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Collection 298 Papers of Howard E. Thomas
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Identifier: CN 298
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Howard E. Thomas in which he describes his family background, Christian life and growth, education at Stony Brook School and Wheaton College, missionary work with the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions among lepers of the Tai-Lu people along the Burmese border in southwestern China, internment by the Japanese in Thailand, contextualization of the gospel, expulsion from the area by the Chinese army involved in opium trade. Description of Stony Brook School...
Dates:
Created: 1946-1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 299 Oral History Interview with Ruth M. Thomas
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Identifier: CN 299
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruth M. Thomas about her family and religious background, conversion, recollections of Billy Sunday's campaign in Scranton, PA in 1914, her education at Wheaton College, call to foreign missions, work as a missionary nurse with the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in a rehabilitation program of a leper colony in southwestern China along the Burmese border among the Tai-Lu people, language study, worship and use of music, an anti-opium campaign, and a...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 302 Oral History Interview with David L. Farah
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Identifier: CN 302
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with David Livingstone Farah, in which he discusses his upbringing, education at Wheaton College, work as an administrator with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru and Bolivia, and relationships with other religious bodies, national groups and governments. Other topics include the 1950 revival at Wheaton College; Wycliffe jungle training in Mexico; the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the prevalence of syncretism; differences between Peru and Bolivia; description of...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 307 Ephemera of Christian Films and Videos
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Identifier: CN 307
Scope and Contents
Moving image recordings in this collection provide a representative sampling of post-war evangelical Christian film companies, and cover various topics such as dramatizations of stories from the life of Jesus and of the Apostle Paul, Christian lifestyle, church and social issues, communism, drug and alcohol abuse, evangelism, immigration, materialism, mass media in religion, meaning of life, missions, the natural world as a reflection of God, politics, refugees, relationships, rock and roll,...
Dates:
Created: 1940-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 308 Papers of Harvey W. Marks
Collection
Identifier: CN 308
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Harvey W. Marks in which he describes his career as a pastor and work in Christian film distribution beginning in 1945; the development of Christian film-making and involvement with film pioneers such as C. O. Baptista and James Frederick; Walt Disney's production facilities; and film production workshops at Green Lake, Wisconsin. Includes discussion of church use of films and the effects of television on the Christian film industry.Also included is a...
Dates:
Created: 1954-1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 310 Oral History Interview with Eugene Grosman
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Identifier: CN 310
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Eugene Grosman in which he discusses his early life in the Soviet Union, his conversion to Christianity, his emigration from the Soviet Union, his studies at Moody Bible Institute, and his work with Slavic Gospel Association. The time period covered by the interviews is 1945-1985.Eugene Grosman was interviewed by Robert Shuster at the Billy Graham Center Archives on September 4 and 18. The collection as recorded consisted of three audio tapes. However,...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 311 Papers of Charles J. Guth
Collection
Identifier: CN 311
Scope and Contents
Water color paintings and oral history interviews with Charles J. Guth, relating to Guth’s missionary work in Africa with the Sudan Interior Mission. Topics covered by the interviews include: Guth’s education at Wheaton College, preparation for the mission field as a worker with Sudan Interior Mission, his life, work, and contacts as a missionary among the Koma and Maban people of the Sudan; the culture of these peoples; the effect of Sudan's independence on the church in the Sudan,...
Dates:
Created: 1976-1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 312 Papers of Diane W. Hawkins
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Identifier: CN 312
Scope and Contents
Collection 312 consists of letters, oral history interviews, articles, minutes of meetings, reports and other relating to Diane Hawkins' missionary service in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) as well as the tapes of an oral history interview conducted several years later. Among the topics covered are: TEAM's evangelistic, and educational work in Rhodesia; the lifestyle, music, and beliefs of Shona people; the civil war between white government and the black nationalist guerrillas which raged while...
Dates:
Created: 1970-1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 313 Papers of Robert C. Van Kampen
Collection
Identifier: CN 313
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, minutes, reports, manuscripts, photographs, audio tapes, clippings, etc., related to Van Kampen's responsibilities on the Board of Directors of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association as well as various board committees, the boards of BGEA subsidiaries or affiliated institutions (Billy Graham Benevolent Fund, Billy Graham Evangelistic Film Ministry, Inc., Billy Graham Evangelistic Trust, Billy Graham Foundation, Grason Company, World Evangelism and Christian Education Fund,...
