Bruce M. Wickwire Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 194
Content Description
The Bruce M. Wickwire Papers relate almost exclusively to the publishing work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church mostly from the 1970s with some materials back to the 1940s and forward to 1996. The material includes correspondence, reports, articles, policies and manuals, committee files, and departmental reports. Significant topics include material on various controversies and issues in the publishing work such as publishing house mergers, literature evangelists, Family Enrichment Resources, and the Merikay Silver and Proctor litigations. There are numerous other topics included such as histories of the publishing work.
Bruce Wickwire spent 39 years in the publishing work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, beginning as a colporteur in 1941. In less than three years he became a Publishing Department Secretary, a post he held in various levels of the Church until his retirement in 1980. He was Publishing Director of the Far Eastern Division of SDAs and of the Northern European Division before moving to the General Conference of SDA, first as an associate then for five years as director where he had oversight of the entire publishing effort of the Church worldwide.
Bruce Wickwire spent 39 years in the publishing work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, beginning as a colporteur in 1941. In less than three years he became a Publishing Department Secretary, a post he held in various levels of the Church until his retirement in 1980. He was Publishing Director of the Far Eastern Division of SDAs and of the Northern European Division before moving to the General Conference of SDA, first as an associate then for five years as director where he had oversight of the entire publishing effort of the Church worldwide.
Dates
- 1940 - 1996
Creator
- Wickwire, Bruce M., 1915-2012 (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All users of this collection will be required to complete the “Application to Use Unpublished Records,” and to observe the regulations specified in the “Patron Agreement” and “Researcher’s Code of Conduct.”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 ___, folder ____, Bruce M. Wickwire Papers (collection 194), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.
Box ___, folder ____, Bruce M. Wickwire Papers (collection 194), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.
Extent
4 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is divided into three main sections–biographical, publishing, and photographs. The vast majority is in the second section. In this subseries are 11 subsections which corresponds to the type of material. This can be most easily seen by studying the following inventory.
- Adventist Publishing
- Biographical Files
- Biographical Information
- Church Administrator
- Committee Litigations
- Committee Minutes
- Committee Statistical Reports
- Controversial Issues
- Correspondence
- Departmental Reports
- Family Enrichment Resources
- Far Eastern Division
- General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
- General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Publishing Department
- History of the Adventist Publishing Work
- Literature Evangelist (Colporteur)
- Manuals
- Merikay Silver and Proctor Litigations
- Newspaper Articles
- Newspaper Clippings
- Northern European Division
- Policies
- Publishing House Mergers
- Reports
Creator
- Wickwire, Bruce M., 1915-2012 (Person)
- Title
- Bruce M. Wickwire Papers
- Subtitle
- Collection 194
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- James Ford, Associate Director Center for Adventist Research
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Symbols
Repository Details
Part of the Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections Repository