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Collection 445 Oral History Interviews with Helen E. Evans
Collection
Identifier: CN 445
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Helen Elizabeth Evans in which she decsribes her family background; spiritual development; education at Wheaton College; ministry in rural Vermont with the New England Fellowship; the influence of her aunt, Elizabeth Evans; her missionary work in Vietnam and Indonesia with the Christian and Missionary Alliance; and work among Vietnamese in Charlotte, North Carolina. Evans' work in Vietnam was particularly among the Dega and other tribal groups often classified...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 401 Oral History Interview with Karl G. Dortzbach
Collection
Identifier: CN 401
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Karl G. Dortzbach in which he describes his childhood and youth, influence of his family, education at Wheaton College and Westminster Theological Seminary, and missionary experience in Ethiopia (short term with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church) and in Kenya. Subjects covered include missiology, conversion, raising children on the mission field, marital relationships on the mission field, church life in a Nairobi congregation, proliferation of parachurch groups...
Dates:
Created: 1988-1989
Collection 363 Papers of Ruth M. Mellis
Collection
Identifier: CN 363
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, prayer letters, clippings, photographs, oral history interviews and audio tapes of missionary conference relating to the missionary career of Ruth M. Mellis. Materials document her work among orphans and students in Greece, the Greek Bible Institute, the Greek language, and Greater Europe Mission; oral history interviews describe her childhood, attendance at Wheaton College, work with Near East Relief in Siros, teaching public schools in the St. Louis area, teaching at the...
Dates:
Created: 1928-1987
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 502 Oral History Interview with Geraldine J. Phillips
Collection
Identifier: CN 502
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Geraldine Julia (Hinote) Phillips (19132-2000) in which she describes her family background, conversion to Christianity after listening to Gypsy Smith on the radio; education at BIOLA and Columbia Bible College, work at the Rehoboth Mission in Kentucky from 1934-1939, joining Sudan Interior Mission (SIM), travel to Africa in 1943, and the beginning of her work among the Dinka people in southern Sudan. Other topics discussed include: Phillips work with the Rehoboth...
Dates:
Created: 1994
Collection 348 Oral History Interview with Sharon R. Simon
Collection
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 402 Papers of Debbie Dortzbach
Collection
Identifier: CN 402
Scope and Contents
Audio recordings, including an oral history interview, diary, and several letters, relating to the career and ministry of Debbie Dortzbach, missionary to Kenya and Eritrea with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and later the Reformed Presbyterian Church from 1973 to 1988.Series: Audio TapesOne oral history interview with Debbie Dortzbach in which she describes her describes her childhood, education at Wheaton College, and missionary work in...
Dates:
Created: 1974-1989
Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen
Collection
Identifier: CN 260
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...
Dates:
Created: 1983
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 508 Oral History Interviews with Barbara L. Collins
Collection
Identifier: CN 508
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Barbara Lynn (Miner) Collins in which she describes her childhood; family's religious background; conversion to Christianity; spiritual development in college and young professional life; acceptance as a missionary by Africa Inland Mission (AIM); arrival on the mission field in Kenya; work among the Rendile and Kikuyu peoples; raising children on the mission field; development of women's program at Africa Inland Church Missionary College; work among women refugees...
Dates:
Created: 1995
Collection 116 Oral History Interviews with Helen Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 116
Scope and Contents
Oral History interviews conducted with Helen Ruth Belcher Elliot (1927-2012), missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators to the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Topics include Wheaton College during the 1940s, field experiences, Guatemalan culture and religion, and family activities. Topics covered in the interview include: Elliott's childhood, marriage and early family life, education at Wheaton College (including courses, academic and social life), decision to become a missionary with...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Collection 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah
Collection
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
Collection 247 Oral History Interview with Louis E. Knowlton
Collection
Identifier: CN 247
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Louis E. Knowlton in which he discusses his career in evangelistic work and radio technology in Brazil for the Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. Topics discussed include Knowlton's early life, education, service as an Army chaplain's assistant, decision to go into technological ministry, work at WMBI and in Brazil, efforts as a street evangelist and beginnings of music studio, Brazilian churches, church-state relations, ethnic groups and cults, the use of...
