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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 363 Papers of Ruth M. Mellis
Collection
Identifier: CN 363
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, prayer letters, clippings, photographs, oral history interviews and audio tapes of missionary conference relating to the missionary career of Ruth M. Mellis. Materials document her work among orphans and students in Greece, the Greek Bible Institute, the Greek language, and Greater Europe Mission; oral history interviews describe her childhood, attendance at Wheaton College, work with Near East Relief in Siros, teaching public schools in the St. Louis area, teaching at the...
Dates:
Created: 1928-1987
Collection 558 Oral History Interviews with Curtis Cole
Collection
Identifier: CN 558
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Curitis Cole. Topics covered include: Cole’s family background, the development of his Christian faith, his experiences as a missionary kid in Ivory Coast in the 1970s, descriptions of the Christian community in Ivory Coast and the Ivory Coast Academy; Ivorian worship services; his education at Michigan State University, his business career in Denver and his ministry as a youth pastor there, his and his wife's call to missions, his work in Ecuador as an...
Dates:
Created: 1998
Collection 427 Oral History Interviews with Americo Saavedra
Collection
Identifier: CN 427
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Americo Saavedra, a Peruvian-born missionary working with HCJB in Ecuador, in which he describes his childhood, family, conversion, Catholicism in Peru and Ecuador, radio station HCJB and its ministry, Quito, Ecuador, his decision to be a missionary, employment with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru. Other topics include his education at Moody Bible Institute, Christian education in Ecuador, informal education, Summer Institute of Linguistics, the state of the...
Dates:
Created: 1990
Collection 467 Oral History Interview with Doris Schneider
Collection
Identifier: CN 467
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Doris Gould Schneider (1922-2009) in which she describes her family background; conversion to Christianity; preaching of John R. Rice; education at Moody Bible Institute; marriage; missionary work in Morocco; the role of women in Muslim society; raising children on the mission field; overthrow of the French protectorate; the family's move to Spain; cultural difference between Arabs and Berbers; public health in Morocco; return to the United States in 1982; views...
Dates:
Created: 1989
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 257 Oral History Interview with James B. Dillon
Collection
Identifier: CN 257
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with James B. Dillon in which he discusses his conversion, marriage work in Liberia for the Sudan Interior Mission (SIM), the programs of radio station Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA), the cultural diversity of Liberia, and the nature of indigenous Liberian hymns and worship.James Dillon was interviewed by Wheaton graduate student Claire Bureau for her ethnomusicology course on October 29, 1983 at the Billy Graham Center on Wheaton College campus. The...
Dates:
Created: 1983
Collection 213 Oral History Interview with Sarah "Sally" Bell
Collection
Identifier: CN 213
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Sally Bell, in which she describes her mission work with radio station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, 1965 to 1976. Other topics discussed include: her conversion during Billy Graham's Toronto crusade in 1955, preparation for and work on the mission field with radio station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador (in the departments of evangelism, television, and administration), language school in Costa Rica, comparisons between Western and Latin American culture, the role of women in...
Dates:
Created: 1982
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 250 Oral History Interview with Robert Savage
Collection
Identifier: CN 250
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Robert Carlton Savage (1914-1987) in which he discusses his work as a missionary evangelist in Colombia (1942-1944) and his work in Ecuador for missionary radio station HCJB and Youth for Christ (1944-1969). Topics discussed include: his call to mission work and service in Colombia and Ecuador with the Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), radio station HCJB, Youth for Christ, and various other mission-related topics. The time period covered by the interview is...
Dates:
Created: 1983
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 361 Oral History Interviews with C. René Padilla
Collection
Identifier: CN 361
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with René Padilla, in which he discusses his childhood, family, evangelism in Colombia and Ecuador, persecution by Catholics in Colombia, his education at Wheaton College, work among university students with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in Latin America, evangelical theological education and liberation theology, the 1974 Lausanne Congress and covenant, the ministry of his church in Buenos Aires among drug addicts and slum dwellers, and the...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 381 Oral History Interview with Peter Deyneka, Jr.
