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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 093 Oral History Interview with Earl A. Winsor
Collection
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 375 Oral History Interview with Suzanne Griggins
Collection
Identifier: CN 375
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Suzanne Elizabeth Griggins (T3-T4) in which she describes her work as a lawyer at the Mendenhall Ministries Law Office, including examples of cases. Other topics discussed include: Griggins’ conversion and spiritual growth; political, legal, educational, racial and social conditions in rural Mississippi; voter registration; pastor Artis Fletcher; the Ku Klux Klan; and the church's response to injustice. The collection also includes an orientation session (T1-T2)...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 428 Papers of Helen E. Berry
Collection
Identifier: CN 428
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview and prayer letters relating to the ministry of Helen Elizabeth Berry, missionary with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Taiwan from 1966-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Helen E. Berry in which she describes her youth, family, conversion, call to be a missionary, education at Wheaton College, missionary work with the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Taiwan, church...
Dates:
Created: 1990
Collection 189 Papers of Mary Goforth Moynan
Collection
Identifier: CN 189
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous personal papers, an autobiography, oral history interviews and color slides relating to the ministry of Mary Goforth Moynan. Topics covered include Moynan's memories of the personalities and work of her parents, Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth; evangelistic work in China before World War II; her own career in Christian work; and her trips in 1979 to Taiwan and in 1980 to the People's Republic of China.
Dates:
Created: 1918-1994
Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely
Collection
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 104 Oral History Interview with Bruce F. Hunt
Collection
Identifier: CN 104
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews in which Bruce Finley Hunt (1903-1992) discusses his boyhood in Korea, college and seminary education at Wheaton College, Rutgers University and Princeton Seminary; a portion (1928-1942) of his missionary work in Korea and Manchuria; and his impressions of Korean culture. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1903-1976.Bruce Finley Hunt was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 22 and May 21, 1980 and October 16, 2002 in Abington, PA and...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
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 479 Oral History Interview with William A. Stier
Collection
Identifier: CN 479
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with William Adam Stier (1912-2004), missionary with Africa Inland Mission in Tanzania from 1938 to 1978. Topics covered in the two sessions include his youth and conversion, marriage, Bible school education, call to missions, his work with the Sakuma and Tuzu peoples, his ministry as a teacher of African pastors; the transition from mission to indigenous church control in Tanzania, the policies and personnel of AIM, Emil Sywulka, political changes in Tanzania,...
Dates:
Created: 1993
Collection 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright
Collection
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 386 Oral History Interview with Charles H. Dawson
Collection
Identifier: CN 386
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Charles H. Dawson (1916-2000) in which he describes his family background; conversion; involvement in street preaching; jail ministry and other work in the Camden area; involvement in the work of the Afro-American Missionary Crusade; and philosophy of Christian work. Other topics discussed include Dawson's training at the New Jersey Bible School; street preaching; Montrose Waite; Dawson's trips to Africa from the 1960s through the 1980s; training African...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 125 Oral History Interview with Jane (Teresa) Leasor
Collection
Identifier: CN 125
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Jane (Teresa) Leasor (1922-2009) in which she describes her post-graduate education at Biblical Seminary in New York City; teaching at a secondary school for girls and a college for women in Beirut, Lebanon; the Arabic language; Islam; the place of women in Islam society; and the relationship between various Christian churches in Lebanon.Teresa Leasor was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 24 and September 7, 1982. There was an earlier tape recorded...
Dates:
Created: 1982
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 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook
Collection
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 387 Papers of William M. Miller
Collection
Identifier: CN 387
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and transcripts with William M. Miller in which he describes his education at Princeton, Christian faith, and work as a Presbyterian missionary to Iran from 1919 to 1962. Besides descriptions of his evangelistic, pastoral, and educational work, he also describes many aspects of Iranian and Islamic society. Most of the transcripts are of interviews done for the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Dates:
Created: 1979-1988
Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright
Collection
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 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon
Collection
Identifier: CN 335
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and paper records relating to Ralph Shannon’s life and ministry as a medical missionary in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo).Audio Tapes Four oral history interviews with Ralph Shannon, recorded on eight reels of audio tape. Topics covered include Shannon's childhood in Belgian Congo (Zaire) with his missionary parents, Wheaton College undergraduate and graduate education, service in Zaire as a medical...
Dates:
Created: 1986-1990
Collection 177 Papers of Zoe Anne Alford
Collection
Identifier: CN 177
Scope and Contents
This collection contains curriculum materials and lecture notes, manuscripts of messages, correspondence, prayer letters, financial records, clippings, maps, promotional materials, minutes, photographs, newsletters, oral history interview, documenting Zoe Anne Alford's work in India and among Navajo Indians in New Mexico. The collection provides a broad overview of her education, preparation and missionary career, extending from her grammar school education into her retirement. It provides...
Dates:
Created: 1925-1983
Collection 414 Papers of Wade T. Coggins
Collection
Identifier: CN 414
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, papers and speech manuscripts relating to the ministry of Wade T. Coggins, Christian worker with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and the Evangelical Foreign Mission Association.
