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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 182 Papers of J. Herbert and Winnifred Kane

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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

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 272 Papers of Jennie Fitzwilliam

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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

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. 5
Christianity and culture. 5
Communism -- China. 5
Communism. 5
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Women 5
Women -- Religious life. 5
Women missionaries. 5
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 4
Christian education -- China. 4
Conversion -- Christianity. 4
Families. 4
Indigenous church administration 4
Missionaries -- Training of. 4
Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 4
China. 3
Education. 3
Indigenous church administration -- China. 3
Language in missionary work. 3
Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 3
Missionaries' spouses. 3
Missions. 3
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945. 3
Tribes. 3
World War, 1939-1945. 3
Bible colleges. 2
Bible. 2
Boarding schools -- China. 2
Boarding schools. 2
Buddhists -- China. 2
Buddhists. 2
Children of missionaries -- China. 2
Chinese -- Missions. 2
Chinese language. 2
Chinese. 2
Church and social problems. 2
Education, Higher -- United States. 2
Education, Higher. 2
Evangelistic work -- United States. 2
Fundamentalism. 2
Medical care 2
Missionaries, Resignation of. 2
Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 2
Missions, Medical. 2
Moody Bible Institute -- Alumni. 2
Persecution. 2
Presbyterians. 2
Refugees 2
Refugees -- China. 2
Rural churches -- China. 2
Rural churches. 2
Rural missions. 2
Sex role. 2
Amharic language. 1
Animism -- Ethiopia. 1
Animism. 1
Belief and doubt. 1
Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. 1
Bible -- Publication and distribution. 1
Bible -- Study and teaching. 1
Bible -- Translating. 1
Bible colleges -- United States. 1
Boarding schools -- Korea. 1
Catholic Church -- China. 1
Catholic Church. 1
Children -- Religious life. 1
Children of missionaries -- Education. 1
Children. 1
China -- Church history -- 20th century. 1
China -- Church history. 1
China -- Description and travel. 1
China -- Economic conditions. 1
China -- History -- 1912-1937. 1
China -- History -- 1949- 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 1
China -- Religion. 1
China -- Social life and customs. 1
Christian education -- Philippines. 1
Christian education -- Taiwan. 1
Christian education -- United States. 1
Christian education of adults. 1
Christian giving. 1
Christian life. 1
Christian literature -- Publishing. 1
Christian literature. 1
Christianity and other religions. 1
Church and state -- Ethiopia. 1
Church and state. 1
Church development, New. 1
Church discipline. 1
Church finance. 1
Church management. 1
Church work with women -- China. 1
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Wheaton College (Ill.) 5
China Inland Mission. 4
Moody Bible Institute. 4
OMF International. 3
Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 2