Collection
Identifier: CN 381
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Peter Simon Deyneka, Jr. (1931-2000) in which he describes his father, Peter Deyneka Sr; his own education at Wheaton College; and his early Christian work in Alaska, South America and Korea. Other topics discussed include: Deyneka's childhood in Chicago as the child of Russian immigrants, spiritual life on Wheaton College campus, decision to go into full-time ministry with the Slavic Gospel Association, working among the Aleut people in Alaska, refugee camps in...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby
Collection
Identifier: CN 171
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby, missionaries in Lisbon and Santiago do Cacem, Portugal, under The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Collection includes interviews, articles, correspondence, prayer letters, manuscript notes, and other material from the Bobbys about their mission work, including evangelism and radio broadcasting. The correspondence also includes information on various theological issues and American Christian leaders. The oral...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
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 391 Papers of Robert C. Schneider
Collection
Identifier: CN 391
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, oversize materials, and a photograph, relating to the ministry of Robert C. Schneider, missionary in Spain and Morocco with Gospel Missionary Union.Series: Audio TapesTwo oral history interviews with Robert C. Schneider in which he describes his childhood, education, evangelistic work, the beginnings of Youth for Christ; attendance at Moody Bible Institute, marriage to Doris Gould, missionary work in Morocco and...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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 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
Latin America Mission Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 236
Brief Description
Records of the mission, including correspondence, minutes, reports, memos, financial reports, policy statements, planning documents, promotional material, photographs, etc. Documents describe the origins of LAM (particularly the contribution of the Strachan family); evangelistic, church planting, educational, medical, and literature activities (primarily in Colombia and Costa Rica, but also many other Latin American countries and the United States); the restructuring of the mission in the...
Dates:
Created: 1903-1994
Collection 434 Papers of Jack Frizen
Collection
Identifier: CN 434
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, articles, brochures, booklets, clippings, correspondence, directories, financial records, manuals, minutes, publications, reports, and other materials documenting Jack Frizen's life and ministry. Material mainly describes Frizen’s family life, work with G.I. Gospel Hour, director of Far East Gospel Crusade (now SEND International), executive director of Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA), director of Tyndale House Foundation, trustee of the Henry...
Dates:
Created: 1929-1995
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- Radio in missionary work. 19
- Evangelistic work. 17
- Missionaries. 17
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 15
- Church and state. 14
- Christianity and culture. 12
- Conversion. 12
- Indigenous church administration 12
- Missionaries -- Training of. 12
- Radio in religion. 12
- Catholic Church. 9
- Children of missionaries. 9
- Language in missionary work. 9
- Women missionaries. 9
- Missions -- Finance. 8
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 8
- Persecution. 8
- Women -- Religious life. 8
- Evangelicalism. 7
- Mass media in missionary work. 7
- Medical care 7
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 7
- Women 7
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 6
- Christian education. 6
- Mass media in religion. 6
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 6
- Missions. 6
- Christian literature. 5
- Church and social problems. 5
- Church development, New. 5
- College students in missionary work. 5
- College students. 5
- Culture shock. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 5
- Radio audiences. 5
- Radio broadcasting. 5
- Radio stations. 5
- Sex role. 5
- Theological seminaries. 5
- Worship. 5
- Animism. 4
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 4
- Children. 4
- Christian life. 4
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 4
- Ecuador 4
- Evangelistic work -- Ecuador. 4
- Intercultural communication. 4
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 4
- Missions to Muslims. 4
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 4
- Muslims. 4
- Pentecostalism. 4
- Shortwave radio. 4
- World War, 1939-1945. 4
- Bible colleges 3
- Boarding schools. 3
- Catholic Church -- Colombia. 3
- Catholic Church. -- Ecuador. 3
- Christian education of children. 3
