Aeronautics in missionary work.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 136 Records of Mission Aviation Fellowship
Collection
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
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
Collection 277 Ephemera of Jim Elliot
Collection
Identifier: CN 277
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, tapes of sermons and audio letters, journals, notebooks, annotated Bibles, school records, poems, clippings, drawings, and other materials describing Elliot's courtship of his wife Elisabeth, his spiritual preparation for the mission field, early days of his work in Ecuador, and events leading up to his death and those of four other missionaries at the hands of the Waorani (so-called Auca) people. Microfilm edition of materials available for researcher use.
Dates:
Created: 1941-1959; Majority of material found within 1947-1956
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
Collection 377 Papers of Elias Hatcher
Collection
Identifier: CN 377
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, audio tapes, photographs, diaries, and periodicals documenting the career of Elias Hatcher as a pilot for Mission Aviation Fellowship in Mexico from 1949 to 1968, and his time as a mission administrator at the U. S. headquarters of MAF from 1968 until his death in 1971. Diaries document Hatcher's military service and education at Wheaton College; correspondence includes love letters between Hatcher and his future wife, and letters with their six children when they were away...
Dates:
Created: 1941-1978; Majority of material found in 1943-1974
Collection 407 Records of InterAct Ministries
Collection
Identifier: CN 407
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, brochures, handbook, video tapes, and historical sketches documenting the ministry of the mission. Topics covered include administration of the mission, the Arctic Bible Institute, infant baptism, the Moravian Church, Arctic Training Center, Victory High School, Multi Media Production, the correspondence school program, Victory Bible Camp, Slavic Gospel Association's transfer of its work in Alaska to AMI, Native Institute of Canada, Native Bible Centre...
Dates:
Created: 1947-1989
Collection 441 Oral History Interviews with Paul F. Robinson
Collection
Identifier: CN 441
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews with Paul Frederick Robinson (1910-1993) in which he describes his family background; spiritual development; education at Moody Bible Institute; his evangelist father, Frederick Robinson; and his own founding of Moody Bible Institute's mission aviation training program. Other topics discussed include: Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and Jungle Aviation and Radio Service (JAARS); Robinson's flying experiences in New Guinea, Indonesia, long cross-country flights,...
Dates:
Created: 1991
Collection 528 Ephemera of Mission Aviation History
Collection
Identifier: CN 528
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, prayer letters, audio tapes, clippings, brochures, negatives, photos, and slides collected by former aviator John R. Wells, retired Wheaton College employee, as a result of his interest in the use Christian mission agencies and individual missionaries made of airplanes since their invention. The collection documentation on various denominational and nondenominational organizations and individuals covering the time period 1922 to 1989; represented are such agencies as the...
Dates:
Created: 1922-1989
Collection 687 Papers of Ed and Marilou McCully
Collection
Identifier: CN 687
Scope and Contents
Journal, correspondence, manuscript, audio tapes, photographs and other materials relating to the life and ministry of Ed and Marilou McCully, Plymouth Brethren Missionaries in Ecuador. The materials document Ed Mc Cully's education (including at Wheaton College), successes in oratorical competition, courtship of Marilou Hobolth, their work in Ecuador as Plymouth Brethren missionaries, his death at the hands of Waorani tribespeople, and Marilou McCully’s subsequent involvement in documenting...
Dates:
Created: 1944-1985
Collection 721 Papers of Fred and Clara Elliot
Collection
Identifier: CN 721
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and clippings received or created by the Elliots, who were parents of the missionary Jim Elliot. Most of the collection consists of letters from Jim Elliot to his parents and/or other members of his family, although there are also numerous letters from his parents to him and letters from other correspondents, such as Elisabeth Elliot (Jim’s wife), Ed and Marilou McCully, Marj Saint, and Barbara Youderian. The letters describe contemporaneously Jim Elliot’s student years at...
Dates:
1945-1958
Elias Hatcher memorial notebook.
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 2015-009
Dates:
1967-1971
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
John Wells' mission aviation materials.
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 1994-023
Dates:
1953-1993
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
John Wells' mission aviation materials.
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: 2003-036
Dates:
2002-2003
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
John Wells' missionary aviation materials.
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: 1998-028
Dates:
1995-1998
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 1988-076
Dates:
1949-1982
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed — Box 2
Identifier: 1990-078
Dates:
1974-1988
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1995-063
Dates:
1945-1992
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed — Box 5
Identifier: 1996-030
Dates:
1969-1994
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 1996-045
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed — Box 12
Identifier: 2003-009
Dates:
1944-1998
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) records.
Unprocessed — Box 5
Identifier: 2006-023
Dates:
1946-2002
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) videotape film copy.
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: 1986-062
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Missionary aviation and Graham crusade slides.
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 1988-023
Dates:
1962-1981
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives
Nate Saint photographs.
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: 2021-041
Dates:
1956, 1996
Found in:
Billy Graham Center Archives