Assignments in the Archives
Exercise # 11 - Strengths and Weaknesses of oral History Interviews as Documents
Purpose of Exercise: Introduce to the BGC Archives, describe the strengths and weaknesses of oral history interviews and some points on how to evaluate them.
Description of Exercise:
00:00-02:00 Welcome to the Archives - have people sit down, tell them what you are going to do
00:02-12:00 Show Where History Lives (short version) to give them the Archives collecting policy
12:00-22:00 Digital projector should be already set up, projecting the Archives web site. Describe the Archives web site - collections, exhibits and documents, opac archives database.
22:00-27:00 The Archives oral history resources - describe the type of interviews we do, type of people we interview
27:00-32:00 Play Jacqueline Huggins exhibit (http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/exhibits/ohistory/oral08.htm) The exhibit is longer than 5 minutes, so you need to stop before it is over. Before playing the excerpt, hand out the transcript from the exhibit (2 pages)
32:00-47:00 Discuss the strengths (vivid, personal, human; can fill in gaps in the documents) and weaknesses of oral history (subjective, past and present are usually mixed together in a person's memories). How do you evaluate an oral history interview (who- what do you know about narrator, is he accurate in things like dates, what are his beliefs and prejudices, what he was he situated to observe and learn. why - why was the interview made, what kind of information was being sought is the interview in fact an exact copy of what was said. Other sources - the data in the guide to the collection, other interviews by people in the same situation, mission magazines, histories of the church in that area or the country)
47:00-52:00 Play Bert Long excerpt from 351 T1 on boom box as another example of an interview
52:00-57:00 Outline the assignment, go over the parts of a guide that will be useful for them
57:00-1:02:00 Explain how to sign in, use a guide, fill out a green card
1:02:00- Questions
Materials needed:
Digital projector
Boom box
Copies of front page of web site,
list of oral history collections, transcript of the Higgins interview,
transcript of the Long interview http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/trans/351T01.htm, pages 12-13),
first page of http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/guides/g3.htm,
first page of http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/collectn.html,
page entitled "Questions to ask in evaluating accuracy in an oral history interview.
Cassette of 351 T1, wound to the part where Conley says "When you first arrived in Niger, what were..."
Note:
Classes used with: African History, 2/22/00, 22 students, Charles Weber
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History 331: African History Dr, C. WeberSpring, 2000
RESEARCH PROJECT BASED ON CONTEXTUALIZING AN ORAL HISTORY PROPOSAL DUE DATE. March 23
FINAL DUE DATE: April 20 (Thursday) by 4:00 P,M. in History Department office
Definition of a Primary Source/Document:
1) those that are written or created during the period that the historian is studying;
2) those documents or artifacts produced by the eyewitnesses of, or participants in, the event'; the historian is attempting to reconstruct; and
3) sources such as letters, reports, diaries, oral interviews, autobiographies, tax records, parish registers, newspapers, speeches, business accounts, works of art, buildings, photographs and films, etc.
Definition of a. Secondary Source:
1) an analysis or research based upon primary sources and other secondary sources; and
2) includes such sources as monographs, biographies, journal articles, etc.
PROJECT DIRECTIONS
Assignment: Paper on African history- 1800,A,ords in length (about 7 typed pages). You must h -arid in two copies
A. The main purpose of this project is to select an oral history which is pan of tile BGC Archives and to put that interview into the historical context of the forces and events which have influenced Africa in the modem era.
B, If you do not find an interview to your liking and have a strong interest in pursuing another topic, either person or event, discuss your proposal with the instructor as to feasibility, complete the proposal form, and follow all guidelines of the assignment appropriate to the topic, especially regarding the development of the historical context, use of Primary and secondary materials, and correlation to course materials.
C. The first task is to select an oral interview with interests you. Listen to it or read it to determine its appropriateness, and sign up for the interview in the History Department office. Only one person per interview, first-come-first-served. See attached list for available collections.
D. Continue your study of the topic and submit the project proposal sheet (attached) by March 23.
F. Be sure that the research relates to course material in direct ways by comparison of similarities and dissimilarities and careful analysis of themes. This aspect of the project is worth one-fifth of the paper's grade.
