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Collection 498 Oral History Interviews with William E. Pannell
Collection
Identifier: CN 498
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with William E. Pannell in which he describes his childhood in Michigan, his family, conversion as a teenager, his growing awareness of racism in America and especially its influence on American Christianity, education at Fort Wayne Bible College, involvement with the Brethren Assemblies, the part preaching has played in his life, the divide between urban and suburban culture and its impact on black and white churches and institutions, his work with Youth for Christ,...
Dates:
Created: 1995-2007
Collection 445 Oral History Interviews with Helen E. Evans
Collection
Identifier: CN 445
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Helen Elizabeth Evans in which she decsribes her family background; spiritual development; education at Wheaton College; ministry in rural Vermont with the New England Fellowship; the influence of her aunt, Elizabeth Evans; her missionary work in Vietnam and Indonesia with the Christian and Missionary Alliance; and work among Vietnamese in Charlotte, North Carolina. Evans' work in Vietnam was particularly among the Dega and other tribal groups often classified...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 408 Oral History Interview with Tien Fock Leong
Collection
Identifier: CN 408
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Tien Fock Leong in which he describes his conversion, work with Campus Crusade for Christ in Malaysia; Malaysian culture in the Chinese community; the Malaysian church; and the relationship between church and state in Malaysia. Other topics discussed include social and economic conditions of Malaysia; the Muslim population in Malaysia; role of women in Malaysian society; American misconceptions of Malaysia; cultural diversity of Malaysia; and the Japanese...
Dates:
Created: 1989
Collection 481 Papers of Laura Barr
Collection
Identifier: CN 481
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, articles, clippings, oral history interviews, photograph albums, photographs, prayer letters, radio broadcasts, and slides, describing Laura Isabelle “Belle” Barr's missionary work among the Lugbara people of northeast Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and the West Nile District of Uganda with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from 1944-1981.
Dates:
Created: 1930-1993
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 219 Oral History Interview with Bertil A. Ogren
Collection
Identifier: CN 219
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Bertil A. Ogren (1914-2006) in which he describes his recruitment as a lay missionary in the Belgian Congo with the Covenant Church from 1948-56; his work there beginning and running the LECO Press, which served the needs of members of the Congo Protestant Council and relations between Africans and Western missionaries. Other topics discussed include: his family and early life, impressions of George Caprenter, independence of the Congo, Belgian influence on the...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Collection 315 Oral History Interview with Marie H. Little
Collection
Identifier: CN 315
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Marie Huttenlock Little (1918-2009) in which she describes her childhood in Philadelphia, training as a nurse and further education at Philadelphia School of Bible and the University of Pennsylvania; missionary service with China Inland Mission in 1947, working in Lanzhou and Wu Wei, Gansu province; return to the U.S. in 1950 to become a staff worker for Inter-Varsity. The time period covered by the interviews is circa 1918-1955.Marie Little was...
Dates:
Created: 1985
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 431 Oral History Interviews with T. Michael Flowers
Collection
Identifier: CN 431
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with T. Michael Flowers (1920-2015) in which he describes growing up in the Bahamas, the influence on his life of W. H. Farrington, his conversion, his evangelistic work in the Bahamas, his education in Scotland, a brief description of Billy Graham in Scotland in 1946, and the beginning of his evangelistic work in the United States. The second interview covers Flowers' ministry in Canada, Whitfield and B. M. Nottage, the Plymouth Brethren church and its church...
Dates:
Created: 1990-1995
Collection 468 Oral History Interviews with Elizabeth C. Stough
Collection
Identifier: CN 468
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Quackenbush Stough (1913-2009) in which she discusses her parents, childhood, education, conversion, attendance at Moody Bible Institute, call to be a missionary, joining Africa Inland Mission, travel to Africa, work in French Equatorial Africa, evangelistic field trips, her husband Paul Stough, her work among women in the Belgian Congo, the growth of the Africa Inland Church, the independence of the Congo, the Congolese civil war and Simba uprising,...
Dates:
Created: 1992-1993
Collection 205 Oral History Interviews with Robert D. Carlson
Collection
Identifier: CN 205
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Robert Dean Carlson in which he discusses his childhood in China and Tibet, the condition of the Christian church in those countries, social and religious customs, and the Chinese language. The time period covered by the interviews is 1928 to 1982.