Dates:
Created: 1944-1982
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 314 Oral History Interview with Martha H. Philips
Collection
Identifier: CN 314
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Martha H. Philips (1905-1996) in which she describes her childhood, education, missionary work in China with China Inland Mission at Chefoo School as a teacher of missionary children, her internment by the Japanese at Temple Hill and Wei Xian camps, repatriation, working with Wycliffe Bible Translators among the Zapotec Indians in southern Mexico, and traveling throughout the world representing the mission. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 315 Oral History Interview with Marie H. Little
Collection
Identifier: CN 315
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Marie Huttenlock Little (1918-2009) in which she describes her childhood in Philadelphia, training as a nurse and further education at Philadelphia School of Bible and the University of Pennsylvania; missionary service with China Inland Mission in 1947, working in Lanzhou and Wu Wei, Gansu province; return to the U.S. in 1950 to become a staff worker for Inter-Varsity. The time period covered by the interviews is circa 1918-1955.Marie Little was...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 316 Oral History Interview with Deborah J. Seymour
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Identifier: CN 316
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Deborah J. Seymour in which she describes her childhood as a child of missionaries in Papua New Guinea and working as an English teacher in Honduras with World Gospel Mission and Churches of Christ in Christian Union from 1983 to 1985. Topics discussed include her parents' missionary work; her childhood as a missionary kid; New Guinea tribal culture; conversion to Christianity and spiritual life; call to the mission field; observations about Honduras,...
Dates:
Created: 1985-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 317 Oral History Interview with Ian H. and Ruth E. Cook
Collection
Identifier: CN 317
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Ian Harper Cooke and Ruth Eileen (Witmer) Cook, in which Ian describes his childhood and education in South Africa, college education at Wheaton College, training for missionary work, medical missions work in South Africa with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM), the Zulus, apartheid, and the national church; and Ruth describes her childhood, conversion, and intention to become a missionary nurse, education at West Suburban Hospital and Wheaton College,...
Dates:
Created: 1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 318 Papers of L. Nelson Bell
Collection
Identifier: CN 318
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, and other documents related to the life and ministry of L. Nelson Bell, first as a medical missionary in China, then as doctor, editor, and lay leader in the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Among the topics covered by the material in the collection are missions in China in the twentieth century between the two world wars; the work of Bell's son-in-law, Billy Graham; the founding and development of Christianity Today and The...
Dates:
1923-1973
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 319 Oral History Interview with Jesse W. Hoover
Collection
Identifier: CN 319
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Jesse Wilbert Hoover (1908-2002) in which he discuesses his pietistic background and beliefs, his education at Messiah and Wheaton Colleges, his involvement in Mennonite relief work in Europe and the Far East and his evangelistic work in Canada. The time period covered by the interviews is 1908-1947.
Jesse W. Hoover was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on October 7, 1985 in Greenfield, Indiana.
Dates:
Created: 1985
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 321 Papers of Glicerio M. Manzano
Collection
Identifier: CN 321
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of prayer letters and oral history interviews, which document Glicerio M. Jojo Manzano's early life, education, family life, and work as a service manager with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship and as an accountant for a rural hospital with International Nepal Fellowship.Series 1: Audio TapesThree oral history interviews with Glicerio Manzano. Topics discussed in the interview include Manzano's early life, education,...
Dates:
Created: 1981-1992
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 322 Papers of Oswald J. Smith
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Identifier: CN 322
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, audio tapes, hymn and poem manuscripts, lantern slides, phonograph records, negatives, photographs, tracts, posters, audio tapes, clippings, scrapbooks, etc., related to Oswald J. Smith's career as an evangelist, pastor, author and editor, hymn writer and poet, colporteur, and promoter of missions involvement. Includes material on the Smith family; his evangelistic ministry, particularly in Canada; the North American hymn publishing industry, particularly correspondence with...
Dates:
Created: 1890-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 324 Records of Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Evangelizacion (CLADE)
Collection
Identifier: CN 324
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, minutes, press releases, planning and financial records, and manuscripts of Congress presentations (primarily in Spanish). Files in this collection were those of Clyde Taylor, executive secretary of the Evangelical Foreign Mission Association at the time of the Congress. Items document early planning and securing subsidy funding from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, travel arrangements, and daily reports from the Congress. Texts of Congress messages by...
