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Collection 480 Oral History Interviews with Margaret L. Clapper
Collection
Identifier: CN 480
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Margaret L. Clapper (1912-2005), missionary with Africa Inland Mission in Belgian Congo/Zaire from 1939-1980. Topics covered in two sessions include her youth, conversion, Bible school education at Moody Bible Institute, missionary work in central Africa, Belgian administration of the Congo, work among pygmies, Zaire politics and government, independence of the country in 1960 and the Simba rebellion, transition from mission to national authority, singleness,...
Dates:
Created: 1993
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 382 Oral History Interview with Paul E. Freed
Collection
Identifier: CN 382
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul Ernest Freed (1918-1996) in which he describes the founding of Trans World Radio in 1952, the history of the development of its administrative policies and work from that time to 1981, and about the use of radio in missionary work. Other topics discussed include: Freed's childhood as the son of Christian and Missionary Alliance workers in Syria, his education in Jerusalem and at Wheaton College, the business he started to help pay his way through college...
Dates:
Created: 1981
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 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 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 348 Oral History Interview with Sharon R. Simon
Collection
Identifier: CN 348
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Sharon "Sheri" Rose Simon in which she describes her childhood, conversion to Christianity, decision to become a missionary, internship in Mexico, and medical work in Haiti.Other topics discussed include: joining the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, raising financial support, common health problems, folk remedies, the relationship between the Haitian would view and health care, voodoo, the 1985-86 revolution in Haiti, relations between Catholics and...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Collection 055 Papers of Otto F. Schoerner
Collection
Identifier: CN 055
Scope and Contents
Papers of Otto Frederick Schoerner a Wheaton College alumnus and missionary with China Inland Mission in Sinkiang, Honan, and Kangsu Provinces of China from 1931-1951. Collection includes an oral history interview, correspondence, autobiography, and photographs.
Dates:
Created: 1949-2006
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 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 247 Oral History Interview with Louis E. Knowlton
Collection
Identifier: CN 247
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Louis E. Knowlton in which he discusses his career in evangelistic work and radio technology in Brazil for the Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. Topics discussed include Knowlton's early life, education, service as an Army chaplain's assistant, decision to go into technological ministry, work at WMBI and in Brazil, efforts as a street evangelist and beginnings of music studio, Brazilian churches, church-state relations, ethnic groups and cults, the use of...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Collection 477 Papers of Stanley R. Kline
Collection
Identifier: CN 477
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Stanley R. Kline and extensive photo albums, relating to Kline’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from 1940 to 1977. Topics covered in interview include: his family background in Philadelphia, conversion, Percy Crawford's influence, evangelism in Philadelphia, rescue mission work, call to missions, his wife Carmel Anthony, his evangelism and educational work in the Congo between 1940 and...
Dates:
Created: 1930-1999
Collection 249 Papers of Myron and Elizabeth Harrison
Collection
Identifier: CN 249
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, prayer letters, and photographs related to the missionary service of Myron and Elizabeth Harrison with Overseas Missionary Fellowship in the Philippines from 1967-1990.Series: Audio TapesOne oral history interview each with Myron and Elizabeth Harrison. Topics discussed in the interviews include missionary call, appointment and assignments in the Philippines with Overseas Missionary Fellowship, family life, the...
