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Collection 093 Oral History Interview with Earl A. Winsor

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Identifier: CN 093
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Earl Austin Winsor (1897-1983) in which he discusses his education at Wheaton College as a student (1919-1920) and teacher (1920-25, history, and 1939-1949, math and physics) and his missionary experiences in Africa under Africa Inland Mission, serving in what is now Zaire. Wheaton personalities, mission experiences, especially those relating to his education work, and analysis of his exposure to African government, churches, tribal customs, and health practices....
Dates: Created: 1979-1980

Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely

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Identifier: CN 290
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Merle Ashel Steely, who worked as a missionary with Sudan Interior Mission between 1951 and 1977 in Liberia and Nigeria. Topic discussed include: Steely's conversion while in military service, education and employment at Wheaton College (including the 1950 revival there), his missionary work in Liberia at radio station ELWA and with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, teaching in mission and government schools, evangelism and church planting, Billy Graham's 1960...
Dates: Created: 1984

Collection 263 Oral History Interview with Margaret Carlson

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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 325 Oral History Interview with Donald W. Berry

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Identifier: CN 325
Scope and Contents Oral history interview in which Berry discusses his conversion, education at Wheaton College, and his work as a pilot and administrator for Mission Aviation Fellowship in Honduras and Southeast Asia. Other topics discussed include. Berry’s service in the Army during World War II, his views on pacifism, the origins of Mission Aviation Fellowship, challenges of MAF, and the effect of life on the mission field on Berry’s family.Donald Berry was interviewed by Robert Shuster on...
Dates: Created: 1986

Collection 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright

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Identifier: CN 284
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Gladys Lyle Wright (1902-1994), in which she discusses her work as a teacher in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo). Topics discussed include: Wright's family background, education at Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute, her work as a missionary in the Belgian Congo for the Africa Inland Mission, memories of the Congolese people and culture, and her experiences at Wheaton when she was on the staff of the College after retriring from the mission...
Dates: Created: 1984

Collection 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah

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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 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook

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Identifier: CN 317
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Ian Harper Cooke and Ruth Eileen (Witmer) Cook, in which Ian describes his childhood and education in South Africa, college education at Wheaton College, training for missionary work, medical missions work in South Africa with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), the Zulus, apartheid, and the national church; and Ruth describes her childhood, conversion, and intention to become a missionary nurse, education at West Suburban Hospital and Wheaton College,...
Dates: Created: 1985

Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright

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Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates: Created: 1950-1986

Collection 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer

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Identifier: CN 328
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, speech manuscripts and prayer letters relating to the careers and ministries of Eric and Lydia Maillefer as missionaries and Christian workers with the Evangelical Free Church in Zaire, Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar (AEAM), and the Africa Evangelical Office (AEO). Lydia worked as a teacher and school administrator; Eric worked first as a teacher, then on loan as a conference coordinator to the Africa Evangelical Office, and later as administrative secretary...
Dates: Created: 1971-1991

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Christianity and culture. 8
Evangelistic work. 8
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 8
Catholic Church. 7
Church and state. 7
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Conversion. 7
Children of missionaries. 6
Indigenous church administration 6
Language in missionary work. 6
Missionaries -- Training of. 6
Women missionaries. 6
Animism. 5
Education 5
Missions -- Educational work. 5
Tribes. 5
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
Boarding schools. 4
Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
Christian education. 4
Church development, New. 4
College students in missionary work. 4
Culture shock. 4
Evangelicalism. 4
Fund raising. 4
Medical care 4
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
Missions, Medical. 4
Missions. 4
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 4
Women 4
Women -- Religious life. 4
Belgium. 3
Belgium. -- Colonies 3
Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 3
Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
Church and social problems. 3
Church schools 3
College students. 3
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
Intercultural communication. 3
Mass media in missionary work. 3
Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
Pentecostalism. 3
Revivals -- Wheaton. 3
Revivals. 3
Sex role. 3
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 3
Apartheid. 2
Belgium. -- Administration. 2
Catholic Church -- Missions. 2
Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Christian education -- United States. 2
Christian leadership. 2
Christian life. 2
Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Church discipline. 2
College students -- Religious life. 2
Communism. 2
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government. 2
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 2
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions. 2
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social life and customs 2
Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Family. 2
Indians of South America -- Missions. 2
Indians of South America. 2
Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 2
Interdenominational cooperation. 2
Kenya 2
Kenya -- Politics and government. 2
Marriage. 2
Mass media in religion. 2
Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 2
Missionaries' spouses. 2
Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
Missions -- Honduras. 2
Missions -- Kenya. 2
Missions to Muslims. 2
Moravian Church -- Missions. 2
Racism. 2
Radio in missionary work. 2
Rural missions. 2
Soldiers 2
Sunday schools. 2
Superstition. 2
Syncretism (Religion). 2
Theological seminaries. 2
Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
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Names
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 3
Africa Inland Mission. 2
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
Moody Bible Institute. 2
Moravian Church. 2
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Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-1982. 2
Winsor, Earl. 2
Wycliffe Bible Translators. 2
Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
Africa Evangelical Office (Nairobi, Kenya) 1
Armerding, Hudson T. 1
Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 1
Bell, James W. 1
Berry, Donald W. 1
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
Blocher, Jacques A. 1
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
Central American Mission. 1
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
Cook, Ian H. 1
Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
Downing, Kenneth L., 1908-1989. 1
ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
Evangelical Alliance Mission. 1
Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
Farah, David L. 1
HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
Hatcher, Elias. 1
Horner, George R. 1
Howard, David M. 1
India-Ceylon Youth for Christ. 1
Jaarsma, Cornelius Richard, 1897- 1
Jones, Clarence W. 1
Jones, Howard O. 1
Kantzer, Kenneth S. 1
Kato, Byang H. 1
Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
Larson, Reuben. 1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. 1
Mackensie, Mignon B. 1
Maillefer, Eric. 1
Maillefer, Lydia. 1
Maranatha Bible & Missionary Conference Ground (Muskegon, Mich.) 1
Mellis, Charles. 1
Mitchell, Hubert. 1
Navigators (Religious organization) 1
Odunaike, Samuel O. 1
Pacific Garden Mission (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Palau, Luis, 1934- 1
Paz Estenssoro, Víctor, 1907-2001. 1
Rethy Academy (Zaire) 1
Simpson, Clarence J. 1
Stam, Harry. 1
Steely, Merle A. 1
Steely, Vera Mae. 1
Sudan Interior Mission. 1
Trotman, Dawson E. 1
West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, Ill.) 1
Wilson, Thomas Walter. 1
Winsor, Alice. 1
World Evangelical Fellowship. 1
World Vision International. 1
World Wide Pictures, Inc. 1
Wright, Gladys. 1
Wright, James Edwin. 1
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