Dates:
Created: 1951-1975; Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1970
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 325 Oral History Interview with Donald W. Berry
Collection
Identifier: CN 325
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview in which Berry discusses his conversion, education at Wheaton College, and his work as a pilot and administrator for Mission Aviation Fellowship in Honduras and Southeast Asia. Other topics discussed include. Berry’s service in the Army during World War II, his views on pacifism, the origins of Mission Aviation Fellowship, challenges of MAF, and the effect of life on the mission field on Berry’s family.Donald Berry was interviewed by Robert Shuster on...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 326 Papers of James Edwin Wright
Collection
Identifier: CN 326
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal notebook relating to the ministry of James E. Wright with Youth for Christ in India, Mexico, and the United States.Series 1: Audio TapesOral history interviews with James E. Wright in which he describes his youth, conversion and spiritual growth, education at Wheaton College and Multnomah School of the Bible, involvement with Youth For Christ in Portland, Oregon, India and Mexico, counseling and follow-up...
Dates:
Created: 1950-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer
Collection
Identifier: CN 328
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, speech manuscripts and prayer letters relating to the careers and ministries of Eric and Lydia Maillefer as missionaries and Christian workers with the Evangelical Free Church in Zaire, Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar (AEAM), and the Africa Evangelical Office (AEO). Lydia worked as a teacher and school administrator; Eric worked first as a teacher, then on loan as a conference coordinator to the Africa Evangelical Office, and later as administrative secretary...
Dates:
Created: 1971-1991
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 329 Papers of Louis and Phil Palermo
Collection
Identifier: CN 329
Scope and Contents
Articles, audio tapes, clippings, correspondence, films, phonograph records, photo albums, photographs, video tapes and wire recordings of Louis and Phil Palermo, musical evangelists with Chicago Midnight Brigade and Youth for Christ. The collection highlights the Palermos' musical ministry in the United States and other parts of the world, especially Italy and Vietnam, predominantly from the early-1940s to the 1980s; also includes assorted information about evangelical figures and...
Dates:
Created: 1924-1984
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 330 Records of The Moody Church
Collection
Identifier: CN 330
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, church bulletins, minutes of meetings, and other records documenting the activities of the influential independent Chicago church started by Dwight L. Moody; chiefly from ca. 1910 through 1946.Topics documented include worship services, Sunday school, the weekly activities of the congregation, the governance of the body, and various urban evangelistic outreaches of the church. Besides the history of the church, the collection also documents...
Dates:
Created: 1864-1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 331 Papers of Reuben Archer Torrey, III
Collection
Identifier: CN 331
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey III and a videotape of the Otterbein United Brethren Missionary Convention in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on April 23, 1986.Audio TapesOral history interview with Reuben Archer Torrey in which he describes his childhood in China as the son of Presbyterian missionaries; his experiences at boarding schools in China and Korea; his grandfather, Dr. R. A. Torrey, Sr.; his work as an Episcopalian...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 332 Papers of Isaac Backus
Collection
Identifier: CN 332
Scope and Contents
Microfilm copy of Baptist preacher and historian Isaac Backus' diaries, autobiography, daybook, sermons on Acts and the Psalms, correspondence, letters from mother Elizabeth Backus, and other materials. Originals were filmed by the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Church.
Dates:
Created: 1723-1789
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon
Collection
Identifier: CN 335
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and paper records relating to Ralph Shannon’s life and ministry as a medical missionary in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo).Audio Tapes Four oral history interviews with Ralph Shannon, recorded on eight reels of audio tape. Topics covered include Shannon's childhood in Belgian Congo (Zaire) with his missionary parents, Wheaton College undergraduate and graduate education, service in Zaire as a medical...
Dates:
Created: 1986-1990
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 336 Papers of William Carey
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Identifier: CN 336
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one reel of microfilm containing materials relating to William Carey’s life and ministry. The materials include letters, engravings, biography, reports of the jubilee of the Baptist Missionary Society in 1842, Carey's will, an 1862 lecture on Carey, and fifty-two letters from Carey in Serampore, India, to John Rydland, along with several miscellaneous items.The reel includes an index (hand-written); engraving of John Ryland, the minister of the...
Dates:
Created: 1793-1862
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 337 Papers of Roger H. Malstead
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Identifier: CN 337
Scope and Contents
Two oral history interviews and prayer letters, relating to Roger Malstead’s ministry with Operation Mobilization.Audio TapesTwo oral history interviews with Roger Malstead in which he describes his youth, education at Wheaton College, work with Operation Mobilization (OM) in the former Soviet Union, Turkey, Lebanon, the United States, at OM headquarters in England, and with the OM ship DOULOS; Other topics described are the director of OM,...
