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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 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 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 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
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 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
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- Evangelistic work. 8
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- Nationalism. 2
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- Religious institutions. 2
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- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 3
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- Dortzbach, Deborah. 2
- Dortzbach, Karl. 2
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 2
- MAP International (Organization) 2
- McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 2
- Mixter, Russell L. 2
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 2
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 2
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 1
- Adeney, Ruth W. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- Ambassadors for Christ (Allentown, Pa.) 1
- American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- American Leprosy Missions. 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
- Bell, James W. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Billy Graham Center. Institute for Chinese Studies. 1
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 1
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 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
- Chua, Wee Hian, 1939- 1
- Chung, Derek. 1
- College Church in Wheaton (Ill.) 1
- Contento, Paul A. 1
- Crossett, Margaret E. 1
- Crossett, Vincent. 1
- Discipleship Training Centre (Singapore) 1
- Dortzbach, Elmer. 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- Dowsett, Dick. 1
- Draper, Ben. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
- Elliott, Helen Belcher. 1
- Elliott, Raymond Leroy. 1
- English Language Institute/China. 1
- Evangelical China Office. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Malaysia) 1
- Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Singapore) 1
- First Asian Student Missionary Convention (1973 : Baguio, Philippines) 1
- Friends of China Fellowship. 1
- Fung, Raymond. 1
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. 1
- Gates, Alan Frederick, 1931- 1
- Gieser, Catharine. 1
- Gieser, Paul Kenneth. 1
- Girao, William B. 1
- Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 1
- Graham, James R. (James Robert), 1898-1982. 1
- Green, Frank O. 1
- Guinness, Henry, 1908- 1
- Hamilton, Pauline G. 1
- Hockman, Robert William, 1906-1935. 1
- Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 1
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 1
- Houghton, Stanley, 1881-1913. 1
- Howard, David M. 1
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 1
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 1
- Juarez, Leni. 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- Kirisutosha Gakusei Kai. 1
- Kline, Jean R. 1
- Lambert, Tony, 1948- 1
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 1
- Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (2nd : 1989 : Manila, Philippines) 1
- LeTourneau, R. G. (Robert Gilmour), 1888-1969. 1
- Lee, Witness. 1
- Ling, Samuel. 1
- Local Church. 1
- Logos (Ship) 1
- Luckman, Cyril E. 1
- Lum, Ada. 1
- Magalit, Isabelo F. 1 ∧ less
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