G. After completing the research, write the paper being sure that you have addressed at least the following issues as appropriate and other themes relevant to your particular topic:
a) person's biography and distinctive
b) their activities and location in Africa
c) the religious (mission or indigenous), social and political (colonial or independent) context of their African experience
d) the role of the Africans in the above ©
e) relation of your research to course material, especially how it compares to or amplifies it
H. The final paper must give clear indication through appropriate footnotes and bibliography of all sources of information integrated into the final paper. Ample evidence of thorough research must be shown,
F. The various materials and topics required should be integrated into a coherent, well-organized paper on your topic which should have a clear theme and narrative around which your research :is organized. The final paper should consist of the following pans:
a) A title- page stating the paper's theme/thesis along with the author's name, course and date.
b) A clear introduction explaining the topic and the resources appropriate to an understanding of the historical context of the person being studied,
c) The body of the paper must lucidly and concisely explain the theme while incorporating all appropriate research data. The paper should be carefully edited to avoid redundancy and rambling narrative.
d) A conclusion which clearly and precisely explains:
(1) in at least one full page how the theme and documents in the paper relate to other class material (be as specific as possible), (2) how the project aided your understanding of African history and culture, and (3) what you learned from doing the research in both Primary and secondary sources.
e) The use of all the required sources in researching the project should be indicated by appropriate footnotes in the proper style. Proper style in footnotes and bibliography should conform to A Pocket Guide to Writing in History (2nd ed.), by Mary Rarnpolla (available in Buswell reserve, the History Department, or Bookstore).
f) The text of the paper (excluding the title page) should be at least 7 pages (1800 words) and added to the seven page text of the paper should be a complete bibliography in proper style. Use the manual listed above for the proper style.
J. Basis of Grading:
a) Content of paper's te,@t--lucidity, scholarly insight, coordination and effectiveness in presentation of both Primary and secondary research material, 40%
b) Clarity, specificity and appropriateness of the paper's theme to other course material. 20%
c) Proper grammar and style--proper footnotes and bibliography, avoiding first person pronouns, etc, 2017/c
d) Introduction and conclusion--effectiveness in presenting the context of the paper's research and themes and in relating the paper's research to all appropriate course material (reading, lectures, videos, etc,). 20%
K. Due Lo limited resources in our libraries and archives, only one person may work on a topic unless there is permission from the instructor.
YOU MUST HAND IN TWO COPIES OF YOUR PAPER ON THE DUE DATE
BGC Archives - Oral History Collections with Information of Africa Page 6
Adjabeng, Joshua 346
Oral history interview with Adjabeng in which he discusses his childhood in Ghana, family, conversion to Christianity, the Church of the Pentecost, work among university students, Christian literature in Ghana, and other topics. For more information, please see guide.
Adolph, Bonnie Jo 282
Tape of an oral history interview with Mrs. Adolph which mainly covers the years of her life between 1954 and 1974 during which time she attended Wheaton College, married Harold Adolph, and served with him as a missionary of the Sudan Interior Mission in Ethiopia. These tapes are part of the MSC.
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Adolph, Harold Paul 169
Tapes of two interviews about Adolph's boyhood in China, his education at Wheaton College, and his activities in Ethiopia as a medical missionary. Interviews were recorded on 1/14/81 and 1/21/81. These tapes are part of the Missionary Sources Collection. For more information, please see guide.
Barnett, William John 248
Oral history interviews with Barnett in which he describes his childhood in Kenya with his Africa Inland Mission parents; experiences with members of the Masai people; attendance at Rift Valley Academy in Kenya and high school in the United States; attendance at Columbia Bible College and Wheaton College; memories of a revival at Wheaton, medical training at Albany Medical College; service as an army surgeon in Korea immediately after World War II; and his initial work as a missionary doctor in Tanzania in the early 1950s. The interviews were recorded in March, April, and May 1983 and May 1995. For more information, please see guide.
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Brain, Joan Gordon (1934- ), Brain, Robert 252
Four taped interviews: two with Robert Brain in which he discusses his life on the mission field in Angola as a child and as an adult serving Africa Evangelical Fellowship at Catota Bible Institute until 1975, and at Manna Bible Institute in Zambia. Two interviews with Joan Brain in which she describes her decision to become a medical missionary, marriage to Robert and mission work as a nurse, teacher, and mother in Angola and Zambia. The interviews with the Brains were recorded on 6/11 and 6/19/83. For more information, please see guide. Transcripts are available.
