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Collection 363 Papers of Ruth M. Mellis

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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 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson

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Identifier: CN 263
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Johanna (Larson) Carlson in which she describes growing up in Ecuador as the child of missionaries, her education at Westmont and Wheaton Colleges, her nursing experience, and her missionary service with her husband at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong. Other topics discussed include: the founding of a HCJB radio station by her father, Reuben Larson, and her involvement in Wheaton College's HNGR Program. Individuals described...
Dates: Created: 1983

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

Collection 247 Oral History Interview with Louis E. Knowlton

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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

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

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Christianity and culture. 4
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Church and social problems. 3
College students in missionary work. 3
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Conversion. 3
Indigenous church administration 3
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Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
Missions -- Educational work. 3
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Pentecostalism. 3
Persecution. 3
Radio in religion. 3
Women 3
Women -- Religious life. 3
World War, 1939-1945. 3
Armenians. 2
Children of missionaries. 2
Christian education -- United States. 2
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International relief. 2
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Women missionaries. 2
Anglicans. 1
Animism -- Bolivia. 1
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Assemblies of God -- Missions. 1
Audio-visual materials. 1
Bahai Faith. 1
Baptism. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
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Bible colleges -- Greece. 1
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Catholic Church. -- Hong Kong 1
Chaplains, Military 1
Chaplains, Military -- United States. 1
Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Children -- Religious life. 1
Children. 1
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 1
China -- History. 1
China. 1
Chinese -- Missions. 1
Chinese. 1
Christian education -- Greece. 1
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Christian education of children. 1
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Christian life. 1
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Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) 3
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 2
American Bible Society. 1
Assemblies of God. 1
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Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. 1
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
Central American Mission. 1
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
Coptic Church. 1
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
European Christian Mission. 1
Evangelical Church of Iran. 1
Farah, David L. 1
Greater Europe Mission. 1
HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975. 1
Harrison, Norman B. (Norman Baldwin), 1874-1960. 1
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. 1
Hawkes, James Wood. 1
Hoagland, Dave. 1
Houghton College. 1
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
Jones, Clarence W. 1
Jones, Howard O. 1
Kantzer, Kenneth S. 1
Kisall, Walter. 1
Knowlton, Louis E. 1
Larson, Reuben. 1
Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968. 1
League of Nations. 1
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
Mellis, Charles. 1
Mellis, Ruth. 1
Miller, William McElwee. 1
Mixter, Russell L. 1
Moody Bible Institute. 1
Near East Relief (Organization) 1
Operation Mobilisation. 1
Orthodox Eastern Church. 1
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados. 1
PRA7 (Radio station: Sao Paolo, Brazil) 1
Palau, Luis, 1934- 1
Paz Estenssoro, Víctor, 1907-2001. 1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 1
Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
RVOG (Radio station : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) 1
Shapleigh, Katherine Chase. 1
Simpson, Clarence J. 1
Spaulding, Alice K. 1
Speer, Robert E., 1867-1947. 1
Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. 1
Sudan Interior Mission. 1
Torrey, Edith C. 1
Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 1
Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-1982. 1
WMBI (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Wheeler, Effie Jane. 1
World Gospel Crusade. 1
World Wide Pictures, Inc. 1
Wycliffe Bible Translators. 1
Young Men's Christian Associations. 1
Youth with a Mission, Inc. 1
Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 1
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