Uriah Smith / Mark Bovee Collection

Content Description

As mentioned, this collection breaks into two parts, the time of Uriah Smith, and the time following his death in 1903. The first part is largely many letters exchanged between the family members. There is also some poetry composed by Uriah and other family members, general items of interest related to Seventh-day Adventists of the time, Uriah’s Book of Finances, and a lot of auto-biographical and genealogical notes and other information on family history. There are some family materials post 1903 included in the first part, primarily a set of diaries of Uriah’s wife and children. Daughter Annie’s diaries are in the second part. There are some topical files, likely compiled by Mark Bovee, included here, largely related to Uriah. The second part includes documents and collected information about the family of Mark Bovee, including his parents. There are many pieces of genealogical information including obituaries of family members. There are several boxes of diaries from Mark’s mother and father as well as Mark himself. A large group consists of Mark’s notes and more formal writing about his family, Adventism in Battle Creek back in the day, and Adventists in general that usually have a Battle Creek connection. There are many photographs mounted permanently in albums. While there is some information about the people and places shown, the identities of most of the photographs are largely unknown. Some of the mounted photographs appear to have writing on the back, but the work of removing the photographs from the paper was not done.

Restrictions Apply

Yes

Access Restrictions

Access Restrictions Apply

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All users of this collection will be required to complete the “Application to Use Unpublished Records,” and to observe the regulations specified in the "Patron Agreement" and "Researcher’s Code of Conduct."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 ___, [name goes here] (Collection 146), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.