M. Bessie DeGraw Papers

Content Description

This collection was 100% spun out of a much larger Madison Institutions Collection held by the Center for Adventist Research. The bulk of the papers came to the Center in 2013 from the Madison Alumni Association. However, some additional papers were previously held by the Center and were brought together to form this collection. Madison and DeGraw were extensively interwoven and thus difficult if not impossible to separate business from personal. Portions of the papers in this collection could just as easily be in the larger Madison Collection–see Collection 167. Likewise, portions of the papers comprising the Madison Collection could be in this personal collection. DeGraw’s graduate program materials from her time at George Peabody College for Teachers seem more personal. Her class notes comprise the largest portion of the collection. There is also a copy of her thesis. We cannot tell if it is the final version. The items of possible greatest interest are her notes from two Annual Conference of Self-Supporting Institutions, 1926 and 1928, as well as a few notes from the Colorado Educational Conference of 1923. These inventory lists the other papers contained in this collection.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

The larger Madison Institution Collection is a merging of four previously held but unprocessed collections in the Center. Records are not clear on who donated and when these came to the Center. Most came in the 1970s or 1980s. One portion did come from the Madison College Alumni Office in 2013. As the DeGraw Collection is a subset of these larger collections we cannot say what the provenance of it is other than a portion came from the Alumni Office.

Restrictions Apply

Yes

Use Restrictions

All users of this collection are required to completer the “Application to Use Unpublished Records,” and to observe the regulations specified in the “Patron Agreement” and “Researcher’s Code of Conduct.”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 __, Folder__, M. Bessie DeGraw Papers (collection 084), Center for Adventist Research, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.