Robert Carlson was interviewed by Robert Shuster on February 27 and April 17, 1982.
Dates:
Created: 1982
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
Helen Renich Papers.
Collection
Identifier: CN 124
Brief Description
Two oral history interviews with Helen Gignilliat Torrey Renich in which she describes her grandfather, Reuben Archer Torrey, Sr., and her experiences growing up in China as a child of missionaries. Other topics discussed include her experiences at Wheaton College and culture shock. The collection also includes photographs of her family life in China and Chinese nationals, ca. 1920-30s.Helen Renich was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 15, 1980 in Michigan and on May 17, 1982...
Dates:
Created: 1920-1982
Found in:
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Helen Renich Papers.
Collection 272 Papers of Jennie Fitzwilliam
Collection
Identifier: CN 272
Scope and Contents
Letters with some translation, photographs, a Lisu translation of the New Testament, combined catechism and hymnbook in the Atsi Kachin language, slides, and four oral history interviews all related to Jennie Fitzwilliam's mission work with Overseas Missionary Fellowship (formerly China Inland Mission) among the Lisu and Kachin peoples in southern China along the Burmese border. Included are recollections of Fitzwilliam's husband, Francis, J.O. Fraser and the early history of missionary work...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Collection 415 Papers of Bonnie Stuckless
Collection
Identifier: CN 415
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, prayer letters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and articles relating to the ministry of Bonnie G. Stuckless and her husband Donald Stuckless, missionaries in Colombia, Panama, and Spain with the Assemblies of God from 1970 to 1992.[NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "folder 2-5" means box 2, folder 5.]Series: Audio TapesTwo oral history...
Dates:
Created: 1969-1992
Collection 187 Papers of Eleanor R. Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 187
Scope and Contents
Family correspondence, prayer letters, brochures, newspaper clippings, prayer cards and letters from other missionaries, photographs, slides, negatives, journals and diaries, and eight interviews concerning Elliott's childhood in China, mission work with China Inland Mission (now Overseas Missionary Fellowship) in China and the Philippines, her experiences as an evangelist and teacher, her life in China during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, and the civil war that followed. Her retirement...
Dates:
Created: 1910-1988
Collection 186 Papers of M. Douglas Hursh
Collection
Identifier: CN 186
Scope and Contents
Two oral history interviews, manuscript material, photographs, and memorabilia relatingn to Marion Douglas Hursh's work with Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital, Kano in Nigeria from 1942-1962. Topics covered concern Hursh's education and work as a medical missionary at the Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, as well as various aspects of church life and mission activity in Nigeria. Events described in the interviews cover the time period from 1904 to...
Dates:
Created: 1904-1982
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 278: Elisabeth Elliot Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 278
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, slides, clippings, publicity releases, reviews, manuscripts, films, video and audio tapes relating to Elisabeth Elliot's careers as a missionary in Ecuador, author, teacher and speaker. The collection is particularly rich in material relating to the so-called "Auca Incident" and Elliot's own work the Waorani, whose enemies called them the "Auca," as well as her lectures on the Biblical view of the roles of men and women, dealing with suffering, and personal holiness, among...
