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Donn G. Ziebell Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN-637
Brief Description
Oral history interviews, correspondence, reports, e-mails, memos, budgets, strategic plans, audio and video recordings, and photographs relating to activities of Ziebell, a retired American businessman, as a senior executive at Slavic Gospel Association and other ministries. The material in the collection documents the work of SGA in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and other countries; the reorganization of SGA in the late 1980s and early 1990s; Christianity in Russia during the same time...
Dates:
1981-2008
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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Donn G. Ziebell Papers
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 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 417 Papers of Dick Springer
Collection
Identifier: CN 417
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview and one prayer letter relating to the ministry of Charles Oliver “Dick” Springer, missionary with Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Japan from 1937-1996.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Dick Springer in which he describes his family and their missionary interest and involvement, conversion, education (at Whitman College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Moody Bible Institute), his involvement...
Dates:
Created: 1937-1989
Collection 310 Oral History Interview with Eugene Grosman
Collection
Identifier: CN 310
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Eugene Grosman in which he discusses his early life in the Soviet Union, his conversion to Christianity, his emigration from the Soviet Union, his studies at Moody Bible Institute, and his work with Slavic Gospel Association. The time period covered by the interviews is 1945-1985.Eugene Grosman was interviewed by Robert Shuster at the Billy Graham Center Archives on September 4 and 18. The collection as recorded consisted of three audio tapes. However,...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Collection 193 Records of the Washington Street Mission
Collection
Identifier: CN 193
Scope and Contents
Sermon notes, minutes, financial records, reports, oral history transcript, clippings, estate descriptions, tracts on various cults and heresies, and photographs documenting the history of the Washington Street Mission in Springfield, Illinois between 1914 and 1982.Records describe tan urban mission and the effectiveness of their programs, administration, and financial activities, and a historical view of its origins in an oral history interview with Mary Brown Miller. Sermon...
Dates:
Created: 1916-1982
Collection 460 Oral History Interviews with Phyllis E. Taylor
Collection
Identifier: CN 460
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Phyllis Evelyn Taylor in which she discusses her childhood and conversion to Christianity; education at Wheaton College; her experiences as a Christian and Missionary Alliance teacher and evangelist among the Bantu people in the Belgian Congo from 1952-1966; her work in Taiwan from 1968 as an independent missionary; and teaching English as a means of evangelism. Other topics discussed include attending Nyack Missionary Training Institute; memories of the 1950...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Collection 337 Papers of Roger H. Malstead
Collection
Identifier: CN 337
Scope and Contents
Two oral history interviews and prayer letters, relating to Roger Malstead’s ministry with Operation Mobilization.Audio TapesTwo oral history interviews with Roger Malstead in which he describes his youth, education at Wheaton College, work with Operation Mobilization (OM) in the former Soviet Union, Turkey, Lebanon, the United States, at OM headquarters in England, and with the OM ship DOULOS; Other topics described are the director of OM,...
Dates:
Created: 1961-1993; Majority of material found within 1986-1993
Collection 346 Oral History Interview with Joshua Adjabeng
Collection
Identifier: CN 346
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Joshua Adjabeng in which he discusses his childhood in Ghana, family, conversion to Christianity, education at Wheaton College; the Church of the Pentecost, evangelistic work among university students, Christian literature in Ghana. Other topics discussed include the condition of the church in Ghana, African Pentecostalism, and a comparison of the Christian church and Ghana and the United States. The time period covered by the interview is 1950-1986....
Dates:
Created: 1986
Collection 543 Oral History Interviews with Larry Goldberg
Collection
Identifier: CN 543
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Larry Goldberg, in which he decribes his childhood and youth in a traditional Jewish family, conversion, spiritual growth, education, evangelism among Chicago Jews, joining Operation Mobilization, evangelism in Israel and attempts to expel him from the country, evangelistic outreach in Austria, inter-personal conflict, Jewish perceptions and reactions to evangelism, evangelism methods, charismatic issues, divisive missionary couple, the church in Israel, Jews for...
Dates:
Created: 1997
Collection 380 Oral History Interview with James Neece
Collection
Identifier: CN 380
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with James Halloway Neece in which he describes his conversion to Christianity, education at Multnomah School of the Bible and Wheaton College, his work as a prison chaplain at the DuPage County Jail. Other topics discussed include the spiritual needs of prisoners, the AIDS crisis, Charles Colson and Prison Fellowship, and the work of the Good News Mission. The time period covered by the interviews is 1941-1987.James Neece was interviewed by Paul Ericksen...
