Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic).

Africa Inland Mission International records.

Unprocessed Material — Box 1

Identifier: 2010-045

Dates: 1955-1988

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives

Africa Inland Mission Records

Collection

Identifier: CN 081

Brief Description Correspondence, reports, personnel files, minutes of meetings, films, videos, audio recordings, and other materials documenting the work of the mission in east Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Zaire, Tanzania, Sudan, the Central African Republic) and other regions of the continent. The bulk of the collection consists of the files of the US branch of the mission, although there are also significant amounts of material from the international office and the Tanzanian field office. Topics covered include...

Dates: Created: 1888-2009

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Africa Inland Mission Records

Baptist Missionary Society Archives.

Collection

Identifier: CN 223

Brief Description The collection consists of the published microfilm edition of 90 reels of minutes, committee records, correspondence, and missionaries' papers of the British mission agency, organized in 1792. Also included is 1 microfilm reel (Reel A) that contains a guide printed by the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and a comprehensive catalog identifying each letter included in the Missionary Correspondence, and 7 sheets of microfiche that consist of a calendar of missionary...

Dates: Created: 1792-1914

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Baptist Missionary Society Archives.

Collection 089 Papers of Paul P. Stough

Collection

Identifier: CN 089

Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews, films, videos relating to Paul P. Stough’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo with Africa Inland Mission. Materials contain information on Stough's father, Henry Stough, Wheaton College, Paul Stough's work as a missionary for Africa Inland Mission in the Belgian Congo (Zaire) and Kenya from the 1920s to the 1970s, and generally on the spread of Christianity in Africa.

Dates: Created: 1979-1992

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 089 Papers of Paul P. Stough

Collection 093 Oral History Interview with Earl A. Winsor

Collection

Identifier: CN 093

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Earl Austin Winsor (1897-1983) in which he discusses his education at Wheaton College as a student (1919-1920) and teacher (1920-25, history, and 1939-1949, math and physics) and his missionary experiences in Africa under Africa Inland Mission, serving in what is now Zaire. Wheaton personalities, mission experiences, especially those relating to his education work, and analysis of his exposure to African government, churches, tribal customs, and health practices....

Dates: Created: 1979-1980

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 093 Oral History Interview with Earl A. Winsor

Collection 219 Oral History Interview with Bertil A. Ogren

Collection

Identifier: CN 219

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Bertil A. Ogren (1914-2006) in which he describes his recruitment as a lay missionary in the Belgian Congo with the Covenant Church from 1948-56; his work there beginning and running the LECO Press, which served the needs of members of the Congo Protestant Council and relations between Africans and Western missionaries. Other topics discussed include: his family and early life, impressions of George Caprenter, independence of the Congo, Belgian influence on the...

Dates: Created: 1982

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 219 Oral History Interview with Bertil A. Ogren

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 284 Oral History Interview with Gladys Wright

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 328 Papers of Eric and Lydia Maillefer

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 335 Papers of Ralph E. Shannon

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 344 Oral History Interview with Paul B. Long

Collection 460 Oral History Interviews with Phyllis E. Taylor

Collection

Identifier: CN 460

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Phyllis Evelyn Taylor in which she discusses her childhood and conversion to Christianity; education at Wheaton College; her experiences as a Christian and Missionary Alliance teacher and evangelist among the Bantu people in the Belgian Congo from 1952-1966; her work in Taiwan from 1968 as an independent missionary; and teaching English as a means of evangelism. Other topics discussed include attending Nyack Missionary Training Institute; memories of the 1950...

Dates: Created: 1992

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 460 Oral History Interviews with Phyllis E. Taylor

Collection 477 Papers of Stanley R. Kline

Collection

Identifier: CN 477

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Stanley R. Kline and extensive photo albums, relating to Kline’s missionary service in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from 1940 to 1977. Topics covered in interview include: his family background in Philadelphia, conversion, Percy Crawford's influence, evangelism in Philadelphia, rescue mission work, call to missions, his wife Carmel Anthony, his evangelism and educational work in the Congo between 1940 and...

Dates: Created: 1930-1999

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 477 Papers of Stanley R. Kline

Collection 478 Oral History Interviews with Paul A. Buyse

Collection

Identifier: CN 478

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Paul Adrian Buyse (1926-2017), Africa Inland Mission worker in the Belgian Congo/Zaire. Topics covered include Buyse's childhood and youth as the son of AIM missionary parents in the Congo; education at Rethy Academy, Northwestern Schools, and Moody Bible Institute; work with North Arkansas Gospel Mission, spiritual hardships of being a missionary; his work in the Congo among pygmies; development of the Africa Inland Church in the Congo, transition from...

Dates: Created: 1993

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 478 Oral History Interviews with Paul A. Buyse

Collection 480 Oral History Interviews with Margaret L. Clapper

Collection

Identifier: CN 480

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Margaret L. Clapper (1912-2005), missionary with Africa Inland Mission in Belgian Congo/Zaire from 1939-1980. Topics covered in two sessions include her youth, conversion, Bible school education at Moody Bible Institute, missionary work in central Africa, Belgian administration of the Congo, work among pygmies, Zaire politics and government, independence of the country in 1960 and the Simba rebellion, transition from mission to national authority, singleness,...

