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Donn G. Ziebell Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN-637
Brief Description
Oral history interviews, correspondence, reports, e-mails, memos, budgets, strategic plans, audio and video recordings, and photographs relating to activities of Ziebell, a retired American businessman, as a senior executive at Slavic Gospel Association and other ministries. The material in the collection documents the work of SGA in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and other countries; the reorganization of SGA in the late 1980s and early 1990s; Christianity in Russia during the same time...
Dates:
1981-2008
Found in:
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Donn G. Ziebell Papers
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 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 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 228 Oral History Interview with Lyndon Hess
Collection
Identifier: CN 228
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Lyndon Roth Hess in which he describes his missionary service in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) between 1932 and 1975 as a teacher of missionary children, assistant to village pastors and other work with the Lunda people. Topics include cultural influences on missionary children, education at Wheaton College, missionary service with Brethren Assemblies in Zambia teaching children of missionaries, the national African church, tribal tensions, Marxism, influence of...
Dates:
Created: 1982
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 450 Oral History Interviews with Vasile Bunta
Collection
Identifier: CN 450
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Vasile Bunta in which he decsribes his family background, the Baptist church in Romania, relations between church and state, his conversion and education, Billy Graham's visit to the country in 1985, the Christian revival of the 1970s in Romania, the effect of the 1989 revolution on the church, evangelistic work among the Romani people, and the current state of the Church. The time period covered by the interviews is 1960 to 1991.Vasile Bunta was...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 462 Oral History Interview with Adrian O. Ban
Collection
Identifier: CN 462
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Adrian Ban in which he describes his family background, the revival in his Baptist church in Oradea, Romania; his own conversion; attempts by the government to intimidate Christians; influence of Christians such as Joseph Tson, Liviu Olah, and Aurel Tosa; his involvement in music ministry in Romania; the 1989 revolution in Romania; conditions for the church since the revolution; impressions of the church in the United States and Romania; the Romanian Missionary...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Collection 440 Oral History Interviews with Inge Rydland
Collection
Identifier: CN 440
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Inge Herman Rydland in which he describes his family's Lutheran evangelistic work in Norway; his own call to become a missionary; his and his wife's departure to Ethiopia as workers of the Swedish Evangelical Mission in 1977; his work in Ethiopia as a teacher and as a community development work. Other topics discussed include: the work of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Meaken Yesus; church state relations; effect of the Ethiopian political situation on the...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 321 Papers of Glicerio M. Manzano
Collection
Identifier: CN 321
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of prayer letters and oral history interviews, which document Glicerio M. Jojo Manzano's early life, education, family life, and work as a service manager with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship and as an accountant for a rural hospital with International Nepal Fellowship.Series 1: Audio TapesThree oral history interviews with Glicerio Manzano. Topics discussed in the interview include Manzano's early life, education,...
Dates:
Created: 1981-1992
Collection 388 Oral History Interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco
Collection
Identifier: CN 388
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Catherine Saavedra Velasco in which she discusses her life and ministry in the Philippines, including her childhood, education, and work as a Bible school teacher. Other topics covered include theological education and evangelism in the Philippines; work with "Here's Life Philippines," sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ; the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church; Filipino culture; Muslim and Catholic communities in the Philippines; Ebenezer Bible College;...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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 312 Papers of Diane W. Hawkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 312
Scope and Contents
Collection 312 consists of letters, oral history interviews, articles, minutes of meetings, reports and other relating to Diane Hawkins' missionary service in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) as well as the tapes of an oral history interview conducted several years later. Among the topics covered are: TEAM's evangelistic, and educational work in Rhodesia; the lifestyle, music, and beliefs of Shona people; the civil war between white government and the black nationalist guerrillas which raged while...
Dates:
Created: 1970-1985
Collection 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah
Collection
Identifier: CN 302
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with David Livingstone Farah, in which he discusses his upbringing, education at Wheaton College, work as an administrator with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru and Bolivia, and relationships with other religious bodies, national groups and governments. Other topics include the 1950 revival at Wheaton College; Wycliffe jungle training in Mexico; the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the prevalence of syncretism; differences between Peru and Bolivia; description of...
Dates:
Created: 1985
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 446 Papers of Jack Wyrtzen
Collection
Identifier: CN 446
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, audio tapes and video tapes relating to the ministry of Jack Wyrtzen.Series: Audio TapesTape 1 to Tape 7: Oral history interviews with Jack Wyrtzen in which he describes his parents, childhood, early influences, conversion, relations with other Christian leaders, development of the Word of Life Fellowship, radio and television work and youth work. The time period covered by the...
Dates:
Created: 1991
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
Latin America Mission Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 236
Brief Description
Records of the mission, including correspondence, minutes, reports, memos, financial reports, policy statements, planning documents, promotional material, photographs, etc. Documents describe the origins of LAM (particularly the contribution of the Strachan family); evangelistic, church planting, educational, medical, and literature activities (primarily in Colombia and Costa Rica, but also many other Latin American countries and the United States); the restructuring of the mission in the...
Dates:
Created: 1903-1994
Collection 089 Papers of Paul P. Stough
Collection
Identifier: CN 089
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, films, videos relating to Paul P. Stough’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo with Africa Inland Mission. Materials contain information on Stough's father, Henry Stough, Wheaton College, Paul Stough's work as a missionary for Africa Inland Mission in the Belgian Congo (Zaire) and Kenya from the 1920s to the 1970s, and generally on the spread of Christianity in Africa.
