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Adeline Eliza Collins Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-208

Scope and Contents

The Addie Eliza Collins Papers is composed of biographical information about her principalship at Wheaton College, correspondence with Collins' decendants, college manuscripts and family photographs. The bulk of the collection centers around a dozen hand-written college papers in delicate script and family photographs from 1870-1900 including her mother, children and grandchildren.

Dates: Created: 1861-1972; Other: Majority of material found in 1861-1910; Other: Date acquired: 2008

Found in: Special Collections

Adeline Hendricks Scrapbook

Collection — Box: I

Identifier: SC-134

Scope and Contents The Adeline Hendricks (1915) scrapbook is embossed with the words, "The Girl Graduate, Her Own Book." The covers are leather-lined cardboard, faded, and measure 6 x 9 1/4. The first pages are dedicated to photos of familiar campus scenes and faculty. Six photos feature a boating trip. These images include marginal comments. Tucked within are standard scrap items: literary society invitations and programs, alumni banquet notices, recital and concert programs. A few of the light green pages...

Dates: Created: 1911-1926

Found in: Special Collections

Adolf Andrew Brown Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-172

Scope and Contents The A.A. Brown ('21) photo album, composed of gray construction paper, features a few words of description beneath each image, identifying persons and places. Interesting photos include an aerial of Blanchard Hall, the former chapel located in Blanchard Hall, the graduating class of 1919, and images of the severe damage inflicted upon the City of Elgin after a tornado hit in 1920. The book's covers are black, measuring 11 1/2 x 7 1/4. Other images show Charles Blanchard, Darien Straw, Elsie...

Dates: Created: 1917-1921; Other: Majority of material found in 1917-1921

Found in: Special Collections

Adrienne Jones Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-135

Scope and Contents

The Adrienne Jones scrapbook is blue, embossed with a large gold "W" on the cover, and measures 16 x 12 1/4. Tucked into the front are loose photos of Charles Blanchard and his wife. The introductory pages are columns for the citing of names, addresses and comments of classmates. Further photos display family, friends and college faculty. Included are social event invitations and notices. Other photos show the Field Museum and scenes from various travels, such as Washington, DC.

Dates: Created: 1922-1922; Other: Majority of material found in 1922-1922

Found in: Special Collections

Alice G. Howard Collection

Collection

Identifier: SC-105

Scope and Contents

The Alice G. Howard Collection is composed of memorabilia dating from 1938-1990. The collection contains Red Cross, American Legion, and U.S. Armed Forces pins, patches, medals, and uniform items related to her volunteer service during World War II.

Dates: Created: 1938-1990; Other: Date acquired: 2000

Found in: Special Collections

Anita and Peter Deyneka, Jr. Papers

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-048

Scope and Contents The Anita and Peter Deyneka, Jr. Papers comprise eleven series: Biography, Published Material, Unpublished Material, Correspondence/Faxes, Conference, Media, Speeches/Lectures, Ministries, Secondary, WRF, and Memorabilia. The bulk of the collection is found in the latter portions of the series with Ministries, Secondary and WRF occupying three-quarters of the collection. These series document the activities of the Deyneka's various internal and external activities. Ministries includes...

Dates: Created: 1951-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1984-2000; Other: Date acquired: 1992

Found in: Special Collections

Anson and Adelaide Hemingway Collection

Collection

Identifier: SC-209

Scope and Contents

The Anson and Adelaide Hemingway Collection is composed of manuscripts, photographs, and secondary material. The bulk of the collection comprises eleven photographs of the Hemingway family from 1900-1920. Another item of note is an original letter dated 1867 from Wheaton College president, Jonathan Blanchard providing a character reference on behalf of Anson.

Dates: Created: 1866-2012; Other: Date acquired: 2008

Found in: Special Collections

Arthur Christy Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-082

Scope and Contents The Arthur Christy collection is categorized according to personal and professional manuscripts. Private papers contain correspondence to and from friends, professors and editors. The public papers contain manuscripts, articles, translations and chapters for books, many with handwritten corrections and jottings by Christy. Class notes and other coursework are also featured, along with essays profiling literary and anthropological subjects. Book and article manuscripts emphasize Christy's...

