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Sarah "Belle" Hawkes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 039
Scope and Contents Correspondence etters, reports, and photos relating to the missionary service of Sarah "Belle" Sherwood Hawkes in Persia, now Iran under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Subjects discussed in letters include status of women in Persia, progress of mission work, and Sherwood family affairs.The collection consists of several letters written by Hawkes to her family, 1883-1899; and two reports prepared for the mission board which she served, 1884 and 1899. The...
Dates: Created: 1881 - 1899

Sarah "Sally" Bell Oral History Interview

 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

Scopes Trial Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 244
Scope and Contents This collection consists of one reel of microfilm and one file of photographic postcards documenting the legal trial of the State of Tennesse vs John Thomas Scopes in 1925, known as the Scopes Monkey Trial. The microfilm contains texts of indictment, subsequent motion, judge's decision, verdict and request for new trial, and verbatim record of court proceedings. Subjects documented include evolution, church and state, creation, the relationship of the Bible to science, Fundamentalism, and...
Dates: Created: 1925-1980

Scott J. Harbert Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 447
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Scott Jeffrey Harbert in which he discusses his family, growing up, meeting his father as an adult, influences on his childhood and adolescence, contacts with Shintoism in Japan, problem with marijuana, conversion to Christianity and influence of Richard Foster, college education and participation in Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, work as a staff member at the IVCF headquarters, marriage to Barbara Gration, the development of Concerts of Prayer, short-term...
Dates: Created: 1992

Seminar on Measuring Missions' Effectiveness Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 170
Scope and Contents Sound recordings of the Seminar on Measuring Missions' Effectiveness, held in July 1982 and sponsored by the Billy Graham Center Archives. This collection consists entirely of two presentations by Donald McGavran of the Fuller School of World Missionon measuring mission effectiveness and church growth, and subsequent discussion in response to the papers. In the morning session, his topic was "Measuring Mission Effectiveness." In the afternoon, the topic was "Church Growth: The Next Step."...
Dates: Created: 1982

Seminar on the Authority of the Bible Records

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Identifier: CN 032
Scope and Contents Copies of the papers read at the meeting held in Wenham, MA. Also contains a list of participants, a schedule of events, and copies of the text of the communique and resolutions adopted by the meeting.Most of this collection consists of papers read at the meeting and responses read. The list of titles can be read in the container list, where they are arranged according to the order given. Also in this collection is a schedule of the seminar and copies of the resolutions and...
Dates: Created: 1966

SEND International Records

 Collection
Identifier: CN 406
Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, prayer letters, incorporation documents, news releases, statistics, newsletters, clippings, photographic prints and negatives, films, organizational charts, financial record, etc., related to the origins, development, and operation of SEND International in Alaska, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, and U.S. based operations. Documentation begins with the pre-incorporation of the organization and its first iteration as the GI GOSPEL HOUR phase...
Dates: Created: 1943-1989

Seung-Hun Yang Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 448
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Seung-Hun Yang in which he discusses the discipline and devotion of the rural South Korean Presbyterian church he grew up in, the effects of the Korean War on the country, his father's example as a Christian and lay leader, the work of the Navigators abd Campus Crusade for Christ in Korea, Yang's education as a physicist, the introduction of creation science to Korea, his efforts to found a Christian university, and the strengths and weaknesses of the Korean...
Dates: Created: 1991

Sharelle M. Eland Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 547
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Sharelle May Eland in which she describes her childhood growing up in Papua New Guinea where her parents were missionaries, her return to Australia and adjustment to life there, affinity for primitive culture, Christian life and spiritual development, desire to become a missionary, education to become a teacher and at Capernwray Bible Colleges in Great Britain and Germany, ministry among Australian young people and aborigines, missions to aborigines and their...
Dates: Created: 1997

Sheri R. Simon Oral History Interview

 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

Shirlene Walker Philips Oral History Interview

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Identifier: CN 365
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Shirlene Walker Phillips in which she discusses her childhood, education, hospital and clinic work, her work with Dolphus Weary and Voice of Calvary Ministries, and racial conditions in Mississippi, especially Mendenhall. The time period covered by the interview is 1956-1987.

Shirlene Phillips was interviewed by Paul A. Ericksen on June 18 and 19, 1987 at the office of Voice of Calvary Ministries, Jackson, MS.

