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Ruth M. Thomas Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 299
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruth M. Thomas about her family and religious background, conversion, recollections of Billy Sunday's campaign in Scranton, PA in 1914, her education at Wheaton College, call to foreign missions, work as a missionary nurse with the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in a rehabilitation program of a leper colony in southwestern China along the Burmese border among the Tai-Lu people, language study, worship and use of music, an anti-opium campaign, and a...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Ruth Paxson Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 653
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, prayer letters, photograph and pamphlets related to Ruth Paxson’s work as a missionary in China, Europe and the United States and career as an author of pamphlets and books on the Christian life.[Note: In the Scope & Content section, the notation "folder 2-5" means "Box 2, Folder 5"]Series: PhotographsThe following items are located in the ...
Dates:
Created: 1908-1958
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Ruth Sundquist Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 266
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ruth Sundquist in which she describes her education at Moody Bible Institute, decision to become a missionary, work first in Kentucky home missions as a Christian education worker with the Evangelical Free Church and then her missionary career in China and Hong Kong between 1947 and 1982 as an administrator for a Sunday School and orphanage. Other topics discussed include: language school in China, Chinese attitudes toward the Nationalists, Communists, Americans...
Dates:
Created: 1984
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Ruth W. Adeney Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 394
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ruth Winifred Temple Adeney (1912-1911) in which she describes her youth; spiritual growth; education at Northwestern Schools; call to missionary work with China Inland Mission; her missionary experience; her husband, David Adeney; her work with with China Inland Mission in rural areas of Henan Province (1934-1941); and her husband's work with university students in Nanking (1946-1948) and Shanghai (1949- 1950). Other topics discussed include the impact of war...
Dates:
Created: 1988
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Sadie Custer Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 470
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Sadie Custer (1911-2007) in which she discusses her childhood, conversion, education at Moody Bible Institute, joining the China Inland Mission, arrival in China in 1936, the Chinese language, work in Shensi province, Bible teaching, transition from missionary to Chinese leadership, the Three Self Movement, the Communist revolution in China and its effect on missions, the Sino-Japanese Conflict, work in Malaysia among Chinese, living in an area in Malaysia...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Sarah A. Young Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 542
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diary, and articles related to the ministry of Sarah Alice, missionary with China Inland Mission. The materials in the collection document her preparation and her evangelism activities in Shanxi Province, China, where she worked from 1896 until 1900, when she and her husband John were killed during the Boxer Rebellion. Young's papers contain many descriptions of missionary work, the lives and testimonies of individual Christians and Chinese society and culture.
Dates:
Created: 1894-1901
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Steven C. Preston Papers
Collection — Container: xAccession 2014-0117
Identifier: SC-223
Abstract
When Steven Preston was counting the cost of entering public, governmental service, he stated: “I had to ask myself whether I was willing to jump into a highly public position in an agency that was under attack and that had some very significant hurdles.” Despite these challenges facing him, Preston decided that he would transition into a leadership position of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in 2006. A similar question would arise again, less than two years later, when Mr. Preston...
Dates:
Created: 2005-2014; Other: Date acquired: 10/13/2014
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Victor G. Plymire Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 341
Scope and Contents
Letters, articles, over 1200 photos, maps, diary and other material relating to Victor Plymire's missionary career in Tibet and China under the auspices of the Assemblies of God. The collection contains information not only on his evangelistic work among various strata of Tibetan society but also about his evangelistic/exploration expedition of 1927-28 which crossed from northeastern to southwestern Tibet; Tibetan culture and society; the Buddhist religion; and the early history of relations...
Dates:
Created: 1908-1957
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Vincent L. Crossett Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 288
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Vincent Leroy Crossett (1907-1999) in which he describes his education at Wheaton and Westminster Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship in China and Taiwan, and pastoral work in a local church in Hawaii. Topics discussed include Crossett's education at Wheaton College and Westminster Seminary; decision to join China Inland Mission; language school; evangelism methods; characteristics of the Chinese church; CIM's...