Dates:
Created: 1964-1990
Collection 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer
Collection
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
Youth for Christ Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 048
Brief Description
Minutes, constitution and by-laws, clippings, newsletters, manuals, pamphlets, directories, press releases, audio tapes, videotapes, photographs, posters, club yearbooks, correspondence, etc., about the founding, development and growth, and activities of Youth for Christ in the USA and internationally.Collection documents organizational policies, correspondence of the organization's presidents, conventions and Bible quiz competitions, the operation of Campus Life clubs, Youth...
Dates:
Created: 1944-ongoing; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-ongoing
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
- Missionaries. 19
- Conversion. 18
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 18
- Christian education. 16
- Church and state. 16
- Missionaries -- Training of. 16
- Indigenous church administration 15
- Catholic Church. 13
- Language in missionary work. 12
- Christianity and culture. 11
- Women missionaries. 11
- Children of missionaries. 10
- Christian life. 10
- Education 10
- Missions -- Educational work. 10
- Church development, New. 9
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 9
- Women 9
- Women -- Religious life. 9
- Animism. 8
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 8
- Christian leadership. 8
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 8
- Missions, Medical. 8
- Sex role. 8
- Tribes. 8
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 8
- Church and social problems. 7
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 7
- Family. 7
- Fund raising. 7
- Boarding schools. 6
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 6
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 6
- Intercultural communication. 6
- Medical care 6
- Pentecostalism. 6
- Christian education -- United States. 5
- Culture shock. 5
- Evangelicalism. 5
- Marriage. 5
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 5
- Missions to Muslims. 5
- Rural missions. 5
- World War, 1939-1945. 5
- African Americans. 4
- Bible colleges 4
- Bible. 4
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 4
- Christian literature. 4
- Church discipline. 4
- Church growth. 4
- Church schools 4
- Church work with students. 4
- College students in missionary work. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Interdenominational cooperation. 4
- Liberation theology. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 4
- Missionaries' spouses. 4
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 4
- Missions -- Africa. 4
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 4
- Missions. 4
- Muslims. 4
- Persecution. 4
- Presbyterians. 4
- Racism. 4
- Radio in missionary work. 4
- Sunday schools. 4
- Superstition. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 4
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 4
- Worship. 4
- African Americans -- Missions. 3
- Belgium. 3
- Belgium. -- Colonies 3
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 3
- Belief and doubt. 3
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
- Buddhists. 3
- Catholic Church -- Evangelicalism. 3
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Church and social problems -- United States. 3
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Church work with children. 3
- Church work with military personnel. 3
- Communism. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion. 3
- Discrimination. 3
- Education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Education, Higher 3
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses 3
- Evangelistic work -- India. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Korea. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 3
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3 ∧ less
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 12
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 7
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 5
- Africa Inland Mission. 4
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 3
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 2
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 2
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 2
- Committee to Assist Missionary Education Overseas. 2
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 2
- Evangelical Foreign Missions Association. 2
- Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 2
- Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America. 2
- Kantzer, Kenneth S. 2
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 2
- Moody Bible Institute. 2
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 2
- Reapsome, James W. 2
- Straw, Darien A. 2
- Winsor, Earl. 2
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 2
- Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
- Africa Evangelical Fellowship. 1
- Africa Evangelical Office (Nairobi, Kenya) 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- African American Missionary Crusade. 1
- Aldrich, Willard. 1
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- American Leprosy Missions. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
- Association of Church Missions Committees. 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Berry, Helen E. 1
- Bethel Bible Institute (Armenia, Colombia) 1
- Blocher, Jacques A. 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
- Bole, Simeon James, 1875- 1
- Brooks, Charles C. 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Buker, Raymond B., 1899-1992. 1
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
- Cairns, Earle Edwin, 1910- 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
- Coggins, Wade T. 1
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- Cook, Ian H. 1
- Cook, Robert A., 1912- 1
- Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
- Coptic Church. 1
- Coray, Edward A. 1
- Dawson, Charles H.,, 1916- 1
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- Downing, Kenneth L., 1908-1989. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
- Egilse de J'esus-Christ sur la terre par le proph'ete Simon Kimbangu (Democratic Republic of Congo) 1
- Eglise du Christ au Zaire. 1
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
- Evangelical Church of Iran. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangelical Fellowship of India. 1
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
- Evangelical Missions Information Service. 1
- Evans, Robert P., 1918-2011. 1
- Farah, David L. 1
- Feng, Yuxiang, 1882-1948. 1
- Fenton, Horace L. 1
- Ferrin, Howard W. 1
- Finney, Charles G., 1792-1875. 1
- Fletcher, Artis. 1
- Frizen, E. L. 1
- Gerber, Vergil. 1
- Goforth, Jonathan, 1859-1936. 1
- Goforth, Rosalind, 1864-1942. 1
- Griggins, Suzanne. 1
- Hall, John F., 1906-1984. 1
- Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. 1
- Hawkes, James Wood. 1
- Hess, Lyndon. 1
- Howard, David M. 1
- Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 1
- Hunt, William Brewster. 1
- India-Ceylon Youth for Christ. 1
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (Philippines) 1
- International Nepal Fellowship. 1
- Jaarsma, Cornelius Richard, 1897- 1
- Jesus Christ. 1
- Johnson, Torrey Maynard, 1909- 1
- Kato, Byang H. 1
- Katungulu Bible School (Tanzania) 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- Kesler, Jay. 1
- King, Louis L. 1
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 1
- Langford, Sidney. 1 ∧ less
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