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Collection 108 Papers of J. Palmer Muntz
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Identifier: CN 108
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, a book manuscript, a film script, tapes of sermons and speeches, and other items which describe Muntz's early career as director of the Winona Lake Bible Conference, the early development of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the criticism it received, the careers of Billy Sunday and other evangelists. There are also several sermons on Christian prophecy and evangelism to the Jewish people. Topics covered include information on Palmer's career...
Dates:
Created: 1947-1986
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 110 Ephemera of Donald E. McDowell
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Identifier: CN 110
Scope and Contents
Collection of 643 slides which document Donald E. McDowell's mission work and activity in Paraguay. Scenic views, native flora, mission personnel, mission facilities, national churchmen and pastors are some of the subjects illustrated by the collection.When the collection was received by the Archives, the slides were arranged in sets and were accompanied by an attached description and date for each picture. The original order of the slides was maintained. Three unidentified...
Dates:
Created: 1951-1973
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 111 Papers of Charles H. Troutman, Jr.
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Identifier: CN 111
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, minutes, reports, manuals, and other records documenting Charles Troutman's career in Christian ministry among university students, first with Inter-Varsity in the United States and Australia and then with Latin America Mission. This collection also contains a great deal of information on evangelical Christianity in the United States, Australia and Latin America; Troutman's letters from his service in the Pacific in World War II; and reports and other information relative to...
Dates:
Created: 1924-1992
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 115 Oral History Interview with Raymond Elliott
Collection
Identifier: CN 115
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Raymond Leroy Elliott (1924-2008), Wycliffe Bible translator working among the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Interview topics include educational work and life in Wheaton, translation activities, missionary training, mission responsibilities, and political, social, and cultural events in Central America. The time period covered by the interviews is roughly 1924-1980.Raymond Elliott was interviewed by Chris Matthews, a Wheaton College graduate...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 116 Oral History Interviews with Helen Elliott
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Identifier: CN 116
Scope and Contents
Oral History interviews conducted with Helen Ruth Belcher Elliot (1927-2012), missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators to the Ixil Indian tribe in Guatemala. Topics include Wheaton College during the 1940s, field experiences, Guatemalan culture and religion, and family activities. Topics covered in the interview include: Elliott's childhood, marriage and early family life, education at Wheaton College (including courses, academic and social life), decision to become a missionary with...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 122 Oral History Interview with Gladys M. Fleckles
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Identifier: CN 122
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Gladys Marie Fleckles (1946-2006) in which she describes her short term missionary experience with OMF in Japan. Other topics include her graduate work at Wheaton, undergraduate study at John Brown University, and work in the admissions department of Wheaton Graduate School. The time period covered by the interview is roughly 1946-1980.Gladys Fleckles was interviewed by Mr. John Svadbik twice in May 1980. The time period covered by the interviews is...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 124 Papers of Helen Renich
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Identifier: CN 124
Scope and Contents
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 125 Oral History Interview with Jane (Teresa) Leasor
Collection
Identifier: CN 125
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Jane (Teresa) Leasor (1922-2009) in which she describes her post-graduate education at Biblical Seminary in New York City; teaching at a secondary school for girls and a college for women in Beirut, Lebanon; the Arabic language; Islam; the place of women in Islam society; and the relationship between various Christian churches in Lebanon.Teresa Leasor was interviewed by Robert Shuster on May 24 and September 7, 1982. There was an earlier tape recorded...
Dates:
Created: 1982
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 127 Ephemera of Kathy Bridegroom
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Identifier: CN 127
Scope and Contents
Photographs, audio tapes, and prayer letters from Kathy Joan Bridegroom's two years as a Sudan Interior Mission worker at radio station ELWA in Liberia. Letters discuss her teaching experiences, cultural impressions, and mission activities. Ephemera from Bridegroom's missionary experiences consist of audio tapes and photographs from the ELWA mission compound including a Christmas program, closing service of summer Awana girls camp, and several worship services; pamphlets containing...
