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Collection 626 Oral History Interview with Stephen Christopher
Collection
Identifier: CN 626
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Stephen Christopher, a Tamil mission leader. Topics covered in the interview include his childhood, education and conversion; the work of Dohnavur Fellowship; ministry of his father (P. T. Christopher) and the founding of the Tamil Gospel Village Mission, his own vision for the ministry; the Christian church in northern and southern India; and a comparison of Indian and American Christianity. The time period covered by the interview is 1980 to 2006....
Dates:
2007
Collection 583 Oral History Interviews with Gregory S. Thellman
Collection
Identifier: CN 583
Scope and Contents
Oral history with Gregory Thellman (1970- ), missionary in the Bosnian region of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997-2008) as a member of a church team. Topics covered include Thellman’s spiritual development and conversion, interest in missions, participation in his Northside Community Church’s outreach among Muslim Bosnian refugees in Atlanta, Northside’s mission teams to Mostar in Bosnia, Bosnian Christian leaders and Evangelical congregation in the city, work among children and youth, relations...
Dates:
2003
Collection 509 Oral History Interview with Evelyn M. Camp
Collection
Identifier: CN 509
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Evelyn Mildred Camp (1915-1999), missionary work in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from 1944 to 1961. Topics discussed include Camp's experience as a child of missionaries, her missionary work in schools for boys and girls at Oicha and Blukwa AIM stations, her family's economic hardships, furloughs, the social life of missionary children, education at Rethy Academy, call to missionary work, training at...
Dates:
Created: 1995
Collection 724 Margery E. Dickinson Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: CN 724
Brief Description
This collection consists of Dickinson's prayer letters to her supporters; copies of "Gleaning's for God's Servants," the newsletters of the counseling ministry of the Bible Clubs Movement (BCM), and oral history interviews with Dickinson. The materials describe her background, education, and decades of ministry in the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo forming Bible clubs, training Bible club teachers, preparing curricula for the clubs, and providing counseling services for...
Dates:
1965-2021
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 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 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 533 Oral History Interview with Catherine E. Jeter
Collection
Identifier: CN 533
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Catherine Elizabeth Jeter in which she discusses her childhood; conversion to Christianity through a neighborhood Bible club; education; marriage to Joseph Jeter; the start of their ministry (Have Christ Will Travel Ministries); work with inner-city children of Philadelphia and summer camp ministry in Nova Scotia, Canada; and the 1961 Billy Graham crusade in Philadelphia. Other topics discussed include: Jeter’s education at Philadelphia College of the Bible; Short...
Dates:
Created: 1996
Collection 522 Oral History Interviews with Joel Martínez Hernandez
Collection
Identifier: CN 522
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Joel Martínez Hernandez in which he discusses his early childhood in Jaruco, Cuba; conversion to Christianity; being son of missionaries; bi-culturalism; Toccoa Falls boarding school and college; effect of service in the United States Navy on spiritual development; reasons for not being TEAM missionary; missionary work in Barcelona and then Madrid, Spain with Christian & Missionary Alliance; traditional church models versus cell-group based models; education...
Dates:
Created: 1995
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 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 370 Oral History Interview with Melvin R. Anderson
Collection
Identifier: CN 370
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin R. Anderson in which he discusses his work with Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS, particularly as director of Peoples Development Incorporated and its housing ministry to rennovate and make homes available to the economically disadvantaged in Jackson. Other topics discussed include Anderson's family background, education, racial integration of the public school system; boycott of white businesses, the influence of John and Vera Mae Perkins on...
Dates:
Created: 1987
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 493 Oral History Interviews with Stella Kasirye
Collection
Identifier: CN 493
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Stella Kasirye in which she describes her childhood in Uganda; her conversion to Christian faith while at school; her involvement in programs to reach street children; her efforts to develop programs of AIDS education and care among college students and the country at large, and observations on the church in Uganda and missionary efforts there. The time period covered by the interviews is 1965 to 1993.Stella Kasirye was interviewed by Robert Shuster...
Dates:
Created: 1993
Collection 312 Papers of Diane W. Hawkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 312
Scope and Contents
Collection 312 consists of letters, oral history interviews, articles, minutes of meetings, reports and other relating to Diane Hawkins' missionary service in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) as well as the tapes of an oral history interview conducted several years later. Among the topics covered are: TEAM's evangelistic, and educational work in Rhodesia; the lifestyle, music, and beliefs of Shona people; the civil war between white government and the black nationalist guerrillas which raged while...
