Byington-Amadon Diaries

Collection

Identifier: Collection 12

Staff Only

Content Description

The four persons whose diaries make up this collection are from one family.
• John Byington was the first president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and a senior leader of the early Adventist being older than most of the other leaders.
• Catharine Newton Byington is John Byington's wife.
• Martha D. Byington-Amadon is the daughter of John and Catharine Byington.
• George Washington Amadon is Martha Byington's husband.

The diaries date from 1857 to 1912.

Dates

1857 - 1912

Creator

Byington, John, 1798-1887 (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All users of this collection will be required to complete the “Application to Use Unpublished Records,” and to observe the regulations specified in the “Patron Agreement” and in the “Researcher’s Code of Conduct.” All records in this collection are open and available for research. Citation for this collection:

Box ____, folder ____, Byington-Amadon Diaries (collection 12), Center for Adventist Research, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

Extent

3 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The diaries are arranged according to the writer and then in a chronological sequence within that group.

Custodial History

The Byington-Amadon diaries were given in the early 1940s to the library of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. Subsequently those holdings become a part of the James White Library when the Seminary moved to what is now Andrews University in 1959.