Dates:
Created: 1987
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 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 201 Oral History Interview with Russell P. Shedd
Collection
Identifier: CN 201
Scope and Contents
Three oral history interviews with Russell Philip Shedd, in which he describes his upbringing by missionary parents in Bolivia; education at Wheaton College, Faith Seminary (PA), and the University of Edinburgh; Billy Graham's evangelistic meetings at Harringay and Edinburgh in 1954/55; evangelism opportunities in Scotland, 1953-55; and work with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Portugal, 1959-62, and Brazil, 1962-82. The time period covered by the interviews is 1929 to...
Dates:
Created: 1982
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
Collection 361 Oral History Interviews with C. René Padilla
Collection
Identifier: CN 361
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with René Padilla, in which he discusses his childhood, family, evangelism in Colombia and Ecuador, persecution by Catholics in Colombia, his education at Wheaton College, work among university students with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in Latin America, evangelical theological education and liberation theology, the 1974 Lausanne Congress and covenant, the ministry of his church in Buenos Aires among drug addicts and slum dwellers, and the...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 262 Oral History Interview with Raymond Buker Jr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 262
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Raymond Bates Buker in which he describes growing up in Burma as the child of missionaries, his education at Wheaton College, his decision to become a missionary under the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society, language study; evangelization, church planting, translation, medical missions and education activities in Pakistan, working with Muslims and the Sindhi, Bhils, and Marwari tribal people, 1954-1969. Other topics discussed include: the culture,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 473 Oral History Interview with Clayton L. Berg, Jr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 473
Scope and Contents
Oral historyinterviews with Clayton L. Berg, known as "Mike," former missionary, educator and president of Latin America Mission. Topics discussed include Berg's youth, family, conversion, education (including Wheaton Grad School), youth pastorate at Western Springs church, marriage and family, language training at Spanish Language Institute, Hogar Biblico, teaching and administration at the Latin America Biblical Seminary iin Costa Rica, administration of LAM's Education Division, training...
Dates:
Created: 1993
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
Collection 387 Papers of William M. Miller
Collection
Identifier: CN 387
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and transcripts with William M. Miller in which he describes his education at Princeton, Christian faith, and work as a Presbyterian missionary to Iran from 1919 to 1962. Besides descriptions of his evangelistic, pastoral, and educational work, he also describes many aspects of Iranian and Islamic society. Most of the transcripts are of interviews done for the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Dates:
Created: 1979-1988
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 300
Brief Description
Administrative records of IVCF spanning the time period from its founding in 1940 until 1991; includes materials created prior to the establishment of IVCF. Includes records of the presidents (Woods, Hummel, Troutman, McLeish, Alexander, McLeish), Paul Little, Campus chapters, Regional divisions and directors, Missions department, Urbana Missions Conventions, Nurses Christian Fellowship, Development department, Jim Nyquist, Strategic Planning, Finance, and manuscript material for the 1991...
Dates:
1928-2017
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 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 603 Papers of Wayne W. and Ruth K. Courtney
Collection
Identifier: CN 603
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, oral history interviews, and photographs which document the Courtneys' courtship and marriage, Ruth Courtney's ministry in China as a single missionary with China Inland Mission, their brief work together in China after their marriage (1949-1951), and later work for the mission in the Philippines and in the United States.
Dates:
Created: 1940-2006
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 529 Papers of Donald E. White
Collection
Identifier: CN 529
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview and one folder containing reports, correspondence, and newsletters. Materials describe White’s family background, conversion, education at Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College, marriage, activities as an Army chaplain's assistant in Germany, and missionary work in Austria for Greater Europe Mission.Donald E. White was interviewed by Robert Shuster on January 29, 1996, at the Archives of the Billy Graham Center. The events described in the interview...
Dates:
Created: 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
Collection 218 Records of the Evangelical Missions Information Service
Collection
Identifier: CN 218
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, press releases, minutes, financial statements, reports, and photographs documenting the activities of the Evangelical Mission Information Service (EMIS), the publications arm of both the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association and the Interdenominational Foreign Missions Association. Activities documented include the publication of several mission periodicals, including Evangelical Missions Quarterly and Missionary News Service; organization of missionary conferences and...
