Collection 610
[May 9, 2005]
Haller, Geneva Grace; 1928-
Interviews; 1927-1988
Audio Tapes (0.01 cubic feet)
Brief Description: Oral history interview with Geneva Grace Haller, who was a missionary to the Congo, first as an independent, then with World Wide Mission. Haller describes growing up in Africa, being home schooled, orphanage work, problems caused by the independence of Congo, persecution of Congolese, her view of various Congo political leaders, condition of the Congolese church, relationship between the Joseph Mobutu government and missionary societies, Congo education, health care, and economic problems.
Restrictions: None
Biography
Full name |
Geneva Grace Haller |
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Birth |
January 3, 1928, Belgian Congo |
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Death |
Before 2005 |
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Family |
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Parents |
Archie and Ellen Haller |
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Siblings |
None |
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Marital Status |
Single |
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Children |
Adopted African children: Gary, Ruth, Lydia |
Education |
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ca. 1933-1938 |
Home schooled by her father up to grade five when he died |
Career |
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1940s-1960 |
Independent missionary to the Belgian Congo |
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1961-1964 |
Missionary involved in orphanage work with her mother in the Belgian Congo under World Wide Mission |
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1964-1966 |
Worked as a nurse in a hospital in Detroit, Michigan |
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1966-1987 |
Returns to the Belgian Congo with her mother |
Other significant information |
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Grace’s parents were missionaries with Congo Inland Mission (1926-1927), Unevangelized Tribes Mission (UTM) in the Bambunda Province of the Belgian Congo (1927-1939), and then independent missionaries (1939-1960). Later Grace and her mother worked with World Wide Mission (1961-1987 ) |
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Scope and Content
Geneva Grace Haller was interviewed by Dale Stanley Brewster on October 22, 1988, at the D & D Missionary Home in St. Petersburg, Florida. The events described in the interview cover the time period 1927-1988.
T1 (60 minutes). Family background, missionary work of her parents, conversion of Congolese, starting an orphanage, how Congolese support themselves, responsibilities and duties in the orphanage, Congolese forced to work in the copper mines and in the army, Congo independence and its effect on Belgians, missionaries, and the Congolese, impression on arriving in America for the first time, training of young people by rebels, terrorized by rebels, evacuation from village by government soldiers, persecution of the Congolese, conditions in Congo in 1988.
T2 (30 minutes). Growing up in Africa, home schooled by her father, lack of formal education, Haller’s views of Congo leaders (Patrice Lumumba, Joseph Kasavubu, Moise Tshombe, and Joseph Mobutu), economic problems of the Congo, relationship between the Mobutu government and missionary societies, Christian names of Congolese, education in Congo, condition of the church, health care.
Provenance
The materials in this collection were given to the Archives of the Billy Graham Center by Geneva Grace Haller and Dale Stanley Brewster in January 1989.
Accession: 89-6
May 9, 2005
Wayne D. Weber
LOCATION RECORD
Accession: 89-6
Type of Material: Audio Tapes
The following items are located in the AUDIO TAPE file.
Item# - Reel or cassette, speed, length, number of sides, contents (title of session, participants) according to the program, date.
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R/C |
speed |
length |
Sides |
Contents |
Dates |
T1 |
C |
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60 min. |
2 |
Interview of Geneva Grace Haller by Dale Stanley Brewster |
Oct. 22, 1988 |
T2 |
C |
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30 min. |
1 |
Interview of Geneva Grace Haller by Dale Stanley Brewster |
Oct. 22, 1988 |