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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

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

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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 310 Oral History Interview with Eugene Grosman

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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 417 Papers of Dick Springer

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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 460 Oral History Interviews with Phyllis E. Taylor

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 468 Oral History Interviews with Elizabeth C. Stough

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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 361 Oral History Interviews with C. René Padilla

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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.

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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 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby

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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 483 Oral History Interview with Francis Sunderaraj

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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

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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

Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Conversion. 19
Evangelistic work. 18
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Christian life. 9
Language in missionary work. 9
Women missionaries. 9
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Christian education. 7
Indigenous church administration 7
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Bible. 6
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Evangelistic work -- United States. 6
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Women -- Religious life. 6
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Communism. 5
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Missions -- Educational work. 5
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Catholic Church. 4
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 12
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Christian and Missionary Alliance. 4
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 3
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 3
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Operation Mobilisation. 3
Princeton Theological Seminary. 3
Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 2
Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 2
India-Ceylon Youth for Christ. 2
OMF International. 2
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 2
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
Singh, Bakht, Brother, 1903-2000. 2
Slavic Gospel Association. 2
Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. 2
World Evangelical Fellowship. 2
Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 2
Adjabeng, Joshua. 1
Africa Inland Church. 1
Africa Inland Mission. 1
Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
All-Russian Evangelical Christian Union 1
American Bible Society. 1
Assemblies of God. 1
Athyal, Saphir P. 1
Barnett, Erik S. 1
Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
Bobby, Albert Edward, 1925- 1
Bobby, Mary Lee, 1928- 1
Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
Carey, William, 1761-1834. 1
Carpenter, George Wayland. 1
Chicago Evangelistic Institute. 1
Christian Council of Ghana. 1
Church Missionary Society. 1
Church of Pentecost (Ghana) 1
Colson, Charles W. 1
Courtney, Ruth K. 1
Courtney, Wayne W. 1
Davis, Ralph T. 1
Deyneka, Anita. 1
Deyneka, Peter, 1898-1987. 1
Deyneka, Peter, 1931-2000. 1
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
Doulos (Ship) 1
Downing, Lee H. 1
DuPage County (Ill.). Jail. 1
Dyrness, Enock. 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
Ekvall, Robert B. (Robert Brainerd), 1898-1983. 1
Emmanuel Methodist Church (Madras, India) 1
Escobar, Samuel E., 1934- 1
Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
Evangelical Church of Iran. 1
Evangelical Covenant Church of America. 1
Evangelical Fellowship of India. 1
Evangelical Missions Information Service. 1
Fraternidad Teologica Latinoamericana. 1
Frost, Henry Weston, 1858- 1
Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. 1
Gaebelein, Frank E. (Frank Ely), 1899-1983. 1
General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists. 1
George, A. K. 1
Ghana Fellowship of Evangelical Students. 1
Gibson, Evelyn. 1
Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 1
Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 1
Goldberg, Eila. 1
Goldberg, Larry D. 1
Good News Jail and Prison Ministry. 1
Gospel Recordings, Inc. 1
Graham, James R. (James Robert), 1898-1982. 1
Graham, Linda. 1
Graham, Warren. 1
Greater Europe Mission. 1
Grosman, Eugene. 1
Guinness, Henry, 1908- 1
Guinness, Mary. 1
Guinness, Os. 1
HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. 1
Hawkes, James Wood. 1
Howard, David M. 1
Humbard, Rex, 1919-2007. 1
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
Indian Evangelical Mission. (Bangalore, India) 1
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 1
Jaarsma, Cornelius Richard, 1897- 1
Jews for Jesus. 1
Jidu shu yuan (T`an-shui chen, Taiwan) 1
Kamaleson, Samuel E. 1
Kane, J. Herbert. 1
Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968. 1
Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 1
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