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Cook, Ian H (1933- ) and Ruth E 317
One interview with each of the Cooks recorded in October 1985. 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. Ruth talks about her childhood, conversion, and intention to become a missionary nurse, education at West Suburban Hospital and Wheaton College, joining TEAM, missionary training, Zulu culture, rearing children while a missionary, missionary responsibilities, evaluation of preparation for missionary work. For more information, please see guide.
Dillon, James Bruce 257
One interview with Dillon in which he discusses his conversion, marriage work in Liberia for the Sudan Interior Mission, the programs of radio station ELWA, the cultural diversity of Liberia, and the nature of indigenous Liberian hymns and worship. For more information, please see guide.
Dortzbach, Deborah Ann Mull 402
Interview (2 hrs.) in which Dortzbach describes her childhood, education at Wheaton College, and missionary work in Ethiopia and Kenya. Among the mission-related subjects covered were the education and raising of children on the field, maintaining a marital relationship on the mission field, furloughs, intercultural communication, conflict among missionaries, medical missions and community health programs, and her kidnaping by the Eritrean Liberation Front. Also included are two letters from the ELF (one to her husband when the release negotiations were going badly and the other to her announcing her release), a letter written by her husband Karl while she was held captive, and a small notebook in which she wrote during her captivity. A fourth audio tape is a recording of a 1989 worship service at a Wheaton- area congregation during which Dortzbach gave a message in which she mentioned her captivity, recent mission experience, and God's concern for the poor, homeless, and AIDS victims.
Dortzbach, Karl Gray 401
Two oral history interviews, in which Dortzbach describes his childhood and youth, influence of his family, education at Wheaton College and Westminster Theological Seminary, and missionary experience in Ethiopia (short term with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church) and in Kenya. Subjects covered include missiology, conversion, raising children on the mission field, marital relationships on the mission field, church life in a Nairobi congregation, proliferation of parachurch groups and need for church planting, women's role in missions, his wife's kidnaping in Ethiopia, furloughs, language in missionary work, training Kenyan church leaders, intercultural communication, conflict among missionaries on the mission field, personal spiritual development, experience of an integrated congregation during his youth, his wife Debbie, evaluation of short term missions, theological education, call to ministry, church planting in Chicago and Nairobi, congregation in Nairobi among Kikuyu, contextualization, comparison of African and American churches, and the impact of Urbana '70. For more information, please see guide.
Downing, Herbert C. 251
Oral history interview in which Downing describes his childhood as a child of missionaries in Kenya, attending Rift Valley Academy in Kenya, a visit of Theodore Roosevelt to the Academy, his father's work as pastor and administrator, Africa Inland Mission's policy on the education of missionary children, and Downing's own work as an educator. For more information, please see guide.
Folkerts, Nancy Wood 283
Two oral history interviews with Nancy Folkerts. Topics discussed include her childhood as a preacher's kid; study at Wheaton College; her marriage; work as a missionary in Cameroon, especially Bible study and literacy programs for women and 3H clubs for girls; the political and social situation in Cameroon; the work of her husband, Fred, at the Baptist Teacher Training College and as Field Secretary; relations between the North American Baptist Mission and Presbyterians and Catholics. For more information, please see guide.
Formanek, Rosanna 404
Interview in which Formanek discusses her family background; conversion; education at Nyack College and Columbia University in nursing; experiences as a missionary in Gabon; youth work, church and state, medical work, and the strengths and weaknesses of the church in Gabon. For more information, please see guide.
Gration, John Alexander 230
One oral history interview (two tapes) of Gration by Kevin Palau. Topics discussed include his work with Christian groups in high school and in the Navy, his spiritual growth and call to become a missionary, his marriage, and his first impressions of and experiences in what at the time was the Belgian Congo (now Zaire). For more information, please see guide.
Groen, Paul 289
Two interviews in which Groen describes his education at Wheaton College, missionary work 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 when he worked in the country as a missionary with the Christian Reformed Church.