Dates:
Created: 1972-1974
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 131 Papers of J. Wesley and Anna Bovyer
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Identifier: CN 131
Scope and Contents
Materials in this collection include photographs, hand embroidery, prayer letters, personal correspondence, naturalization papers, financial records, family trees, wills and codicils, medical documents, and records relating to missionaries J. Wesley and Anna Ellmers Bovyer, superintendents at the Home of the Nazarene Industrial Orphanage in Chinkiang, China from 1908-1941. The materials also cover the Bovyer's residence as alien enemies in a Japanese internment camp from 1941-1945 during the...
Dates:
Created: 1908-1953
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 132 Papers of Bud Schaeffer
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Identifier: CN 132
Scope and Contents
Prayer letters written by Bud and Alice Schaeffer about their mission work with Overseas Crusades. Materials relate their experiences in the Philippines, Australia, and the United States with Sports Ambassadors, which sends various athletes to foreign nations to share their faith. The groups are known by the name Venture for Victory.Letters documents the Schaeffers' work with Overseas Crusades (particularly sports evangelism with Venture for Victory and Sports Ambassadors) and...
Dates:
Created: 1955-1993
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 134 Papers of Marian Chapman
Collection
Identifier: CN 134
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews, photographs, and prayer letters relating to the ministry of Marian Gold Chapman, a missionary with Latin America Mission in Cartagena, Colombia (1957-1975); Bogota, New Jersey (1975-1977), and Coral Gables, Florida (1977-1979).
Dates:
Created: 1980, 1995
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 135 Ephemera of Alfred R. Tucker
Collection
Identifier: CN 135
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, maps, clippings, pamphlets, photographs, and sketches relating the career and ministry of Alfred R. Tucker, Anglican Bishop of Uganda. Topics relate to missions in East Africa, social conditions and changes there, translation of the Bible, the abolition of slavery and a biography of Tucker planned by Mary Carus-Wilson.This collection is distinguished by its intimate picture of African life and the missionary church in this part of Africa at a period when technology...
Dates:
Created: 1890-1927
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 136 Records of Mission Aviation Fellowship
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Identifier: CN 136
Scope and Contents
Office files of MAF, a mission agency that provided transportation, radio contact and other support to missions working in remote areas, as well as some services to non-mission agencies.Materials, including correspondence, minutes, reports, prayer letters, personnel files, and budgets, that document the administration and activities of MAF, especially the regional offices in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the Development division (extensive individual prayer letters from...
Dates:
Created: 1944-2006
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 137 Papers of Ira E. Hartman
Collection
Identifier: CN 137
Scope and Contents
Sermons and sermon outlines, diaries, poetry, financial ledgers, and other items related to Ira Everett Hartman's evangelistic ministry. Primarily sermons and sermon outlines--over 250 in all--delivered by Hartman in evangelistic services in Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado. The sermons also contain reflections of contemporary issues and mores. Diaries covering 1939-47 report national and international news; financial ledgers reflect the Great Depression.Sermons and outlines cover a...
Dates:
Created: 1901-1958
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 139 Oral History Interview with Frances Rader Longino
Collection
Identifier: CN 139
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Frances Rader Longino (1909-1996) in which she recounts memories of evangelists Billy Sunday, Mel Trotter, Homer Rodeheaver, and her uncle, Paul Rader. Other topics include: city mission work and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Pacific Garden Mission, Winona Lake, and Cedar Lake Conference Grounds. Also included are reminiscences of Rader's reaction to Aimee Semple Mc Pherson, the formation of Scripture Press, Billy Graham's early preaching and crusades, and some...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 140 Oral History Interview with Everett Mitchell
Collection
Identifier: CN 140
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Everett Mitchell (1898-1990) who as a teenager sang invitation songs at Billy Sunday evangelistic campaigns. Other topics discussed include: Mitchell's background, music and radio career, musical training, Billy and Helen Sunday, evangelistic work in Chicago, Gipsy Smith, Homer Rodeheaver, other evangelists, career as a war correspondent during the Korean War, religious use of radio, evangelistic rallies and crusade music. The time period covered by the intervew...
