Frank L. Marsh Papers

Content Description

Frank Lewis Marsh was a Seventh-day Adventist educator, writer, and biologist. Born to an Adventist farming family in Aledo, Illinois, October 18, 1899, he was educated in Adventist schools through 1929, training as a nurse at Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital and receiving his B.A. (1927) and his B.S. (1929) degrees in science from Emmanuel Missionary College. In 1939 he received a M.S. degree from Northwestern University, and in 1940 he received a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Nebraska. In 1958-59 he audited 18 courses in geology at Michigan State University. Frank Marsh taught science for 43 years, half of this time at Andrews University (formerly Emmanuel Missionary College). He was involved with many science-related enterprises, and wrote prolifically in the area of science. Among Adventists, he is particularly well known for defending special creation. For additional information on Dr. Marsh, see Box 1 folder 1 of these papers. Also see Warren Lee Jarrard's term paper, The Special Contributions of Frank Lewis Marsh, Ph.D. to Seventh-day Adventist Creationism [call number 006062], and Ronald L. Numbers' article, "'Sciences of Satanic Origin': Adventist attitudes Toward Evolutionary Biology and Geology," Spectrum (January 1979), pp. 17-30. Both are available in the Center for Adventist Research.

Provenance

The Frank L. Marsh Papers were given to the Adventist Heritage Center in the James White Library, Andrews University, during the period 1968 to 1979 by Frank Marsh. Additional papers were donated by his daughter, Sylvia Fagal, in July 2003.

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All users of this collection will be required to complete the “Application to Use Unpublished Records,” and to observe the regulations specified in the "Patron Agreement" and "Researcher’s Code of Conduct."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 ___, [Frank L. Marsh] (collection 017), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.