Missions--Asia
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Audio Reel collection, 1953-1994
Collection
Identifier: Media-3
Scope and Contents
The Audio Reel collection conatins reel to reel audio tapes from Bethel and the Baptist General Conference. They contain sermons, conferences, music, and missionary recordings. Because the archives does not have a playback machine, labels are based on what is written on the boxes, which is often limited. The six reels from March 5, 1960 appear to be from a homiletics conference, all of which are labeled "Quiggle", the last name of a seminary student.The missionary...
Dates:
1953 - 1994
Bill and Ethel Hagstrom papers, 1945-1975
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Miss-19
Scope and Contents
The Bill and Ethel Hagstrom papers date from 1945 to 1975 and cover 1.5 cubic feet in one box. The Newsletters folders date between 1947 and 1969. These were sent to supporters through the Baptist General Conference. Two newsletters from 1947 and 1948 were not for publication and describe their trips to the frontier of the North Bank, Assam. The dated folders start in 1945, with inquiries and correspondence in preparation to go abroad. These folders mostly contain...
Dates:
1945 - 1975
J. Warren and Ruth Johnson papers, 1945-1981
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Miss-15
Scope and Contents
The J. Warren and Ruth Johnson papers date between 1945 and 1981, spanning one box. J. Warren and Ruth's passports date to 1945 and 1950. The Newsletters date between 1949 and 1981 and were sent to supporters for their missions.The Autobiographies folder contain written histories by J. Warren and Ruth prior to becoming missionaries, likely written for J. Warren's ordination in 1945.The dated folders contain primarily correspondence with the...
Dates:
1945 - 1981
Marwin and Ruth Lindstedt papers, 1954-2006
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Miss-21
Scope and Contents
The Marwin and Ruth Lindstedt papers span 1.5 cubic feet in one box. The collection dates from 1954 to 2006.The Correspondence folder contains mostly letters sent to the Lindstedts in the 1990s, including some printed emails.Two Newsletters folders contain the newsletters sent by the Lindstedts to supporters in the United States during their time in the Philippines. The newsletters date from 1954 to 1989.The Other Newsletters folder contains newsletters from...
Dates:
1954 - 2006
Missionary Scrapbooks collection, 1900-1970
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Miss-14
Scope and Contents
There are sixteen scrapbooks in this collection dating between 1900 and 1970. They feature missions around the world, showing photographs, newspaper clippings, newlsetters, and more. They are in three boxes spanning 3.5 cubic feet, plus an external scrapbook.The Home and Foreign Fields scrapbook shows Dr. Mansfield Bailey and Dr. C.S. Ngeo at Kwei Lin Hospital in China on the cover. Other missionaries mentioned in this scrapbook are Catharine Mabie, Howard Freas, O.L. Swanson, J.A....
Dates:
1900 - 1970
Norman and Dorette Copeland papers, 1949-1983
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Miss-7
Scope and Contents
The Norman and Dorette Copeland papers span two boxes and date between 1949 and 1983.
The dated folders mostly contain correspondence, as well as some financial information.
The Newsletters date between 1954 and the early 1980s. These newsletters were sent donors and supporters of their mission work. They were written in Ethiopia, Thailand, and Benin.
Dates:
1949 - 1983
Ola and Minnie Hanson papers, 1890-2004
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Miss-20
Scope and Contents
The Lost Book: Ola Hanson is a video from 2004 on the Kachin and translating the Bible into their language. It is unclear who made it.The Nam Mali Laia Na N'htoi book is the Kachin translation of Light in the Jungle: Life Story of Dr. Ola Hanson by Gustaf Sword. It was given to Rev. Tom Stella at Bethlehem Baptist...
Dates:
1890 - 2004
Slideshows and Filmstrips collection, 1957-2002
Collection
Identifier: Media-2
Scope and Contents
The Filmstrips and Slideshows collection is made up of various media types, including photographic slides, filmstrips, audio magnetic reels, LP vinyl records, and audiocassettes. Some include a printed script. Much of the content is either about Bethel or missions initiatives in the Baptist General Conference, particularly slideshows created by missionaries about their time on the mission field.
Dates:
1957 - 2002