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Collection 569 Oral History Interviews with Donna Sue Wasson
Collection
Identifier: CN 569
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Donna Sue Wasson, a missionary of Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) working in Taiwan starting in 1985. Topics discussed include her childhood and early spiritual seeking, conversion while in college, membership in Moody Church in Chicago and education at Moody Bible Institute, acceptance as a missionary by Overseas Missionary Fellowship, orientation in Singapore, her evangelistic ministry in Taiwan among factory workers, including teaching English classes;...
Dates:
2000
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 311 Papers of Charles J. Guth
Collection
Identifier: CN 311
Scope and Contents
Water color paintings and oral history interviews with Charles J. Guth, relating to Guth’s missionary work in Africa with the Sudan Interior Mission. Topics covered by the interviews include: Guth’s education at Wheaton College, preparation for the mission field as a worker with Sudan Interior Mission, his life, work, and contacts as a missionary among the Koma and Maban people of the Sudan; the culture of these peoples; the effect of Sudan's independence on the church in the Sudan,...
Dates:
Created: 1976-1985
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 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
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- Evangelistic work. 14
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 14
- Women 14
- Missionaries. 13
- Conversion. 12
- Indigenous church administration 12
- Women missionaries. 11
- Church and state. 10
- Christianity and culture. 9
- Missionaries -- Training of. 9
- Sex role. 9
- Children of missionaries. 8
- Christian life. 8
- Language in missionary work. 8
- Animism. 7
- Catholic Church. 7
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 7
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 7
- Christian education. 6
- Education 6
- Medical care 6
- Missions -- Educational work. 6
- Tribes. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- Worship. 6
- Boarding schools. 5
- Christian leadership. 5
- College students in missionary work. 5
- Missions, Medical. 5
- Missions. 5
- Bible. 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Church development, New. 4
- Church work with women. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Family. 4
- Fund raising. 4
- Intercultural communication. 4
- Marriage. 4
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 4
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 4
- Missions to Muslims. 4
- Radio in missionary work. 4
- Sunday schools. 4
- Superstition. 4
- Belief and doubt. 3
- Boarding schools -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 3
- Church and state -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Church work with children. 3
- College students. 3
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 3
- Culture shock. 3
- Evangelicalism. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Indigenous church administration -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 3
- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Interpersonal conflict. 3
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Muslims. 3
- Nationalism. 3
- Pentecostalism. 3
- Persecution. 3
- Presbyterians. 3
- Racism. 3
- Radio in religion. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Syncretism (Religion). 3
- Animism -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Animism -- Taiwan. 2
- Apartheid. 2
- Armenians. 2
- Baptists -- Missions. 2
- Baptists. 2
- Belgium. 2
- Belgium. -- Administration. 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies 2
- Belgium. -- Colonies -- Africa. 2
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
- Bible -- Translating. 2
- Catholic Church. -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 2
- Children. 2
- Christian education -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 2
- Christian literature. 2
- Christianity and other religions. 2
- Church and social problems. 2
- Church discipline. 2
- Church growth. 2
- Church schools 2
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- Church work with families. 2
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 8
- Moody Bible Institute. 5
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
- Bell, James W. 2
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 2
- OMF International. 2
- Operation Mobilisation. 2
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
- Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985. 2
- Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
- Africa Evangelical Office (Nairobi, Kenya) 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
- American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 1
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Berry, Helen E. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Blocher, Jacques A. 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
- Brooks, Charles C. 1
- Cairns, Earle Edwin, 1910- 1
- Campus Crusade for Christ. 1
- Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Clapper, Margaret L. 1
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- Cook, Ian H. 1
- Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
- Coptic Church. 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- Downing, Kenneth L., 1908-1989. 1
- Draper, Ben. 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
- Evangelical Church of Iran. 1
- Evangelical Fellowship of India. 1
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
- Evangelism Explosion, Inc. 1
- Fletcher, Artis. 1
- Fort Wayne Bible College (Ind.) 1
- Frame, Raymond. 1
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
- Griggins, Suzanne. 1
- Guth, Charles J. 1
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Harrison, Elizabeth Laura. 1
- Harrison, Myron S. 1
- Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. 1
- Hawkes, James Wood. 1
- Hayward, Keesey. 1
- Hopkins, Dwayne. 1
- Hornig, Waltraud. 1
- Hsin-Chuang Gospel Center (Taiwan) 1
- Iglesia ni Cristo (Philippines) 1
- Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
- Jones, Clarence W. 1
- Jones, Howard O. 1
- Kantzer, Kenneth S. 1
- Kato, Byang H. 1
- Krekel, Cathy. 1
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 1
- Larson, Reuben. 1
- Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968. 1
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 1
- Leasor, Jane. 1
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
- Mackensie, Mignon B. 1
- Maillefer, Eric. 1
- Maillefer, Lydia. 1
- McDowell, Josh. 1
- Mendenhall Ministries (Mendenhall, Miss.) 1
- Mennonite Brethren Church. 1
- Miller, William McElwee. 1
- Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Moravian Church. 1
- Morrison Academy (Taiwan) 1
- Nida, Eugene A. (Eugene Albert), 1914-2011. 1
- Odunaike, Samuel O. 1
- Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados. 1
- Pacific Garden Mission (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Pike, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Lee), 1912-2000. 1
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1
- Price, Rebecca Russell. 1
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
- RVOG (Radio station : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) 1
- Shannon, Ralph E. 1
- Simon, Sheri R. 1
- Speer, Robert E., 1867-1947. 1
- Stam, Harry. 1
- Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. 1
- Sudan Interior Mission. 1
- Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1
- Taipei Language Institute (Taiwan) 1
- Taiwan Industrial Evangelism Fellowship 1 ∧ less
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