Adriel D. Chilson Collection

Collection

Identifier: Collection 32

Staff Only

Content Description

The Adriel D. Chilson Collection consists of three parts: Nels P. Neilson, John G. Matteson, and various other writers concentrating primarily on Seventh-day Adventist activity in Brazil and South America. The collection appears to be truly a collection put together by Mr. Chilson. Parts 1 and 3 have some connection in that most of the writers were at one time in South America. Part 2 is derived from Chilson’s interest in Matteson.

This collection includes 25 letters sent or received by Matteson as well as his report of labor for 1871. Most, if not all, of these documents come from the General Conference of SDA Archives. A researcher will find additional Matteson documents in their files. Manuscript copies of the biography of Matteson by Adriel Chilson are included. According to one familiar with the details, Chilson had others do research and then he wrote the manuscript. One copy of the manuscript may be as it came from his typewriter and the other is a later version.

The other individuals represented in this collection, generally have only one documents in the collection, and most of them relate in some way to South America. The group of documents by Alvin N. Allen is of particular note. The bulk is an extensive diary he kept from 1928 to 1930 while he labored in the Amazon region of Brazil.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1871 - 1979

Creator

Neilson, Nels P., 1871-1947 (Person)

Extent

2 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The Neilson materials are arranged, as far as possible, by title. There are three books with clippings pasted into them. The arrangement in these books is random. Rarely is there any type of bibliographic reference. The rest of the arrangement is shown on the inventory.