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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 396 Oral History Interview with Perry C. Straw
Collection
Identifier: CN 396
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Perry Clark Straw, an executive of the Moody Radio Network. Topics covered include Straw's childhood in the northeastern United States, his parent's work in starting and administering Baptist youth camps, memories of Percy Crawford and Jack Wyrtzen, his education at Southeastern Bible College and Moody Bible Institute, his early work in radio, discussion of Christian youth camps, descriptions of Percy Crawford, Jack Wyrtzen, WMBI, and the Chicago Gospel...
Dates:
Created: 1988
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 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 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 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 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 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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- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 12
- Radio in missionary work. 12
- Evangelistic work. 11
- Missionaries. 10
- Women missionaries. 9
- Church and state. 8
- Conversion. 8
- Indigenous church administration 8
- Radio in religion. 8
- Women -- Religious life. 8
- Christianity and culture. 7
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 7
- Women 7
- Catholic Church. 6
- Children of missionaries. 6
- Evangelicalism. 6
- Medical care 6
- Missionaries -- Training of. 6
- Missions -- Finance. 6
- Christian education. 5
- Culture shock. 5
- Language in missionary work. 5
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 5
- Missions. 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 5
- Animism. 4
- Bible colleges 4
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 4
- Children. 4
- Christian literature. 4
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- Family. 2
- Independent churches. 2
- Indians of South America. 2
- International relief. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Marriage. 2
- Mission music. 2
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 2
- Missions -- Ecuador. 2
- Missions to Muslims. 2
- Missions, Medical. 2
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 2
- Muslims. 2
- Occultism 2
- Racism -- Ecuador. 2
- Racism. 2
- Religion in the public schools 2
- Rural missions. 2
- Shortwave radio. 2
- Sunday schools. 2
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 7
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 5
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 5
- Moody Bible Institute. 3
- Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 2
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 2
- Jones, Clarence W. 2
- Larson, Reuben. 2
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 2
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2
- Sudan Interior Mission. 2
- American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 1
- American Bible Society. 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
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Bell, Sarah Margaret, 1939- 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
- Bobby, Albert Edward, 1925- 1
- Bobby, Mary Lee, 1928- 1
- Bokeleale, Jean B., 1919-2002. 1
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 1
- Camp-of-the-Woods. 1
- Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
- Center for Church Communications (Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Central American Mission. 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
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 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
- European Christian Mission. 1
- Evangelical Alliance 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
- Frizen, E. L. 1
- Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. 1
- Greater Europe Mission. 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
- 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
- Jones, Howard O. 1
- Kent Academy (Jos, Nigeria) 1
- Kolbali, Mousa. 1
- Landrey, J. Paul. 1
- Latin America Mission. 1
- Latourette, Kenneth Scott, 1884-1968. 1
- League of Nations. 1
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 1
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 1
- Mellis, Charles. 1
- Mellis, Ruth. 1
- Mennonite Brethren Church. 1
- Miller, William McElwee. 1
- Mission Training International. 1
- Mixter, Russell L. 1
- National Religious Broadcasters (U.S.) 1
- Near East Relief (Organization) 1
- Norton, Hugo Wilbert. 1
- OMF International. 1
- Operation Mobilisation. 1
- Orthodox Eastern Church. 1
- Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados. 1
- Padilla, C. René. 1
- Pinebrook Bible Conference. 1
- Porter, Ruth Crawford, 1916-1986. 1
- Pretiz, Paul E., 1926- 1
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 1 ∧ less
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