Dates:
Created: 1982
David H. Adeney Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 393
Brief Description
Adeney’s correspondence, writings (articles, books), lecture and presentation manuscripts, subject files (especially files on various China-related topics) he compiled from many sources, notebooks and loose notes, a photo album, photographs and slides, and two oral history interviews. Together these span his career as a missionary in China and Southeast Asia, staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the United States, leader with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students,...
Dates:
Created: 1911-1994
Collection 297 Papers of Kenneth L. Shingledecker
Collection
Identifier: CN 297
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Kenneth L. Shingledecker in which he describes his work with college students in Student Training in Missions, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, planning Urbana '79 student missions convention, missionary work in Kenya for Daystar Communications, and the development of Christian leadership in the church in Kenya. The collection also includes a folder of prayer letters, ranging from 1985-1990.Topics covered in the oral history interview include...
Dates:
Created: 1985-1990
Collection 248 Papers of William J. Barnett
Collection
Identifier: CN 248
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and booklet of short stories and photographs created by William John Barnett, relating to his upbringing in Kenya as the son of missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) and his own later medical missionary service in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Comoro Islands from 1950-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interviews with William John Barnett in which he describes his childhood in Kenya with his missionary parents;...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1997
Collection 088 Papers of Paul and Catharine Gieser
Collection
Identifier: CN 088
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Kenneth Gieser and letters reporting to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville, TN on the Gieser’s work in China, written between October 19, 1934, and November 1, 1936. Also contains audio tapes and transcripts of autobiographical statements.
Dates:
Created: 1934-1979
Collection 207 Papers of Mark Larson
Collection
Identifier: CN 207
Scope and Contents
One oral history interview with Mark Richard Larson concerning his experiences as a missionary under Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, 1979-1981. Centers on agricultural mission work in the Kano area of northern Nigeria. Also included in the collection are prayer letters dated from October 1982 to August 1984 and an Sudan Interior Mission Prayer Guide (folder 1-2), and a scrapbook (folder 1-1). The scrapbook was used as a point of reference throughout the interview and should be used by...
Dates:
Created: 1981-1984
Collection 278: Elisabeth Elliot Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 278
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, slides, clippings, publicity releases, reviews, manuscripts, films, video and audio tapes relating to Elisabeth Elliot's careers as a missionary in Ecuador, author, teacher and speaker. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to the so-called "Auca Incident" and Elliot's own work the Waorani, whose enemies called them the "Auca," as well as her lectures on the Biblical view of the roles of men and women, dealing with suffering, and personal holiness, among...
