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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 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 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 471 Papers of W. Arthur Saunders

 Collection
Identifier: CN 471
Scope and Contents Oral history interview and a manuscript translated by W. Arthur Saunders, relating to Saunder’s missionary service in China with China Inland Mission and Overseas Missionary Fellowship from 1930 to 1987. The interview describes his childhood in England, emigration to New Zealand, training at the New Zealand Bible Institute, joining the China Inland Mission, going to China in 1930, evangelistic work in south Gansu province, the work of Chinese evangelists, worship services in Gansu churches,...
Dates: Created: 1992

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 092 Ephemera of Robert B. Ekvall

 Collection
Identifier: CN 092
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews, correspondence, photographs, and a manuscript that describe Robert B. Ekvall's education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary in China and Tibet, and military and diplomatic activities during World War II and after in China and Southeast Asia.

Dates: Created: 1933-1980

Collection 055 Papers of Otto F. Schoerner

 Collection
Identifier: CN 055
Scope and Contents

Papers of Otto Frederick Schoerner a Wheaton College alumnus and missionary with China Inland Mission in Sinkiang, Honan, and Kangsu Provinces of China from 1931-1951. Collection includes an oral history interview, correspondence, autobiography, and photographs.

Dates: Created: 1949-2006

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

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 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

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China -- History. 10
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Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 9
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China Inland Mission. 9
OMF International. 8
Zhongguo guo min dang. 7
Wheaton College (Ill.) 5
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
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Crossett, Margaret E. 3
Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 3
Moody Bible Institute. 3
Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 2
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 2
Crossett, Vincent. 2
Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 2
Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 2
Elliott, Walter Scott. 2
Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 2
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 2
McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 2
Nee, Watchman. 2
Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 2
Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 2
Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 2
Stott, John R. W. 2
Straw, Darien A. 2
Adeney, Ruth W. 1
Advent Christian Church. 1
Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987. 1
Ambassadors for Christ (Allentown, Pa.) 1
American Bible Society. 1
Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
Anderson, Peter. 1
Armitage, Carolyn. 1
Association of Christians Ministering Among Internationals. 1
Bacon, Daniel W. 1
Billy Graham Center. Institute for Chinese Studies. 1
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
Booth-Clibborn, Catherine, 1860-1955. 1
Borden Memorial Hospital (Lanchow, China) 1
Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
Ch'eng, Marcus, 1884-1964. 1
Chandapilla, P. T. 1
Chandler, Rosemary Joy. 1
Chao, Calvin. 1
Chao, Jonathan. 1
Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
Chin, John C. 1
China Graduate School of Theology. 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 Medical Society. 1
Chua, Wee Hian, 1939- 1
Chung, Derek. 1
Contento, Paul A. 1
Custer, Sadie. 1
Discipleship Training Centre (Singapore) 1
Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
Dowsett, Dick. 1
Draper, Ben. 1
Ekvall, Robert B. (Robert Brainerd), 1898-1983. 1
English Language Institute/China. 1
Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
Evangelical China Office. 1
Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Malaysia) 1
Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Singapore) 1
First Asian Student Missionary Convention (1973 : Baguio, Philippines) 1
Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1
Friends of China Fellowship. 1
Fuller Theological Seminary. 1
Fung, Raymond. 1
Gates, Alan Frederick, 1931- 1
Girao, William B. 1
Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
Guinness, Henry, 1908- 1
Hamilton, Pauline G. 1
Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 1
Houghton, Stanley, 1881-1913. 1
Hunter, George W., 1861-1946. 1
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 1
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 1
Juarez, Leni. 1
Kane, J. Herbert. 1
Kirisutosha Gakusei Kai. 1
Kuhn, Isobel. 1
Kuhn, John Becker. 1
Lambert, Tony, 1948- 1
Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989. 1
Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (2nd : 1989 : Manila, Philippines) 1
League of Evangelical Students. 1
Lee, Witness. 1
Ling, Samuel. 1
Little Flock (China) 1
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