Bruce M. Wickwire Papers

Content Description

The Bruce M. Wickwire Papers relate almost exclusively to the publishing work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church mostly from the 1970s with some materials back to the 1940s and forward to 1996. The material includes correspondence, reports, articles, policies and manuals, committee files, and departmental reports. Significant topics include material on various controversies and issues in the publishing work such as publishing house mergers, literature evangelists, Family Enrichment Resources, and the Merikay Silver and Proctor litigations. There are numerous other topics included such as histories of the publishing work. Bruce Wickwire spent 39 years in the publishing work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, beginning as a colporteur in 1941. In less than three years he became a Publishing Department Secretary, a post he held in various levels of the Church until his retirement in 1980. He was Publishing Director of the Far Eastern Division of SDAs and of the Northern European Division before moving to the General Conference of SDA, first as an associate then for five years as director where he had oversight of the entire publishing effort of the Church worldwide.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Bruce M. Wickwire donated these papers to the Andrews University Adventist Heritage Center in September 1998.

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All users of this collection will be required to complete the “Application to Use Unpublished Records,” and to observe the regulations specified in the "Patron Agreement" and "Researcher’s Code of Conduct."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 ___, Bruce M. Wickwire Papers (collection 194), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.