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Overseas Missionary Fellowship (China Inland Mission) Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 215
Brief Description
Correspondence, minutes, directories, newsletters, brochures, photographs, book manuscripts, slides, photo albums, and other materials which document the history of the North American branch of the mission. Materials cover the origins of the mission's North American branch; its church planting, evangelistic, medical, educational, and literature work in China until the time of its expulsion in 1951; its reorganization from China Inland Mission into Overseas Missionary Fellowship; its work...
Dates:
Created: 1853, 1886-1990, 2001, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1886-2001
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Paul A. Contento Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 472
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Paul A. Contento in which he discusses his childhood, conversion, attendance at Moody Bible Institute, going to China in 1928 as a China Inland Mission worker, evangelistic work in Ningxia province (Inner Mongolia) and work among university students in southwest and northwest China, founding of the Inter-Varsity student movements in China, Singapore and Vietnam; Calvin Chao; the Sino-Japanese war; the communist takeover in China; founding of Singapore Bible...
Dates:
Created: 19992
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Paul and Catharine Gieser Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 088
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Kenneth Gieser and letters reporting to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville, TN on the Gieser’s work in China, written between October 19, 1934, and November 1, 1936. Also contains audio tapes and transcripts of autobiographical statements.
Dates:
Created: 1934-1979
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Paul H. Bartel Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 453
Scope and Contents
One oral history interview with Paul Henry Bartel (1904-2001) in which he describes his parents' work in China with orphans, his own childhood in that growing up in China, his conversion to Christianity and anecdotes from his long career as a missionary. Other topics discussed include: The Boxer Uprising and its aftermath; education, including high school at a Holiness Mission school; returning to the United States for college and experiencing culture shock; missionary training institute;...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Reuben Archer Torrey, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: Small CN 097
Scope and Contents
This collection contains pamphlets, correspondence, reports and articles created by Reuben Archer Torrey, Jr. documenting his internment by the Japanese in China, the great physical and spiritual needs of the people in South Korea following the war there, and the development of the rehabilitation program under Torrey's administration.
Dates:
Created: 1942-1966
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Robert B. Ekvall Collection
Collection
Identifier: CN 092
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, correspondence, photographs, and a manuscript that describe Robert B. Ekvall's education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary in China and Tibet, and military and diplomatic activities during World War II and after in China and Southeast Asia.
Dates:
Created: 1933-1980
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Robert W. Porteous Prayer Letter
Collection
Identifier: Small CN 074
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a prayer letter by Robert Porteous describing accounts of the activities of the church in Yichun, Jianxi Province, including an intensive Bible school and conference for women, prayer meetings for several captured Christian workers, and weekly services, all taking place in the midst of troop movements by government and communist troops, which, although disruptive, did not interfere with church activities. Also included are items about military conflict and...
Dates:
Created: 1928
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Roger and Mary Howes Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 562
Scope and Contents
Address books, articles, autograph books, birthday book, correspondence, diaries, documents, journals, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, notebooks, photographs, prayer letters, scrapbooks, sermon notes, songbooks, and testimony which document the Howes' work as China Inland Mission (CIM) missionaries in China from 1925 through 1945, and their work at CIM (later Overseas Missionary Fellowship) office in Chicago and Headquarters in Philadelphia before they retired in 1965. Their correspondence...
