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Bruce F. Hunt Oral History Interview

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Identifier: CN 104
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews in which Bruce Finley Hunt (1903-1992) discusses his boyhood in Korea, college and seminary education at Wheaton College, Rutgers University and Princeton Seminary; a portion (1928-1942) of his missionary work in Korea and Manchuria; and his impressions of Korean culture. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1903-1976.Bruce Finley Hunt was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 22 and May 21, 1980 and October 16, 2002 in Abington, PA and...
Dates: Created: 1980-1982

Doris Embery Oral History Interview

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Identifier: CN 208
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Doris Embery in which she discusses the activities of her parents, who were China Inland Mission workers; her education at the CIM school in Chefoo; her reflections on the lack of uniqueness of missionary children; her work with Scripture Union, experiences as a missionary for Overseas Missionary Fellowship in Hong Kong, and her experiences after she left China. The time period covered by the interviews is 1916 to 1957.Doris Embery was interviewed by...
Dates: Created: 1982

Esther Salzman Oral History Interview

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Identifier: CN 052
Brief Description Oral history interview with Esther I. Salzman (1906-1996), a Wheaton College alumna and missionary to China in the 1940s and to the Philippines from 1950 to 1972. Topics discussed include her education at Wheaton College, medical work in China and the Philippines, and Communism in China. The time period covered by the interview is 1906 to 1978. Esther Salzman was interviewed by Wheaton College student Fred Baker on October 28, 1978 at her home in Kankakee, IL....
Dates: Created: 1978

Harold P. Adolph Oral History Interviews

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Identifier: CN 169
Scope and Contents Oral History Interview with Harold Paul Adolph, in which he discusses his boyhood in China as the son of missionaries with China Inland Mission, conditions in China, his education at Wheaton College, medical education at the University of Pennsylvania, decision to become a missionary, and his ministry in Ethiopia as a medical missionary in African with Sudan Interior Mission; American missions in Ethiopia; family life on the mission field, and work with the Christian Medical Society. The...
Dates: Created: 1981

Helen Frame Oral History Interview

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Identifier: CN 255
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Helen Nowack Frame (1908-1999) in which she discusses her childdhood growing up in China, decision to become a missionary for Overseas Missionary Fellowship, education at Wheaton College, years of service in China, culture and political events in China; leaving China in 1951 with her husband Raymond and their children and resettlement in the Philippines, teaching at Faith Academy, development of the Bible Institute, return and activities in Wheaton. The time...
Dates: Created: 1983

Helen Renich Papers.

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Identifier: CN 124
Brief Description Two oral history interviews with Helen Gignilliat Torrey Renich in which she describes her grandfather, Reuben Archer Torrey, Sr., and her experiences growing up in China as a child of missionaries. Other topics discussed include her experiences at Wheaton College and culture shock. The collection also includes photographs of her family life in China and Chinese nationals, ca. 1920-30s.Helen Renich was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 15, 1980 in Michigan and on May 17, 1982...
Dates: Created: 1920-1982

J. Herbert and Winnifred Kane Papers

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Identifier: CN 182
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and curriculum material from James Herbert Kane and Winnifred Mary (Shepherd) Kane's missiology courses, and three oral history interviews. Materials document the Kanes' missionary work in China and Dr. Kane's teaching in the U.S.  Events described in the interviews cover the time period from 1932 to 1950.

Dates: Created: 1934-1987

Jennie Fitzwilliam Papers Papers

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Identifier: CN 272
Scope and Contents Letters with some translation, photographs, a Lisu translation of the New Testament, combined catechism and hymnbook in the Atsi Kachin language, slides, and four oral history interviews all related to Jennie Fitzwilliam's mission work with Overseas Missionary Fellowship (formerly China Inland Mission) among the Lisu and Kachin peoples in southern China along the Burmese border. Included are recollections of Fitzwilliam's husband, Francis, J.O. Fraser and the early history of missionary work...
Dates: Created: 1985

Margaret Carlson Oral History Interview

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Identifier: CN 263
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Johanna (Larson) Carlson in which she describes growing up in Ecuador as the child of missionaries, her education at Westmont and Wheaton Colleges, her nursing experience, and her missionary service with her husband at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong. Other topics discussed include: the founding of a HCJB radio station by her father, Reuben Larson, and her involvement in Wheaton College's HNGR Program. Individuals described...
Dates: Created: 1983

Margaret Crossett Oral History Interview

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Identifier: CN 287
Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Rice Elliott Crossett in which she describes her childhood with her missionary parents in China, her education at Wheaton College, and missionary career with her husband, Vincent Crossett, in China and Taiwan with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship (1929-1948, 1961-1973). Topics discussed include  Crossett's childhood in China; description of Chinese indigenous worship practices and syncretism in Chinese religious culture; Crossett's...
Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Paul H. Bartel Oral History Interview

