E. K. Vande Vere Collection: The Wisdom Seekers

Collection

Identifier: Collection 4

Staff Only

Content Description

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

Creator

Vande Vere, Emmett Kaiser, 1904–1989 (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All users of this collection will be required to complete the “Application to Use Unpublished Records,” and to observe the regulations specified in the "Patron Agreement" and "Researcher’s Code of Conduct." All records in this collection are open and available for research. Citation for this collection:

Box ___, Fld ___, E. K. Vande Vere Collection: The Wisdom Seekers (Collection 4), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.

Extent

24 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Where possible the material has been kept in the arrangement made by Dr. E. K. Vande Vere himself. The envelopes and folders are referred to as "env" and "fld." They are numbered on the basis of chronological, alphabetical, or topical sequence. To call for items in the collection, use "C 4" with box and folder number as indicated in the following inventory. Citations to the collection or items in the collection should include the following: D r. E. K. Vande Vere Collection, Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University.