Dates: Created: 1993

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 480 Oral History Interviews with Margaret L. Clapper

Collection 481 Papers of Laura Barr

Collection

Identifier: CN 481

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diaries, articles, clippings, oral history interviews, photograph albums, photographs, prayer letters, radio broadcasts, and slides, describing Laura Isabelle “Belle” Barr's missionary work among the Lugbara people of northeast Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and the West Nile District of Uganda with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from 1944-1981.

Dates: Created: 1930-1993

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 481 Papers of Laura Barr

Collection 509 Oral History Interview with Evelyn M. Camp

Collection

Identifier: CN 509

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Evelyn Mildred Camp (1915-1999), missionary work in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from 1944 to 1961. Topics discussed include Camp's experience as a child of missionaries, her missionary work in schools for boys and girls at Oicha and Blukwa AIM stations, her family's economic hardships, furloughs, the social life of missionary children, education at Rethy Academy, call to missionary work, training at...

Dates: Created: 1995

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 509 Oral History Interview with Evelyn M. Camp

Collection 513 Oral History Interview with John R. Stauffacher

Collection

Identifier: CN 513

Scope and Contents Oral history interview in which John Raymond Stauffacher in which he describes his childhood in Kenya, missionary parents John and Florence Stauffacher, his brother Claudon, missions in Kenya, the Masai people, Mrs. Westervelt and the Westervelt Home, studying and teaching at Rift Valley Academy, Charles Hurlburt, the Mau Mau Rebellion, Great Britain's colonial administration of Kenya, Christian life, conversion, missionary call, language learning and missionary work with Africa Inland...

Dates: Created: 1995

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 513 Oral History Interview with John R. Stauffacher

Collection 567 Papers of H. Wilbert Norton

Collection

Identifier: CN 567

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews, photographs, correspondence, reports, minutes, budgets, pamphlets, and manuscripts relating to Gustav H.W. Norton's (1915-2017) work as an administrator and professor of theology and missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Wheaton College, as well as his involvement with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Evangelical Literature Overseas, and Mid-American Keswick. The collection documents Norton’s childhood, education, and career as professor of missions...

Dates: Created: 1950-2000

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 567 Papers of H. Wilbert Norton

Collection 586 Papers of William A. Deans

Collection

Identifier: CN 586

Scope and Contents

Photographs, maps, articles, clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, and tracts relating to the ministry of William Alexander Deans, missionary and translator with Christian Mission in Many Lands. Materials document his work in northeast Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), especially his publication of Christian literature into African languages.The bulk of the materials cover the 1930s and 1940s.

Dates: Created: 1930-1979

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 586 Papers of William A. Deans

Collection 607 Oral History Interviews with Herbert and Frieda Atkinson

Collection

Identifier: CN 607

Scope and Contents Oral History Interviews with Dr. Herbert Andrew Atkinson (1931-2009) and his wife, Frieda Elizabeth (Paul) Atkinson (1930- ), missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) in the Belgian Congo. Dr. Atkinson discusses his family background, conversion, Wheaton College, influence of his roommate Bill Kornfield and Dr. V. Raymond Edman, God's provision for his entering medical school, ministry in Oicha, obstacles in communication with the Congolese, lessons learned on the mission field. Frieda...

Dates: Created: 1988

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 607 Oral History Interviews with Herbert and Frieda Atkinson

Collection 630 Oral History Interview with Arthur M. Barnett

Collection

Identifier: CN 630

Scope and Contents One oral history interview with Arthur Malcom Barnett, in which he describes his parents’ work as missionaries with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) among the Maasai people in Kenya, the development of Christianity in East Africa; traditional Maasai culture, his experiences aboard the Zamzam in 1941, and different aspects of medical missions. Other topics discussed include different AIM missionaries, including the Stauffachers, Davises, and Collins; the effect of World War II, leprosy treatment...

Dates: 2006

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 630 Oral History Interview with Arthur M. Barnett

Collection 634 Papers of Theodore B. Wallin

Collection

Identifier: CN 634

Scope and Contents Paper records relating to the missionary work of Theodore B. Wallin in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) from 1927-1936 with the Evangelical Free Church of America. Documents include unpublished dictionaries, word lists, and manuscripts about the culture of the Ngbaka people of the Congo; translations of portions of the New Testament in Ngbaka, and autobiographical notes. Materials in the collection reflect the research Wallin did in preparation for Bible translation into...

Dates: Created: 1932-1979

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 634 Papers of Theodore B. Wallin

Collection 640 Records of International Fellowship of Evangelical Students

Collection

Identifier: CN 640

Brief Description Predominantly correspondence and reports of the international Evangelical organization, most extensively between 1971 and 1998. IFES aims to provide staff leadership and coordinate with national staff of member movements to: witness, train and disciple students on university campuses, where student-led evangelism will have an impact on those institutions, churches, and society. The records document in detail the activities and influence of the global IFES student movement at both country and...

Dates: 1934-2000

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 640 Records of International Fellowship of Evangelical Students

Collection 659 Papers of Roy W. Gustafson

Collection

Identifier: CN 659

Scope and Contents Scrapbooks, correspondence, photos, newspaper clippings, and other documents relating to Gustafson’s education and life’s work as a minister, evangelist, Bible teacher, and staff member of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Particularly well documented are the tours of the Holy Land (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt) he led and lectured to for several decades, his participation in ministries in Africa and Asia, and his active involvement in the worldwide activities of Samaritan’s...

Dates: Created: 1908-2002

Found in: Evangelism & Missions Archives / Collection 659 Papers of Roy W. Gustafson