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Collection 206 Oral History Interview with John C. Chin
Collection
Identifier: CN 206
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with John C. Chin (1911-1989) in which he discusses his childhood in China, medical training, and the Chinese Christian church; the work of China Inland Mission in Honan, Szechwan, and Yunnan provinces; the Japanese occupation of China; Nationalist and Communist parties; medical work in CIM and Presbyterian hospitals; war conditions and relocation to Taiwan; Also discussed is his founding of the Lutheran Seminary, Taiwan; the contemporary status of Chinese Christians,...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Collection 255 Oral History Interview of Helen Frame
Collection
Identifier: CN 255
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Helen Nowack Frame (1908-1999) in which she discusses her childdhood growing up in China, decision to become a missionary for Overseas Missionary Fellowship, education at Wheaton College, years of service in China, culture and political events in China; leaving China in 1951 with her husband Raymond and their children and resettlement in the Philippines, teaching at Faith Academy, development of the Bible Institute, return and activities in Wheaton. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 470 Oral History Interview with Sadie Custer
Collection
Identifier: CN 470
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Sadie Custer (1911-2007) in which she discusses her childhood, conversion, education at Moody Bible Institute, joining the China Inland Mission, arrival in China in 1936, the Chinese language, work in Shensi province, Bible teaching, transition from missionary to Chinese leadership, the Three Self Movement, the Communist revolution in China and its effect on missions, the Sino-Japanese Conflict, work in Malaysia among Chinese, living in an area in Malaysia...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Collection 266 Oral History Interview with Ruth Sundquist
Collection
Identifier: CN 266
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ruth Sundquist in which she describes her education at Moody Bible Institute, decision to become a missionary, work first in Kentucky home missions as a Christian education worker with the Evangelical Free Church and then her missionary career in China and Hong Kong between 1947 and 1982 as an administrator for a Sunday School and orphanage. Other topics discussed include: language school in China, Chinese attitudes toward the Nationalists, Communists, Americans...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Collection 075 Oral History Interviews with Elizabeth Warner
Collection
Identifier: CN 075
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Elizabeth Howard Warner (1912-2000) in which she describes her childhood in the Canton Province of China as a daughter of missionaries, Canton Christian College where her father worked, studies and personalities at Wheaton College, her mission work among girls with Door of Hope Mission in Canton and Hong Kong, Chinese education, economic and social conditions, religion (particularly Buddhism), politics and government, the impact of China's war with Japan, and...
Dates:
Created: 1978
Collection 315 Oral History Interview with Marie H. Little
Collection
Identifier: CN 315
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Marie Huttenlock Little (1918-2009) in which she describes her childhood in Philadelphia, training as a nurse and further education at Philadelphia School of Bible and the University of Pennsylvania; missionary service with China Inland Mission in 1947, working in Lanzhou and Wu Wei, Gansu province; return to the U.S. in 1950 to become a staff worker for Inter-Varsity. The time period covered by the interviews is circa 1918-1955.Marie Little was...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Collection 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett
Collection
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 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett
Collection
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 272 Papers of Jennie Fitzwilliam
Collection
Identifier: CN 272
Scope and Contents
Letters with some translation, photographs, a Lisu translation of the New Testament, combined catechism and hymnbook in the Atsi Kachin language, slides, and four oral history interviews all related to Jennie Fitzwilliam's mission work with Overseas Missionary Fellowship (formerly China Inland Mission) among the Lisu and Kachin peoples in southern China along the Burmese border. Included are recollections of Fitzwilliam's husband, Francis, J.O. Fraser and the early history of missionary work...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Collection 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 187
Scope and Contents
Family correspondence, prayer letters, brochures, newspaper clippings, prayer cards and letters from other missionaries, photographs, slides, negatives, journals and diaries, and eight interviews concerning Elliott's childhood in China, mission work with China Inland Mission (now Overseas Missionary Fellowship) in China and the Philippines, her experiences as an evangelist and teacher, her life in China during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, and the civil war that followed. Her retirement...
Dates:
Created: 1910-1988
Collection 182 Papers of J. Herbert and Winnifred Kane
Collection
Identifier: CN 182
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and curriculum material from James Herbert Kane and Winnifred Mary (Shepherd) Kane's missiology courses, and three oral history interviews. Materials document the Kanes' missionary work in China and Dr. Kane's teaching in the U.S. Events described in the interviews cover the time period from 1932 to 1950.
Dates:
Created: 1934-1987
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- Evangelistic work -- China. 10
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- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 9
- Christian education -- China. 9
- Christian education. 9
- Women missionaries. 9
- Christianity and culture. 8
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
- Women 8
- Women -- Religious life. 8
- Children of missionaries. 7
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- Language in missionary work. 7
- Bible. 6
- Buddhists -- China. 6
- Buddhists. 6
- China -- Religion. 6
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- Indigenous church administration 6
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 6
- Missionaries -- Training of. 6
- Refugees 6
- Refugees -- China. 6
- China. 5
- Chinese -- Missions. 5
- Culture shock. 5
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- China Inland Mission. 7
- OMF International. 7
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 7
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 6
- Moody Bible Institute. 5
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
- Crossett, Margaret E. 3
- Crossett, Vincent. 2
- Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 2
- Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 2
- Elliott, Walter Scott. 2
- Frame, Raymond. 2
- Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 2
- Kane, J. Herbert. 2
- Kuhn, Isobel. 2
- Nee, Watchman. 2
- Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 2
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 2
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 2
- Straw, Darien A. 2
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 1
- Advent Christian Church. 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
- Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
- Barrington College. 1
- Bible Institute of the Philippines (Valenzuela, Philippines) 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Borden Memorial Hospital (Lanchow, China) 1
- Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 1
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- Chin, John C. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 1
- Custer, Sadie. 1
- Door of Hope Mission. 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
- Frame, Helen. 1
- Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
- Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011. 1
- Hockman, Robert William, 1906-1935. 1
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 1
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 1
- Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
- Kuhn, John Becker. 1
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 1
- Little Flock (China) 1
- Little, Marie, 1918-2009. 1
- Little, Paul E. 1
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
- Nowack, Ruth Louise. 1
- Philadelphia Bible Institute. 1
- Salvation Army. 1
- Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 1
- South China Boat Mission. 1
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 1
- Sundquist, Ruth. 1
- Thomas, Ruth Dunton. 1
- Tiffany, Orrin Edward. 1
- Wang, Leland. 1
- Warner, Elizabeth Howard. 1
- Zhou, Enlai, 1898-1976. 1 ∧ less
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