Dates:
Created: 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-2010
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- Sex role. 18
- Evangelistic work. 17
- Missionaries. 16
- Conversion. 14
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 14
- Women 13
- Women -- Religious life. 13
- Children of missionaries. 12
- Language in missionary work. 12
- Women missionaries. 12
- Bible. 11
- Indigenous church administration 10
- Christianity and culture. 9
- Christian education. 8
- Family. 8
- Missionaries -- Training of. 8
- Tribes. 8
- Church and state. 7
- Bible -- Translating. 6
- Bible colleges 6
- Culture shock. 6
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 6
- Medical care 6
- Missions, Medical. 6
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 6
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 6
- World War, 1939-1945. 6
- Animism. 5
- Catholic Church. 5
- Christian life. 5
- Education 5
- Missions -- China. 5
- Missions -- Educational work. 5
- Missions. 5
- Muslims. 5
- Social change. 5
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 4
- Boarding schools. 4
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 4
- China -- History. 4
- Christian education -- China. 4
- Church discipline. 4
- Church work with women. 4
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965. 4
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Evangelistic work -- China. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 4
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 4
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 4
- Persecution. 4
- Rural missions. 4
- Sex role -- United States. 4
- Belgium. 3
- Belgium. -- Administration. 3
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 3
- Bible colleges -- United States. 3
- Buddhists. 3
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 3
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
- China -- Religion. 3
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 3
- Christian literature. 3
- Church and social problems. 3
- Church development, New. 3
- Church growth. 3
- Communism -- China. 3
- Communism. 3
- Demoniac possession 3
- Marriage. 3
- Medical care -- China. 3
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 3
- Missionaries' spouses. 3
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 3
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 3
- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions to Buddhists. 3
- Pentecostalism. 3
- Racism. 3
- Revivals. 3
- Rural churches. 3
- Social classes 3
- Translating and interpreting. 3
- Worship. 3
- African Americans -- Religious life. 2
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 2
- African Americans. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Authors and publishers. 2
- Belief and doubt. 2
- Boarding schools -- China. 2
- Buddhism. 2
- Buddhists -- China. 2
- Catholic Church -- Protestant churches. 2
- China -- Description and travel. 2
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
- Chinese -- Missions. 2
- Chinese. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian leadership. 2 ∧ less
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- Wheaton College (Ill.) 12
- Moody Bible Institute. 7
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 5
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 4
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 4
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
- OMF International. 3
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 3
- Africa Inland Mission. 2
- Assemblies of God. 2
- Becker, Carl K., Jr. 2
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 2
- Campus Crusade for Christ. 2
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 2
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 2
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 2
- Gospel Recordings, Inc. 2
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 2
- Howard, David M. 2
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 2
- Kuhn, Isobel. 2
- Nottage, B. M. 2
- Pannell, William E. 2
- Skinner, Tom, 1942- 2
- Stam, Peter. 2
- Sudan Interior Mission. 2
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 1
- Advent Christian Church. 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- African Enterprise. 1
- Alford, Zoe Anne. 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- Amin, Idi, 1925-2003. 1
- Anderson, Ann Kiemel. 1
- Anderson, Ken, 1917-2006. 1
- Aylward, Gladys, 1902-1970. 1
- Babbage, Stuart Barton. 1
- Barnett, Erik S. 1
- Barr, Laura Isabelle. 1
- Bell, B. Clayton. 1
- Bell, James W. 1
- Bennett, Walter F., 1915 1980. 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Bingham, Rowland V., 1872-1942. 1
- Bobby, Albert Edward, 1925- 1
- Bobby, Mary Lee, 1928- 1
- Borden Memorial Hospital (Lanchow, China) 1
- Bright, Bill. 1
- Brooks, Charles C. 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
- Bürki, Hans Ferdinand, 1925- 1
- Canadian Sunday School Mission. 1
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
- Carmichael, Amy, 1867-1951. 1
- Carpenter, George Wayland. 1
- Cassidy, Michael, 1936- 1
- Cedine Bible Mission. 1
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- Christianity Today International. 1
- Church of the Open Door (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Clapper, Margaret L. 1
- Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998. 1
- Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Conwell School of Theology. 1
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 1
- Crossett, Margaret E. 1
- Daniel, Jack, ca. 1930- 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Dayton, Edward R. 1
- Dayuma (Auca Indian) 1
- Dohnavur Fellowship. 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- Downing, Lee H. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
- Elliot, Elisabeth. 1
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
- Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 1
- Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 1
- Elliott, Walter Scott. 1
- Ellis, Carl F., 1946- 1
- Engstrom, Ted W. (Ted Wilhelm), 1916- 1
- Evangelical Covenant Church of America. 1
- Evangelical Fellowship of India. 1
- Evans, Elizabeth, 1899-1989. 1
- Evans, Helen E. 1
- Evans, Tony, 1949- 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Farrington, W. H. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
- Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
- Fleming, Peter, 1928-1956. 1
- Florence, Tom. 1
- Flowers, Ella. 1
- Flowers, T. Martin. 1
- Flowers, T. Michael. 1
- Fort Wayne Bible College (Ind.) 1
- Frame, Raymond. 1
- Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1 ∧ less
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