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Suzanne Griggins Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 375
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Suzanne Elizabeth Griggins (T3-T4) in which she describes her work as a lawyer at the Mendenhall Ministries Law Office, including examples of cases. Other topics discussed include: Griggins’ conversion and spiritual growth; political, legal, educational, racial and social conditions in rural Mississippi; voter registration; pastor Artis Fletcher; the Ku Klux Klan; and the church's response to injustice. The collection also includes an orientation session (T1-T2)...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Thomas A. Clark IV Oral History Interviews
Item
Identifier: CN 718
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Clark by Robert Shuster in which Clark talks about his childhood as a preacher’s kid, racial tensions at the University of Illinois, pastoring African American churches in the Chicago area, outreach to the community, church activities during the 2020 Covid 19 pandemic, mission trips to the Dominican Republic and South Africa. The time period covered in the interviews is 1970s through 2020.
Dates:
2020-10-09 - 2021-04-09
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Tsegaab Tadesse Tantu Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 711
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Tsegaab Tadesse Tantu in which he discusses his family background in Ethiopia; his father’s ministry as an evangelist and church planter; his own education at Jimma and Addis Ababa University; activities as a government health worker; the scourges of trachoma, malaria and HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia; his work with World Vision in children’s health; campaign against violence to children and women; his impressions of Christianity in the United States and of the Wheaton...
Dates:
2019
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Vasile Bunta Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 450
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Vasile Bunta in which he decsribes his family background, the Baptist church in Romania, relations between church and state, his conversion and education, Billy Graham's visit to the country in 1985, the Christian revival of the 1970s in Romania, the effect of the 1989 revolution on the church, evangelistic work among the Romani people, and the current state of the Church. The time period covered by the interviews is 1960 to 1991.Vasile Bunta was...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Vera Mae Perkins Oral History Interview
Collection
Identifier: CN 368
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Vera Mae Buckley Perkins in which she discusses her family background, her education, the importance of her Christian faith, marriage to John Perkins, racial conditions in Mississippi and involvement in Civil Rights demonstration, and racial conditions in that state. Other topics discussed include her work as a migrant laborer and participation in Civil Rights protests that resulted in the integration of the school system in Mendenhall, Mississippi. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Vernon C. Watford Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 432
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of an oral history interview with Vernon C. Watford and a video tape titled "Triple C Bible Camp." The video depicts activities at the Triple C Bible Camp, such as Bible study groups, singing, swimming, games, and campfires, with comments about the camp by supporters, workers, attendees, and parents. This camp was founded by the Watford and his wife. The oral history interview includes information on Watford's family, childhood, conversion, education at Washington...
Dates:
Created: 1990
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Vincent L. Crossett Oral History Interview
Collection
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Voice of Calvary Ministries Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 362
Scope and Contents
Administrative correspondence, memos, reports, photographs and other material, relating to the evangelistic ministry of Voice of Calvary Ministries in a context of holistic community development, economic redistribution, and racial reconciliation, primarily from the mid-1970s to 1986 in Mendenhall and Jackson, Mississippi, and nearby rural communities. The collection especially describes the operation of the organization, the fund raising for and promotion of its work, and the educational...
Dates:
Created: 1969-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
W. Robert and Frances Holmes Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 405
Scope and Contents
Collection of letters written primarily by Robert Holmes and his wife, Frances (Frannie) to their families in the United States, while they served as missionaries with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Sri Lanka from 1947 to 1960. A few of the letters are from the children, Bobby and Carol Lou, to their grandparents, and there are a few letters sent to the Holmes family. (The originals were retained by the donor.) The letters date from 1947 to 1960, and were mostly...
Dates:
Created: 1947-1960
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Wade T. Coggins Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 414
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, papers and speech manuscripts relating to the ministry of Wade T. Coggins, Christian worker with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and the Evangelical Foreign Mission Association.
Dates:
Created: 1964-1990
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Records
Collection
Identifier: CN-003
Brief Description
Correspondence, proposals, reports, minutes, programs, publications brochures, budgets, audio tapes, clippings, photographs, and video tapes related to the founding, groundbreaking and dedication and continuing work of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College as a research and training center in evangelism, and its ongoing activities. Includes audio and video recordings of Center-sponsored conferences (on themes including evangelism and evangelistic preaching, outreach to various...