Dates:
Created: 1989-1980
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 144 Records of the Missionary Society of Connecticut
Collection
Identifier: CN 144
Scope and Contents
Microfilm edition of missionary correspondence, superintendents' correspondence, administrative records, and printed matter generated by the Missionary Society of Connecticut. Mission areas included those with a heavy concentration of New England settlers: Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, New Connecticut (Ohio). There was also an effort toward American Indians. All reels are 35mm.
Dates:
Created: 1759-1948; Other: Majority of material found in 1793-1899
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 145 Records of Claremont College: China Missionary Oral History Project
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Identifier: CN 145
Scope and Contents
Microfilm copy of the Claremont College missionary oral history project. Microfilm includes transcripts of interviews with 44 missionaries to Pre-Communist China, representing 15 denominations or sponsoring agencies. Includes biography on each participant and index to each transcript. Subjects covered include the Boxer Rebellion, social problems, church and state, communism, medical and educational missionary activity, social change, etc. Several significant individuals and organizations...
Dates:
Created: 1969-1973
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 146 Records of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Collection
Identifier: CN 146
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the microfilmed archives of the first century of S.P.C.K. endeavor. These papers are arranged in four series: A - Minutes and Reports (reels 1-10); B - Financial Records (reels 11-20); C - Letters and Memorials (reels 21-33); D - Special Subjects (reels 34-41). The minutes, reels 1-7, are indexed at the beginning of each volume. All reels are 35mm, positive copies.
Dates:
Created: 1698-1794
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 147 Records of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East
Collection
Identifier: CN 147
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 40 reels of microfilm, containing the proceedings of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East. Includes annual Society meeting records, as published in the annual Proceedings, texts of sermons delivered to the Society, member lists, and reports. Volume 1 contains a history of the Society and its by-laws. Topic covered include evangelistic and missionary work in Africa and 19th century church history in Great Britain.All reels are 35mm, positive...
Dates:
Created: 1801-1920
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 148 Records of the Church Missionary Society for Africa: West Indies Mission
Collection
Identifier: CN 148
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Microfilmed copybooks of letters sent to missionaries in the West Indies and loose incoming correspondence from missionaries. Copybooks are indexed at the beginning of volumes. West Indies missions were intended primarily for the proselytization of enslaved peoples in the British colonies. Topics covered include missions and nineteenth-century church and missions history in Great Britain and the Caribbean.
Dates:
Created: 1819-1861
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 149 Records of Blantyre Mission
Collection
Identifier: CN 149
Scope and Contents
This collection consists 2 reels of microfilm containing the Blantyre Missions Supplement (Life and work in British Central Africa, and Life and work in Nysasland), monthly, and later quarterly, journal of the Church of Scotland, detailing missions and evangelistic activities at the Blantyre station in Malawi. Microfilm reels are 35mm, positive copies.
Dates:
Created: 1888-1919
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 151 Papers of Philip Quaque
Collection
Identifier: CN 151
Scope and Contents
Complete microfilmed letters of Philip Quaque, first non-European ordained priest in the Church of England, native African and missionary to the Cape Coast (present day Ghana) for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Microfilm includes letters and other material concerning a wide variety of SPG mission efforts in North America, 1784-91, and Africa, 1817-1855. Letters describe progress in missionary work, relations with political authorities, daily life in colonial...
Dates:
Created: 1765-1855
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 153 Records of Moravian Missions Among American Indians
Collection
Identifier: CN 153
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 35 reels of microfilm containing over 50,000 pages of diaries, letters, and miscellaneous records documenting the missionary work of the Moravian Missiont to American Indians. Separate indexes cover Indian and missionaries, geographic names, non-Indian nations, and topics. Originals are held in the Moravian Church Archives, Bethlehem, Pa. All microfilm reels are 35mm, positive copies.*****[The following scope and content note is extracted from...
