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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 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 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 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson
Collection
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 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 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
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 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
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- Moody Bible Institute. 2
- Sudan Interior Mission. 2
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 2
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
- Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Booth-Clibborn, Catherine, 1860-1955. 1
- Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. 1
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
- Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
- Evangelical Church of Iran. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Farah, David L. 1
- Fuller Theological Seminary. 1
- Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 1
- Guth, Charles J. 1
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. 1
- Hawkes, James Wood. 1
- Hess, Esther N. 1
- Hess, Lawrence. 1
- Houghton College. 1
- Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
- Jones, Clarence W. 1
- Jones, Howard O. 1
- Kane, J. Herbert. 1
- Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
- Kantzer, Kenneth S. 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- Kisall, Walter. 1
- Knowlton, Louis E. 1
- Larson, Reuben. 1
- Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968. 1
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 1
- League of Evangelical Students. 1
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
- McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 1
- Miller, William McElwee. 1
- Nida, Eugene A. (Eugene Albert), 1914-2011. 1
- OMF International. 1
- Operation Mobilisation. 1
- PRA7 (Radio station: Sao Paolo, Brazil) 1
- Page, Isaac. 1
- Palau, Luis, 1934- 1
- Paz Estenssoro, Víctor, 1907-2001. 1
- Pike, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Lee), 1912-2000. 1
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 1
- Price, Rebecca Russell. 1
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
- RVOG (Radio station : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) 1
- Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 1
- Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 1
- Simon, Sheri R. 1
- Simpson, Clarence J. 1
- Speer, Robert E., 1867-1947. 1
- Stam, Harry. 1
- Steely, Merle A. 1
- Steely, Vera Mae. 1
- Stern, David H., 1935- 1
- Stott, John R. W. 1
- Straw, Darien A. 1
- Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. 1
- Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1
- Suttie, Mary Elizabeth. 1
- Suttie, Melvin. 1
- Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985. 1
- Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-1982. 1
- Trotman, Dawson E. 1
- WMBI (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Winsor, Alice. 1
- Winsor, Earl. 1
- World Council of Churches. 1
- World Gospel Crusade. 1
- World Wide Pictures, Inc. 1
- Wright, Gladys. 1
- Young Men's Christian Associations. 1
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 1
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