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Collection 641 Oral History Interviews with David Kirwa Tarus
Collection
Identifier: CN 641
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with David Kirwa Tarus, a Kenyan pastor and theologian. Tarus describes the ministry of his parents; growing up in Kenya; his conversion; spiritual development; Scott Theological College; the Africa Inland Church in Kenya; Scott’s satellite campus in Eldoret; the general condition of Christianity in Kenya; his impressions of the United States and Wheaton Graduate School; the 2008 election of Barak Obama. The interview covers the time period 1979-2008.David...
Dates:
2008
Collection 669 Oral History Interviews with Samuel Boateng
Collection
Identifier: CN 669
Scope and Contents
Three oral history interviews with Samuel Boateng in which he describes his family and growing up in an impoverished part of Accra, Ghana; journey to faith as a Christian; personal witness and devotional practices; starting a youth group in his Pentecostal church; education in Ghana, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States; leadership in Ghana Fellowship of Evangelical Students at the University of Cape Coast; church planting ministry, influential mentors including Gottfried and...
Dates:
2013
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 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 400 Oral History Interview with Ingrid H. Trobisch
Collection
Identifier: CN 400
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ingrid Hult Trobisch (1926-2007) in which she describes her childhood in Tanzania as the daughter of missionaries and her own missionary service in Africa with husband Walter Trobisch. Other topics discussed include: first impressions of Africa, especially French Cameroon; observations about the role of women in Africa; African views of marriage and gender roles; medical care in Africa; the Christian church in Cameroon; the Muslim population in Cameroon;...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Collection 531 Oral History Interview with Mary M. Cagney
Collection
Identifier: CN 531
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Mary Majella Cagney in which she describes her childhood, family, spiritual development, conversion and Christian life, Irish Catholicism, education, interaction between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland, Irish Evangelicalism, charismatics, Evangelical agencies working in the country, women's role in church, Leanne Payne's Pastoral Care Ministries conferences, Wheaton College Graduate School, strengths and weaknesses of the Evangelical church in Ireland,...
Dates:
Created: 1996
Collection 316 Oral History Interview with Deborah J. Seymour
Collection
Identifier: CN 316
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Deborah J. Seymour in which she describes her childhood as a child of missionaries in Papua New Guinea and working as an English teacher in Honduras with World Gospel Mission and Churches of Christ in Christian Union from 1983 to 1985. Topics discussed include her parents' missionary work; her childhood as a missionary kid; New Guinea tribal culture; conversion to Christianity and spiritual life; call to the mission field; observations about Honduras,...
Dates:
Created: 1985-1986
Collection 096 Oral History Interview with Wayne G. Bragg
Collection
Identifier: CN 096-096
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Wayne G. Bragg (1931-2009), in which he describes his missionary experiences in Brazil and the Caribbean working with university students, his student days at Wheaton College, and his experience at Wheaton College as a faculty member. Dr. Bragg was interviewed by Mary Ann Buffington at Wheaton College on February 15 and May 9, 1980.
Dates:
Created: 1980
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 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 134 Papers of Marian Chapman
Collection
Identifier: CN 134
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, photographs, and prayer letters relating to the ministry of Marian Gold Chapman, a missionary with Latin America Mission in Cartagena, Colombia (1957-1975); Bogota, New Jersey (1975-1977), and Coral Gables, Florida (1977-1979).
Dates:
Created: 1980, 1995
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
Christianity Today Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 008
Brief Description
Correspondence, memos, forms, financial reports, minutes of meetings, study papers, clippings and other records of the Evangelical Christian publishing organization. The records describe the founding of the organization to publish the magazine Christianity Today and its creation or acquisition of other publications such as Campus Life, Leadership, Leadership 100, Partnership, and Your Church. Besides material on the editing, publishing and distribution of these periodicals, the files also...
Dates:
Created: Majority of material found within 1930, 1954-2002
Collection 279 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Evans
Collection
Identifier: CN 279
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Elizabeth Morrell Evans (1899-1976) in which she discusses her childhood; education at Wheaton College; work with J. Elwin Wright; her Christian education activities; the development of the New England Fellowship, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the World Evangelical Fellowship; and her work as a missionary in Taiwan. The time period covered by the interviews is 1899-1976.Elizabeth Evans was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 8,...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1985
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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- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 6
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
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- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 3
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 3
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
- Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 2
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 2
- Emery, Allan C. 2
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 2
- Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 2
- Jones, Bob, 1911-1997. 2
- National Association of Evangelicals. 2
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 2
- Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 2
- Schaeffer, Edith. 2
- Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August) 2
- Straw, Darien A. 2
- Taylor, Clyde W. (Clyde Willis), 1904-1988. 2
- Visser 't Hooft, Willem Adolph, 2
- Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996. 2
- Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
- Africa Evangelical Office (Nairobi, Kenya) 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- American Bible Society. 1
- American Council of Christian Churches. 1
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- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Assemblies of God. 1
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 1
- Ayer, William Ward. 1
- Aylward, Gladys, 1902-1970. 1
- Barth, Karl, 1886-1968. 1
- Bediako, Kwame. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Bell, Sarah Margaret, 1939- 1
- Billy Graham Center. 1
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 1
- Blaine, Harriet Gertrude. 1
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 1
- Blanchard, J. L. (Julia L.) 1
- Blocher, Jacques A. 1
- Boateng, Gifty. 1
- Boateng, Samuel. 1
- Bobby, Albert Edward, 1925- 1
- Bobby, Mary Lee, 1928- 1
- Bolten, John, 1920- 1
- Booth, F. Carlton. 1
- Bragg, Ann Kay. 1
- Bragg, Wayne G., 1931- 1
- Bright, Bill. 1
- Cagney, Mary. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Chapman, Marian Gold. 1
- Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003. 1
- China Inland Mission. 1
- Christian Service Brigade. 1
- Christianity Today International. 1
- Churches of Christ in Christian Union. 1
- Comunidad Latinoamericano de Ministerios Evangelicos. 1
- Cook, Ian H. 1
- Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
- Coptic Church. 1
- Crossett, Margaret E. 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Douglas, J. D. (James Dixon.) 1
- Downing, Kenneth L., 1908-1989. 1
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 1
- Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 1
- Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 1
- Elliott, Walter Scott. 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
- Evangelical Teacher Training Association. 1
- Evangelism-in-Depth. 1
- Evans, Elizabeth, 1899-1989. 1
- Faith Academy (Quezon City, Philippines) 1
- Frizen, E. L. 1
- Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. 1
- Fuller Theological Seminary. 1
- Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 1
- Gaebelein, Frank E. (Frank Ely), 1899-1983. 1
- Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 1
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. 1
- Graham, Franklin, 1952- 1
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
- Halverson, Richard C. 1
- Hansen, Kenneth Norman. 1
- Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 1
- Hillis, Dick. 1
- Howard, David M. 1
- Humbard, Rex, 1919-2007. 1
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 1
- Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 1
- Jarman, W. Maxey. 1
- Jones, Clarence W. 1
- Kane, J. Herbert. 1
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