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Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely

 Collection
Identifier: CN 290
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Merle Ashel Steely, who worked as a missionary with Sudan Interior Mission between 1951 and 1977 in Liberia and Nigeria. Topic discussed include: Steely's conversion while in military service, education and employment at Wheaton College (including the 1950 revival there), his missionary work in Liberia at radio station ELWA and with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, teaching in mission and government schools, evangelism and church planting, Billy Graham's 1960...
Dates: Created: 1984

Collection 166 Oral History Interview with Roger Walkwitz

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Identifier: CN 166
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Roger Walkwitz in which he describes his early life in Wheaton, Illinois, education at Wheaton College, and experiences of 23 years in the Philippines (1958-1980) as a missionary with Far Eastern Gospel Crusade.  Other topics discussed include: the influence of Gil Dodds; the 1950 Wheaton College revival; work as a teacher-coach at Bryan College; aspects of cultural, religious and political life in the Philippines, including ranslation, church planting in the...
Dates: Created: 1980

Collection 388 Oral History Interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco

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Identifier: CN 388
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco in which she discusses her life and ministry in the Philippines, including her childhood, education, and work as a Bible school teacher. Other topics covered include theological education and evangelism in the Philippines; work with "Here's Life Philippines," sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ; the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church; Filipino culture; Muslim and Catholic communities in the Philippines; Ebenezer Bible College;...
Dates: Created: 1988

Collection 096 Oral History Interview with Wayne G. Bragg

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Identifier: CN 096-096
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews with Wayne G. Bragg (1931-2009), in which he describes his missionary experiences in Brazil and the Caribbean working with university students, his student days at Wheaton College, and his experience at Wheaton College as a faculty member. Dr. Bragg was interviewed by Mary Ann Buffington at Wheaton College on February 15 and May 9, 1980.

Dates: Created: 1980

Collection 348 Oral History Interview with Sharon R. Simon

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Identifier: CN 348
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Sharon "Sheri" Rose Simon in which she describes her childhood, conversion to Christianity, decision to become a missionary, internship in Mexico, and medical work in Haiti.Other topics discussed include:  joining the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, raising financial support, common health problems, folk remedies, the relationship between the Haitian would view and health care, voodoo, the 1985-86 revolution in Haiti, relations between Catholics and...
Dates: Created: 1986

Collection 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright

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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 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 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah

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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

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Church and state. 6
College students in missionary work. 6
College students. 6
Conversion. 6
Christianity and culture. 5
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Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
Missionaries. 5
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
Animism. 4
Christian education. 4
College students -- Religious life. 4
Language in missionary work. 4
Missions -- Finance. 4
Christian life. 3
Church and social problems. 3
Church development, New. 3
Church work with students. 3
Communism. 3
Indigenous church administration 3
Medical care 3
Missionaries -- Training of. 3
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
Missions -- Educational work. 3
Missions, Medical. 3
Radio in missionary work. 3
Revivals -- Wheaton. 3
Revivals. 3
Tribes. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 3
Women 3
Women -- Religious life. 3
Women missionaries. 3
Bible colleges 2
Bible. 2
Boarding schools. 2
Catholic Church. -- Philippines. 2
Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
Children of missionaries. 2
Church schools 2
College students -- United States 2
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
Communism -- Philippines. 2
Culture shock. 2
Education 2
Evangelistic work -- Congresses 2
Evangelistic work -- Haiti. 2
Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 2
Fund raising. 2
Haiti 2
Haiti -- Economic conditions. 2
Interdenominational cooperation. 2
Liberation theology. 2
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
Missions to Muslims. 2
Muslims. 2
Philippines 2
Philippines -- Politics and government. 2
Religious institutions. 2
Rural missions. 2
Sex role. 2
Superstition. 2
Theological seminaries. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Buildings. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
Alcoholism -- United States 1
Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service 1
Alcoholism. -- United States -- Diplomatic and consular service -- Nigeria. 1
Animism -- Bolivia. 1
Animism -- Haiti. 1
Animism -- Nigeria. 1
Athletes 1
Athletes -- Religious life. 1
BGEA: South Africa Tour -- 1960 1
Baptists -- Missions -- Haiti. 1
Baptists -- Missions. 1
Baptists. 1
Belgium. 1
Belgium. -- Administration. 1
Belgium. -- Colonies 1
Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges -- Nigeria. 1
Bible colleges -- Philippines. 1
Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Boarding schools -- Nigeria. 1
Bolivia -- Religion. 1
Bolivia. 1
Bolivia. -- Politics and government. 1
Brazil -- Religion. 1
Brazil. 1
Brazil. -- Social life and customs. 1
Caribbean -- Social life and customs. 1
Caribbean Area. 1
Caribbean. -- Economic conditions. 1
Catholic Church -- Bolivia. 1
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 7
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 3
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 2
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 2