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Collection 052 Oral History Interview with Esther Salzman

 Collection
Identifier: CN 052
Scope and Contents

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

Collection 169 Oral History Interviews with Harold P. Adolph

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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

Collection 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett

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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

Helen Renich Papers.

 Collection
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

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Children of missionaries. 3
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 3
Communism -- China. 3
Communism. 3
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Evangelistic work. 3
Indigenous church administration 3
Medical care -- China. 3
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
Missionaries. 3
Missions, Medical. 3
Women 3
Women -- Religious life. 3
Women missionaries. 3
Animism. 2
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
Christian education. 2
Christianity and culture. 2
Church and state. 2
Conversion. 2
Education, Higher 2
Education, Higher -- United States. 2
Family. 2
Indigenous church administration -- China. 2
Language in missionary work. 2
Missionaries -- Training of. 2
Missionaries' spouses. 2
Missions -- Educational work. 2
Persecution. 2
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 2
Tribes. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
Amharic language. 1
Ancestor worship. 1
Ancestor worship. -- China. 1
Animism -- Ethiopia. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Bible. 1
Boarding schools -- China. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Boarding schools. 1
Buddhists -- China. 1
Buddhists. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Catholic Church. -- Philippines. 1
Catholic Church. -- Protestant churches. 1
Children -- Religious life. 1
Children of missionaries -- China. 1
Children. 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912. 1
China -- Social life and customs. 1
China. 1
Chinese 1
Chinese -- Missions. 1
Christian education -- China. 1
Christian education -- Taiwan. 1
Christian education -- United States. 1
Christian literature -- Publication and distribution. 1
Christian literature. 1
Christianity and other religions. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- China. 1
Church and state -- Ethiopia. 1
Church development, New. 1
Church work with women -- China. 1
Church work with women. 1
Communism -- Ethiopia. 1
Crime and criminals 1
Crime and criminals -- China. 1
Education 1
Education -- United States. 1
Ethiopia 1
Ethiopia -- History 1
Ethiopia -- History -- Revolution, 1974. 1
Ethiopia -- Religion. 1
Evangelicalism. 1
Evangelistic work -- Asia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Australia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Canada. 1
Evangelistic work -- Ethiopia. 1
Evangelistic work -- Philippines. 1
Evangelistic work -- Taiwan. 1
Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
Footbinding 1
Footbinding -- China. 1
Fundamentalism. 1
Hunger. 1
Idols and images. 1
Indigenous church administration -- Ethiopia. 1
Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 1
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Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 3
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2
China Inland Mission. 2
Adolph, Harold Paul. 1
Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1