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Collection 256 Oral History Interviews with Malcolm and Helen Sawyer

 Collection
Identifier: CN 256
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Malcolm Maurice Sawyer (1919-2007) and with Helen Irvin Sawyer, in which the Sawyers discuss their childhood, education, and working for the Christian and Missionary Alliance in China, 1948-1950 and in Laos, 1950-1975. Mission activities in Laos include church planting, training of pastors, and medical assistance to the Khamu and Hmong peoples, language study, Vietnam, Thailand and Tibet, transfer to Laos, cultural differences, political situation in Vietnam,...
Dates: Created: 1985

Collection 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett

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Identifier: CN 287
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Rice Elliott Crossett in which she describes her childhood with her missionary parents in China, her education at Wheaton College, and missionary career with her husband, Vincent Crossett, in China and Taiwan with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship (1929-1948, 1961-1973). Topics discussed include  Crossett's childhood in China; description of Chinese indigenous worship practices and syncretism in Chinese religious culture; Crossett's...
Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Collection 417 Papers of Dick Springer

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Identifier: CN 417
Scope and Contents Oral history interview and one prayer letter relating to the ministry of Charles Oliver “Dick” Springer, missionary with Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Japan from 1937-1996.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Dick Springer in which he describes his family and their missionary interest and involvement, conversion, education (at Whitman College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Moody Bible Institute), his involvement...
Dates: Created: 1937-1989

Collection 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett

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Identifier: CN 288
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Vincent Leroy Crossett (1907-1999) in which he describes his education at Wheaton and Westminster Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Taiwan, and pastoral work in a local church in Hawaii. Topics discussed include Crossett's education at Wheaton College and Westminster Seminary; decision to join China Inland Mission; language school; evangelism methods; characteristics of the Chinese church; CIM's...
Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Collection 418 Papers of Hester H. Withey

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Identifier: CN 418
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and a manuscript, documenting the ministry of Hester Hartzell Withey, missionary with Worldwide Evangelisation for Christ International (WEC) in China and India from 1940-1985.Series: Audio TapesOral history interviews with Hester Withey in which she describes her parents’ and grandparents’ missionary service in Angola, her childhood in Africa and the U.S., education in South Africa, conversion, medical training,...
Dates: Created: 1989

Collection 603 Papers of Wayne W. and Ruth K. Courtney

 Collection
Identifier: CN 603
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, oral history interviews, and photographs which document the Courtneys' courtship and marriage, Ruth Courtney's ministry in China as a single missionary with China Inland Mission, their brief work together in China after their marriage (1949-1951), and later work for the mission in the Philippines and in the United States.

Dates: Created: 1940-2006

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Subject
Children of missionaries. 5
Language in missionary work. 5
Missionaries -- Training of. 5
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 5
Missionaries. 5
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Women missionaries. 5
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 4
China -- History. 4
Conversion. 4
Evangelistic work. 4
Missionaries' spouses. 4
Refugees 4
Tribes. 4
Women 4
Women -- Religious life. 4
Bible. 3
Buddhists -- China. 3
Buddhists. 3
China -- Description and travel. 3
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
China -- Social life and customs. 3
China. 3
Christianity and culture. 3
Church development, New. 3
Evangelistic work -- China. 3
Family. 3
Interpersonal conflict. 3
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 3
Missions -- Taiwan. 3
Missions. 3
Animism. 2
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
Catholic Church. 2
China -- History -- 1949- 2
Christian education -- China. 2
Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
Christian education. 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- China. 2
Crime and criminals 2
Crime and criminals -- China. 2
Culture shock. 2
Education 2
Evangelistic work -- Tibet (China) 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Idols and images. 2
Indigenous church administration 2
Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
Medical care 2
Medical care -- China. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
Missions -- Tibet. 2
Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
Missions to Buddhists. 2
Persecution -- China. 2
Persecution. 2
Refugees -- China. 2
Religious institutions. 2
Rural missions. 2
Theology 2
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
Worship. 2
Ancestor worship. 1
Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
Animism -- China. 1
Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges 1
Bible colleges -- Laos. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Buddhism -- Laos. 1
Buddhism. 1
Buddhists -- Tibet (China) 1
Caste -- India. 1
Caste. 1
Caste. -- Nepal. 1
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 1
Catholic Church. -- China. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912. 1
China -- Religion. 1
Chinese language. 1
Christian leadership. 1
Christian life. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Philippines. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- Tibet (China) 1
Christianity and culture -- China. 1
Christianity and culture -- Nepal. 1
Christianity and culture -- Tibet. 1
Christianity and politics. 1
Church and state -- China. 1
Church and state -- Indochina. 1
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Names
OMF International. 4
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
China Inland Mission. 2
Crossett, Margaret E. 2
Crossett, Vincent. 2