Dates:
Created: 1919-2007
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
William A. Stier Oral History Interviews
Collection
Identifier: CN 479
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with William Adam Stier (1912-2004), missionary with Africa Inland Mission in Tanzania from 1938 to 1978. Topics covered in the two sessions include his youth and conversion, marriage, Bible school education, call to missions, his work with the Sakuma and Tuzu peoples, his ministry as a teacher of African pastors; the transition from mission to indigenous church control in Tanzania, the policies and personnel of AIM, Emil Sywulka, political changes in Tanzania,...
Dates:
Created: 1993
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
William J. Barnett Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 248
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and booklet of short stories and photographs created by William John Barnett, relating to his upbringing in Kenya as the son of missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) and his own later medical missionary service in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Comoro Islands from 1950-1990.Series: Audio TapesOral history interviews with William John Barnett in which he describes his childhood in Kenya with his missionary parents;...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1997
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
William M. Miller Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 387
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and transcripts with William M. Miller in which he describes his education at Princeton, Christian faith, and work as a Presbyterian missionary to Iran from 1919 to 1962. Besides descriptions of his evangelistic, pastoral, and educational work, he also describes many aspects of Iranian and Islamic society. Most of the transcripts are of interviews done for the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Dates:
Created: 1979-1988
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Woman's Union Missionary Society Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 379
Brief Description
Correspondence, reports, personnel files, legal documents, financial files, scrapbooks, and almost 3,000 photographs that document the activity, personnel, and ministry of the organization founded in 1860 by Mrs. Thomas C. Doremus. The mission was intended as a vehicle for sending single women as missionaries to women in closed societies (and therefore unreachable by male missionaries) in Asia, covering their medical and educational work among orphans and women in Burma, China, India,...
Dates:
Created: 1860-1983
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
World Evangelical Fellowship Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 338
Brief Description
Correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, audio tapes, photographs. Topics documented included the formation of the WEF in 1951 to foster fellowship, cooperation, and communication between evangelical national and regional associations around the world; the gradual growth of influence by non-Western associations; the activities of Evangelical Protestants in many different parts of the world; the leadership of J. Elwin Wright, Clyde Taylor, Waldron Scott, and David Howard, among others. Many...
Dates:
Created: 1926-1992, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1948-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Youth for Christ Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 048
Brief Description
Minutes, constitution and by-laws, clippings, newsletters, manuals, pamphlets, directories, press releases, audio tapes, videotapes, photographs, posters, club yearbooks, correspondence, etc., about the founding, development and growth, and activities of Youth for Christ in the USA and internationally.Collection documents organizational policies, correspondence of the organization's presidents, conventions and Bible quiz competitions, the operation of Campus Life clubs, Youth...
Dates:
Created: 1944-ongoing; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-ongoing
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Zoe Anne Alford Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 177
Scope and Contents
This collection contains curriculum materials and lecture notes, manuscripts of messages, correspondence, prayer letters, financial records, clippings, maps, promotional materials, minutes, photographs, newsletters, oral history interview, documenting Zoe Anne Alford's work in India and among Navajo Indians in New Mexico. The collection provides a broad overview of her education, preparation and missionary career, extending from her grammar school education into her retirement. It provides...
Dates:
Created: 1925-1983
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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- Missionaries -- Appointment, call, and election. 102
- Conversion -- Christianity. 96
- Women -- Religious life. 75
- Women missionaries. 75
- Christian life. 63
- Language in missionary work. 63
- Missionaries -- Training of. 63
- Missions -- Educational work. 62
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni -- Oral history. 60
- Christianity and culture. 50
- Christian leadership. 47
- Children of missionaries. 44
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Alumni. 43
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 40
- Missionaries -- Leaves and furloughs. 40
- Religious institutions. 38
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 36
- Christian education -- United States. 35
- Missions -- China. 34
- Missions -- Finance. 34
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches. 33
- Families. 33
- World War, 1939-1945. 32
- Evangelistic work -- China. 29
- Fund raising. 25
- Communism -- China. 24
- Missions -- Interdenominational cooperation. 24
- Public worship -- Christianity. 24
- Theology -- Study and teaching -- Asia. 24
- Children of missionaries -- Education. 23
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 23
- Fundamentalism. 23
- Missionaries' spouses. 23
- Church development, New. 22
- Culture shock. 22
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 21
- China -- History -- 1937-1945. 21
- Social change. 21
- Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. 20
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 20
- Rural missions. 20
- African Americans -- Religious life. 19