Dates: Created: 1927-1946

Found in: Special Collections

Arthur F. Holmes Papers

Collection — Container: xBooks

Identifier: SC-183

Scope and Contents

Arthur F. Holmes Papers is composed of published journal articles, book reviews, conference papers and unpublished writings. Professional correspondence between Holmes and Wheaton College Duane Litfin spans the late 1990s. The author's original Master's thesis and Ph.D dissertation are also available.

Dates: Created: 1952-2003; Other: Date acquired: 2008

Found in: Special Collections

Arthur R. Schulert Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-175

Scope and Contents

The Arthur R. Schulert Papers is composed of biographical material and correspondence from his years at Wheaton College (1940-43), Ohio University and Princeton (1944-46). Manuscripts of his published work "Strontium-90 in Man and His Environment" from the 1960s are also available.

Dates: Created: 1940-1962; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1962; Other: Date acquired: 1998

Found in: Special Collections

Bernard Nelson Collection

Collection — Box: I.A.1

Identifier: SC-120

Brief Description

The Bernard Nelson Papers are composed of personal awards, diplomas, commencement programs, and photographs from the 1930s.

Dates: Created: 1930-1940; Other: Date acquired: 2002

Found in: Special Collections

Byron E. Blair Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-186

Scope and Contents

The Byron E. Blair Papers are composed of nearly twenty bound reports from the U.S. Commerce Department, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Radio Science, and other physics publications written by the author on various aspects of rock mechanics, frequency measurement, and phase stability of radio signals.

Dates: Created: 1955-1970; Other: Date acquired: 2005

Found in: Special Collections

Charles E. Wilson Papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-169

Scope and Contents

The Charles E. Wilson Papers are composed of correspondence, secondary articles, scrapbook and lecture materials from the early 1990s primarily related to his autobiographical manuscript "Bastogne to Bavaria with the the Fighting Fourth Armored Division 1944-45."

Dates: Created: 1990-2000; Other: Date acquired: 2004

Found in: Special Collections

Chicago Sunday Evening Club Records

Collection — Container: Books

Identifier: SC-047

Scope and Contents Administrative records comprise a large portion of this collection. Minutes from the Board of Trustees meetings extend from 1936 to 1982, and Audits from 1910 to 1991. By-laws, lists of Officers and Trustees, Committee Reports, long-range planning, annual reports, and financial reports, 1987-88, further augment this section. Also present are administrative and personal correspondence from 1904 to 1980, mainly for the years 1960-1980.A small collection of photographs represents...

Dates: Created: 1908-2013; Other: Majority of material found in 1938-1993; Other: Date acquired: 1992

Found in: Special Collections

Clarence E. Mason, Jr. Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SC-152

Dates: Created: 1910-1925; Other: Majority of material found in 1921-1924; Other: Date acquired: 1999

Found in: Special Collections

Collection 051 Papers of Katharine H. Schoerner

Collection

Identifier: CN 051

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Katherine Hastings Dodd Schoerner for the Missionary Sources Collection at the BGC Archives, in which she describes her experiences as a missionary with China Inland Mission from 1931-1951. Also included the collection are five letters written during her ministry in China describing her life there.Katharine Schoerner was interviewed by Wheaton College student Gary Ziccardi on October 20, 1978 at her home in Evergreen Park. Topics covered in the...

Dates: Created: 1978

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 084 Papers of Vera E. Thiessen

Collection

Identifier: CN 084

Scope and Contents Correspondence describing Vera Thiessen's experiences and work as a medical missionary for the Africa Inland Mission (AIM) in the Belgian Congo (now Zaire) to her family, which included her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Thiessen, her sisters Carol and Lois, and her brother Jack. A few letters were written to friends as general prayer letters. The time period covered by the letters is 1946 to 1976. Topics discussed include her experiences as a missionary with Africa Inland Mission, Africa...