Dates:
Created: 1735-1900
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 154 Records of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Lambeth Palace Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 154
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of about two thousand five hundred letters and eight volumes of minutes covering the formative years of the Society, 1701-1750. Later papers document the establishment of the American episcopate after the Revolution. The correspondence is primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns Eurasia, especially China and India. Correspondence primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns work in Eurasia, particularly China and India. Topics covered...
Dates:
Created: 1679-1790
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 155 Records of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
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Identifier: CN 155
Scope and Contents
This collections consists of 27 reels of microfilm containing incoming and outgoing letters written by S.P.G. secretaries, including letters and papers from and to missionaries in the American colonies both on the North American continent and in the Caribbean from colony governors and other individuals, from SPG subscribers in England, and from churches on the European continent. Subjects documented include missions and evangelistic work.The collection consists of 27 reels of...
Dates:
Created: 1701-1786
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Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 156 Records of the Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England
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Identifier: CN 156
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one reel of microfilm containing a letterbook of the Society, chartered for the purpose of evangelism among New England Indians. Concerns the company's business affairs, education of Indians, Harvard College, and translation of religious texts. Primary correspondents are the company's governors, secretaries or clerks, and treasurers, writing to Commissioners in America, who in turn paid missionaries or dispersed funds as directed. Letters describe Company business...
Dates:
Created: 1688-1761
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Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 157 Records of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Gold Coast Mission
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Identifier: CN 157
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 12 reels of microfilm containg missionary reports and correspondence from S.P.G. mission stations correspondence of eighteenth century missionaries Thomas Thompson and Philip Quaque, and correspondence of the twentieth century Committee for Women's Work. Microfilmed from originals in possession of the U.S.P.G. in London.
Dates:
Created: 1753-1933
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 158 Records of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Madagascar Mission
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Identifier: CN 158
Scope and Contents
The microfilm contains selected pages from the bound correspondence and reports series housed in the U.S.P.G. headquarters in London. It includes all missionary correspondence and reports from Madagascar, and some items concerning Mauritius and the Seychelles Islands. Letters refer to mission work, local customs, and politics. All reels are 35mm, positive copies.
Dates:
Created: 1866-1900
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 159 Records of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: South Africa
Collection
Identifier: CN 159
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 52 reels of microfilm containing correspondence and reports concerning Anglican missions in South Africa prior to diocesan organization, and concerning five dioceses: Capetown, 1847-1900; Grahamstown, 1853-1900; Natal (Maritzburg), 1853-1900; St. John's-Kaffraria, 1874-1900; and Zululand, 1866-1900. Reel 52 is a detailed index, and includes a history of S.P.G. South African work. The originals for the microfilm are in the U.S.P.G. headquarters in London.
Dates:
Created: 1819-1900
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 160 Records of the Universities Mission to Central Africa
Collection
Identifier: CN 160
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one reel of microfilm containing the printed reports of the UMCA, the first mission society operated by the high church faction of the Anglican Church, and unique among Anglican missions in that primary authority rested not with a home committee, but with a bishop Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and Dublin Universities.Originals of the reports are in the USPG office, London.
Dates:
Created: 1860-1900
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 161 Records of the Council for World Mission
Collection
Identifier: CN 161
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 17,716 sheets of microfiche containing minutes, reports, candidates' papers, graphics, and correspondence with missionaries in Europe, Russia, the Americas, West Indies, Australia, the South Seas, Africa, China, India, and other areas. Also included are journals of missionaries, correspondence of David Livingstone, and material about a mission to Jewish people in London. The microfiche was filmed from originals in the Library of the School of Oriental and African...
Dates:
Created: 1775-1940
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 162 Records of the International Missionary Council/Conference of British Missionary Societies
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Identifier: CN 162
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 2,587 sheets of microfiche containing correspondence and memos, chiefly 1910-1945, especially to Joseph H. Oldham and William Paton. The microfiche primarily concerns India and British Africa, but includes material about African areas under Belgium, Portuguese and French control as well. Manuscript material is correspondence and memoranda related especially to key mission figures Joseph H. Oldham (1874-1969) and William Paton (1886-1943); much printed material...