Dates: Created: 1987

Short Terms Abroad Records

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Identifier: CN 179
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, personnel files, bulletins, newspapers, posters, publications, legal documents, photos, mailing lists, minutes of meetings, and other items pertaining to the operation of the organization, Short Terms Abroad, which brought together individuals with particular skills(such as teaching or construction) and an interested in serving as missionaries for a limited time with missions having temporary needs for those skills.

Dates: Created: 1965-1976

Shura Facanha Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 571
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Shura Facanha in which she discusses her family; family ministry and involvement at church; the Assemblies of God church in Ecuador; foreign missionaries in Ecuador; Operation Mobilization ships; translation work; growing in Christian life on board the OM Doulos; evangelistic work in Philippines, Papau New Guinea, Australia; attack in the Philippines; working in the former Yugoslavia; beginning home office in Ecuador; deliberating between career and missions;...
Dates: Created: 2000-2001

Silas F. Fox Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 292
Scope and Contents Diaries, notebooks, correspondence, clippings, magic lantern slides, photographs, home movies, pamphlets, financial statements relating to Fox's career in the Telugu-speaking area of India as an independent missionary. The collection also contains information on indigenous Indian evangelists.Materials, some in the Telegu language, document daily life, including descriptions of his travels.  Home movies contain many scenes of travel, Indian landscape and animals, including scenes...
Dates: Created: 1949-1973

Slavic Gospel Association Records

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Identifier: CN 237
Description: Correspondence, minutes, prayer letters, audio tapes, films, and other materials documenting the work of the Slavic Gospel Association among Slavic peoples, primarily Russians. Records deal with the early career of Peter Deyneka Sr.; work of individual missionaries; long range planning for the mission; media ministry (radio, film, both before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union video, literature); and evangelism in Europe, North America and South America. Collection contains...
Dates: Created: 1922-2002

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Records Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: CN 146
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the microfilmed archives of the first century of S.P.C.K. endeavor. These papers are arranged in four series: A - Minutes and Reports (reels 1-10); B - Financial Records (reels 11-20); C - Letters and Memorials (reels 21-33); D - Special Subjects (reels 34-41). The minutes, reels 1-7, are indexed at the beginning of each volume. All reels are 35mm, positive copies.

Dates: Created: 1698-1794

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Records Microfilm

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Identifier: CN 155
Scope and Contents This collections consists of 27 reels of microfilm containing incoming and outgoing letters written by S.P.G. secretaries, including letters and papers from and to missionaries in the American colonies both on the North American continent and in the Caribbean from colony governors and other individuals, from SPG subscribers in England, and from churches on the European continent. Subjects documented include missions and evangelistic work.The collection consists of 27 reels of...
Dates: Created: 1701-1786

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Lambeth Palace Records Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: CN 154
Scope and Contents The collection consists of about two thousand five hundred letters and eight volumes of minutes covering the formative years of the Society, 1701-1750. Later papers document the establishment of the American episcopate after the Revolution. The correspondence is primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns Eurasia, especially China and India. Correspondence primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns work in Eurasia, particularly China and India. Topics covered...
Dates: Created: 1679-1790

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Records Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: CN 072
Scope and Contents Microfilm edition of the published reports, sermons, and miscellaneous documents that were issued under the auspices of the S.P.G. office in London. Sporadic gatherings of pamphlets arranged chronologically in earlier years; regular annual publications in later years. Subjects covered include missionary activity in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.The microfilm in this collection consists solely of the bound volumes of published material that appeared under the...
Dates: Created: 1701-1844

South America Mission Records

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Identifier: CN 204
Scope and Contents Legal documents, reports, linguistic materials, correspondence, publications, organizational documents of SAM, chiefly 1921-1955.Materials document the mission's beginning as the Inland South America Missionary Union. In-depth reports cover all aspects of mission activities including missionary life and descriptions of their encounters with and observations of Indian tribes, methods of evangelizing, use of linguistic materials relating to Indian languages, personnel policies, social and...
Dates: Created: 1905-1981; Other: Majority of material found in 1921-1955

Spencer W. Perkins Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 364
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Spencer W. Perkins (1954-1998) in which he discusses his childhood in California and Mississippi; attending black and white schools; relations with his father, John Perkins; the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the late 60s and early 70s; and the work of Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS. The time period covered by the interview is 1954-1987.Spencer Perkins was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on June 18, 1987 at the Voice of Calvary...
Dates: Created: 1987

Stam Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 449
Scope and Contents

Memoirs, newsletters, correspondence, diary, photos, film, poems, newspaper clippings and other items that relate to the Stam family, their Christian faith, Star of Hope Mission and the missions and evangelism work of various family members, especially John and Betty Stam who were killed in China by Chinese Communist soldiers in 1934.

