Reavis Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 279
Content Description
Drury Webster (D. W.) Reavis was born July 30, 1853, at Leesville, Mo., and died March 28, 1939, at Takoma Park, Maryland. His wife is Evelyn Gertrude Reavis. D. W. Reavis is best known as a promoter of religious liberty and as a circulation manager for Seventh-day Adventist magazines. He worked against Sunday laws in the 1890s, and in 1901 joined the Review and Herald Publishing Association where he remained until his retirement in 1933. At the Review and Herald he served as the manager of the Circulation Department promoting the circulation of magazines.
This collection consists of diaries and some family items, such as letters, a book of addresses, small books of account, and Evelyn Reavis’ photographs.
This collection consists of diaries and some family items, such as letters, a book of addresses, small books of account, and Evelyn Reavis’ photographs.
Dates
- 1878 - 1912
Creator
Conditions Governing Use
All users of this collection are required to completer the “Application to Use Unpublished Records,” and to observe the regulation specified in the “Patron Agreement” and “Researcher’s Code of Conduct.”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___, Reavis Family Collection (collection 279), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Box ___ Folder___, Reavis Family Collection (collection 279), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Extent
2 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The arrangement of the collection was done by the Center for Adventist Research. The collection is divided in two parts: diaries and family items.
Creator
- Reavis, Drury Webster (D. W.), 1853-1939 (Person)
- Reavis, Evelyn Gertrude (Person)
- Title
- Reavis Family Collection
- Subtitle
- Collection 279
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- James Ford, Associate Director Center for Adventist Research
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections Repository