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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

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 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

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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China -- History -- 1937-1945. 7
Christianity and culture. 7
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Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 6
Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni -- Oral history. 6
Women -- Religious life. 6
Women missionaries. 6
Children of missionaries. 5
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 5
Christian education -- China. 5
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Language in missionary work. 5
Missionaries -- Training of. 5
Indigenous church administration -- China. 4
Missionaries' spouses. 4
World War, 1939-1945. 4
Buddhists -- China. 3
Church development, New. 3
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
Missionaries, Resignation of. 3
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 3
Presbyterians. 3
Refugees -- China. 3
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China -- History -- 1912-1937. 2
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Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 2
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Wheaton College (Ill.) -- 1920s 2
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Belief and doubt. 1
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Buddhism -- Doctrines. 1
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 7
China Inland Mission. 5
Moody Bible Institute. 4
OMF International. 4
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 3
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Ericksen, Paul. 3
Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 2
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 2
Crossett, Margaret E. 2
Crossett, Vincent. 2
Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 2
Hoste, Dixon Edward, 1861-1946. 2
Kane, J. Herbert. 2
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937. 2
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 2
Shuster, Robert D. 2
Straw, Darien A. 2
Zhongguo guo min dang. 2
Adolph, Harold Paul. 1
Advent Christian Church. 1
Anderson, Helen, 1909-2004. 1
Anderson, Ian Rankin. 1
Barrington College. 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
Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 1
Christian Medical Society. 1
Coptic Church. 1
Elliott, Eleanor Edwards. 1
Elliott, Ruth, 1908- 1
Elliott, Walter Scott. 1
Fitzwilliam, Francis. 1
Fitzwilliam, Jennie. 1
Frame, Helen. 1
Frame, Raymond. 1
Fraser, James Outram, 1886-1938. 1
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 1
Graham, Ruth Bell. 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
Jacoby, Walter S. 1
Kane, Winnifred Mary Shepherd, 1912- 1
Kuhn, Isobel. 1
Kuhn, John Becker. 1
League of Evangelical Students. 1
Narramore Christian Foundation. 1
Nee, Watchman. 1
Nowack, Ruth Louise. 1
Philadelphia Bible Institute. 1
Princeton Theological Seminary. 1
Renich-Meyers, Jill. 1
Schoerner, Otto Frederick. 1
Smith, George H., ca. 1846-1935. 1
Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 1
Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 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
Zhou, Enlai, 1898-1976. 1
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