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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 472 Oral History Interview with Paul A. Contento
Collection
Identifier: CN 472
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul A. Contento in which he discusses his childhood, conversion, attendance at Moody Bible Institute, going to China in 1928 as a China Inland Mission worker, evangelistic work in Ningxia province (Inner Mongolia) and work among university students in southwest and northwest China, founding of the Inter-Varsity student movements in China, Singapore and Vietnam; Calvin Chao; the Sino-Japanese war; the communist takeover in China; founding of Singapore Bible...
Dates:
Created: 19992
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 421 Oral History Interviews with Arthur F. Glasser
Collection
Identifier: CN 421
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Arthur Frederick Glasser (1914-2009) in which he discusses his family background; conversion to Christianity at a Keswick conference; his education at Moody Bible Institute and Faith Seminary in Wilmington, DE; service as a chaplain during World War II; marriage, work with Dawson Trotman and the Navigators; service as a missionary in China with China Inland Mission; the Communist revolution in China; the 1951 Bournemouth conference to determine CIM's future; and...
Dates:
Created: 1989-1998
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 293 Oral History Interview with Melvin D. Suttie
Collection
Identifier: CN 293
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin David Suttie (1912-2006) in which he discusses his childhood, Christian growth, education at Wheaton College and Biblical Seminary in New York and Omaha Presbyterian Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission (1940-1950), work among university students, persecution, evangelistic work among the Chinese population and Nationalist troops, his wife Mary's work among women, their children, church and state relations in China, the impact of the...
Dates:
Created: 1985
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 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 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 387 Papers of William M. Miller
Collection
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 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
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 300
Brief Description
Administrative records of IVCF spanning the time period from its founding in 1940 until 1991; includes materials created prior to the establishment of IVCF. Includes records of the presidents (Woods, Hummel, Troutman, McLeish, Alexander, McLeish), Paul Little, Campus chapters, Regional divisions and directors, Missions department, Urbana Missions Conventions, Nurses Christian Fellowship, Development department, Jim Nyquist, Strategic Planning, Finance, and manuscript material for the 1991...
Dates:
1928-2017
Collection 567 Papers of H. Wilbert Norton
Collection
Identifier: CN 567
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, photographs, correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, pamphlets, and manuscripts relating to Gustav H.W. Norton's (1915-2017) work as an administrator and professor of theology and missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Wheaton College, as well as his involvement with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Evangelical Literature Overseas, and Mid-American Keswick. The collection documents Norton’s childhood, education, and career as professor of missions...
Dates:
Created: 1950-2000
Collection 311 Papers of Charles J. Guth
Collection
Identifier: CN 311
Scope and Contents
Water color paintings and oral history interviews with Charles J. Guth, relating to Guth’s missionary work in Africa with the Sudan Interior Mission. Topics covered by the interviews include: Guth’s education at Wheaton College, preparation for the mission field as a worker with Sudan Interior Mission, his life, work, and contacts as a missionary among the Koma and Maban people of the Sudan; the culture of these peoples; the effect of Sudan's independence on the church in the Sudan,...
Dates:
Created: 1976-1985
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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- Medical care 8
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- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 5
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 5
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- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 5
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 4
- Moody Bible Institute. 4
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 3
- Africa Inland Mission. 3
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 3
- China Inland Mission. 3
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 3
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 3
- Howard, David M. 3
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 3
- McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 3
- Mixter, Russell L. 3
- OMF International. 3
- Stott, John R. W. 3
- Summer Institute of Linguistics. 3
- Torrey, Edith C. 3
- Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 3
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 2
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
- Chao, Calvin. 2
- China Inter-Varsity Evangelical Christian Students Fellowship. 2
- Christian Medical Society. 2
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 2
- Contento, Paul A. 2
- Dortzbach, Deborah. 2
- Dortzbach, Karl. 2
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 2
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 2
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 2
- Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Singapore) 2
- Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 2
- Graham, James R. (James Robert), 1898-1982. 2
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 2
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (Canada) 2
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 2
- League of Evangelical Students. 2
- Lum, Ada. 2
- MAP International (Organization) 2
- McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944. 2
- McQuilkin, Robert Crawford, 1886-1952. 2
- Nida, Eugene A. (Eugene Albert), 1914-2011. 2
- Norton, Hugo Wilbert. 2
- Nyquist, James F. 2
- Packer, J. I. (James Innell) 2
- Page, Isaac. 2
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
- Redpath, Alan. 2
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 2
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 2
- Student Foreign Missions Fellowship. 2
- Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-1982. 2
- Troutman, Charles Henry, Jr. 2
- Van der Puy, Marjorie Saint. 2
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School 2
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 2
- Adeney, Ruth W. 1
- Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
- Africa Inland Church Missionary College (Eldoret, Kenya) 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- Alexander, John W. (John Wesley), 1918-2002. 1
- Ambassadors for Christ (Allentown, Pa.) 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- American Leprosy Missions. 1
- American Society of Missiology. 1
- Amin, Idi, 1925-2003. 1
- Anderson, Ann Kiemel. 1
- Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
- Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
- Anderson, Peter. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Armitage, Carolyn. 1
- Asia Missions Association (Korea) 1
- Asia Theological Association. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
- Association of Christians Ministering Among Internationals. 1
- Association of Evangelical Professors of Missions. 1
- Association of Theological Schools in South East Asia. 1
- Bacon, Daniel W. 1
- Baptista, Bob. 1
- Baptista, Martha. 1
- Barrett, David B. 1
- Bayly, Joseph. 1
- Beam, Mary S. 1
- Beckwith, Paul, 1905-1975. 1
- Bell, B. Clayton. 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Bentley, Ruth Lewis. 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Berney, James E., 1937- 1
- Bible Institute of Los Angeles. 1
- Billy Graham Center. Institute for Chinese Studies. 1
- Bingham, Rowland V., 1872-1942. 1
- Booth-Clibborn, Catherine, 1860-1955. 1
- Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 1 ∧ less
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