Dates: Created: 1946-1976

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 088 Papers of Paul and Catharine Gieser

Collection

Identifier: CN 088

Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Kenneth Gieser and letters reporting to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Board in Nashville, TN on the Gieser’s work in China, written between October 19, 1934, and November 1, 1936. Also contains audio tapes and transcripts of autobiographical statements.

Dates: Created: 1934-1979

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 090 Papers of George F. Spotts

Collection

Identifier: CN 090

Scope and Contents

An oral history interview, correspondence, reports and clippings relating to George Spotts’ work as a Youth for Christ staff member in France and the United States involved in evangelistic work among teenagers.

Dates: Created: 1960-1979

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 105 Oral History Interview with Paul D. Votaw

Collection

Identifier: CN 105

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Paul Dean Votaw (1917-2007) in which he describes his childhood; education at Wheaton College, Dallas Seminary, and Princeton Seminary; and missionary activities in Syria and Lebanon. The time period covered by the interview is roughly 1917-1954.Reverend Paul Votaw was interviewed by Robert Shuster on March 4, 1980, at the Graham Center offices in Wheaton. The first ten minutes of the interview are barely decipherable due to technical difficulties. The...

Dates: Created: 1980

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 110 Ephemera of Donald E. McDowell

Collection

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 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

Collection

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

Collection

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 132 Papers of Bud Schaeffer

Collection

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 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 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 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...

Dates: Created: 1925-1983

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 196 Oral History Interview with Edna Louise Asher Case

Collection

Identifier: CN 196

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Edna Louise Asher Case (1905-1999), in which she discusses her aunt, Virginia Asher, who was a co-worker of Billy Sunday; she was also involved in many other evangelistic efforts. Other topics include: Case's student days at Wheaton College, and her involvement in city mission work; impressions of Mel Trotter, Billy Sunday, Helen Sunday. The time frame covered by the interview is 1905 to 1929.Edna Case was interviewed by Robert Shuster on November...

Dates: Created: 1905-1929

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 228 Oral History Interview with Lyndon Hess

Collection

Identifier: CN 228

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Lyndon Roth Hess in which he describes his missionary service in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) between 1932 and 1975 as a teacher of missionary children, assistant to village pastors and other work with the Lunda people. Topics include cultural influences on missionary children, education at Wheaton College, missionary service with Brethren Assemblies in Zambia teaching children of missionaries, the national African church, tribal tensions, Marxism, influence of...

Dates: Created: 1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 242 Oral History Interview with Ruth E. Hess

Collection

Identifier: CN 242

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Ruth Edna DeVelde Hess (1909-1997), a missionary with the Plymouth Brethren Church at Sakeji School for missionary children in Zambia. Topics discussed include: Hess' life as a child in Wheaton, Illinois, and education at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College; marriage to Lyndon Roth Hess; calling to be teachers of missionary children; decision to go to Africa; their work at Sakeji School from 1932 to 1982; and descriptions of life and customs in Zambia among the...

Dates: Created: 1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 259 Oral History Interviews with Donald A. Cook

Collection

Identifier: CN 259

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Donald Arthur Cook (1923-2014) in which he describes his service with the Overseas Missionary Fellowship in Japan between 1956-1972. Topics discussed include upbringing, education at Wheaton College, experiences in the United States Air Force, American response to WWII, decision to join China Inland Mission (later OMF), evangelistic methods in Japan, administrative work, language difficulties, administrative duties in OMF headquarters in Hokkaido and in Tokyo,...

Dates: Created: 1983

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 260 Oral History Interviews with Jeannette Thiessen

Collection

Identifier: CN 260

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Jeannette Louise Martig Thiessen (1927-2014) in which she discusses her family life in Illinois, favorite professors and her education at Wheaton College, nurses' training, and years in India (1952-1974) working with her husband under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Mission to the Lepers and American Leprosy Mission. Other topics discussed include: the Indian caste system, Indian politics, economics, literacy, hospital work with lepers, the Indian church,...