Dates:
Created: 1961-1993; Majority of material found within 1986-1993
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Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 341 Papers of Victor G. Plymire
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Identifier: CN 341
Scope and Contents
Letters, articles, over 1200 photos, maps, diary and other material relating to Victor Plymire's missionary career in Tibet and China under the auspices of the Assemblies of God. The collection contains information not only on his evangelistic work among various strata of Tibetan society but also about his evangelistic/exploration expedition of 1927-28 which crossed from northeastern to southwestern Tibet; Tibetan culture and society; the Buddhist religion; and the early history of relations...
Dates:
Created: 1908-1957
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 343 Papers of Samuel F. Wolgemuth
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Identifier: CN 343
Scope and Contents
Administrative correspondence, reports, minutes, memos, newsletters, publications, promotional material, photographs, and slides documenting Samuel F. Wolgemuth's term (1965-1973) as president for Youth for Christ. The correspondence with YFC staff, individuals, and representatives of other Christian organizations, predominates. Materials document contact with major YFC donors, administration of YFC at various executive levels, fund raising, communication, and promotion. Prominent people...
Dates:
Created: 1962-1981
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 344 Oral History Interview with Paul B. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 344
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Paul Brown Long in which he discusses his childhood, attendance at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College (including individuals Hudson, Taylor Armerding, Edward A. Coray, V. Raymond Edman, Billy Graham, Ruth Bell Graham, Clarence Jaarsma, Clarence Simpson, C. Gregg Singer), missionary work in education, evangelism, and church planting in the former Belgian Congo and in Brazil. Other topics include animism, church discipline, Christianity and culture, rearing a...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 346 Oral History Interview with Joshua Adjabeng
Collection
Identifier: CN 346
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Joshua Adjabeng in which he discusses his childhood in Ghana, family, conversion to Christianity, education at Wheaton College; the Church of the Pentecost, evangelistic work among university students, Christian literature in Ghana. Other topics discussed include the condition of the church in Ghana, African Pentecostalism, and a comparison of the Christian church and Ghana and the United States. The time period covered by the interview is 1950-1986....
Dates:
Created: 1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 347 Oral History Interview with Ruth M. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 347
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ruth Margaret (Hollander) Long in which she discusses her conversion, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary for the Sudan Interior Mission tohgether with her husband Burt) in Niger and Nigeria from 1950 through 1984. Other topics discussed include raising a family on the mission field, development of an AWANA program for Hausa children, evangelistic activities, impressions of the French colonial system, the independence of Niger, Hamami Diori,...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 348 Oral History Interview with Sharon R. Simon
Collection
Identifier: CN 348
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Sharon "Sheri" Rose Simon in which she describes her childhood, conversion to Christianity, decision to become a missionary, internship in Mexico, and medical work in Haiti.Other topics discussed include: joining the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, raising financial support, common health problems, folk remedies, the relationship between the Haitian would view and health care, voodoo, the 1985-86 revolution in Haiti, relations between Catholics and...
Dates:
Created: 1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 349 Papers of Clarence W. Jones
Collection
Identifier: CN 349
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence, reports, sermons, memos, minutes of meetings, clippings, photographs, videotapes, slides, and other materials relating to the career of mission executive Clarence W. Jones. The materials deal mainly with his work at the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle and the growth and development of the organization he helped found, the World Radio Missionary Fellowship, and especially its primary broadcasting station, HCJB in Ecuador. There is also an extensive amount of...
Dates:
Created: 1915-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 351 Oral History Interview with Burt E. Long
Collection
Identifier: CN 351
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Burt E. Long by Wheaton College student Heather Conley in which Long discusses his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, his education at Wheaton College, and his decades of services as a medical missionary for Sudan Interior Mission in Niger and Nigeria. The time period covered by the interviews is 1930-1986.
Burt Long was interviewed by Wheaton College student Heather Conley on November 26 and December 3, 1986.
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Created: 1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 352 Records of the Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA)
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Identifier: CN 352
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, form letters, financial and statistical reports, minutes, memos and promotional material related to IFMA administration and its service to its member missions.The files on IFMA members and numerous other Christian agencies predominate. Also includes series of maps of Latin American countries identifying nondenominational and denominational mission activity. Numerous mission-related subjects are documented. Persons prominently featured include Jack Frizen, Billy...
