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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 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.

 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 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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China -- History -- 1937-1945. 6
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 6
China -- History. 6
Evangelistic work -- China. 6
Missionaries -- Training of. 6
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Refugees 6
Refugees -- China. 6
Children of missionaries. 5
Christian education -- China. 5
Christian education. 5
Christianity and culture. 5
Evangelistic work. 5
Indigenous church administration -- China. 5
Language in missionary work. 5
Women missionaries. 5
Buddhists -- China. 4
Buddhists. 4
Education 4
Family. 4
Indigenous church administration 4
Medical care -- China. 4
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
Rural churches -- China. 4
Rural churches. 4
Tribes. 4
Women 4
Women -- Religious life. 4
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 3
Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
Bible. 3
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 3
China -- Religion. 3
China -- Social life and customs. 3
China. 3
Church development, New. 3
Church work with refugees. 3
Culture shock. 3
Medical care 3
Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 3
Missions. 3
Persecution -- China. 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
Catholic Church. 2
China -- Church history -- 20th century. 2
China -- Church history. 2
China -- History -- 1949- 2
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 2
Chinese -- Missions. 2
Chinese. 2
Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
Christian literature. 2
Christian martyrs -- China. 2
Church and social problems. 2
Church growth -- China. 2
Church growth. 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
Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Independent churches -- China. 2
Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
Missionaries' spouses. 2
Missions -- Study and teaching. 2
Missions -- Taiwan. 2
Missions to Buddhists -- China. 2
Missions to Buddhists. 2
Missions, Medical -- China. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Persecution. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Religious institutions. 2
Social change. 2
Superstition. 2
Taiwan. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
African Americans. 1
Animism. 1
Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
Catholic Church -- Relations 1
Catholic Church. -- China. 1
Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 1
Children -- Religious life. 1
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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
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
Discipleship Training Centre (Singapore) 1
Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
Dowsett, Dick. 1
Draper, Ben. 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
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
Nowack, Ruth Louise. 1
Nyquist, James F. 1
Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 1
Ohtawa, Koichi, 1942- 1
Peskett, Howard. 1
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