Dates:
Created: 1964-1981
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- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 28
- Christian literature. 27
- Evangelistic work. 25
- Missionaries. 22
- Conversion. 19
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 19
- Church and state. 16
- Missionaries -- Training of. 15
- Language in missionary work. 14
- Children of missionaries. 13
- Christian education. 13
- Indigenous church administration 12
- Women missionaries. 12
- Christian life. 11
- Christianity and culture. 11
- Bible. 10
- Pentecostalism. 10
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 9
- Christian leadership. 8
- Communism. 8
- Missions -- Educational work. 8
- Missions. 8
- Women 8
- Women -- Religious life. 8
- Animism. 7
- Catholic Church. 7
- Church and social problems. 7
- Church development, New. 7
- Evangelicalism. 7
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 7
- Worship. 7
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 6
- Church work with students. 6
- Communism -- China. 6
- Family. 6
- Fund raising. 6
- Medical care 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Missionaries' spouses. 6
- Missions -- China. 6
- Radio in missionary work. 6
- Religious institutions. 6
- Tribes. 6
- Culture shock. 5
- Education 5
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 5
- Intercultural communication. 5
- Interpersonal conflict. 5
- Mass media in missionary work. 5
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 5
- Missions -- Finance. 5
- Persecution. 5
- Baptism. 4
- Belgium. 4
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 4
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 4
- Bible -- Translating. 4
- Caste. 4
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 4
- China -- History. 4
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 4
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 4
- Journalism, Religious. 4
- Lay missionaries. 4
- Liberation theology. 4
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 4
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 4
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 4
- Missions -- India. 4
- Missions -- Taiwan. 4
- Muslims. 4
- Occultism 4
- Refugees 4
- Rural missions. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Social change. 4
- Theological seminaries. 4
- Theology 4
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Belgium. -- Colonies 3
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 3
- Buddhists -- China. 3
- Buddhists. 3
- Caste -- India. 3
- Children. 3
- China -- Description and travel. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China -- Social life and customs. 3
- China. 3
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- United States. 3
- Church and social problems -- United States. 3
- Church and state -- Soviet Union. 3
- Church growth. 3
- College students in missionary work. 3 ∧ less
- Names
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 17
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 6
- Moody Bible Institute. 6
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 4
- OMF International. 4
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 3
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 3
- Howard, David M. 3
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 3
- Operation Mobilisation. 3
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 3
- Africa Inland Church. 2
- Africa Inland Mission. 2
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 2
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 2
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
- Catholic Church. 2
- China Inland Mission. 2
- Crossett, Margaret E. 2
- Crossett, Vincent. 2
- Davis, Ralph T. 2
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 2
- Escobar, Samuel E., 1934- 2
- Evangelical Missions Information Service. 2
- Gospel Recordings, Inc. 2
- Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 2
- India-Ceylon Youth for Christ. 2
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 2
- Kane, J. Herbert. 2
- Latin America Mission. 2
- Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961. 2
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 2
- Padilla, C. René. 2
- Paul, S. Austin. 2
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 2
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
- Reapsome, James W. 2
- Singh, Bakht, Brother, 1903-2000. 2
- Slavic Gospel Association. 2
- Stough, Paul. 2
- Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. 2
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 2
- Troutman, Charles Henry, Jr. 2
- Van Dusen, George C. 2
- Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 2
- World Council of Churches. 2
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 2
- Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 2
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 1
- Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
- Adjabeng, Joshua. 1
- Alexander, John W. (John Wesley), 1918-2002. 1
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
- All-Russian Evangelical Christian Union 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- American Colonization Society. 1
- Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
- Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
- Athyal, Saphir P. 1
- Barnett, Erik S. 1
- Bayly, Joseph. 1
- Beckwith, Paul, 1905-1975. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Bentley, Ruth Lewis. 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Berg, Jo Ann. 1
- Berney, James E., 1937- 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Blanchard, Jonathan, 1811-1892. 1
- Bobby, Albert Edward, 1925- 1
- Bobby, Mary Lee, 1928- 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
- Boyd, Barbara, 1924?-2018. 1
- Brown, Robert Thomas. 1
- Bryant, David, 1945- 1
- Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
- Butt, Howard E., Jr. (Howard Edward), 1927-2016. 1
- Campus Crusade for Christ. 1
- Carey, William, 1761-1834. 1
- Carpenter, George Wayland. 1
- Chicago Evangelistic Institute. 1
- Christ for the City. 1
- Christian Council of Ghana. 1
- Church Missionary Society. 1
- Church of Pentecost (Ghana) 1
- Clarkson, E. Margaret (Edith Margaret), 1915-2008. 1
- Colson, Charles W. 1
- Committee to Assist Missionary Education Overseas. 1
- Comunidad Latinoamericano de Ministerios Evangelicos. 1
- Congo Protestant Council. 1
- Costas, Orlando E. 1
- Courtney, Ruth K. 1
- Courtney, Wayne W. 1
- Deyneka, Anita. 1
- Deyneka, Peter, 1898-1987. 1
- Deyneka, Peter, 1931-2000. 1
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
- Doll, Linda, 1935- 1
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