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Collection 169 Oral History Interviews with Harold P. Adolph

 Collection
Identifier: CN 169
Scope and Contents Oral History Interview with Harold Paul Adolph, in which he discusses his boyhood in China as the son of missionaries with China Inland Mission, conditions in China, his education at Wheaton College, medical education at the University of Pennsylvania, decision to become a missionary, and his ministry in Ethiopia as a medical missionary in African with Sudan Interior Mission; American missions in Ethiopia; family life on the mission field, and work with the Christian Medical Society. The...
Dates: Created: 1981

Collection 164 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Small

 Collection
Identifier: CN 164
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Elizabeth Stair Small in which she describes her missionary experiences in China between the earliest communist revolutions; includes customs, evangelizing methods, assistance of Chinese Christians in areas of central China; post-war pastoring in the U.S. The time period covered by the interviews is 1904-1980.

Elizabeth Small was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 28, 1980 at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.

Dates: Created: 1980

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 293 Oral History Interview with Melvin D. Suttie

 Collection
Identifier: CN 293
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Melvin David Suttie (1912-2006) in which he discusses his childhood, Christian growth, education at Wheaton College and Biblical Seminary in New York and Omaha Presbyterian Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission (1940-1950), work among university students, persecution, evangelistic work among the Chinese population and Nationalist troops, his wife Mary's work among women, their children, church and state relations in China, the impact of the...
Dates: Created: 1985

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 417 Papers of Dick Springer

 Collection
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 051 Papers of Katharine H. Schoerner

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Identifier: CN 051
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Katherine Hastings Dodd Schoerner for the Missionary Sources Collection at the BGC Archives, in which she describes her experiences as a missionary with China Inland Mission from 1931-1951. Also included the collection are five letters written during her ministry in China describing her life there.Katharine Schoerner was interviewed by Wheaton College student Gary Ziccardi on October 20, 1978 at her home in Evergreen Park. Topics covered in the...
Dates: Created: 1978

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 -- 1937-1945. 9
China -- History. 9
Evangelistic work. 9
Children of missionaries. 8
Missionaries -- Training of. 8
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Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 6
Conversion. 6
Language in missionary work. 6
Women missionaries. 6
China -- Religion. 5
Missionaries' spouses. 5
Missions -- Educational work. 5
Women 5
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China -- History -- 1949- 4
Chinese -- Missions. 4
Chinese. 4
Church and state. 4
Indigenous church administration 4
Indigenous church administration -- China. 4
Persecution -- China. 4
Persecution. 4
Rural missions. 4
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 4
Tribes. 4
Christian education. 3
Christianity and culture. 3
Church and state -- China. 3
Medical care 3
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Missions, Medical. 3
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China -- Church history -- 20th century. 2
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China -- Politics and government. 2
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Chinese language. 2
Christian education -- China. 2
Christian martyrs -- China. 2
Church and social problems. 2
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Church work with women -- China. 2
Church work with women. 2
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Culture shock. 2
Evangelicalism. 2
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Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 2
Muslims. 2
Rural churches. 2
Sex role -- China. 2
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. 2
Three-self movement. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
Amharic language. 1
Animism -- China. 1
Animism -- Ethiopia. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution -- China. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges -- China. 1
Bible colleges -- United States. 1
Boarding schools -- China. 1
Boarding schools. 1
Buddhism -- Christianity. 1
Buddhism. 1
Buddhists -- Tibet (China) 1
Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
Catholic Church -- Relations 1
Catholic Church. 1
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Children of missionaries -- China. 1
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 7
China Inland Mission. 6
OMF International. 5
Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 4
Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 4
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Zhongguo guo min dang. 4
Moody Bible Institute. 3
Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 3
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
Christian Medical Society. 2
Dow, Elsie Storrs. 2
Kane, J. Herbert. 2
Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 2
Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 2
Straw, Darien A. 2
Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 1
Adeney, Ruth W. 1
Adolph, Harold Paul. 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
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
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 and Missionary Alliance. 1
Chua, Wee Hian, 1939- 1
Chung, Derek. 1
Contento, Paul A. 1
Coptic Church. 1
Crossett, Margaret E. 1
Discipleship Training Centre (Singapore) 1
Door of Hope Mission. 1
Dowsett, Dick. 1
Draper, Ben. 1
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 1
Ekvall, Robert B. (Robert Brainerd), 1898-1983. 1
Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 1
Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 1
Elliott, Walter Scott. 1
English Language Institute/China. 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
Frost, Henry Weston, 1858- 1
Fung, Raymond. 1
Gates, Alan Frederick, 1931- 1
Girao, William B. 1
Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 1
Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 1
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
Guinness, Henry, 1908- 1
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975. 1
Hamilton, Pauline G. 1
Hess, Esther N. 1
Hess, Lawrence. 1
Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 1
Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 1
Houghton, Stanley, 1881-1913. 1
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 1
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 1
Juarez, Leni. 1
Kirisutosha Gakusei Kai. 1
Kuhn, Isobel. 1
Kuhn, John Becker. 1
Lambert, Tony, 1948- 1
Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 1
Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (2nd : 1989 : Manila, Philippines) 1
Lee, Witness. 1
Ling, Samuel. 1
Local Church. 1
Logos (Ship) 1
Lum, Ada. 1
Magalit, Isabelo F. 1
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