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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

Ruth W. Adeney Oral History Interview

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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

Susan Bartel Papers

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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

Vincent L. Crossett Oral History Interview

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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

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Missions -- China. 13
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 12
Evangelistic work -- China. 11
Women -- Religious life. 10
Women missionaries. 10
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China -- History -- 1937-1945. 9
Communism -- China. 9
Children of missionaries. 8
Christianity and culture. 8
Conversion -- Christianity. 8
Missionaries -- Training of. 8
Language in missionary work. 7
Families. 6
Missionaries' spouses. 6
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 5
Christian education -- China. 5
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 5
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. 5
World War, 1939-1945. 5
Children of missionaries -- China. 4
Chinese -- Missions. 4
Indigenous church administration -- China. 4
Medical care -- China. 4
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 4
Persecution -- China. 4
Refugees -- China. 4
Boarding schools -- China. 3
Buddhists -- China. 3
Catholic Church -- China. 3
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 3
China -- Social life and customs. 3
Christian life. 3
Church development, New. 3
Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
Missions -- Educational work. 3
Presbyterians. 3
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Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 3
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Children -- Religious life. 2
China -- Description and travel. 2
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 2
China -- History. 2
China -- Religion. 2
Chinese language. 2
Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
Christian literature -- Publishing. 2
Church and social problems. 2
Church and state -- China. 2
Crime and criminals -- China. 2
Education, Higher -- United States. 2
Evangelicalism. 2
Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Fundamentalism. 2
Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
International relief. 2
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Missions -- Hong Kong (China) 2
Missions -- Philippines. 2
Missions -- Taiwan. 2
Modernist-fundamentalist controversy. 2
Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni and alumnae. 2
Organizational change. 2
Presbyterian Church -- Missions. 2
Rural churches -- China. 2
Rural missions -- China. 2
Rural missions. 2
Street preaching. 2
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
Tribes. 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 2
Amharic language. 1
Ancestor worship -- China. 1
Animism -- Ethiopia. 1
Animism. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
Bible colleges -- China. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Boarding schools -- Ecuador. 1
Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
Buddhists -- Korea. 1
Catholic Church -- Hong Kong (China) 1
Catholic Church -- Korea. 1
Catholic Church -- Missions. 1
Catholic Church -- Philippines. 1
Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
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China -- Economic conditions. 1
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 9
China Inland Mission. 7
Moody Bible Institute. 5
OMF International. 5
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 4
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Ericksen, Paul. 4
Shuster, Robert D. 4
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 3
Zhongguo guo min dang. 3
Bartel, Loyal. 2
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 2
Crossett, Margaret E. 2
Crossett, Vincent. 2
Frame, Helen. 2
Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 2
Kane, J. Herbert. 2
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 2
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 2
Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 2
Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 2
Straw, Darien A. 2
Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 1
Adeney, Ruth W. 1
Adolph, Harold Paul. 1
Advent Christian Church. 1
Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
Barrington College. 1
Bartel, Henry Cornelius, 1873-1965. 1
Bartel, Nellie Schmidt. 1
Bartel, Paul Henry. 1
Bartel, Susan Schultz. 1
Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 1
Bible Institute of the Philippines (Valenzuela, Philippines) 1
Bole, Simeon James, 1875- 1
Bosshardt, Rudolf Alfred. 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. 1
Carlson, Margaret Johanna. 1
Carlson, Robert Dean. 1
China Mennonite Mission Society. 1
Christian Medical Society. 1
Christian and Missionary Alliance. 1
Coptic Church. 1
Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 1
Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 1
Elliott, Walter Scott. 1
Embery, Doris. 1
Embery, William James. 1
Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church. 1
Feng, Yuxiang, 1882-1948. 1
Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
Frame, Raymond. 1
Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
Graham, Ruth Bell. 1
HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 1
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975. 1
Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011. 1
Hockman, Robert William, 1906-1935. 1
Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 1
Hunt, Bruce Finley, 1903-1992. 1
Hunt, William Brewster. 1
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. 1
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 1
Jacoby, Walter S. 1
Jones, Clarence W. 1
Jones, Howard O. 1
Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
Kuhn, Isobel. 1
Kuhn, John Becker. 1
Larson, Reuben. 1
League of Evangelical Students. 1
Narramore Christian Foundation. 1
Nee, Watchman. 1
Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1
Nowack, Ruth Louise. 1
Philadelphia Bible Institute. 1
Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
Renich-Meyers, Jill. 1
Riley, W. B. (William Bell), 1861-1947. 1
Salzman, Esther. 1
Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 1
Scripture Union. 1
Smith, George H., ca. 1846-1935. 1
Sudan Interior Mission. 1
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 1
Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928. 1
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 1
Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 1
Zhou, Enlai, 1898-1976. 1
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