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Collection 707 Oral History Interviews with Douglas W. Stewart
Collection
Identifier: CN 707
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Douglas W. Stewart in which he describes his ministry with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in South and Central America and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship from 1963-1991. Topics discussed include Stewart’s family background, spiritual growth, education at Colombia Bible College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, leadership, roles, and structure of IFES, political, social, and religious context in South and Central America,...
Dates:
2018
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 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 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 535 Oral History Interview with Mona Joyce
Collection
Identifier: CN 535
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Mona Miller Joyce (1912-2000) in which she describes her childhood and youth, conversion and spiritual development, call to missionary work, family, work in China with China Inland Mission, husband Raymond Joyce, the Communist period in China and CIM's expulsion from the country, co-workers Dr. Jessie McDonald and Mabel Soltau, Pentecostalism, relations among missionaries, her role as a woman missionary, outreach to Muslims, their work in the Persian Gulf with...
Dates:
Created: 1996
Collection 286 Oral History Interview with Marilyn J. Suttie
Collection
Identifier: CN 286
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Marilyn Joy Suttie in which she describes her work as a missionary in Cameroon with the United Presbyterian Ecumenical Mission. Topics discussed include: Suttie's childhood in China, education at Wheaton College, and short-term missionary work, mainly teaching missionary children in Cameroon. Also includes information on the Cameroon church, polygamy, Muslims in Cameroon, and medical care, and other political, social, and religious issues in Africa. The time...
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 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 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 051 Papers of Katharine H. Schoerner
Collection
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
Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson
Collection
Identifier: CN 263
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Margaret Johanna (Larson) Carlson in which she describes growing up in Ecuador as the child of missionaries, her education at Westmont and Wheaton Colleges, her nursing experience, and her missionary service with her husband at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong. Other topics discussed include: the founding of a HCJB radio station by her father, Reuben Larson, and her involvement in Wheaton College's HNGR Program. Individuals described...
Dates:
Created: 1983
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 606 Papers of Winifred Rand
Collection
Identifier: CN 606
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview, articles, questionnaires, and biographical information related to the missionary service of Winifred Rand with China Inland Mission. Topics covered by the material include: Rand’s teaching ambitions as a young girl; reason for move to missions; Portland Bible Institute; Christian and Missionary Alliance missions policy toward single women on the mission field; China Inland Mission training; Chinese language school; doing rural work with Chinese Bible woman in Shansi,...
Dates:
Created: 1936-2004
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 418 Papers of Hester H. Withey
Collection
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
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
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
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- Communism. 19
- Missionaries. 17
- Evangelistic work. 16
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 15
- Women missionaries. 15
- Communism -- China. 14
- Women 14
- Women -- Religious life. 14
- Missions -- China. 13
- Children of missionaries. 12
- China -- History. 12
- Christian education. 12
- Evangelistic work -- China. 11
- Indigenous church administration 11
- Language in missionary work. 11
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 10
- Missionaries -- Training of. 10
- Medical care 9
- Missions. 9
- Bible. 8
- China. 8
- Family. 8
- Catholic Church. 7
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 7
- Christian education -- China. 7
- Conversion. 7
- Tribes. 7
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 7
- Buddhists -- China. 6
- Buddhists. 6
- China -- Religion. 6
- Chinese -- Missions. 6
- Church and state. 6
- Culture shock. 6
- Education 6
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Persecution. 6
- Refugees 6
- Rural churches. 6
- Chinese. 5
- Christian life. 5
- Church and social problems. 5
- Church development, New. 5
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 5
- Medical care -- China. 5
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Persecution -- China. 5
- Refugees -- China. 5
- Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 5
- Animism. 4
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 4
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 4
- Christian literature. 4
- Christianity and culture -- China. 4
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 4
- Missions to Buddhists. 4
- Muslims. 4
- Pentecostalism. 4
- Racism. 4
- Religious institutions. 4
- Rural churches -- China. 4
- Rural missions. 4
- Sex role. 4
- Social change. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Bible -- Translating. 3
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 3
- China -- Description and travel. 3
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 3
- China -- History -- 1949- 3
- China -- Social life and customs. 3
- Christian education -- Philippines. 3
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 3
- Intercultural communication. 3
- Mass media in missionary work. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions -- Taiwan. 3
- Organizational change. 3
- Presbyterians. 3
- Taiwan. 3
- Theological seminaries. 3
- Theology 3
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 3
- Bible colleges 2
- Bible colleges. 2
- Boarding schools. 2
- Catholic Church. -- China. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 2
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 13
- OMF International. 9
- China Inland Mission. 8
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 5
- Moody Bible Institute. 4
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 3
- Crossett, Margaret E. 3
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 3
- Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 3
- Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 3
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 3
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 3
- Straw, Darien A. 3
- Campus Crusade for Christ. 2
- Crossett, Vincent. 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
- Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 2
- Kane, J. Herbert. 2
- Nee, Watchman. 2
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 2
- Adams, Jay E., 1929- 1
- Advent Christian Church. 1
- Africa Evangelical Fellowship. 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- Aldrich, Willard. 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- American Colonization Society. 1
- Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
- Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
- Barrington College. 1
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
- Bible Institute of the Philippines (Valenzuela, Philippines) 1
- Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship. 1
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Blanchard, Jonathan, 1811-1892. 1
- Bolivian Indian Mission (N.Z.) 1
- Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 1
- Brepohl, Dieter. 1
- Brown, Lindsay, 1953- 1
- Bürki, Hans Ferdinand, 1925- 1
- Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- Chicago Evangelistic Institute. 1
- Chin, John C. 1
- Chua, Wee Hian, 1939- 1
- Clinton, J. Robert 1
- Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Congo Protestant Council. 1
- Coray, Edward A. 1
- Custer, Sadie. 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- Ebenezer Bible College (Zamboanga City, Philippines) 1
- Egypt General Mission. 1
- Ericksen, Paul. 1
- Escobar, Samuel E., 1934- 1
- Evangelical Literature Overseas. 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Farah, David L. 1
- Fellowship of Faith for Muslims. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
- Frame, Helen. 1
- Frame, Raymond. 1
- Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1
- Fuller Theological Seminary. 1
- George, A. K. 1
- Gospel Recordings, Inc. 1
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Hall, John F., 1906-1984. 1
- Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011. 1
- Hawkins, Diane W. 1
- Hess, Lyndon. 1
- Hockman, Robert William, 1906-1935. 1
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 1
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 1
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 1
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 1
- International Missionary Council. 1
- Interserve. 1
- Jesson, Daniel J. 1
- Jones, Clarence W. 1
- Jones, Howard O. 1
- Joyce, Mona M. 1
- Joyce, Raymond H. 1
- Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
- Kantzer, Kenneth S. 1
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. 1
- Kivengere, Festo. 1
- Kuhn, Isobel. 1 ∧ less
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