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Created: 1910-1945
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 163 Records of the Methodist Missionary Society
Collection
Identifier: CN 163
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 70 sheets of microfiche containing detailed inventories in typescript for a portion of the Archives of the Methodist Church, Overseas Division (also known as the Methodist Missionary Society) in England. This Archive, housed in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, includes Methodism materials dating from 1769. The records of the Archive consist of three distinct groups: Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, Women's Work, and...
Dates:
Created: 1791-1931
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 164 Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Small
Collection
Identifier: CN 164
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Elizabeth Stair Small in which she describes her missionary experiences in China between the earliest communist revolutions; includes customs, evangelizing methods, assistance of Chinese Christians in areas of central China; post-war pastoring in the U.S. The time period covered by the interviews is 1904-1980.
Elizabeth Small was interviewed by Robert Shuster on October 28, 1980 at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 165 Records of Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies
Collection
Identifier: CN 165
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, minutes, audio tapes, clippings, photographs, maps, posters, etc., related to EFMA Administration and its service to its member missions.Includes documentation of persecution of Protestants in Roman Catholic Colombia, Italy and Spain; efforts to broaden American awareness of conditions; and attempts to apply pressure through the US State Dept. Persons prominently featured include EFMA's Executive Directors Clyde Taylor, Wade Coggins, and Paul McKaughan. ...
Dates:
Created: 1937-1996
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 166 Oral History Interview with Roger Walkwitz
Collection
Identifier: CN 166
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Roger Walkwitz in which he describes his early life in Wheaton, Illinois, education at Wheaton College, and experiences of 23 years in the Philippines (1958-1980) as a missionary with Far Eastern Gospel Crusade. Other topics discussed include: the influence of Gil Dodds; the 1950 Wheaton College revival; work as a teacher-coach at Bryan College; aspects of cultural, religious and political life in the Philippines, including ranslation, church planting in the...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 167 Oral History Interview with Naomi Walkwitz
Collection
Identifier: CN 167
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Naomi Hildebrand Waltwitz recorded while she was on furlough, describing childhood experiences, education & marriage to Roger Walkwitz, their careers as missionaries, tribal peoples of the Philippines under Far East Gospel Crusade between 1958-1980. Topics include Filipino customs, tribal practices of Christian groups, training of singing gospel teams, education in the Christian and national schools, relationship with Roman Catholics & Philippine...
Dates:
Created: 1980
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 168 Records of the American Sunday School Union
Collection
Identifier: CN 168
Scope and Contents
Correspondence records social and political history, including slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction period. Also documented is outreach to African and Native Americans, missions in Canada, China, France, Germany, Russia, India, and South America. This microfilm edition of the ASSU records, arranged in three series: (l) Correspondence and Reports, 1817-1915; (2) Administrative Records, 1817-1915; and (3) YOUTH'S PENNY GAZETTE, 1843-1860, and Catalogs, 1817-1910. Originals are housed in...
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Created: 1817-1915
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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...
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Created: 1981
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 170 Records of the Seminar on Measuring Missions' Effectiveness
Collection
Identifier: CN 170
Scope and Contents
Sound recordings of the Seminar on Measuring Missions' Effectiveness, held in July 1982 and sponsored by the Billy Graham Center Archives. This collection consists entirely of two presentations by Donald McGavran of the Fuller School of World Missionon measuring mission effectiveness and church growth, and subsequent discussion in response to the papers. In the morning session, his topic was "Measuring Mission Effectiveness." In the afternoon, the topic was "Church Growth: The Next Step."...
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Created: 1982
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 171 Papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby
Collection
Identifier: CN 171
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews and personal papers of Albert and Mary Lee Bobby, missionaries in Lisbon and Santiago do Cacem, Portugal, under The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Collection includes interviews, articles, correspondence, prayer letters, manuscript notes, and other material from the Bobbys about their mission work, including evangelism and radio broadcasting. The correspondence also includes information on various theological issues and American Christian leaders. The oral...