Dates:
Created: 1967-1993
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 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
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- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 18
- Evangelistic work. 17
- Conversion. 14
- Indigenous church administration 14
- Missionaries -- Training of. 14
- Church and state. 13
- Catholic Church. 12
- Children of missionaries. 12
- Christianity and culture. 12
- Missions, Medical. 11
- Christian education. 10
- Women missionaries. 10
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 9
- Animism. 8
- Women 8
- Women -- Religious life. 8
- Christian life. 7
- Church development, New. 7
- Education 7
- Missions -- Educational work. 7
- Tribes. 7
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 7
- Boarding schools. 6
- Catholic Church -- Missions. 6
- Family. 6
- Marriage. 6
- Medical care 6
- Sex role. 6
- Bible. 5
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 5
- Fund raising. 5
- Interdenominational cooperation. 5
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 5
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 5
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 5
- Superstition. 5
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 4
- Christian education -- United States. 4
- College students in missionary work. 4
- College students. 4
- Communism. 4
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 4
- Culture shock. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 4
- Missions to Muslims. 4
- Radio in missionary work. 4
- Radio in religion. 4
- Revivals. 4
- Worship. 4
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Buddhists. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- Church discipline. 3
- Church growth. 3
- Church schools 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960. 3
- Education, Higher 3
- Great Britain 3
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Intercultural communication. 3
- Mass media in missionary work. 3
- Mass media in religion. 3
- Muslims. 3
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 3
- Sunday schools. 3
- Syncretism (Religion). 3
- Theological seminaries. 3
- Tribes -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Employees. 3
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Baptists -- Missions. 2
- Baptists. 2
- Belgium. 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Bible colleges 2
- Caste. 2
- Catholic Church. -- Philippines. 2
- Children of missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Christian education -- India. 2
- Christian leadership. 2
- Christianity and politics. 2
- Church work with children. 2
- Church work with families. 2
- Church work with prisoners. 2
- Church work with students. 2
- Church work with youth. 2
- College students -- Religious life. 2
- College students -- United States 2
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions. 2
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social life and customs 2 ∧ less
- Names
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 11
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 6
- Moody Bible Institute. 6
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 5
- Africa Inland Mission. 3
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 3
- Armerding, Hudson T. 2
- Bell, James W. 2
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 2
- Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 2
- Kantzer, Kenneth S. 2
- Rethy Academy (Zaire) 2
- Stam, Harry. 2
- Straw, Darien A. 2
- Winsor, Earl. 2
- Africa Evangelical Fellowship. 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- Aldrich, Willard. 1
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
- American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- Barnhouse, Donald Grey, 1895-1960. 1
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
- Berry, Helen E. 1
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
- Bole, Simeon James, 1875- 1
- Borden Memorial Hospital (Lanchow, China) 1
- Braun, Willis H. 1
- Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. 1
- Brooks, Charles C. 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
- Cairns, Earle Edwin, 1910- 1
- Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- Church of the Open Door (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Clapper, Margaret L. 1
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- Cook, Ian H. 1
- Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
- Coptic Church. 1
- Coray, Edward A. 1
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangelical Fellowship of India. 1
- Farah, David L. 1
- Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006. 1
- Fort Wayne Bible College (Ind.) 1
- Freed, Norah. 1
- Freed, Paul E. 1
- Freed, Ralph. 1
- Hall, John F., 1906-1984. 1
- Harrison, Elizabeth Laura. 1
- Harrison, Myron S. 1
- Hess, Lyndon. 1
- Houghton College. 1
- Howard, David M. 1
- Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 1
- Hunt, William Brewster. 1
- Hunter, George W., 1861-1946. 1
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 1
- Iglesia ni Cristo (Philippines) 1
- India-Ceylon Youth for Christ. 1
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (Philippines) 1
- International Nepal Fellowship. 1
- Jaarsma, Cornelius Richard, 1897- 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- Kenyatta, Jomo. 1
- Kisall, Walter. 1
- Kline, Carmel. 1
- Kline, Stanley R. 1
- Knowlton, Louis E. 1
- Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989. 1
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 1
- League of Evangelical Students. 1
- Leasor, Jane. 1
- Leedy, John W. 1
- MacPherson, Merrill T. 1
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
- Manzano, Glicerio M. 1
- Manzano, Rebecca. 1
- Maranatha Bible & Missionary Conference Ground (Muskegon, Mich.) 1
- Mather, Percy Cunningham. 1
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
- Mitchell, Hubert. 1
- Moravian Church. 1
- Morrison Academy (Taiwan) 1
- Navigators (Religious organization) 1
- OMF International. 1
- Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados. 1
- PRA7 (Radio station: Sao Paolo, Brazil) 1
- Palau, Luis, 1934- 1
- Paul, S. Austin. 1
- Paz Estenssoro, Víctor, 1907-2001. 1
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 1 ∧ less
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