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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 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett

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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 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett

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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

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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 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 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 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 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

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Children of missionaries. 7
Evangelistic work. 7
Women missionaries. 7
Christianity and culture. 6
Language in missionary work. 6
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Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
Christian education. 5
Church and state. 5
Conversion. 5
Indigenous church administration 5
Worship. 5
Communism -- China. 4
Communism. 4
Family. 4
Medical care 4
Missionaries' spouses. 4
Missionaries, Resignation of. 4
Missions -- China. 4
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
Missions. 4
Pentecostalism. 4
Refugees 4
Tribes. 4
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 4
Animism. 3
Bible. 3
Buddhists -- China. 3
Buddhists. 3
Catholic Church. 3
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
China -- History. 3
China -- Social life and customs. 3
China. 3
Church development, New. 3
Culture shock. 3
Idols and images. 3
Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 3
Missions -- Educational work. 3
Radio in missionary work. 3
Rural missions. 3
Sex role. 3
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
Children. 2
China -- Description and travel. 2
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
Christian education -- China. 2
Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
Christian leadership. 2
Christian life. 2
Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Church work with women. 2
Crime and criminals 2
Crime and criminals -- China. 2
Education 2
Ethnomusicology. 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- China. 2
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Evangelistic work -- Tibet (China) 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Exorcism. 2
Fund raising. 2
Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
Intercultural communication. 2
Interpersonal conflict. 2
Medical care -- China. 2
Mission music. 2
Missions -- Finance. 2
Missions -- Taiwan. 2
Missions -- Tibet. 2
Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
Missions to Buddhists. 2
Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 2
Occultism 2
Persecution. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Refugees -- China. 2
Religious institutions. 2
Theology 2
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
World War, 1914-1918. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
AIDS (Disease) 1
Africa. -- Description and travel. 1
Ancestor worship. 1
Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
Anglicans. 1
Animism -- Central African Republic. 1
Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Armenians. 1
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Names
Wheaton College (Ill.) 5
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
China Inland Mission. 2
Crossett, Margaret E. 2
Crossett, Vincent. 2
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Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 2
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 2
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 2
Moody Bible Institute. 2
OMF International. 2
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
Africa Inland Church. 1
Africa Inland Mission. 1
American Bible Society. 1
Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
Assemblies of God. 1
Barnett, Erik S. 1
Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
Bobby, Albert Edward, 1925- 1
Bobby, Mary Lee, 1928- 1
Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
Chicago Evangelistic Institute. 1
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
Davis, Ralph T. 1
Downing, Lee H. 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
Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 1
Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 1
Elliott, Walter Scott. 1
Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
Evangelical Church of Iran. 1
Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. 1
George, A. K. 1
Gospel Recordings, Inc. 1
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. 1
Hawkes, James Wood. 1
Humbard, Rex, 1919-2007. 1
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
Kane, J. Herbert. 1
Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968. 1
Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961. 1
Mennonite Brethren Church. 1
Miller, William McElwee. 1
Moi, Daniel Arap, 1924-2020. 1
North, G. W. 1
Operation Mobilisation. 1
Paul, S. Austin. 1
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1
Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
RVOG (Radio station : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) 1
Rethy Academy (Zaire) 1
Sawyer, Helen L. 1
Sawyer, Malcolm M. 1
Shannon, Ralph E. 1
Singh, Bakht, Brother, 1903-2000. 1
Smith, Wilbur M. (Wilbur Moorehead), 1894-1976. 1
Speer, Robert E., 1867-1947. 1
Stam, Peter. 1
Stough, Elizabeth. 1
Stough, Paul. 1
Straw, Darien A. 1
Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. 1
Sukanzanga. 1
Tchividjian, Stephen. 1
Tilley, Florence. 1
Unevangelized Tribes Mission. 1
Van Dusen, George C. 1
WEC International. 1
Withey, Hester H. 1
Woodward, David. 1
Young Men's Christian Associations. 1
Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 1
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