Dates: Created: 1919-2003

Stanley Okoro Oral History Interviews

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Identifier: CN 296
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Stanley Okoro in which he discusses his childhood in Nigeria, education participation as a soldier in the 1967-1970 Nigerian civil war, conversion to Christianity, theological training, youth ministry in Nigeria and Liberia, Christian cults in Nigeria, and the strengths and weaknesses of the Nigerian churches. The time period covered by the interviews is from 1951 to 1985.Stanley Okoro was interviewed by Robert Shuster on February 25, 1985 at the Billy...
Dates: Created: 1985

Stanley R. Kline Papers

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Identifier: CN 477
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Stanley R. Kline and extensive photo albums, relating to Kline’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from 1940 to 1977. Topics covered in interview include: his family background in Philadelphia, conversion, Percy Crawford's influence, evangelism in Philadelphia, rescue mission work, call to missions, his wife Carmel Anthony, his evangelism and educational work in the Congo between 1940 and...
Dates: Created: 1930-1999

Stella Kasirye Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: CN 493
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Stella Kasirye in which she describes her childhood in Uganda; her conversion to Christian faith while at school; her involvement in programs to reach street children; her efforts to develop programs of AIDS education and care among college students and the country at large, and observations on the church in Uganda and missionary efforts there. The time period covered by the interviews is 1965 to 1993.Stella Kasirye was interviewed by Robert Shuster...
Dates: Created: 1993

Stoyka Todorova Krasteva-Meyer Oral History Interviews

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Identifier: CN 581
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Stoyka Todorova Krasteva-Meyer, in which she describes her childhood in Bulgaria, the Communist culture in that country, her conversion to Christianity, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's work in the country, the beginnings of a an indigenous campus ministry in the country, her attendance at International Fellowship of Evangelical Leaders conferences in Germany, Korea and Bulgaria; impressions of evangelical leaders, such as Samuel Escobar and John Stott; and a...
Dates: 2002

Stuart Hamblen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 117
Scope and Contents

Phonograph record and audio tape of popular songs, hymns and Gospel songs sung by Hamblen, several of which he also wrote.  The two songs on the phonograph album, "Golden River" and "Dream Book of Memories," were also written by him. There are twenty-four selections on the audio tape. Songs both written and sung by Hamblen include "It Is No Secret," "His Hands," "This Ole House," and "The Lord is Counting on You."

Dates: Created: Undated

Susan Bartel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 057
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, negatives, and photographs relating to Susan Bartel's service with the China Mennonite Mission Society for over 20 years in the Shantung Province of China. Topics covered by the interviews include: Bartel's youth, conversion to Christianity, education, marriage to Loyal Bartel, and mission work in China; World War II; Japanese occupation of China; arrest and imprisonment of Loyal; life under the Chinese communists after World War II, Loyal’s imprisonment and Susan’s...
Dates: Created: 1932-1979

Suzanne Griggins Oral History Interview

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Identifier: CN 375
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Suzanne Elizabeth Griggins (T3-T4) in which she describes her work as a lawyer at the Mendenhall Ministries Law Office, including examples of cases. Other topics discussed include: Griggins’ conversion and spiritual growth; political, legal, educational, racial and social conditions in rural Mississippi; voter registration; pastor Artis Fletcher; the Ku Klux Klan; and the church's response to injustice. The collection also includes an orientation session (T1-T2)...
Dates: Created: 1987

T. Michael Flowers Oral History Interviews

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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

Terry DIrks and Joseph Aldrich Oral History Interviews

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Identifier: CN 519
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Joseph C. Aldrich and Terry Dirks, leaders of International Renewal Ministries, in which they describe their personal backgrounds and the origins, purpose, and impact of the prayer summits for pastors sponsored by IRM. They also both talked about the revival on the campus of Multnomah Bible School that occurred on April 14, 1995. The time period covered by the interviews is 1940 to 1995.Terry Dirks and Joseph Aldrich were interviewed by Bob Shuster on...
Dates: Created: 1995

The Chicago Call Records

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Identifier: CN 033
Scope and Contents

Collection contains minutes of the planning committee, correspondence, drafts of the Chicago Call conference, reports, and magazine coverage of the meeting. Documents deal with the efforts to draft a document outlining the need for Protestant Evangelicals to recover what the participants saw as the theology and practice of historical Christianity.