Dates:
Created: 1980-1982
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 172 Records of the Pan African Christian Leadership Assembly
Collection
Identifier: CN 172
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, news releases, minutes of meetings, and other materials which describe the origins, planning, purpose, and results of the Pan African Christian Leadership Assembly (PACLA) meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya in December 1976, a gathering for evangelical African church leaders and missionaries in Nairobi, which grew out of of an informal meeting of African leaders at the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization held at Lausanne, Switzerland. The bulk of this...
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Created: 1975-1978
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 173 Papers of Judson Smith
Collection
Identifier: CN 173
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings relating to the ministry of Judson Smith. Letters between Smith and his family describe his trips abroad, among them to Great Britain and Paris in 1882 (which included visits to hear Charles Spurgeon), Turkey and the World Missionary Conference (1888), and Japan and China (1898); reports to ABCFM board members also describe Smith's observations of missionary work; included among Smith's descriptions of China are those of other missions including...
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Created: 1878-1913
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 177 Papers of Zoe Anne Alford
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...
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Created: 1925-1983
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 178 Papers of Donald and Mary McGavran
Collection
Identifier: CN 178
Scope and Contents
The papers of Donald and Mary McGavran include correspondence (personal and business), class lectures, manuscripts of books and articles, newspaper clippings, statistics, maps, reference materials, financial records, documents gathered to study church growth in different parts of the world, photographs, audio tapes, and videos. They document a wide variety of different topics, but are particularly strong for three areas: the McGavrans' family life, their work in India as missionaries, and,...
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Created: 1906-2000
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 179 Records of Short Terms Abroad
Collection
Identifier: CN 179
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, personnel files, bulletins, newspapers, posters, publications, legal documents, photos, mailing lists, minutes of meetings, and other items pertaining to the operation of the organization, Short Terms Abroad, which brought together individuals with particular skills(such as teaching or construction) and an interested in serving as missionaries for a limited time with missions having temporary needs for those skills.
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Created: 1965-1976
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Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 180 Papers of Carl Armerding
Collection
Identifier: CN 180
Scope and Contents
Diaries, correspondence, scrapbook, travel documents, oral history interview, sermons and other materials documenting Carl Armerding's career and ministry, especially his work as a Bible teacher, preacher, and leader of Central American Mission.Interview topics covered include Armerding's family background, education, recollections of Billy Sunday, Gipsy Smith, Henry Ironside and Will Houghton, missions and evangelism in Honduras and the Bahamas, speaking engagements, teaching...
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Created: 1903-1987
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
Collection 182 Papers of J. Herbert and Winnifred Kane
Collection
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
Found in:
Evangelism & Missions Archives
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- Bible -- Study and teaching. 35
- Children. 35
- College students in missionary work. 35
- Fundamentalism. 35
- Great Britain 35
- China. 34
- Radio in missionary work. 34
- Church and social problems -- United States. 33
- Church work with youth. 33
- Missionaries -- Training of -- United States. 33