Dates: Created: 1983

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 283 Oral History Interviews with Nancy Folkerts

Collection

Identifier: CN 283

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Nancy Wood Folkerts. Topics discussed include her childhood as a pastor's daughter; study at Wheaton College; her marriage; training in London; work as a missionary in British Cameroon (now Republic of Cameroon), especially Bible study and literacy programs for women and 3H clubs for girls; the political and social situation in Cameroon; Cameroon independence; medical problems in Cameroon; the work of her husband, Fred, at the Baptist Teacher Training College and...

Dates: Created: 1984

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright

Collection

Identifier: CN 284

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Gladys Lyle Wright (1902-1994), in which she discusses her work as a teacher in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo). Topics discussed include: Wright's family background, education at Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute, her work as a missionary in the Belgian Congo for the Africa Inland Mission, memories of the Congolese people and culture, and her experiences at Wheaton when she was on the staff of the College after retriring from the mission...

Dates: Created: 1984

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 286 Oral History Interview with Marilyn J. Suttie

Collection

Identifier: CN 286

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Marilyn Joy Suttie in which she describes her work as a missionary in Cameroon with the United Presbyterian Ecumenical Mission. Topics discussed include: Suttie's childhood in China, education at Wheaton College, and short-term missionary work, mainly teaching missionary children in Cameroon. Also includes information on the Cameroon church, polygamy, Muslims in Cameroon, and medical care, and other political, social, and religious issues in Africa. The time...

Dates: Created: 1984

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 287 Oral History Interview with Margaret Crossett

Collection

Identifier: CN 287

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret Rice Elliott Crossett in which she describes her childhood with her missionary parents in China, her education at Wheaton College, and missionary career with her husband, Vincent Crossett, in China and Taiwan with China Inland Mission/Overseas Missionary Fellowship (1929-1948, 1961-1973). Topics discussed include Crossett's childhood in China; description of Chinese indigenous worship practices and syncretism in Chinese religious culture; Crossett's...

Dates: Created: 1984-1986

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 288 Oral History Interview with Vincent L. Crossett

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

Collection 289 Oral History Interview with G. Paul Groen

Collection

Identifier: CN 289

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Paul Groen in which he describes his education at Wheaton College, missionary work the Christian Reformed Church in Nigeria and the Nigerian church, particularly among the Tiv people, and the country's economy, educational system and political history between 1964 and 1973. Other topics discussed include: Tiv customs and religion, the church among the Tiv and its indigenous leadership and transition of leadership from missionaries, relations with Roman Catholics...

Dates: Created: 1984

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 290 Oral History Interview with Merle A. Steely

Collection

Identifier: CN 290

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Merle Ashel Steely, who worked as a missionary with Sudan Interior Mission between 1951 and 1977 in Liberia and Nigeria. Topic discussed include: Steely's conversion while in military service, education and employment at Wheaton College (including the 1950 revival there), his missionary work in Liberia at radio station ELWA and with Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, teaching in mission and government schools, evangelism and church planting, Billy Graham's 1960...

Dates: Created: 1984

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 293 Oral History Interview with Melvin D. Suttie

Collection

Identifier: CN 293

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Melvin David Suttie (1912-2006) in which he discusses his childhood, Christian growth, education at Wheaton College and Biblical Seminary in New York and Omaha Presbyterian Seminary, missionary work with China Inland Mission (1940-1950), work among university students, persecution, evangelistic work among the Chinese population and Nationalist troops, his wife Mary's work among women, their children, church and state relations in China, the impact of the...

Dates: Created: 1985

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 297 Papers of Kenneth L. Shingledecker

Collection

Identifier: CN 297

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Kenneth L. Shingledecker in which he describes his work with college students in Student Training in Missions, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, planning Urbana '79 student missions convention, missionary work in Kenya for Daystar Communications, and the development of Christian leadership in the church in Kenya. The collection also includes a folder of prayer letters, ranging from 1985-1990.Topics covered in the oral history interview include...

Dates: Created: 1985-1990

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Collection 298 Papers of Howard E. Thomas

Collection

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

Collection

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 312 Papers of Diane W. Hawkins

Collection

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 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 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 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 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

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