Ron Numbers Collection--The Creationists

Collection

Identifier: Collection 178

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection contains the records used as resource material for the production of Dr. Numbers' book, The Creationists, published in 1992. This book documents the development of the creationist movement in the face of the growing tide of evolution. The bulk of the collection dates from the 20th century and covers most of the prominent, individual creationists and pro-creation groups of the late 19th and 20th century primarily in the United States, and secondarily, those in England, Australia, and Canada.

Among the types of records included are photocopies of articles and other publications, theses, interview tapes and transcripts, and official publications of various denominations. One of the more valuable contributions of this collection is the large quantity of correspondence of prominent individuals. These records are all photocopies.

A large section contains documentation related to Seventh-day Adventist creationists. Adventists were some of the leading figures in the creationist movement, and foremost among this group is George McCready Price. The Adventist Heritage Center holds a Price collection. The Numbers collection contributes additional correspondence and other documentation related to Price.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1871 - 2002

Creator

Numbers, Ronald Leslie, 1942- (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

All users of this collection will be required to complete the "Application to Use Unpublished Records," and to observe the regulations specified in the "Patron's Agreement" and "Researcher's Code of Conduct."

All records in this collection are open and available for research. Certain documents may be covered by the applicable copyright laws. CAUTION: This collection contains documents obtained from various institutions. Many of these documents indicate further copying is NOT allowed. Please honor this request/order.

Citation for this collection:

Box ___, Fld ___, Ron Numbers Collection: The Creationists (Collection 178), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-1400.

Extent

30 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Ron Numbers organized this collection for the purpose of preparing his book manuscript, though the book itself is not organized in this way. Dr. Numbers suggested his original arrangement be retained. While the collection is arranged in its original order, the outline that follows may be of help to some researchers. The box and folder numbers indicate the first folder of each area. These may not be precise divisions, however.

Box 1 Fld 1 Seventh-day Adventist creationists
Box 4 Fld 4 Early fundamentalists
Box 7 (?) American Scientific Affiliation members
Box 10 Fld 1 A.S.A. members who founded or joined the Creation Research Society
Box 13 Fld 1 Other societies and Christian denominations
Box 18 Fld 4 Controversies of the 1970s-1980s
Box 21 Fld 4 Creationism outside the United States
Box 23 Fld 5 Ron Numbers' correspondence re: creationism and The Creationists
Box 25 Cassette tapes of interviews and other creationismrelated topics.

Bibliography

Within folders there was no attempt to rearrange material. They are as Dr. Numbers arranged them originally.

Since the folders are not in alphabetical order, an alphabetized list has been prepared to assist the researcher in finding the records related to particular individuals. No attempt was made to include names of people mentioned within the folders. Only those names appearing on the folder labels are included. See this list at the end of this register.