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Andrew Fearing Collection

Collection

Identifier: Collection 105

Content Description The collection consists of a part of Fearing ministry record, a few of his writings, notes in his Bible, and two biographical documents.

Dates: 1949 - 1981

Found in: Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections

Content Description This collection has research materials used by Allan William Freed for his dissertation: Arthur Whitefield Spalding: A Study of His Life and Contributions to Family-Life Education in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Other than some items of biographical and personal worth, the substantive part of this collection is primarily of A.W. Spalding’s published writings spanning forty years. The collection is divided in chronological order by type of items (books, articles,...

Dates: 1902 - 1953

Found in: Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections

Arthur Whitefield Spalding Papers I

Collection

Identifier: Collection 10

Content Description The Arthur Whitefield Spalding Papers were placed in the Adventist Heritage Center in the James White Library, Andrews University, in June 1960 by Arthur Spalding's children--Ronald W. Spalding, M.D., and Elizabeth Spalding McFadden of Gobles, Michigan. The papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, and articles collected by Arthur Spalding. Of particular interest are materials dealing with the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference Home Commission (which Spalding founded and directed from...

Dates: 1905 - 1957

Found in: Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections

B. O. Engen Collection

Collection

Identifier: Collection 219

Content Description The B. O. Engen Collection consists of three boxes containing some clippings, correspondence on reduction of armament, and sermons. Mostly there are Ellen G. White statements and tracks and pamphlets. Many boxes of books also came with the collection. The non-Adventist books were separated and processed by the James White Library’s Seminary Collection. The remaining books, about half of the total, were processed by the Center for Adventist Research. The books were largely Adventist titles from...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1893 - 1950

Found in: Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections

Byington-Amadon Diaries

Collection

Identifier: Collection 12

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...

Dates: 1857 - 1912

Found in: Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections

Carl B. Watts Papers

Collection

Identifier: Collection 347

Content Description The Carl B. Watts collection is a series of documents that shows the Adventist Missionary work done in Japan from the 1950s until the 1970s. This collection includes personal documents most of which are preparations for his move from America to Japan as well as photos that were sent to him by friends and other miscellaneous items. It also documents the Adventist work done in Japan from the 1950s to the early 1970s when Japan was being rebuilt following the devastation of World War II....

Dates: Majority of material found within 1955 - 1972

Found in: Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections

Carlyle B. Haynes Collection

Collection

Identifier: Collection 46

Content Description This collection contains approximately 430 sermons, studies, and talks, many of Haynes’ published articles, and newspaper clippings documenting evangelistic series and other events in his life. There are also a few photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1910 - 1987

Found in: Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections

Christian Edwardson Papers

Collection

Identifier: Collection 27

Content Description This collection consists primarily of correspondence of Christian Edwardson, (1873-1944) along with some documents related to the history of Seventh-day Adventist work among the Danish and Norwegian people of Minnesota and Wisconsin around the 1920s. A second part of the collection consists of portions of financial records for several churches in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1909 - 1944

Found in: Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections

Church Bulletin Collection

Collection

Identifier: Collection 334

Content Description The Church Bulletin Collection contains bulletins from Seventh-day Adventist churches from around the world, though the bulk are from the United States. The bulk of the bulletins are from the 1970s to the current time. This is not a closed collection, meaning we will continue to add new bulletins as they become available to us.A review of a range of church bulletins can reveal changing worship styles across regions of the country and over time. The bulletins show the order of...

Dates: 1970s to present

Found in: Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections

Clinton W. Lee Papers

Collection

Identifier: Collection 39

Content Description This collection contains books, unpublished manuscripts, lecture materials, his master’s thesis (MA), and correspondence.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1941 - 1979

Found in: Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections

Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 32

Andrew Fearing Collection

Arthur W. Spalding Papers II

Arthur Whitefield Spalding Papers I

B. O. Engen Collection

Byington-Amadon Diaries

Carl B. Watts Papers

Carlyle B. Haynes Collection

Christian Edwardson Papers

Church Bulletin Collection

Clinton W. Lee Papers

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