Dates: Created: 1974-1978

The Evangelical Alliance Mission Orientation Handbook

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Identifier: Small CN 031
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an orientation handbook created by The Evangelical Alliance Mission for TEAM missionaries and candidates to orient them to the mission's goals, methods, and policies. The manual outlines regulations related to fundraising, visas and overseas travel, health and country-specific information. Also included is information on TEAM's Medical Aid Fund and a letter explaining TEAM's procedure for reviewing candidiates for mission fields.

Dates: Created: 1962-1964

The Old Fashioned Faith Records

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Identifier: CN 043
Scope and Contents This collection consists of one audio tape which contains mostly American Gospel music. Singers include Homer Rodeheaver and Rodney "Gipsy" Smith, as well as the Princeton Theological Seminary Chorus, among others. Also includes story told by Dr. Russell Conwell.*****Side 11. The Old Fashioned Faith--Homer Rodeheaver, Accompanied by Ackley2. Face To Face--Percy Hemus3....
Dates: Created: 1905-1924

The Story of a Nail Curriculum Kit

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Identifier: Small CN 113
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the curriculum kit produced by World Vision for use with children. The kit, including flash cards, photo, and booklet, was adapted from a radio script by Bob Pierce, describing how missionary Hubert Mitchell first presented the Christian gospel to a group of the Kubu people in Sumatra in 1937.

Dates: Other: Undated

Theodore Fischbacher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Small CN 091
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an annotated article (written by Phyllis Thompson) about the North-West Bible Institute (NWBI) in Fengzian, Shensi Province, describing the development of the Back to Jerusalem Evangelistic Band, which evangelized in western China, including among Muslims. Also includes photocopies from Theodore Fischbacher's scrapbook with photographs of NWBI (1941-1947) and the Fischbacher family (1942-1944).

Dates: Created: 1941-1947

Thomas Dewitt Talmage Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CN 129
Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter to Dr. McKenzie inviting him to the dedication of Thomas Dewitt Talmage's new tabernacle in Brooklyn, New York; a second letter from Talmage refuting the charge that he had visited an actor to increase his speaking abilities; and news articles by Talmage clipped from the LADIES HOME JOURNAL. The clippings were part of a regular series of short articles by Talmage appearing each month in the magazine on topics such as Thanksgiving, women, and the Christian...
Dates: Created: 1891-1894

Thomas F. Zimmerman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 584
Scope and Contents Audio tapes, phonograph records, photographs, correspondence, minutes, reports, clippings, speeches, and other materials related toThomas F. Zimmerman's leadership in a number of conservative American Protestant organizations and evangelistic efforts. The bulk of the collection relates to his involvement in the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization both internationally and in the United States, but there is also information on his work with the 1985 American Festival of Evangelism...
Dates: Created: 1955-1990

Tien Fock Leong Oral History Interviews

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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

Tom Skinner Papers

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Identifier: CN 430
Scope and Contents One oral history interview, articles, newsletters, clippings and other materials, relating to Skinner's life and the ministry of Tom Skinner Associates.[NOTE: In the Scope and Content description, the notation "folder 5-2" means box 5, folder 2.]Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with Tom Skinner, in which he describes his parents, youth, conversion to Christianity, theological...
Dates: Created: 1966-1990

Trent Sheppard Oral History Interviews

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Identifier: CN 476
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Trent Sheppard in which he discusses the influence of his parents and the International Prayer Ministry, the development of his own Christian faith, the influence on him of Loren Cunningham, Corrie ten Boom, and J. Edwin Orr, among others; the purpose and methods of Youth with a Mission (YWAM); his activities in England with The Fellowship, a Christian community; and his hopes for a worldwide Christian renewal movement among young people. The time period covered...
Dates: Created: 2002

