Inca Union Mission Correspondence, 1917-1925

Content Description

This collection of correspondence covers the period from 1917 and 1925; a time of great strife, but also of progress in the work among the local population. The correspondence between church leadership is mainly in English. J. M. Howell, W. T. Knox, O. Montgomery, F. C. Varney, and E. H. Wilcox to name a few, are the ones corresponding. They reveal much of the business of the work at the time; orders of materials, money transactions, travels, reports on the advancement of the Adventist work among the local people, committee meetings, and also personal letters from home. Furthermore, there is information about evangelistic strategies and the needs of the workers. Some of the local workers correspond in Spanish. Everyday struggles are related concerning new schools, new fields, and life in general. This may be the only and/or largest representative sample of mission correspondence from this period of time extent within the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

The exact date of the arrival of this collection or how it came to be at the Andrews University Center for Adventist Research is uncertain. It came prior to 1991.

Restrictions Apply

Yes

Use Restrictions

All users of this collection will complete the “Application to Use Unpublished Records,” and observe the regulation specified in the “Patron’s Agreement” and “Researcher’s Code of Conduct.” All records in this collection are open and available for research. Suggested citation for this collection: Box___, Fld ___, Inca Union Mission Correspondence Collection (coll 305), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.