- Christian leadership. 3
- Church and state -- Colombia. 3
- Church and state -- Ecuador. 3
- Church growth. 3
- Church work with military personnel. 3
- Church work with students. 3
- Church work with youth. 3
- College students -- United States 3
- College students -- United States -- Religious life. 3
- Colombia 3
- Ecuador -- Religion. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Colombia. 3
- Evangelistic work -- South America. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Indians of South America. 3
- Interdenominational cooperation. 3
- Liberation theology. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
- Missions -- Colombia. 3
- Missions -- Morocco. 3
- Missions -- Spain. 3
- Presbyterians. 3
- Racism. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Revivals -- Wheaton. 3
- Revivals. 3
- Rural missions. 3
- Sunday schools. 3
- Tribes. 3
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Religious life and customs. 3
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Arabs -- Africa, North. 2
- Arabs -- Morocco. 2
- Arabs -- Spain. 2
- Arabs. 2
- Armenians. 2
- Berbers. 2
- Berbers. -- Morocco. 2 ∧ less
- Names
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 11
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 7
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 6
- Moody Bible Institute. 5
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 3
- Jones, Clarence W. 3
- Larson, Reuben. 3
- Sudan Interior Mission. 3
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 2
- Davis, Ila. 2
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 2
- Gospel Missionary Union. 2
- Padilla, C. René. 2
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 2
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
- Schneider, Doris Gould. 2
- Schneider, Robert, 1918- 2
- American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Armstrong, Philip E. (Philip Edward), 1919-1981. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
- Association of Bible Churches in the Philippines. 1
- Awana Clubs International. 1
- Barcus, John. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Bell, Sarah Margaret, 1939- 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Bobby, Albert Edward, 1925- 1
- Bobby, Mary Lee, 1928- 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
- Braun, Willis H. 1
- Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. 1
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
- Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
- Cary, Maude, 1878-1967. 1
- Center for Church Communications (Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Central American Mission. 1
- Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 1
- Christian Service Brigade. 1
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
- Coggins, Wade T. 1
- Cole, Curtis Lee, 1960- 1
- Comite Latinoamericana al Servicio de la Evangelizacion 1
- Comunidad Latinoamericano de Ministerios Evangelicos. 1
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- Coptic Church. 1
- Deyneka, Peter, 1931-2000. 1
- Dillon, James B. 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 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
- Escobar, Samuel E., 1934- 1
- European Christian Mission. 1
- Evangelical Church of Iran. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangelical Committee on Latin America. 1
- Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies. 1
- Evangelical Foreign Missions Association. 1
- Evangelical Missions Information Service. 1
- Evangelism-in-Depth. 1
- FEBIAS College of Bible (Valenzuela, Philippines) 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Far Eastern Gospel Crusade. 1
- Fenton, Horace L. 1
- Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006. 1
- Ford, Leighton. 1
- Fowler, Ernie. 1
- Fraternidad Teologica Latinoamericana. 1
- Freed, Norah. 1
- Freed, Paul E. 1
- Freed, Ralph. 1
- Frizen, E. L. 1
- Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. 1
- Greater Europe Mission. 1
- HLKX (Radio station : Inchon, Korea) 1
- Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975. 1
- Harrison, Norman B. (Norman Baldwin), 1874-1960. 1
- Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. 1
- Hawkes, James Wood. 1
- Hendrix, Olan. 1
- Henry Parsons Crowell and Susan Coleman Crowell Trust. 1
- Hoagland, Dave. 1
- Honeywell, Russell. 1
- Houghton College. 1
- Howard, David M. 1
- Humbard, Rex, 1919-2007. 1
- In-Depth Evangelism Associates. 1
- Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
- Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America. 1
- International Christian Academy (Ivory Coast) 1
- International Christian Broadcasters. 1
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 1
- Jesuits. 1
- John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963. 1
- Jones, Howard O. 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- Kim, Jang-hwan. 1 ∧ less
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