Union Signal Series Microfilm

 Series
Identifier: CN 067
Scope and Contents This microfilm collection contains The first fifty-one years of the Union Signal, the official newspaper of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The Union Signal issues are Series XXI of a twenty-one-series microfilming project done between 1975 and 1977 with the cooperation of three repositories holding significant papers relating to temperance and prohibition: the Michigan Historical Collections (Ann Arbor), the Ohio Historical Society (Columbus), and the Woman's Christian...
Dates: 1883-1935

United Presbyterian Men Collection

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Identifier: CN 267
Scope and Contents Phonograph records containing hymns, selected addresses and devotional messages from the 9th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Presbyterian Men on March 15-17, 1957 in Chicago, IL. Includes addresses by Eugene Carson Blake, Howard Pew, and others. Topics discussed include the nature of the church, unity, missions, tithing, obedience, Christian character, committment, and community.This collection consists of an album of three phonograph records which contain hymns,...
Dates: Created: 1957

United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Gold Coast Mission Records Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: CN 157
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 12 reels of microfilm containg missionary reports and correspondence from S.P.G. mission stations correspondence of eighteenth century missionaries Thomas Thompson and Philip Quaque, and correspondence of the twentieth century Committee for Women's Work. Microfilmed from originals in possession of the U.S.P.G. in London.

Dates: Created: 1753-1933

United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Madagascar Mission Records Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: CN 158
Scope and Contents

The microfilm contains selected pages from the bound correspondence and reports series housed in the U.S.P.G. headquarters in London. It includes all missionary correspondence and reports from Madagascar, and some items concerning Mauritius and the Seychelles Islands. Letters refer to mission work, local customs, and politics. All reels are 35mm, positive copies.

Dates: Created: 1866-1900

United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: South Africa Records Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: CN 159
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 52 reels of microfilm containing correspondence and reports concerning Anglican missions in South Africa prior to diocesan organization, and concerning five dioceses: Capetown, 1847-1900; Grahamstown, 1853-1900; Natal (Maritzburg), 1853-1900; St. John's-Kaffraria, 1874-1900; and Zululand, 1866-1900. Reel 52 is a detailed index, and includes a history of S.P.G. South African work. The originals for the microfilm are in the U.S.P.G. headquarters in London.

Dates: Created: 1819-1900

Universities Mission to Central Africa Records Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: CN 160
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one reel of microfilm containing the printed reports of the UMCA, the first mission society operated by the high church faction of the Anglican Church, and unique among Anglican missions in that primary authority rested not with a home committee, but with a bishop Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and Dublin Universities.Originals of the reports are in the USPG office, London.

Dates: Created: 1860-1900

Valeria Borisovna Sorokina Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 536
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Valeria Borisovna Sorokina, in which she describes her childhood in Russia, her conversion to Christianity while a university student, the work of Campus Crusade for Christ and Mission Europe in Russia, the Mission Volga project, and her time as a graduate student at Wheaton College. The time period covered by the interview is 1971-1996.Valeria Sorokina was interviewed by Bob Shuster on November 18, 1996 at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton...
Dates: Created: 1996

Vasile Bunta Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: CN 450
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Vasile Bunta in which he decsribes his family background, the Baptist church in Romania, relations between church and state, his conversion and education, Billy Graham's visit to the country in 1985, the Christian revival of the 1970s in Romania, the effect of the 1989 revolution on the church, evangelistic work among the Romani people, and the current state of the Church. The time period covered by the interviews is 1960 to 1991.Vasile Bunta was...
Dates: Created: 1991

Vera E. Thiessen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CN 084
Scope and Contents Correspondence describing Vera Thiessen's experiences and work as a medical missionary for the Africa Inland Mission (AIM) in the Belgian Congo (now Zaire) to her family, which included her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Thiessen, her sisters Carol and Lois, and her brother Jack. A few letters were written to friends as general prayer letters. The time period covered by the letters is 1946 to 1976. Topics discussed include her experiences as a missionary with Africa Inland Mission, Africa...
Dates: Created: 1946-1976