- Church and social problems -- United States. 19
- Church and social problems. 19
- Conversion -- Personal narratives. -- Christianity. 19
- Missions -- Congresses. 19
- Missions, Medical. 19
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 18
- Bible -- Translating. 18
- Evangelistic work -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 18
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 18
- Radio in missionary work. 18
- College students in missionary work. 17
- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic). 17
- Race relations. 17
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 16
- Missions -- India. 16
- Organizational change. 16
- Presbyterians. 16
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. 16
- Worship. 16
- Christian education -- China. 15
- Evangelicalism. 15
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses. 15
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 15
- Missions -- Africa. 15
- Missions -- Kenya. 15
- Preaching. 15
- Baptism. 14
- Christian education -- Philosophy. 14
- Church discipline. 14
- Intercultural communication. 14
- Mass media in missionary work. 14
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc. 14
- Missionaries, Withdrawal of. 14
- Missions -- Philippines. 14
- Prayer. 14
- Wheaton College (Ill.) -- 1950s 14
- Belief and doubt. 13
- Church work with youth -- United States. 13
- Indigenous church administration. 13
- Liberation theology. 13
- Marriage. 13
- Racism -- United States. 13
- Sex role. 13
- African Americans -- Missions. 12
- Children -- Conversion to Christianity. 12
- China -- Religion. 12
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa. 12
- Medical care -- China. 12
- Missionaries -- United States. 12
- Missionaries. 12
- Bible -- Publication and distribution. 11
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Evangelicalism. 11
- Christian education, Outdoor -- United States. 11
- Christian literature -- Publishing. 11
- Church and state -- United States. 11
- Education -- United States. 11
- Education, Higher -- United States. 11
- Evangelistic work -- Brazil. 11 ∧ less
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- Names
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 87
- Shuster, Robert D. 66
- Ericksen, Paul. 45
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 41
- Moody Bible Institute. 26
- China Inland Mission. 22
- Africa Inland Mission. 21
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 21
- OMF International. 18
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 15
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 14
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 14
- Youth for Christ International. 14
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 13
- Sudan Interior Mission. 13
- Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America. 11
- Perkins, John, 1930- 11
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Billy Graham Scholarship Program. 11
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 11
- Evangelical Alliance Mission. 10
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 10
- Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies (2012-) 9
- Howard, David M. 9
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 9
- Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 9
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 9
- World Council of Churches. 9
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 8
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 8
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 8
- Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 8
- Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 8
- National Association of Evangelicals. 8
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 8
- Wright, J. Elwin. 8
- Africa Inland Church. 7
- Assemblies of God. 7
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 7
- Davis, Ralph T. 7
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 7
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 7
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 7
- Latin America Mission. 7
- Padilla, C. René. 7
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 7
- Taylor, Clyde W. (Clyde Willis), 1904-1988. 7
- Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.) 7
- Weary, Dolphus., 1946- 7
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School. 7
- Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996. 7
- Armerding, Hudson T. 6
- Campus Crusade for Christ. 6
- Chefoo School (Yen t'ai shih, China) 6
- Elliot, Elisabeth. 6
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 6
- Johnson, Torrey Maynard, 1909- 6
- Jones, Bob, 1911-1997. 6
- Mendenhall Ministries (Mendenhall, Miss.) 6
- Mission Aviation Fellowship. 6
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. 6
- Rift Valley Academy (Kijabe, Kenya) 6
- Skinner, Tom, 1942- 6
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 6
- Straw, Darien A. 6
- Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928. 6
- Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 5
- Coggins, Wade T. 5
- Committee to Assist Missionary Education Overseas. 5
- Far East Broadcasting Company. 5
- Frizen, E. L. 5
- Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 5
- Graham, Ruth Bell., 1920-2007 5
- Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 5
- Kuhn, Isobel. 5
- LeBar, Lois E. (Lois Emogene), 1907-1997. 5
- Mau Mau. 5
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. 5
- Palau, Luis, 1934- 5
- Perkins, Vera Mae. 5
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 5
- Princeton Theological Seminary. 5
- Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August) 5
- Taylor, Herbert John, 1893-1978. 5
- Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985. 5
- Trotman, Dawson E. 5
- Tucker, Lem. 5
- Wheaton '83: An International Evangelical Conference on the Nature and Mission of the Church. 5
- Word of Life (Fellowship : Schroon Lake, N.Y.) 5
- Africa Evangelical Fellowship. 4
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 4
- Christian Medical Society. 4
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 4
- Coray, Edward A. 4
- Crossett, Margaret E. 4
- Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 4
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 4
- Dow, Elsie Storrs. 4
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 4
- Evangelical Committee on Latin America. 4
- Evangelical Literature Overseas. 4 ∧ less
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