Guth, Charles James 311
Oral history tape on which Guth discusses his Wheaton College education, his preparation for the mission field, his work as a Sudan Interior Mission worker among the Koma and Mobaan peoples of the Sudan; the culture of these people; and the effect of Sudan's independence on the church in that country. For more information, please see guide. Acc# 85-127
Harbert, Scott Jeffrey 447
Three oral history interviews in which Harbert talks discusses his parents, their divorce, his discovery of his father as an adult, influences on his childhood and adolescence, contacts with Shintoism in Japan, problem with marijuana, conversion to Christianity, contacts with Richard Foster. Tapes three and four include discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, his involvement in IVCF first as a college student, then as a full-time staff member at the headquarters in Madison, WI, his marriage to Barbara Gration, the Gration family, typical activities of IVCF on a college campus, the 1979 Urbana Conference, the development of Concerts of Prayer, the Harberts' resignation from IVCF to join Africa Inland Mission, their visit to Kenya in 1984. In tape five he talks about his arrival in Kenya in 1988, the Luo people, strengths and weaknesses of the Christian church in western Kenya, Kenneth Downing, place of prayer in the African church, contacts between Christians in Kenya and Korea, his future plans. For more information, please see guide.
Hawkins, Diane Wilhelmina (Powell) 312
Correspondence, audio tapes of reports and programs, an oral history interview, almost all relating to Hawkins' work in Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe) as a medical technologist and youth worker for the Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Among the topics covered are the languages and culture of the Shona people among whom she lived; the evangelistic, educational, and medical work of TEAM in that country; the summer Bible camp program she developed; and the guerrilla civil war that was going on in the country while she was there. For more information, please see guide.
Hess, Lyndon Roth 228
Taped interview with 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, the national African church, tribal tensions, Marxism, Muslim influence, medical work, and Africa's needs and strengths. This tape is part of the Missionary Sources Collection. For more information, please see guide.
Hess, Ruth Edna DeVelde 242
This collection consists of an oral history interview of Ruth Hess, a missionary with the Plymouth Brethren Church at Sakeji School for missionary children in Zambia. She discusses her life as a child in Wheaton, Illinois, and schooling at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College; her marriage to Lyndon Roth Hess; their calling to be teachers of missionary children; the decision to go to Africa; their work at Sakeji School from 1932 to 1982; and the Lunda tribe of Zambia. For more information, please see guide.
Hockman, Robert William 200
Letters written by Robert and Winifred Hockman to his parents, 1933-35, describing their mission work in Ethiopia under the United Presbyterian Church, a scrapbook about the life and death of Robert Hockman, interviews with Winifred Hockman recorded on 1/21/82 and 1/28/82. Extensive material on the Italo-Ethiopian War and the work of the International Red Cross. For more information, please see guide.
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Hurlburt, Paul Frederick 438
Oral history interview in which Hurlburt describes the work of his grandfather (Charles E.) and father (Paul F. E.) as missionaries and mission administrators in east central Africa; languages skills among missionaries; the development of Christianity among the Nande people of Zaire, including their worship practices and music; and the influence of witchcraft in the area. For more information, please see guide.
Hursh, Marion Douglas 186
Small amount of manuscript material, photographs, and memorabilia concerning Hursh's work at the Sudan Interior Mission's Kano Eye Hospital, Kano, Nigeria, 1942-62. Also, two oral history interviews recorded in 1981 and 1982 about the Kano mission. For more information, please see guide.
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Larson, Mark Richard 207
Interview with Larson concerning his experiences as a missionary under Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, 1979-1981. Centers on agricultural mission work in the Kano area of northern Nigeria. Accompanied by prayer letters and a scrapbook about the work. For more information, please see guide.
Long, Burt Elmer 351
Oral history interviews of Long by Wheaton College student Heather Conley in which Long discusses his memories of Paul Rader and the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, his education at Wheaton College, and his decades of services as a medical missionary for Sudan Interior Mission in Niger and Nigeria. For more information, please see guide.
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Long, Merry Elizabeth Dalton 465
Two oral history interviews in which Long describes her childhood, education at Wheaton College, marriage, missionary work in the former Belgian Congo (Zaire) and Brazil, the 1960 Congo Rebellion, and rearing and educating children on the mission field. For more information, please see guide.
Long, Paul Brown (Dr) 344
Three audio tapes of interviews with Long in which he discusses his childhood, attendance at Wheaton Academy and Wheaton College, missionary work in education, evangelism, and church planting in the former Belgian Congo (now Zaire) and in Brazil. Other topics include animism, church discipline, Christianity and culture, rearing a family on the mission field, and his service in China during World War II. For more information, please see guide.
