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Collection 169 Oral History Interviews with Harold P. Adolph

 Collection
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 255 Oral History Interview of Helen Frame

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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

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

Collection 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett

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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

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

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Christian education. 4
Christianity and culture. 4
Communism -- China. 4
Communism. 4
Evangelistic work -- China. 4
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Evangelistic work. 4
Family. 4
Indigenous church administration 4
Missionaries -- Training of. 4
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
Missionaries. 4
Women 4
Women -- Religious life. 4
Women missionaries. 4
Christian education -- China. 3
Conversion -- Christianity. 3
Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
Language in missionary work. 3
Medical care 3
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
Missionaries' spouses. 3
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 3
Tribes. 3
Animism. 2
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 2
Bible -- Study and teaching. 2
Bible. 2
Buddhists -- China. 2
Buddhists. 2
Children of missionaries -- China. 2
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
China -- Social life and customs. 2
China. 2
Chinese -- Missions. 2
Chinese. 2
Christian education -- Taiwan. 2
Christian literature -- Publishing. 2
Christian literature. 2
Church development, New. 2
Crime and criminals -- China. 2
Crime and criminals. 2
Education, Higher -- United States. 2
Education, Higher. 2
Education. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Indigenous church administration -- Taiwan. 2
Medical care -- China. 2
Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
Missions -- Taiwan. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Missions. 2
Organizational change. 2
Persecution. 2
Refugees 2
Refugees -- China. 2
Religious institutions. 2
Rural missions. 2
Theology 2
Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 2
World War, 1939-1945. 2
Amharic language. 1
Ancestor worship -- China. 1
Ancestor worship. 1
Animism -- Ethiopia. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
Bible colleges. 1
Boarding schools -- China. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Boarding schools. 1
Catholic Church -- China. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Children -- Religious life. 1
Children. 1
China -- Description and travel. 1
China -- Economic conditions. 1
China -- History -- 1949- 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912. 1
Chinese language. 1
Christian education -- Philippines. 1
Christian education -- United States. 1
Christianity and other religions. 1
Church and social problems. 1
Church and state -- Ethiopia. 1
Church and state. 1
Church work with women -- China. 1
Church work with women. 1
Communism -- Ethiopia. 1
Demoniac possession. 1
Education -- Taiwan. 1
Education -- United States. 1
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Names
China Inland Mission. 4
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
OMF International. 3
Crossett, Margaret E. 2
Crossett, Vincent. 2