Dates:
Created: 1899-1993
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
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
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
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. 63
- Evangelistic work -- China. 53
- Communism -- China. 42
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 39
- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 39
- Women missionaries. 37
- Women -- Religious life. 33
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 32
- Language in missionary work. 30
- Conversion -- Christianity. 26
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. 25
- Children of missionaries. 23
- Missionaries -- Training of. 23
- World War, 1939-1945. 23
- China -- Religion. 21
- Missions -- Educational work. 20
- Persecution -- China. 20
- China -- History -- 1949- 19
- China -- History -- 1912-1937. 18
- Church and state -- China. 18
- Indigenous church administration -- China. 18
- Medical care -- China. 18
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 18
- Christianity and culture. 17
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni -- Oral history. 15
- China -- History. 14
- Christian education -- China. 14
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 13
- China -- Description and travel. 12
- Christian life. 12
- Culture shock. 12
- Buddhists -- China. 11
- China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 11
- China -- Politics and government. 11
- Chinese -- Missions. 11
- Refugees -- China. 11
- Rural churches -- China. 11
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 10
- Bible -- Translating. 10
- Chinese language. 10
- Missionaries' spouses. 10
- Missions -- Finance. 10
- Missions, Medical -- China. 10
- Three-self movement -- China. 10
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 9
- Families. 9
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 9
- Missions, Medical. 9
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 9
- China -- Church history -- 20th century. 8
- China -- Social life and customs. 8
- Christian martyrs -- China. 8
- Church development, New. 8
- Missions -- Taiwan. 8
- Rural missions -- China. 8
- Christian leadership. 7
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- Fundamentalism. 7
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- Missions to Buddhists -- China. 7
- Religious institutions. 7
- Rural missions. 7
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 7
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 7
- Boarding schools -- China. 6
- Children of missionaries -- China. 6
- Church and social problems. 6
- Education -- China. 6
- Hospitals -- China. 6
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 6
- Missions -- Philippines. 6
- Missions -- Thailand. 6
- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 6
- Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni and alumnae. 6
- Prayer. 6
- Presbyterians. 6
- Bible colleges -- China. 5
- Bible colleges. 5
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 5
- Christian education -- Taiwan. 5
- Church and social problems -- China. 5
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- Evangelicalism. 5
- Indigenous church administration. 5
- Missionaries -- Great Britain. 5
- Missionaries. 5
- Missions -- India. 5
- Muslims -- China. 5
- Pentecostalism -- China. 5
- Revivals -- China. 5
- Shanghai (China) 5
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- 1930s 5
- Baptists -- Missions. 4
- Catholic Church -- China. 4
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 4
- China -- Economic conditions. 4
- China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. 4
- Chinese. 4 ∧ less
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- Chinese 1
- Names
- China Inland Mission. 34
- OMF International. 27
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 25
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 20
- Shuster, Robert D. 19
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 14
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 14
- Moody Bible Institute. 13
- Ericksen, Paul. 11
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 8
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 7
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 6
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 6
- Kuhn, Isobel. 6
- Kuhn, John Becker. 6
- Schoerner, Katharine Dodd. 6
- Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 6
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 5
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 5
- Feng, Yuxiang, 1882-1948. 5
- Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 5
- Glover, Robert Hall, 1871-1947. 5
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 5
- Kane, J. Herbert. 5
- Taylor, James Hudson, 1832-1905. 5
- Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 4
- Anderson, Ian Rankin. 4
- Borden Memorial Hospital (Lanchow, China) 4
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 4
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 4
- Frame, Raymond. 4
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 4
- Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 4
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 4
- Nee, Watchman. 4
- Straw, Darien A. 4
- Bible Institute of the Philippines (Valenzuela, Philippines) 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
- Far East Broadcasting Company. 3
- Frame, Helen. 3
- Goforth, Jonathan, 1859-1936. 3
- Goforth, Rosalind, 1864-1942. 3
- Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 3
- Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928. 3
- United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 3
- Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 3
- Adeney, Ruth W. 2
- Allen, Isaac, 1771-1844. 2
- Baptist Missionary Society. 2
- Bentley, William Holman, 1855-1905. 2
- Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship. 2
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
- Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 2
- Carey, William, 1761-1834. 2
- Chamberlain, John, 1777-1821. 2
- Chao, Calvin. 2
- Comber, Thomas James, 1852-1887. 2
- Cooke, Allyn B. 2
- Crossett, Vincent. 2
- Ekvall, Robert B. (Robert Brainerd), 1898-1983. 2
- Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 2
- Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 2
- Elliott, Walter Scott. 2
- Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Singapore) 2
- Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 2
- Frost, Henry Weston, 1858- 2
- Fuller, Andrew, 1754-1815. 2
- Fuller, Joseph Jackson, 1825 1908. 2
- Gemmell, Nina Eleanor. 2
- Gibb, George W. 2
- Grenfell, George, 1849-1906. 2
- Hess, Esther N. 2
- Hess, Lawrence. 2
- Hockman, Robert William, 1906-1935. 2
- Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 2
- Hunter, George W., 1861-1946. 2
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) 2
- Jones, Alfred George. 2
- Judson, Adoniram, 1788-1850. 2
- Knibb, William, 1803-1845. 2
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 2
- League of Evangelical Students. 2
- Liddell, Eric, 1902-1945. 2
- Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 2
- Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976. 2
- Marshman, Joshua, 1768-1837. 2
- McDonald, Jessie, 1888-1980. 2
- McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 2
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 2
- Mixter, Russell L. 2
- Moynan, Mary Goforth. 2
- Nowack, Ruth Louise. 2
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship. United States Home Council. 2
- Page, Isaac. 2
- Pike, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Lee), 1912-2000. 2 ∧ less
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