General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, President

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...

Content Description The collection contains correspondence, addresses, sermons, papers, articles, and manuscripts written by C. H. Watson and others during the course of his life.

Content Description Correspondence by O. A. Olsen mainly to Ellen G. White and W. C. White. Other recipients are W. W. Prescott, John H. Kellogg, Mary Scott, J. M. Cole, and J. Edson White.

Content Description The collection contains materials on several members of the Olsen family, a prominent Seventh-day Adventist family, plus some material on Adventist work in Wisconsin in the 19th century and early years of the 20th century.

Content Description This collection contains six binders of W. H. Branson’s sermon outlines on various topics including church organization, evangelistic series, the exposition of the Bible, and many other topics. These are likely the notes he took to the pulpit when he preached. There are also materials for sermon preparation, such as illustrations from newspapers, quotations from the writings of Ellen G. White and other authors.

Content Description Each year the Seventh-day Adventist church develops a series of readings designed to be read by the whole church during a designated week of prayer usually during the fall months in the northern hemisphere. The articles are typically written by notable figures within the leadership levels of the church such as A. T. Jones, A. G. Daniells, W. A. Spicer, J. L. McElhany, and W. H. Branson. The General Conference president usually wrote the lead article. The articles typically appeared in the...