Dates:
Created: 1970-1985
Collection 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 284
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Gladys Lyle Wright (1902-1994), in which she discusses her work as a teacher in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo). Topics discussed include: Wright's family background, education at Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute, her work as a missionary in the Belgian Congo for the Africa Inland Mission, memories of the Congolese people and culture, and her experiences at Wheaton when she was on the staff of the College after retriring from the mission...
Dates:
Created: 1984
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 492 Papers of William A. Drury
Collection
Identifier: CN 492
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, audio recordings, brochures, photographs, and a video tape relating to the ministry of William A. Drury, evangelist and youth worker with Percy Crawford, Youtharama, and Youth Haven.
Dates:
Created: 1962-1996
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 078 Papers of Corrie ten Boom
Collection
Identifier: CN 078
Scope and Contents
Papers of Dutch watchmaker, evangelist, author, and Christian aid worker Corrie ten Boom. The collection includes information on her father Casper ten Boom, her imprisonment in Ravensbrück concentration camp during World War II, her work among refugees after the war, her travels as an evangelist, the work of her two foundations, and the production of the film The Hiding Place. The collection includes audio tapes, correspondence, a film, notebooks, photos, photo albums, and video tapes.
Dates:
Created: 1902-1997; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1983
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 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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- Women -- Religious life. 11
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- AIDS (Disease) 2
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- Alcoholism -- United States 2
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- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 4
- Moody Bible Institute. 4
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 3
- Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 3
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 3
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 3
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 3
- Africa Inland Mission. 2
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
- Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 2
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 2
- Egilse de J'esus-Christ sur la terre par le proph'ete Simon Kimbangu (Democratic Republic of Congo) 2
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 2
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 2
- Perkins, John, 1930- 2
- Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 2
- Taylor University (Upland, Ind.) 2
- Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School 2
- Winsor, Earl. 2
- Wright, Gladys. 2
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 2
- Adams, Jay E., 1929- 1
- Adams, Judith. 1
- Africa Inland Mission International. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. Media Retirement Center. 1
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- American Sunday-School Union. 1
- Amin, Idi, 1925-2003. 1
- Anderson, Melvin R., 1955- 1
- Andrew, Brother. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Awana Clubs International. 1
- Barrows, Cliff. 1
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Bell, Sarah Margaret, 1939- 1
- Benner, David G. (1947-) 1
- Berry, Raymond, 1933- 1
- Bible Club Movement. 1
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
- Brand, Owen. 1
- Brooks, Charles C. 1
- CECA. Communauté Evangélique au Centre de l’Afrique (1912-) (Congo) 1
- Camp, Earl. 1
- Camp, Ellen. 1
- Camp, Evelyn M. 1
- Camp, Marian. 1
- Camp-of-the-Woods. 1
- Carmichael, Amy, 1867-1951. 1
- Cathedral Films. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Child Evangelism Fellowship. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- Christian Nationals Evangelism Commission, Inc. 1
- Christian Service Brigade. 1
- Christians, Inc. 1
- Christopher, P. T. 1
- Christopher, Stephen, 1980- 1
- Church of Christ in the Congo. 1
- Clapper, Margaret L. 1
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- Corrie ten Boom Stichting. 1
- Crossett, Margaret E. 1
- Dean, Ella. 1
- Dean, William. 1
- Deans, William A. (William Alexander) 1
- Dickinson, Margery E. 1
- Dohnavur Fellowship. 1
- Door of Hope Mission. 1
- Dorsett, Lyle W. 1
- Doulos (Ship) 1
- Drury, William A. 1
- Eastgate Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 1
- Eglise du Christ au Zaire. 1
- Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 1
- Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 1
- Elliott, Walter Scott. 1
- Evangelical Fellowship of India. 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Fellowship of Christian Unions (Uganda) 1
- Fleming, Peter, 1928-1956. 1
- Friedrich, James K. 1
- Friends Missionary Prayer Band (Trivandum, India) 1
- Fuchida, Mitsuo, 1902-1976. 1
- Genesis One Christian School (Mendenhall, Miss.) 1
- Gereja Kemah Injil Indonesia. 1
- Gration, John Alexander, 1929- 1
- Harris, Lester. 1
- Harris, Mary Anne. 1
- Hatch, James M. 1
- Have Christ Will Travel Ministries (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Hawkins, Diane W. 1
- Jaffray Theological Seminary (Indonesia) 1
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