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Interviewee	Howell, Elmin Kimbol Jr.
Interviewer	Pitts, William Lee Jr.
Title	Oral memoirs of Elmin Kimboll Howell Jr., Series 1
Interview details	Interviewed by William L. Pitts on 9 occasions from 20 May 1980 to 21 January 1981 in Waco and Dallas, Texas.
Number of interviews	9
Interview Date(s)	1980; 1981
Item type	Transcript
Genre	Oral histories
Description, transcript	352 pages; index
Description, sound recordings	analog audio tape; 10.75 hr.; analog video tape; 3.00 hr.
Project	Texas Baptist Project
Summary	Elmin Howell was coordinator of the Rio Grande River Ministry, Baptist General Convention of Texas (RGRM); family background; childhood in Kerens, Texas; early religious experience; National Guard service; education, Navarro Junior College and Hardin-Simmons University; employment, Abilene Boys’ Ranch; graduate study, University of Colorado and Peabody University; marriage; employment, recreational director, Nashville [Tennessee] Baptist Association; views on recreation as instrument of evangelism; in-laws and children; mission trip to Brazil, 1954; Fellowship of Christian Athletes activities; employment, assistant football coach, Miami [Arizona] High School; Baptist mission in Miami; recreation director, First Baptist Church (FBC), Beaumont, Texas; move to FBC Shreveport; call as coordinator, Rio Grande River Ministry (RGRM); early RGRM needs and goals; involvement of upstate churches; assistance to missionaries; relationship to Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board and Home Mission Board; relationship to Baptist General Convention of Texas State Missions Commission; affiliation of Mexican Baptist Churches with Southern Baptists; geographical distribution of RGRM work; creation of RGRM medical services program; development of irrigation assistance; creation of RGRM agriculture program; creation of Los Hermanos de la Frontera; relationship with National Baptists of Mexico; promotion of indigenous churches; dedication of Mexican pastors; participation of women in Mexican churches; self-support of Mexican churches; use of college and seminary volunteers; help from Mission Service Corps; influence of American Baptist Convention; relations with Mexican government; concentration on villages; establishment of Mighty River Handcrafts and literacy training program; role of Texas Mexican Baptists; influence of RGRM in Brazil missions; successes, failures, and future of RGRM.
Subject--Library of Congress	Rio Grande River Ministry Baptists--Missions--Texas Home missions--Texas Baptist General Convention of Texas. Missions Division--History
Sponsor Location	Waco, TX
Deposit Date	1988
Genre source	local
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

Interviewee	Howell, Elmin Kimbol Jr.
Interviewer	Pitts, William Lee Jr.
Title	Oral memoirs of Elmin Kimboll Howell Jr., Series 1 -- Transcripts
Interview details	Interviewed by William L. Pitts on 9 occasions from 20 May 1980 to 21 January 1981 in Waco and Dallas, Texas.
Number of interviews	9
Interview Date(s)	1980; 1981
Item type	Transcript
Genre	Oral histories
Description, transcript	352 pages; index
Description, sound recordings	analog audio tape; 10.75 hr.; analog video tape; 3.00 hr.
Project	Texas Baptist Project
Summary	Elmin Howell was coordinator of the Rio Grande River Ministry, Baptist General Convention of Texas (RGRM); family background; childhood in Kerens, Texas; early religious experience; National Guard service; education, Navarro Junior College and Hardin-Simmons University; employment, Abilene Boys’ Ranch; graduate study, University of Colorado and Peabody University; marriage; employment, recreational director, Nashville [Tennessee] Baptist Association; views on recreation as instrument of evangelism; in-laws and children; mission trip to Brazil, 1954; Fellowship of Christian Athletes activities; employment, assistant football coach, Miami [Arizona] High School; Baptist mission in Miami; recreation director, First Baptist Church (FBC), Beaumont, Texas; move to FBC Shreveport; call as coordinator, Rio Grande River Ministry (RGRM); early RGRM needs and goals; involvement of upstate churches; assistance to missionaries; relationship to Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board and Home Mission Board; relationship to Baptist General Convention of Texas State Missions Commission; affiliation of Mexican Baptist Churches with Southern Baptists; geographical distribution of RGRM work; creation of RGRM medical services program; development of irrigation assistance; creation of RGRM agriculture program; creation of Los Hermanos de la Frontera; relationship with National Baptists of Mexico; promotion of indigenous churches; dedication of Mexican pastors; participation of women in Mexican churches; self-support of Mexican churches; use of college and seminary volunteers; help from Mission Service Corps; influence of American Baptist Convention; relations with Mexican government; concentration on villages; establishment of Mighty River Handcrafts and literacy training program; role of Texas Mexican Baptists; influence of RGRM in Brazil missions; successes, failures, and future of RGRM.
Subject--Library of Congress	Rio Grande River Ministry Baptists--Missions--Texas Home missions--Texas Baptist General Convention of Texas. Missions Division--History
Sponsor Location	Waco, TX
Deposit Date	1988
Genre source	local
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

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