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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 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 397 Papers of Consuella York
Collection
Identifier: CN 397
Scope and Contents
Clippings, photographs, cards, sermons, handbooks, oral history interviews and other records mainly relating to Consuella York's ministry as a chaplain at the Cook County Jail, but also describing her childhood growing up on the south side of Chicago, her conversion, religious education, and work as a pastor.The materials in this collection consist of miscellaneous items from Rev. York's life, mostly relating to her prison ministry. They include newspaper and magazine clippings,...
Dates:
Created: 1953-1994
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 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
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 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 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
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. 12
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- Women 11
- Conversion. 9
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 9
- Missionaries. 9
- Women missionaries. 9
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 8
- Missionaries -- Training of. 8
- Catholic Church. 7
- Children of missionaries. 6
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- Family. 6
- Language in missionary work. 6
- Christian education. 5
- Christian life. 5
- Culture shock. 5
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 5
- Missions. 5
- Belief and doubt. 4
- Children. 4
- Church and social problems. 4
- Education 4
- Marriage. 4
- Missions -- Educational work. 4
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- Missions -- Finance. 3
- Missions to Muslims. 3
- Missions, Medical. 3
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- Evangelistic work -- Vietnam. 2
- Indigenous church administration -- Kenya. 2
- Interdenominational cooperation. 2
- Interpersonal conflict. 2
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 2
- Israel. 2
- Jesus (Motion Picture) 2
- Journalism, Religious -- United States. 2
- Liberalism (Religion) 2
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 2
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 2
- Missionaries' spouses. 2
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
- Missions -- Congresses. 2
- Missions -- Honduras. 2
- Missions -- Kenya. 2
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 2
- Nationalism. 2
- Pentecostalism -- United States. 2
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
- Presbyterian Church. 2
- Racism. 2
- Sunday schools. 2
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- Campus Crusade for Christ. 3
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 3
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 3
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 3
- Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 3
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 3
- Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996. 3
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 2
- Bright, Bill. 2
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 2
- Christianity Today International. 2
- Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 2
- Emery, Allan C. 2
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 2
- Evans, Elizabeth, 1899-1989. 2
- Fuller Theological Seminary. 2
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. 2
- Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 2
- Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 2
- Jones, Bob, 1911-1997. 2
- McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 2
- Moody Bible Institute. 2
- National Association of Evangelicals. 2
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 2
- New England Fellowship. 2
- Pew, J. Howard (John Howard), 1882-1971. 2
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 2
- Robbins, Paul D., 1936- 2
- Roberts, Oral, 1918-2009. 2
- Schaeffer, Edith. 2
- Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August) 2
- Taylor, Clyde W. (Clyde Willis), 1904-1988. 2
- Visser 't Hooft, Willem Adolph, 2
- Wright, J. Elwin. 2
- Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 1
- Africa Evangelical Office (Nairobi, Kenya) 1
- Africa Inland Church. 1
- Africa Inland Mission. 1
- African Enterprise. 1
- American Council of Christian Churches. 1
- American Scientific Affiliation. 1
- Anderson, Ann Kiemel. 1
- Anderson, Ken, 1917-2006. 1
- Armerding, Hudson T. 1
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 1
- Ayer, William Ward. 1
- Babbage, Stuart Barton. 1
- Barth, Karl, 1886-1968. 1
- Bediako, Kwame. 1
- Bell, B. Clayton. 1
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
- Bennett, Walter F., 1915 1980. 1
- Berg, Clayton L., 1928- 1
- Bingham, Rowland V., 1872-1942. 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
- Bürki, Hans Ferdinand, 1925- 1
- Cagney, Mary. 1
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. 1
- Canadian Sunday School Mission. 1
- Carmichael, Amy, 1867-1951. 1
- Cassidy, Michael, 1936- 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Cedine Bible Mission. 1
- Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003. 1
- Chicago Baptist Institute. 1
- Churches of Christ in Christian Union. 1
- Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998. 1
- Conwell School of Theology. 1
- Cook County (Ill.). Department of Corrections. 1
- Cook, Ian H. 1
- Cook, Ruth E., 1931- 1
- Coptic Church. 1
- Daniel, Jack, ca. 1930- 1
- Davis, Ralph T. 1
- Dayton, Edward R. 1
- Dayuma (Auca Indian) 1
- Dohnavur Fellowship. 1
- Douglas, J. D. (James Dixon.) 1
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 1
- Downing, Kenneth L., 1908-1989. 1
- Elliot, Elisabeth. 1
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 1
- Ellis, Carl F., 1946- 1
- Engstrom, Ted W. (Ted Wilhelm), 1916- 1
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 1
- Evangelical Free Church of America. 1
- Evangelical Teacher Training Association. 1
- Evans, Helen E. 1
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