Dates:
Created: 1984-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
W. Arthur Saunders Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 471
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview and a manuscript translated by W. Arthur Saunders, relating to Saunder’s missionary service in China with China Inland Mission and Overseas Missionary Fellowship from 1930 to 1987. The interview describes his childhood in England, emigration to New Zealand, training at the New Zealand Bible Institute, joining the China Inland Mission, going to China in 1930, evangelistic work in south Gansu province, the work of Chinese evangelists, worship services in Gansu churches,...
Dates:
Created: 1992
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Wayne W. and Ruth K. Courtney Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 603
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, oral history interviews, and photographs which document the Courtneys' courtship and marriage, Ruth Courtney's ministry in China as a single missionary with China Inland Mission, their brief work together in China after their marriage (1949-1951), and later work for the mission in the Philippines and in the United States.
Dates:
Created: 1940-2006
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Wheaton '83 Conference Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 598
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, papers, case studies, minutes, participant evaluations, and other documents relating to the planning, holding and follow-up of Wheaton '83, an international, evangelical conference exploring the nature and mission of the global church. The meeting was sponsored by the World Evangelical Fellowship and other organizations. It consisted of three simultaneous consultations which dealt with the local church, evangelism across frontiers, and Christian response to human need.
Dates:
Created: 1975-1984, undated
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Records
Collection
Identifier: CN-003
Brief Description
Correspondence, proposals, reports, minutes, programs, publications brochures, budgets, audio tapes, clippings, photographs, and video tapes related to the founding, groundbreaking and dedication and continuing work of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College as a research and training center in evangelism, and its ongoing activities. Includes audio and video recordings of Center-sponsored conferences (on themes including evangelism and evangelistic preaching, outreach to various...
Dates:
Created: 1919-2007
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
William E. Blackstone Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 540
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to the ministry of William E. Blackstone, evangelist, Christian Zionist, and first superintendent of the Chicago Hebrew Mission. These materials include correspondence, organizational reports, miscellaneous mission organization reports, book orders, financial statements involving home and foreign missionaries as well as indigenous Christian workers, people and organizations who received support from the Milton Stewart Evangelistic Fund of which Blackstone was sole trustee,...
Dates:
Created: 1891-1979
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
William Ekvall Simpson Photocopies
Collection
Identifier: Small CN 114
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a booklet of photocopies assembled by Ray Smith and a photocopy of a manuscript copied from a typed manuscript attributed to William Wallace Simpson. The booklet contains a narrative by Smith about the life and death of William E. Wallace and copies of many documents, articles and excerpts from books. The documents are mainly concerned with the investigation into the death of the two men, while the articles and excerpts also deal to some extent with Simpson's work as...
Dates:
Created: 1998
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
William H. Nowack Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 632
Scope and Contents
Prayer letters, publications, sermons notes of Nowack documenting William H. Nowack’s work as an independent Christian missionary in the United States (Tennessee) and China (Honan) over a period of four decades.
Dates:
Created: 1903-1980
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Winifred Rand Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 606
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview, articles, questionnaires, and biographical information related to the missionary service of Winifred Rand with China Inland Mission. Topics covered by the material include: Rand’s teaching ambitions as a young girl; reason for move to missions; Portland Bible Institute; Christian and Missionary Alliance missions policy toward single women on the mission field; China Inland Mission training; Chinese language school; doing rural work with Chinese Bible woman in Shansi,...
Dates:
Created: 1936-2004
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Woman's Union Missionary Society Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 379
Brief Description
Correspondence, reports, personnel files, legal documents, financial files, scrapbooks, and almost 3,000 photographs that document the activity, personnel, and ministry of the organization founded in 1860 by Mrs. Thomas C. Doremus. The mission was intended as a vehicle for sending single women as missionaries to women in closed societies (and therefore unreachable by male missionaries) in Asia, covering their medical and educational work among orphans and women in Burma, China, India,...
