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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 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 256 Oral History Interviews with Malcolm and Helen Sawyer

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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

 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

David H. Adeney Papers.

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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 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 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott

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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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Missionaries -- Training of. 8
Refugees 8
Children of missionaries. 7
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 7
China -- History. 7
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Evangelistic work -- China. 7
Evangelistic work. 7
Language in missionary work. 7
Women missionaries. 7
China -- History -- 1937-1945. 6
Christianity and culture. 6
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
Refugees -- China. 6
Women 6
Women -- Religious life. 6
Buddhists -- China. 5
Buddhists. 5
China. 5
Christian education -- China. 5
Christian education. 5
Education 5
Family. 5
Indigenous church administration -- China. 5
Medical care -- China. 5
Missions. 5
Tribes. 5
Bible. 4
China -- Religion. 4
China -- Social life and customs. 4
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 4
Christian literature. 4
Church development, New. 4
Church work with refugees. 4
Indigenous church administration 4
Medical care 4
Persecution -- China. 4
Rural churches -- China. 4
Rural churches. 4
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
Catholic Church. 3
China -- Description and travel. 3
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 3
China -- History -- 1949- 3
Church growth. 3
Conversion. 3
Culture shock. 3
Missionaries' spouses. 3
Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 3
Missions to Buddhists -- China. 3
Missions to Buddhists. 3
Persecution. 3
Rural missions. 3
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 3
Theology 3
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 3
Ancestor worship. 2
Ancestor worship. -- China. 2
China -- Church history -- 20th century. 2
China -- Church history. 2
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 2
Chinese -- Missions. 2
Chinese. 2
Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
Christian leadership. 2
Christian martyrs -- China. 2
Church and social problems. 2
Church and state -- China. 2
Church growth -- China. 2
Church work with children. 2
Church work with refugees -- China. 2
Crime and criminals 2
Crime and criminals -- China. 2
Education -- China. 2
Education -- Curricula. 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 2
Evangelistic work -- Tibet (China) 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Idols and images. 2
Independent churches -- China. 2
Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
Intercultural communication. 2
Interpersonal conflict. 2
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
Missions -- India. 2
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
Missions -- Taiwan. 2
Missions -- Tibet. 2
Missions, Medical -- China. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Religious institutions. 2
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Names
China Inland Mission. 6
OMF International. 4
Zhongguo guo min dang. 4
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
Crossett, Margaret E. 3
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Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 3
Nee, Watchman. 3
Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 3
Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) 3
Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 2
Crossett, Vincent. 2
Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 2
Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 2
Elliott, Walter Scott. 2
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 2
Kane, J. Herbert. 2
Moody Bible Institute. 2
Straw, Darien A. 2
Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 1
Adeney, Ruth W. 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
Barrington College. 1
Billy Graham Center. Institute for Chinese Studies. 1
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
Ch'eng, Marcus, 1884-1964. 1
Chandapilla, P. T. 1
Chandler, Rosemary Joy. 1
Chao, Calvin. 1
Chao, Jonathan. 1
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
Chicago Evangelistic Institute. 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
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
Chua, Wee Hian, 1939- 1
Chung, Derek. 1
Contento, Paul A. 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 China Office. 1
Evangelical Free Church of America. 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
Friends of China Fellowship. 1
Fung, Raymond. 1
Gates, Alan Frederick, 1931- 1
George, A. K. 1
Girao, William B. 1
Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 1
Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
Guinness, Henry, 1908- 1
Hamilton, Pauline G. 1
Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011. 1
Hockman, Robert William, 1906-1935. 1
Houghton, Stanley, 1881-1913. 1
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 1
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 1
Juarez, Leni. 1
Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
Kirisutosha Gakusei Kai. 1
Lambert, Tony, 1948- 1
Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 1
Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (2nd : 1989 : Manila, Philippines) 1
LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 1
Lee, Witness. 1
Ling, Samuel. 1
Little Flock (China) 1
Local Church. 1
Logos (Ship) 1
Lum, Ada. 1
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
Magalit, Isabelo F. 1
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976. 1
McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 1
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
Miller, Eric. 1
New College Berkeley (Calif.) 1
North, G. W. 1
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