- Missionaries' spouses. 33
- Missions -- Study and teaching. 33
- Presbyterians. 33
- Theology 33
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949. 32
- Intercultural communication. 32
- Revivals. 32
- Theological seminaries. 32
- Church work with women. 31
- Marriage. 31
- Racism. 31
- Boarding schools. 30
- Cities and towns. 30
- Organizational change. 30
- Church work with students. 29
- Missionaries, Resignation of. 29
- Preaching. 29
- Rural churches. 29
- Youth 29 ∧ less
- Language
- Spanish; Castilian 2
- Arabic 1
- Chinese 1
- German 1
- Japanese 1
- Names
- Wheaton College (Ill.) 150
- Graham, Billy, 1918-2018. 69
- China Inland Mission. 51
- Moody Bible Institute. 49
- Africa Inland Mission. 43
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship. 39
- Edman, V. Raymond (Victor Raymond), 1900-1967. 37
- Christian and Missionary Alliance. 35
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. 29
- Zhongguo guo min dang. 28
- Wycliffe Bible Translators. 24
- Buswell, J. Oliver (James Oliver), 1895-1977. 22
- Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. 21
- Sudan Interior Mission. 21
- Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. 21
- Campus Crusade for Christ. 19
- The Evangelical Alliance Mission. 19
- Africa Inland Church. 18
- Elliot, Jim, 1927-1956. 18
- HCJB (Radio station : Quito, Ecuador) 17
- Rader, Paul, 1879-1938. 17
- World Evangelical Fellowship. 17
- Assemblies of God. 16
- Catholic Church. 16
- Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association of North America. 16
- Latin America Mission. 16
- Henry, Carl F. H. (Carl Ferdinand Howard), 1913-2003. 15
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. 15
- Stam, Elisabeth Alden Scott, 1906-1934. 15
- Taylor, Clyde W. 15
- Armerding, Hudson T. 14
- Howard, David M. 14
- National Association of Evangelicals. 14
- Plymouth Brethren. 14
- Stam, John Cornelius, 1907-1934. 14
- World Council of Churches. 14
- Bright, Bill. 13
- Glasser, Arthur F. (Arthur Frederick), 1914- 13
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. 13
- Perkins, John, 13
- Blanchard, Charles A. (Charles Albert) 12
- Dain, Arthur John, 1912- 12
- Ironside, H. A. (Henry Allan), 1876-1951. 12
- Jones, Bob, 1883-1968. 12
- Jones, Clarence W. 12
- McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. 12
- Padilla, C. Rene. 12
- Woods, C. Stacey, 1909-1983. 12
- Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (Ill.) 11
- Evangelical Foreign Missions Association. 11
- Hurlburt, Charles E. 11
- McCully, Theodore Edward, 1927-1956. 11
- Mission Aviation Fellowship. 11
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 11
- Saint, Nathaniel, 1923-1956. 11
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School 11
- Columbia Bible College (Columbia, S.C.) 10
- Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 10
- Elliot, Elisabeth. 10
- Evangelism-in-Depth. 10
- Ford, Leighton. 10
- McGavran, Donald A. (Donald Anderson), 1897-1990. 10
- Moody Memorial Church (Chicago, Ill.) 10
- Palau, Luis, 1934- 10
- Rodeheaver, Homer A. (Homer Alvan), 1880-1955. 10
- Skinner, Tom, 1942- 10
- Taylor, James Hudson, 1832-1905. 10
- Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer), 1856-1928 10
- Coggins, Wade T. 9
- ELWA (Radio station : Monrovia, Liberia) 9
- Evangelical Churches of West Africa. 9
- Frizen, E. L. 9
- Fuller Theological Seminary. 9
- Graham, Ruth Bell. 9
- Houghton, Frank, 1894-1972. 9
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 9
- Navigators (Religious organization) 9
- Ockenga, Harold John, 1905-1985. 9
- Pacific Garden Mission (Chicago, Ill.) 9
- Rift Valley Academy (Kijabe, Kenya) 9
- Smith, Oswald J. 9
- Straw, Darien A. 9
- Troutman, Charles Henry, Jr. 9
- Wyrtzen, Jack, 1913-1996. 9
- Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar. 8
- Church of England. 8
- Davis, Ralph T. 8
- Far East Broadcasting Company. 8
- Kuhn, John Becker. 8
- Little, Paul E. 8
- Operation Mobilization. 8
- Saint, Rachel. 8
- World Vision International. 8
- Wright, J. Elwin. 8
- Adeney, David H. (David Howard) 7
- Adeyemo, Tokunboh. 7
- Biederwolf, William E. (William Edward), 1867-1939. 7
- Bingham, Rowland V., 1872-1942. 7
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975. 7
- Fleming, Peter, 1928-1956. 7 ∧ less
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