Dates:
Created: 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-2010
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- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 18
- Evangelistic work. 17
- Missionaries -- Training of. 17
- College students. 15
- Women missionaries. 14
- Conversion. 12
- Children of missionaries. 11
- Women 11
- Women -- Religious life. 11
- Christianity and culture. 10
- Church and state. 10
- College students in missionary work. 10
- Indigenous church administration 10
- Christian life. 9
- Animism. 8
- Christian education. 8
- College students -- Religious life. 8
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 8
- Missions, Medical. 8
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- College students -- United States 7
- Education 7
- Medical care 7
- Missions -- Educational work. 7
- Tribes. 7
- Catholic Church. 6
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 6
- Evangelicalism. 6
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Bible -- Translating. 5
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 5
- Evangelistic work -- Kenya. 5
- Missionaries' spouses. 5
- Missions -- Finance. 5
- Refugees 5
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 5
- Revivals. 5
- World War, 1939-1945. 5
- Bible colleges 4
- Bible. 4
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- Church and social problems. 4
- Family. 4
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- Missions -- Rural work. 4
- Missions. 4
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- Church work with refugees. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Ethiopia 3
- Ethiopia -- History 3
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- Ethiopia -- Social life and customs. 3
- Mass media in missionary work. 3
- Missions -- Ethiopia. 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
- Nairobi (Kenya) 3
- Pentecostalism. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Sex role. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 3
- Animism -- Nigeria. 2
- Children of clergy. 2
- Children of clergy. -- United States. 2
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christian martyrs -- China. 2
- Christian martyrs. 2
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
- Church and social problems -- China. 2
- Church and state -- China. 2
- Church work with students. 2
- Communism. 2
- Community development. 2
- Cults. 2
- Depressions 2
- Depressions -- 1929 2
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States. 2
- Education -- Nigeria. 2
- Education -- United States. 2
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 13
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 5
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 5
- Africa Inland Mission. 4
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 4
- Sudan Interior Mission. 4
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 4
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 3
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 3
- Mixter, Russell L. 3
- Africa Inland Church. 2
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 2
- Christian Medical Society. 2
- Dortzbach, Deborah. 2
- Dortzbach, Karl. 2
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 2
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 2
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 2
- Howard, David M. 2
- MAP International (Organization) 2
- McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 2
- Moody Bible Institute. 2
- Rift Valley Academy (Kijabe, Kenya) 2
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 2
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 2
- Summer Institute of Linguistics. 2
- Torrey, Edith C. 2
- Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-1982. 2
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 1
- Adeney, Ruth W. 1
- Africa Inland Church Missionary College (Eldoret, Kenya) 1
- Ambassadors for Christ (Allentown, Pa.) 1
- American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- American Leprosy Missions. 1
- Anderson, Ann Kiemel. 1
- Anderson, Peter. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Armitage, Carolyn. 1
- Association of Christians Ministering Among Internationals. 1
- Bacon, Daniel W. 1
- Baptista, Bob. 1
- Baptista, Martha. 1
- Barnett, Albert E. 1
- Barnett, Elma. 1
- Barnett, William John. 1
- Barrett, David B. 1
- Beam, Mary S. 1
- Bell, B. Clayton. 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Bible Institute of Los Angeles. 1
- Billy Graham Center. Institute for Chinese Studies. 1
- Bingham, Rowland V., 1872-1942. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 1
- Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. 1
- Bürki, Hans Ferdinand, 1925- 1
- Canadian Sunday School Mission. 1
- Carmichael, Amy, 1867-1951. 1
- Central American Mission. 1
- Ch'eng, Marcus, 1884-1964. 1
- Chandapilla, P. T. 1
- Chandler, Rosemary Joy. 1
- Chao, Calvin. 1
- Chao, Jonathan. 1
- China Graduate School of Theology. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- China Inter-Varsity Evangelical Christian Students Fellowship. 1
- Chinese Church Research Center. 1
- Chinese Congress on World Evangelization (1976 : Hong Kong) 1
- Chinese World Mission Centre. 1
- Christian Communications Ltd. (Hong Kong) 1
- Christian Nurses Fellowship. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Christianity Today International. 1
- Chua, Wee Hian, 1939- 1
- Chung, Derek. 1
- College Church in Wheaton (Ill.) 1
- Collins, Barbara Lynn. 1
- Collins, Malcolm. 1
- Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Contento, Paul A. 1
- Coptic Church. 1
- Cridland, A. Elizabeth. 1
- Crossett, Margaret E. 1
- Crossett, Vincent. 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Daystar Communications. 1
- Dayuma (Auca Indian) 1
- Discipleship Training Centre (Singapore) 1
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
- Dohnavur Fellowship. 1
- Dortzbach, Elmer. 1
- Dowsett, Dick. 1
- Draper, Ben. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
- Elliot, Elisabeth. 1
- Elliott, Helen Belcher. 1
- Elliott, Raymond Leroy. 1 ∧ less
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