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Conversion -- Christianity. 241
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 195
Evangelistic work -- United States. 174
Women -- Religious life. 143
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Language in missionary work. 106
Missionaries -- Training of. 104
Missions -- China. 100
Missions -- Educational work. 94
Evangelicalism -- United States. 91
Christian leadership. 87
Christianity and culture. 81
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 80
Children of missionaries. 79
Evangelistic work -- China. 75
Conversion -- Personal narratives. -- Christianity. 70
Religious institutions. 69
World War, 1939-1945. 69
Missions -- Finance. 63
Sermons, American. 61
Families. 59
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 59
Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 58
Evangelistic sermons. 57
Fundamentalism. 57
Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 55
Church and social problems -- United States. 51
Fund raising. 51
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African Americans -- Social conditions. 37
Culture shock. 37
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Church development, New. 34
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Christian education -- United States. 33
Mass media in religion -- United States. 33
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Missions -- Study and teaching. 33
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China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 31
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College students in missionary work. 30
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Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. 30
Belief and doubt. 29
Mass media in religion. 29
Race relations. 29
Rural missions. 29
Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 28
Evangelistic work -- Songs and music. 28
Social change. 28
Missionaries, Resignation of. 27
Racism -- United States. 27
Christian literature -- Publishing. 26
Missions -- Philippines. 26
Presbyterians. 26
African Americans -- Missions. 25
Baptism. 25
College students -- United States -- Religious life. 25
Evangelistic work -- Illinois -- Chicago. 25
Missions -- Kenya. 25
Marriage. 24
Persecution -- China. 24
Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 23
Children of missionaries -- Education. 23
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Ecumenical movement. 23
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 167
Shuster, Robert D. 121
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 116
Ericksen, Paul. 102
Moody Bible Institute. 58
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Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 52
China Inland Mission. 49
Africa Inland Mission. 46
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 44
OMF International. 40
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 39
Youth for Christ International. 34
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 33
Wheaton College (Ill.). Billy Graham Scholarship Program. 33
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 28
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 27
Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 27
Zhongguo guo min dang. 27
Campus Crusade for Christ. 26
Wycliffe Bible Translators. 25
Bright, Bill. 22
Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 22
National Association of Evangelicals. 22
World Evangelical Fellowship. 22
Evangelical Alliance Mission. 21
Sudan Interior Mission. 21
HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 20
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 20
Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 20
Rodeheaver, Homer A. (Homer Alvan), 1880-1955. 20
Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 19
Ford, Leighton. 19
Jones, Clarence W. 19
Latin America Mission. 19
Perkins, John, 1930- 19
Africa Inland Church. 18
Armerding, Hudson T. 18
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 18
Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996. 18
Assemblies of God. 17
Barrows, Cliff. 17
Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 17
Graham, Ruth Bell. 17
Howard, David M. 17
Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.) 17
Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 17
Taylor, Clyde W. (Clyde Willis), 1904-1988. 17
World Council of Churches. 17
Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 16
Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 16
Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America. 16
Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 16
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 16
Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School. 16
Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 15
Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 15
Padilla, C. René. 15
Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 15
Colson, Charles W. 14
Fuller Theological Seminary. 14
Johnson, Torrey Maynard, 1909- 14
Mission Aviation Fellowship. 14
Palau, Luis, 1934- 14
Shea, George Beverly, 1909-2013. 14
Skinner, Tom, 1942- 14
Smith, Oswald J. 14
Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 14
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 13
Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 13
Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 13
Elliot, Elisabeth. 13
Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies (2012-) 13
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. 13
Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928. 13
Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 12
Dunlop, Merrill. 12
Hurlburt, Charles E. 12
McCully, Theodore Edward, 1927-1956. 12
Saint, Nathaniel, 1923-1956. 12
Smith, Gipsy, 1860-1947. 12
Stott, John R. W. 12
Sunday, Helen Amelia Thompson, 1868-1957. 12
Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.) 12
Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 12
World Vision International. 12
Wright, J. Elwin. 12
National Religious Broadcasters (U.S.) 11
Navigators (Religious organization) 11
Pacific Garden Mission (Chicago, Ill.) 11
Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August) 11
Smith, Wilbur M. (Wilbur Moorehead), 1894-1976. 11
Ten Boom, Corrie. 11
Youth for Christ/USA. 11
Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 10
Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 10
Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 10
Evangelism-in-Depth. 10
Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011. 10
McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 10
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944. 10
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