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Collection 190 Oral History Interview with Alan Travers
Collection
Identifier: CN 190
Scope and Contents
Oral History interviews with Alan Travers in which he discuess his work with Trans World Radio from 1959 to 1981, and the use of radio in missionary work. Topics discussed include: the history of TWR; technical and administrative details and policy of the organization; it's broadcasting and programming philosophy, finances, effectiveness and TWR's founder, Paul Freed; the locations of its stations throughout the world; how the staff members function in the stations and relate to the...
Dates:
Created: 1959-1981
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 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 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 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 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
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
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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- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 2
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- Freed, Paul E. 2
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 2
- Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America. 2
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
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- American Bible Society. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Armstrong, Philip E. (Philip Edward), 1919-1981. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
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- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
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- Brazilian Evangelistic Association, Inc. 1
- Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
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- Coggins, Wade T. 1
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- 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 Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangeliums-Rundfunk. 1
- FEBIAS College of Bible (Valenzuela, Philippines) 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Far Eastern Gospel Crusade. 1
- Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006. 1
- Freed, Norah. 1
- Freed, Ralph. 1
- Frizen, E. L. 1
- Gerber, Vergil. 1
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. 1
- Hawkes, James Wood. 1
- Hendrix, Olan. 1
- Henry Parsons Crowell and Susan Coleman Crowell Trust. 1
- Honeywell, Russell. 1
- Houghton College. 1
- Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
- Jones, Clarence W. 1
- Jones, Howard O. 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- Kisall, Walter. 1
- Knowlton, Louis E. 1
- Larson, Reuben. 1
- Latin America Mission. 1
- Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968. 1
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
- Marquardt, Horst. 1
- Mennonite Brethren Church. 1
- Mexican Indian Mission. 1
- Miller, William McElwee. 1
- Mission Training International. 1
- Moody Bible Institute. 1
- National Religious Broadcasters (U.S.) 1
- Norton, Hugo Wilbert. 1
- OMF International. 1
- Operation Mobilisation. 1
- PRA7 (Radio station: Sao Paolo, Brazil) 1
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
- RVOG (Radio station : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) 1
- Reapsome, James W. 1
- SEND International. 1
- Shannon, Ralph E. 1
- Simon, Sheri R. 1
- Speer, Robert E., 1867-1947. 1
- Stam, Peter. 1
- Steely, Merle A. 1
- Steely, Vera Mae. 1
- Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. 1
- Sudan Interior Mission. 1
- Taylor, Clyde W. (Clyde Willis), 1904-1988. 1
- Taylor, Kenneth Nathaniel. 1
- Townsend, William Cameron, 1896-1982. 1
- Travers, Alan. 1
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 1
- Tyndale House Publishers. 1
- Unevangelized Tribes Mission. 1
- WMBI (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) 1
- World Gospel Crusade. 1
- Young Men's Christian Associations. 1
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