evangelicalism. 10
- Family. 10
- Christian leadership. 9
- Indigenous church administration 9
- Children. 8
- Christian life. 8
- Church and social problems -- United States. 8
- Church and state. 8
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 8
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 8
- Missionaries -- Training of. 8
- Women missionaries. 8
- Bible. 7
- Church work with children. 7
- African Americans. 6
- Christianity and culture. 6
- Church development, New. 6
- Education 6
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Children -- United States 5
- Christian education of children. 5
- Christian education, Outdoor. 5
- Church work with youth. 5
- City missions. 5
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 5
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 5
- Missions -- Finance. 5
- Persecution. 5
- Religious institutions. 5
- Sunday schools. 5
- Women 5
- Women -- Religious life. 5
- World War, 1939-1945. 5
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 4
- Animism. 4
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- Chicago (Ill.) -- Religion. 4
- Children -- United States -- Conversion to Christianity. 4
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- Christian education, Outdoor -- United States. 4
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- Family -- United States. 4
- Fund raising. 4
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- Missions, Medical. 4
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- Preaching. 4
- Race relations. 4
- Racism -- United States. 4
- Racism. 4
- Radio in religion. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Tribes. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- Belief and doubt. 3
- Catholic Church. 3
- Children -- Religious life. 3
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 3
- Church work with children -- United States. 3
- Communism. 3
- Discrimination -- United States. 3
- Education -- Curricula. 3
- Education -- United States. 3
- Education, Higher -- United States. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Chicago. 3
- Independent churches. 3
- Mass media in missionary work. 3
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 3
- Medical care 3
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
- Missions -- Educational work. 3
- Missions -- India. 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 3
- Motion pictures in church work -- United States. 3
- Motion pictures in church work. 3
- Muslims. 3
- Pentecostalism. 3
- Radio in religion -- United States. 3
- Sin. 3
- Social change. 3
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 12
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 6
- Moody Bible Institute. 5
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
- Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 3
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 3
- Perkins, John, 1930- 3
- Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 3
- Sudan Interior Mission. 3
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 2
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
- Christian Reformed Church. 2
- Coptic Church. 2
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 2
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 2
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 2
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 2
- Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975. 2
- Howard, David M. 2
- Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 2
- Kantzer, Kenneth S. 2
- Latham, Lance B. 2
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 2
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 2
- Maranatha Bible & Missionary Conference Ground (Muskegon, Mich.) 2
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 2
- Mendenhall Ministries (Mendenhall, Miss.) 2
- Narramore Christian Foundation. 2
- Pierce, Bob, 1914-1978. 2
- Taylor, Herbert John, 1893-1978. 2
- Tenney, Helen J. 2
- Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-1982. 2
- Trotman, Dawson E. 2
- Weary, Dolphus., 1946- 2
- World Vision International. 2
- Adams, Judith. 1
- Adolph, Harold Paul. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- African American Missionary Crusade. 1
- Ahlman Academy (Kabul, Afghanistan) 1
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
- American Council of Christian Churches. 1
- Asia-South Pacific Congress on Evangelism (1968 : Singapore) 1
- Association of Free Evangelical Churches of Belgium. 1
- Athletes in Action (Organization) 1
- Awana Clubs International. 1
- Ayer, William Ward. 1
- Barnhouse, Donald Grey, 1895-1960. 1
- Belgium Crusade (Brussels), 1975. 1
- Berry, Helen E. 1
- Bingham, Rowland V., 1872-1942. 1
- Blaine, Harriet Gertrude. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Blanchard, J. L. (Julia L.) 1
- Blue, Lloyd C. 1
- Blumhagen, Jeanne, 1923- 1
- Bolten, John, 1920- 1
- Booth, F. Carlton. 1
- Brooks, Charles C. 1
- Bryan College. 1
- Buckley, R. A. 1
- Cairns, Earle Edwin, 1910- 1
- Calvin Theological Seminary. 1
- Camp-of-the-Woods. 1
- Campus Crusade for Christ. 1
- Cathedral Films. 1
- Center for Black Church Development (Detroit, Mich.) 1
- Central American Mission. 1
- Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003. 1
- Chicago Gospel Mission. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- Christian Medical Society. 1
- Christian Nationals Evangelism Commission, Inc. 1
- Clark, Dennis E. 1
- Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- Criswell, W. A. (Wallie A.), 1909-2002. 1
- Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 1
- Davidson, Flora Marion, 1879- 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Dawson, Charles H.,, 1916- 1
- Dorsett, Lyle W. 1
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. 1
- Elliot, Elisabeth. 1
- Emery, Allan C. 1
- Erickson, Clarence H. 1
- European Christian Mission. 1
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangelical Fellowship of India. 1
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
- Evangelical Teacher Training Association. 1
- Evans, Elizabeth, 1899-1989. 1
- Farah, David L. 1
- Fellowship of Faith for Muslims. 1
- Ferrin, Howard W. 1
- Fleming, Peter, 1928-1956. 1
- Fletcher, Artis. 1
- Friedrich, James K. 1
- Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 1 ∧ less
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