Long, Ruth Margaret (Hollander) 347
Tapes of interviews in which Long discusses her conversion, education at Wheaton College, work as a missionary for the Sudan Interior Mission together with her husband Burt) in Niger and Nigeria from 1950 through 1984. For more information, please see guide.
Maillefer, Eric (1933-) and Lydia 328
Interviews, speech manuscripts and prayer letters of the Maillefers. The interviews were conducted by Paul Ericksen on 5/13 and 6/2/86. 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 (AEO), and later as administrative secretary of the Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar (AEAM). In the interviews, Lydia describes her youth, spiritual development, education at Wheaton College, missionary work for the Evangelical Free Church in the Belgian Congo/Zaire, the 1960 revolution and 1964 rebellion, administration of the Congo, her marriage, expectations of missionary women, and the education of their children. Eric describes his youth, spiritual growth, missionary training, work with the Free Church mission in Zaire, the country's educational system and national leadership, founding and early life of AEAM, ecumenical movement in Africa, American missionary influence, Byang Kato, Tokunbah Adeyemo, theological and social issues, Nairobi, and his future work for the World Evangelical Fellowship in Europe, etc. The speeches are on syncretism and ecumenism. For more information, please see guide.
Maxwell, Ruth Lillian 424
Interviews in which Maxwell talks about her grandfather, who was president of Prairie Bible Institute) and her parents, who were missionaries for the Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, Nigerian village life, boarding school, conversion, spiritual life, education in Canada, her joining the Sudan Interior Mission, her work in Liberia teaching the Bible and leading study groups for women, the church in Liberia, syncretism and animism in Liberia, and attending Wheaton College Graduate School. For more information, please see guide.
Mellie, Ruth Margaret 363
Correspondence, audio tapes, photographs, and two oral history interviews which have to do with Mellie's conversion, Christian growth, her years at Wheaton College, teaching in Greece, Ethiopia, and Mexico. The interviews were recorded on 6/20/85 and 6/22/85. The correspondence covers the years 1929 to 1985. The audio tapes include a verbal report on Billy Graham's 1980 crusade in Mexico City and a talk by and two memorial services for her brother, Charles Mellis, Jr., one of the founders of Mission Aviation Fellowship. For more information, please see guide.
Mugisha, Duncan Aggrey 403
Oral history interview in which Mugisha discusses the state of the church in Uganda; life under the rule of Idi Amin; impressions of Bishop Festo Kivengere; the Bolokole movement; relations between Catholics and Protestants in Uganda; relations between Christians and Muslims in Uganda; his conversion and work with the Fellowship of Christian Union (FOCUS) among college and university students. For more information, please see guide.
Ogren, Bertil A 219
Two oral history interviews with Ogren in which he describes his recruitment as a lay missionary in the Belgian Congo 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. Interviews were conducted in June and August 1982. This is part of the Missionary Sources Collection. For more information, please see guide. Okoro, Stanley296One oral history interview with Okoro in which he discusses his child- hood, participation as a soldier in the 1967-1970 Nigerian civil war, con- version to Christianity, theological training, youth ministry in Nigeria and Liberia, Christian cults in Nigeria, and the strengths and weaknesses of the church in that country. For more information, please see guide.
Okoro, Stanley 296
One oral history interview with Okoro in which he discusses his childhood, participation as a soldier in the 1967-1970 Nigerian civil war, conversion to Christianity, theological training, youth ministry in Nigeria and Liberia, Christian cults in Nigeria, and the strengths and weaknesses of the church in that country. For more information, please see guide.
Rydland, Inge Herman 440
Oral history interviews with Rydland in which he describes his family's Lutheran evangelistic work in Norway, his own call to become a missionary, his and his wife's departure to Ethiopia as workers of the Swedish Evangelical Mission in 1977, his work in Ethiopia as a teacher and as a community development work, the work of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Meaken Yesus, church state relations, effect of the Ethiopian political situation on the church, observations on the Ethiopian famine of the 1980s, relations between missions and the national church, medical care in the country, and comparisons between American and Norwegian missionaries. For more information, please see guide.