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Created: 1934-1983, n.d.
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 353 Papers of Isaac Lunsford
Collection
Identifier: CN 353
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a microfilmed day-to-day journal, dating from November 1791 to July 1795 kept by Isaac Lunsford, itinerant preacher for the Baptist Church. Contents includes descriptions of Lunsford’s preaching activities along the east coast of America from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the West Indies; his attendance at a Baptist General Conference in Baltimore in 1792; descriptions of travel by foot and by ship; accounts of revival meetings; preaching at Methodist and Presbyterian...
Dates:
Created: 1791-1795
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 355 Papers of J. Edwin Orr
Collection
Identifier: CN 355
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, academic papers, clippings, reports, films, videos, and other materials relating to Orr’s life as an evangelist active around the world and as a professor and historian of spiritual awakenings (revivals) and evangelism. The collection is an excellent source on Protestant Evangelicalism as a global movement in the twentieth century.
Dates:
Created: 1907-1993; Majority of material found in 1933-1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 357 Papers of Percy B. Crawford and Ruth Crawford Porter
Collection
Identifier: CN 357
Scope and Contents
Films, videos, audio tapes, correspondence, a book manuscript, sermon notes, and other materials documenting the evangelistic ministry of Percy and Ruth Crawford, particularly their radio and television work.
Dates:
Created: 1922-1989
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 358 Papers of Charles P. Wagner
Collection
Identifier: CN 358
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memos, minutes, reports, promotional materials, news releases, clippings, article and address manuscripts, photographs and negatives. The materials document Wagner's activities as a member of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization and its Executive Committee; as chairperson of its Strategy Working Group; as co-editor of the annual books, UNREACHED PEOPLES '79, '80, and '81; as a missionary educator and theologian in South America; and his appointment to Fuller...
Dates:
Created: 1965-1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 361 Oral History Interviews with C. René Padilla
Collection
Identifier: CN 361
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with René Padilla, in which he discusses his childhood, family, evangelism in Colombia and Ecuador, persecution by Catholics in Colombia, his education at Wheaton College, work among university students with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in Latin America, evangelical theological education and liberation theology, the 1974 Lausanne Congress and covenant, the ministry of his church in Buenos Aires among drug addicts and slum dwellers, and the...
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Created: 1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 362 Records of Voice of Calvary Ministries
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...
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Created: 1969-1986
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Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 363 Papers of Ruth M. Mellis
Collection
Identifier: CN 363
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, prayer letters, clippings, photographs, oral history interviews and audio tapes of missionary conference relating to the missionary career of Ruth M. Mellis. Materials document her work among orphans and students in Greece, the Greek Bible Institute, the Greek language, and Greater Europe Mission; oral history interviews describe her childhood, attendance at Wheaton College, work with Near East Relief in Siros, teaching public schools in the St. Louis area, teaching at the...
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Created: 1928-1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 364 Oral History Interview with Spencer W. Perkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 364
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Spencer W. Perkins (1954-1998) in which he discusses his childhood in California and Mississippi; attending black and white schools; relations with his father, John Perkins; the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the late 60s and early 70s; and the work of Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS. The time period covered by the interview is 1954-1987.Spencer Perkins was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on June 18, 1987 at the Voice of Calvary...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 366 Oral History Interview with Lemuel Tucker
Collection
Identifier: CN 366
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Lemuel Simpson Tucker (1952-1989)in which he describes his childhood and family, spiritual growth, education, leadership of Voice of Calvary Ministries (VOCM), John Perkins, VOCM's ministry in Jackson, Mississippi, evangelism in the African American community, Mendenhall Ministries, and racial conditions in Mississippi. Other topics discussed include the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's 1975 Deep South Crusade in Jackson; racism in America; the African...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 367 Papers of John Perkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 367
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview, video tapes, and promotional material, relating to the ministry of John Perkins, author, speaker, and founder and President Emeritus of Voice of Calvary Ministries.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with John PerkinsInterview with John Perkins in which he describes his childhood in rural Mississippi, his conversion, the formation of VOCM, its program and significant events and individuals in its...
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Created: 1983-1995
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 368 Oral History Interview with Vera Mae Perkins
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...
