M. Bessie DeGraw Papers

Collection

Identifier: Collection 339

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection was 100% spun out of a much larger Madison Institutions Collection held by the Center for Adventist Research. The bulk of the papers came to the Center in 2013 from the Madison Alumni Association. However, some additional papers were previously held by the Center and were brought together to form this collection.

Madison and DeGraw were extensively interwoven and thus difficult if not impossible to separate business from personal. Portions of the papers in this collection could just as easily be in the larger Madison Collection–see Collection 167. Likewise, portions of the papers comprising the Madison Collection could be in this personal collection.

DeGraw’s graduate program materials from her time at George Peabody College for Teachers seem more personal. Her class notes comprise the largest portion of the collection. There is also a copy of her thesis. We cannot tell if it is the final version.

The items of possible greatest interest are her notes from two Annual Conference of Self-Supporting Institutions, 1926 and 1928, as well as a few notes from the Colorado Educational Conference of 1923. These inventory lists the other papers contained in this collection.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1896 - 1964

Creator

DeGraw, M. Bessie, 1871-1965 (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

All users of this collection are required to completer the “Application to Use Unpublished Records,” and to observe the regulations specified in the “Patron Agreement” and “Researcher’s Code of Conduct.”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__, M. Bessie DeGraw Papers (collection 084), Center for Adventist Research, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.

Extent

5 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection came out of a larger body of materials, which themselves were not well organized, so the arrangement is imposed by the Center. The structure can be readily ascertained by a review of the following Inventory. It should again be noted that portions of this collection could be a part of the larger Madison Institutions Collection, specifically portions of the correspondence, the grade book, and the Cotzian and Cumins property/estate materials.