Scheel, Richard Edgar 83
Two oral history interviews recorded in 1980, slides, letters, and photographs of Scheel, a medical doctor, all relating to the work of the Sudan Interior Mission in Ethiopia. Interviews were recorded in January and February 1980. For more information, please see guide.
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Schneider, Doris Gould 467
Two oral history interviews in which Schneider discusses her family background, conversion, preaching of John R. Rice, attendance at Moody Bible Institute, marriage, missionary work in Morocco, women in Muslim society, rearing children on the mission field, overthrow of the French protectorate, the family's move to Spain, difference between Arabs and Berbers, public health in Morocco, return to the United States in 1982, and materialism and Muslims in the United States. For more information, please see guide.
Schneider, Robert 391
Two oral history interviews in which Schneider discusses his family; his conversion; Roger the Gospel Horse; the beginnings of Youth for Christ; attendance at the Moody Bible Institute; his work in Morocco and Spain for the Gospel Missionary Union from 1947 to 1982; reactions of the Arabs and Arabs and Berbers to Christianity; his management of a Bible school, a correspondence course, a summer camp for children, and a prayer conference; the work of fellow missionary Maude Cary; political and social events in Morocco. For more information, please see guide.
Shannon, Ralph Edwin 335
Four interviews in which Shannon describes his childhood in the Belgian Congo (Zaire) with his missionary parents; his Wheaton College undergraduate and Graduate School education; his service in Zaire as a medical missionary with the Presbyterian Church US (southern branch) and its successor, PC-USA; the Church of Christ in Zaire and its internal politics and corruption; the experience of his children as MK's; his wife's work in ethnomusicology; and the AIDS epidemic in Zaire. Interviews were recorded on 7/3/86, 7/7/86, 7/8/86, and 5/16/90. Also included are manuscripts of term papers Shannon wrote as a Wheaton College Graduate School student on missions-related issues. For more information, please see guide.
Shingledecker, Kenneth Lee 297
Oral history interview in which Shingledecker 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. For more information, please see guide.
Steely, Merle Ashel 290
Two oral history interviews with Steely, who worked as a missionary with Sudan Interior Mission between 1951 and 1977 in Liberia and Nigeria. Steely discusses his education and the 1950 Revival at Wheaton College, his co-founding of the Liberian radio station ELWA, teaching and construction work in Nigeria and the impact of missionary life on his family. The information in the interviews covers the time period from 1945 to 1984. Interviews were recorded on 11/20/84 and 11/28/84. These interviews are part of the Missionary Sources Collection. There are restrictions on the use of this collection. For more information, please see the guide.
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Stough, Elizabeth Carolyn 468
Six reels of an oral history interview in which Stough discusses her parents, childhood, education, conversion, attendance at Moody Bible Institute, call to be a missionary, joining the Africa Inland Mission, travel to Africa, work in French Equatorial Africa, evangelistic field trips, her husband Paul Stough, her work among women in the Belgian Congo, the growth of the Africa Inland Church, the independence of the Congo, the Congolese civil war and Simba uprising, the place of women in missions, leaders of the AIM, and her retirement in 1976.
Stough, Paul Pinney 89
Tapes of three oral history interviews, home movies, video tape of Stough's memorial service. 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. The interviews were recorded in October 1979 and August 1980. Interview transcripts are available. For more information, please see guide.
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Suttie, Marilyn Joy 286
Interview with Suttie about her work as a missionary in Cameroon. Includes discussion about her 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. For more information, please see guide.
Trobisch, Ingrid Holt 400
Interview with Trobisch in which she describes the work of herself and her husband in Cameroon, marriage and women in African society, the church in the Cameroon, medical work, Muslims in Cameroon, relations between other denominations and the Catholic church in the Cameroon, Lutheran missions, Dawson Trotman and the Navigators, and Billy Graham in Africa. For more information, please see guide.
Winsor, Earl Austin 93
Tapes of three interviews with Winsor discussing his years at Wheaton 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. Interviews were recorded in October and November 1979 and in January 1980. These tapes are part of the Missionary Sources Collection. For more information, please see guide.
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Wright, Gladys Lyle 284
Tapes of two oral history interviews in which Wright discusses her family, education at Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute, her work as a missionary in the Belgian Congo (now Zaire) 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.
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