Dates:
Created: 1979-1992
Collection 218 Records of the Evangelical Missions Information Service
Collection
Identifier: CN 218
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, press releases, minutes, financial statements, reports, and photographs documenting the activities of the Evangelical Mission Information Service (EMIS), the publications arm of both the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association and the Interdenominational Foreign Missions Association. Activities documented include the publication of several mission periodicals, including Evangelical Missions Quarterly and Missionary News Service; organization of missionary conferences and...
Dates:
Created: 1964-1981
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- Evangelistic work. 21
- Christian education. 20
- Communism. 20
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 15
- Missionaries. 15
- Indigenous church administration 13
- Language in missionary work. 13
- Christianity and culture. 12
- Missionaries -- Training of. 12
- Children of missionaries. 11
- Church and state. 11
- Conversion. 11
- Women missionaries. 11
- China -- History. 10
- Communism -- China. 10
- Missions -- China. 10
- Women 10
- Women -- Religious life. 10
- Bible. 9
- Christian education -- China. 9
- Evangelistic work -- China. 9
- Medical care 9
- Catholic Church. 8
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 8
- Family. 8
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 7
- Culture shock. 7
- Education 7
- Missions, Medical. 7
- Persecution. 7
- Rural churches. 7
- Tribes. 7
- Children. 6
- Church and social problems. 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Missions. 6
- Animism. 5
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 5
- Buddhists -- China. 5
- Buddhists. 5
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 5
- Christian life. 5
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 5
- Christian literature. 5
- Church development, New. 5
- Church work with youth. 5
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 5
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 5
- Missionaries' spouses. 5
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 5
- Refugees 5
- Refugees -- China. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Baptism. 4
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 4
- Bible -- Translating. 4
- China -- Religion. 4
- China. 4
- Chinese -- Missions. 4
- Church growth. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 4
- Fund raising. 4
- Marriage. 4
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
- Missions -- Finance. 4
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
- Missions -- Philippines. 4
- Missions -- Taiwan. 4
- Organizational change. 4
- Racism. 4
- Religious institutions. 4
- Rural missions. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 4
- Social change. 4
- Sunday schools. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Youth 4
- Baptists. 3
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 3
- China -- Description and travel. 3
- China -- History -- 1949- 3
- China -- Social life and customs. 3
- Chinese. 3
- Christian education -- Philippines. 3
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 3
- Christian education -- United States. 3
- Christian education, Outdoor. 3
- Church schools 3
- Church work with children. 3
- Church work with students. 3
- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Interpersonal conflict. 3
- Liberation theology. 3
- Mass media in missionary work. 3
- Mass media in religion. 3
- Medical care -- China. 3
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 3
- Missions to Buddhists. 3 ∧ less
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 12
- China Inland Mission. 7
- OMF International. 7
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 6
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 6
- Moody Bible Institute. 5
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 3
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
- Crossett, Margaret E. 3
- Straw, Darien A. 3
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 3
- Biserica Ortodoxă Română. 2
- Bunta, Vasile. 2
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 2
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 2
- Crossett, Vincent. 2
- Davis, Ralph T. 2
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 2
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 2
- Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 2
- Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 2
- Elliott, Walter Scott. 2
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 2
- Evangelical Missions Information Service. 2
- Frame, Raymond. 2
- Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 2
- Kane, J. Herbert. 2
- Kuhn, Isobel. 2
- Latin America Mission. 2
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 2
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 2
- Olah, Liviu. 2
- Orthodox Eastern Church. 2
- Palau, Luis, 1934- 2
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 2
- Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 2
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 2
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 2
- Ton, Josef. 2
- Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-1982. 2
- World Council of Churches. 2
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 1
- Adolph, Harold Paul. 1
- Advent Christian Church. 1
- Africa Evangelical Fellowship. 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- Aldrich, Willard. 1
- All-Russian Evangelical Christian Union 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- American Colonization Society. 1
- Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
- Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
- Ban, Adrian O. 1
- Barnhouse, Donald Grey, 1895-1960. 1
- Barrington College. 1
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Bible Institute of the Philippines (Valenzuela, Philippines) 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Blanchard, Jonathan, 1811-1892. 1
- Bollback, Harry. 1
- Borden Memorial Hospital (Lanchow, China) 1
- Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 1
- Bubar, Paul. 1
- Campus Crusade for Christ. 1
- Ceausescu, Nicolae. 1
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- Christian Medical Society. 1
- Church, Donald Lee, 1934-2020. 1
- Comite Latinoamericana al Servicio de la Evangelizacion 1
- Committee to Assist Missionary Education Overseas. 1
- Comunidad Latinoamericano de Ministerios Evangelicos. 1
- Congo Protestant Council. 1
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- Coptic Church. 1
- Coray, Edward A. 1
- Custer, Sadie. 1
- Darling, Edward Moore. 1
- Dawson, Charles H.,, 1916- 1
- Deyneka, Anita. 1
- Deyneka, Peter, 1898-1987. 1
- Deyneka, Peter, 1931-2000. 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- Ebenezer Bible College (Zamboanga City, Philippines) 1
- Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. 1
- Evangelical Committee on Latin America. 1
- Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies. 1
- Evangelical Foreign Missions Association. 1
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
- Evangelical Literature Overseas. 1
- Evangeliska fosterlands-stiftelsen. 1
- Evangelism-in-Depth. 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Farah, David L. 1
- Fenton, Horace L. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
- Frame, Helen. 1 ∧ less
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