Sydney Brownsberger Papers

Series

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Content Description

From the Collection: Dr. Emmett K. Vande Vere of Berrien Springs, Michigan, donated the papers of several Emmanuel Missionary College (Andrews University) administrators to the Adventist Heritage Center at James White Library, Andrews University in April 1973. Dr. Vande Vere collected and used these materials to write his book, The Wisdom Seekers (1972). The collection contains the correspondence, diaries, papers, manuscripts, articles, pamphlets, legal instruments, notations, photographs, and miscellany of George Royal Avery, Sydney Brownsberger, Rowland H. Harris, Herman O. Olson, and others and the historical materials collected by Dr. E . K. Vand e Vere on the campus of Andrews University and those received from the Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tennessee. The photographs are reposited in the "Photographs File" of the Adventist Heritage Center. Pamphlets included in this collection have been cataloged and placed in the pamphlet section of the Adventist Heritage Center. All items of the George Royal Avery papers have been copied (typescript, carbon copy) by Dr. E. K. Vande Vere from the originals of Mrs. Vesta Keeney, East Lansing, Michigan.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1855 - 1973

Biographical / Historical

Sydney Brownsberger (1845-1930) became acting head of Battle Creek College in 1874 and continued in that position until 1881. For more information, see the Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia and The Wisdom Seekers The latter: LD 171 .A42V3). The two original letters in this folder were gifts to Dr. Vande Vere on May 29, 1969 from Mrs. John F. Brownsberger. The "Notes" were copied from the originals (written prior to 1924) Borrowed from Mrs. J. F. Brownsberger in April 1969 by Dr. Vande Vere.