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Created: 1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 370 Oral History Interview with Melvin R. Anderson
Collection
Identifier: CN 370
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Melvin R. Anderson in which he discusses his work with Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, MS, particularly as director of Peoples Development Incorporated and its housing ministry to rennovate and make homes available to the economically disadvantaged in Jackson. Other topics discussed include Anderson's family background, education, racial integration of the public school system; boycott of white businesses, the influence of John and Vera Mae Perkins on...
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Created: 1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 371 Oral History Interview with C.J. Jones
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Identifier: CN 371
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Cornelius Jerome "C.J." Jones about his childhood, work with the civil rights movement, John Perkins and the Voice of Calvary, Dolphus Weary and The Mendenhall Ministries, his philosophy of ministry, the impact of TMM on the community, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interview is 1944 to 1987.C. J. Jones was interviewed by Paul Ericksen on June 25, 1987, at the Mendenhall Ministries office in Mendenhall,...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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- Theology 35
- Bible -- Study and teaching. 34
- Faith. 34
- Marriage. 34
- Salvation. 34
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 33
- Cities and towns. 33
- Culture shock. 33
- Interdenominational cooperation. 33
- Presbyterians. 33
- Radio in missionary work. 33
- Theological seminaries. 33
- Church work with children. 32
- Organizational change. 32
- China. 31
- Missionaries' spouses. 31
- Radio in religion -- United States. 31
- African Americans -- Religious life. 30
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 30
- Christian education -- United States. 30 ∧ less
- Language
- Spanish; Castilian 4
- Russian 3
- Chinese 1
- Dutch; Flemish 1
- German 1
- Names
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 148
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 96
- Moody Bible Institute. 48
- China Inland Mission. 46
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 45
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 36
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 35
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship. 35
- Africa Inland Mission. 33
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 30
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 27
- Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 26
- Campus Crusade for Christ. 22
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 22
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 21
- Bright, Bill. 20
- Rodeheaver, Homer A. (Homer Alvan), 1880-1955. 19
- The Evangelical Alliance Mission. 19
- Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 18
- Perkins, John, 18
- Sudan Interior Mission. 18
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 18
- Ford, Leighton. 17
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 17
- Jones, Clarence W. 17
- Latin America Mission. 17
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 17
- Barrows, Cliff. 16
- Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 16
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 16
- National Association of Evangelicals. 16
- Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996. 16
- Armerding, Hudson T. 15
- Assemblies of God. 15
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. 15
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 15
- Taylor, Clyde W. 15
- World Council of Churches. 15
- Africa Inland Church. 14
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 14
- Fuller, Charles Edward, 1887-1968. 14
- Johnson, Torrey Maynard, 1909- 14
- Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 14
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 14
- Palau, Luis, 1934- 14
- Plymouth Brethren. 14
- Smith, Oswald J. 14
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 14
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 13
- Catholic Church. 13
- Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America. 13
- Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 13
- Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 13
- Shea, George Beverly, 1909-2013. 13
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School 13
- Crawford, Percy B. (Percy Bartimus) 12
- Dunlop, Merrill. 12
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 12
- Howard, David M. 12
- Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.) 12
- Skinner, Tom, 1942- 12
- Smith, Gipsy, 1860-1947. 12
- Colson, Charles W. 11
- Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 11
- Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 11
- Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 11
- Youth for Christ/USA. 11
- Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 10
- Evangelism-in-Depth. 10
- Fuller Theological Seminary. 10
- Jesus Christ. 10
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 10
- Padilla, C. Rene. 10
- Pierce, Bob, 10
- Sunday, Helen Amelia Thompson, 1868-1957. 10
- Voice of Calvary Ministries (U.S.) 10
- World Vision International. 10
- Bell, L. Nelson (Lemuel Nelson), 1894-1973. 9
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 9
- Davis, Ralph T. 9
- Dodds, Gilbert, 1918- 9
- Elliot, Elisabeth. 9
- Jones, Bob, 1911-1997. 9
- McCully, Theodore Edward, 1927-1956. 9
- Mendenhall Ministries (Mendenhall, Miss.) 9
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 9
- Pacific Garden Mission (Chicago, Ill.) 9
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 9
- Trotman, Dawson E. 9
- Wilson, Thomas Walter. 9
- Wright, J. Elwin. 9
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 8
- Bright, Vonette Z. 8
- Chapman, J. Wilbur (John Wilbur), 1859-1918. 8
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 8
- Evangelical Foreign Missions Association. 8
- Frizen, E. L. 8
- Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 8
- Graham, Franklin, 1952- 8
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 8 ∧ less
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