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E. K. Vande Vere Collection: The Wisdom Seekers

 Accession
Identifier: Collection 4

Content Description

Dr. Emmett K. Vande Vere of Berrien Springs, Michigan, donated the papers of several Emmanuel Missionary College (Andrews University) administrators to the Adventist Heritage Center at James White Library, Andrews University in April 1973. Dr. Vande Vere collected and used these materials to write his book, <title>The Wisdom Seekers</title> (1972). The collection contains the correspondence, diaries, papers, manuscripts, articles, pamphlets, legal instruments, notations, photographs, and miscellany of George Royal Avery, Sydney Brownsberger, Rowland H. Harris, Herman O. Olson, and others and the historical materials collected by Dr. E . K. Vand e Vere on the campus of Andrews University and those received from the Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tennessee. The photographs are reposited in the "Photographs File" of the Adventist Heritage Center. Pamphlets included in this collection have been cataloged and placed in the pamphlet section of the Adventist Heritage Center. All items of the George Royal Avery papers have been copied (typescript, carbon copy) by Dr. E. K. Vande Vere from the originals of Mrs. Vesta Keeney, East Lansing, Michigan.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Restrictions Apply

Yes

Use Restrictions

All users of this collection will be required to complete the “Application to Use Unpublished Records,” and to observe the regulations specified in the "Patron Agreement" and "Researcher’s Code of Conduct." All records in this collection are open and available for research. Citation for this collection: Box ___, Fld ___, E. K. Vande Vere Collection: The Wisdom Seekers (Collection 4), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1855 - 1973

Creator

Extent

24 Boxes