Dates:
Created: 1860-1983
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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- Missions -- China. 103
- Evangelistic work -- China. 74
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 55
- Communism -- China. 51
- Women missionaries. 51
- Women -- Religious life. 43
- Conversion -- Christianity. 40
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 39
- Language in missionary work. 33
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 32
- Missionaries -- Training of. 32
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. 31
- Children of missionaries. 29
- Missions -- Educational work. 27
- World War, 1939-1945. 27
- China -- Religion. 24
- Persecution -- China. 24
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 23
- Christianity and culture. 22
- Medical care -- China. 22
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 22
- Christian life. 21
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 21
- Church and state -- China. 20
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- China -- History -- 1949- 19
- Missions -- India. 19
- China -- Description and travel. 18
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- Missions -- Finance. 16
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni -- Oral history. 16
- Chinese -- Missions. 15
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- Boarding schools -- China. 9
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- China -- Social life and customs. 9
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- College students in missionary work. 9
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 9
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- Missions -- Indonesia. 8
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- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 8
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- China Inland Mission. 49
- OMF International. 31
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 28
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 27
- Shuster, Robert D. 26
- Moody Bible Institute. 18
- Ericksen, Paul. 14
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 14
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 14
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 13
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 11
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 10
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 9
- Taylor, James Hudson, 1832-1905. 9
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 8
- Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 8
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 7
- Kuhn, Isobel. 7
- Kuhn, John Becker. 7
- Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 7
- Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 7
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 6
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 6
- Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 6
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 6
- Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 6
- Kane, J. Herbert. 6
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 6
- Assemblies of God. 5
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 5
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 5
- Far East Broadcasting Company. 5
- Feng, Yuxiang, 1882-1948. 5
- Frame, Raymond. 5
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 5
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 5
- National Association of Evangelicals. 5
- Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 5
- Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 4
- Anderson, Ian Rankin. 4
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 4
- Borden Memorial Hospital (Lanchow, China) 4
- Bright, Bill. 4
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 4
- Frame, Helen. 4
- Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 4
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 4
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 4
- Nee, Watchman. 4
- Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 4
- Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 4
- Stott, John R. W. 4
- Straw, Darien A. 4
- Sudan Interior Mission. 4
- Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928. 4
- United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 4
- Wheaton '83: An International Evangelical Conference on the Nature and Mission of the Church. 4
- World Vision International. 4
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 3
- Bible Institute of the Philippines (Valenzuela, Philippines) 3
- Carlson, Robert Dean. 3
- Chao, Calvin. 3
- China Inter-Varsity Evangelical Christian Students Fellowship. 3
- Christian Medical Society. 3
- Contento, Paul A. 3
- Crossett, Margaret E. 3
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 3
- Fuller Theological Seminary. 3
- Gemmell, Nina Eleanor. 3
- Goforth, Jonathan, 1859-1936. 3
- Goforth, Rosalind, 1864-1942. 3
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 3
- Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 3
- Hess, Esther N. 3
- Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America. 3
- Jones, Clarence W. 3
- Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 3
- Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976. 3
- Nowack, Ruth Louise. 3
- Palau, Luis, 1934- 3
- Prairie Bible Institute. 3
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 3
- Salvation Army. 3
- Sanders, J. Oswald (John Oswald), 1902-1992. 3
- Singapore Bible College. 3
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 3
- Wang, Leland. 3
- Woman’s Union Missionary Society of America for Heathen Lands. 3
- World Council of Churches. 3
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 3
- Adeney, Ruth W. 2
- Africa Inland Mission. 2
- Allen, Isaac, 1771-1844. 2
- American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 2
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. 2
- American Sunday-School Union. 2
- Armerding, Hudson T. 2
- Armstrong, Ben (Benjamin L.), 1923-2010. 2
- Association of Church Missions Committees. 2
- Baptist Missionary Society. 2 ∧ less
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