Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Adriel D. Chilson Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 32
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...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1871 - 1979
Albert E. Horsley Diaries (Pseud. Harry Orchard)
Collection
Identifier: Collection 257
Content Description
The collection consists of six diaries written by Albert E. Horsley (Harry Orchard).
Dates:
1916 to 1929
Avery Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 7
Content Description
The Avery Family papers collection contains correspondence, diaries, financial records, student papers, teaching plans, poetry, books, miscellaneous items, and his herbarium. With the agreement of the donor, the collection of dried plants (contained in three volumes) was placed in the working herbarium of the Biology Department of Andrews University for preservation.
Dates:
1829 - 1934
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
E. K. Vande Vere Collection: The Wisdom Seekers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 4
Content Description
Dr. Emmett K. Vande Vere of Berrien Springs, Michigan, donated the papers of several Emmanuel Missionary College (Andrews University) administrators to the Adventist Heritage Center at James White Library, Andrews University in April 1973. Dr. Vande Vere collected and used these materials to write his book, The Wisdom Seekers (1972). The collection contains the correspondence, diaries, papers, manuscripts, articles, pamphlets, legal instruments, notations,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1855 - 1973
John N. Loughborough Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 327
Content Description
The collection is an admixture of documents and other materials collected from various sources–see Provenance below. There are a few personal documents, a goodly run of diaries, a scattering of letters, and a couple of article manuscripts. The diaries form the single most extensive body of materials in this collection. There are 54 diaries each covering a calendar year. They begin in 1856, when John was age 24 and discouraged to the point of leaving the ministry and moving to Iowa to farm. They...
Dates:
1856 - 1923
John Peter Anderson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 20
Scope and Contents
The collection contains diaries covering the period 1943-1945, written as letters, but never sent, to his wife Ethel, who was in the United States. There are also tapes of interviews recorded by C. Mervyn Maxwell at Anderson's bedside.
Dates:
1943 to 1945
Julia Anne Corliss Diary
Collection
Identifier: Collection 285
Content Description
This diary is simply that, a diary where Julia recorded events and anniversaries in her life and that of her family. You can follow John’s work through the various places they lived. Julia records a wide range of activities.Someone typed a transcript of the 1863 to 1869 and 1883 to 1891 diary entries. This transcript, however, is “selected.” A complete transcript is available for the 1863 to 1869 and the 1883 to 1891 diary entries. This complete transcript was transcribed by...
Dates:
1869 - 1908
Max Hill Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 274
Content Description
The primary feature of this collection is a sizeable number of original poems composed by Max Hill covering different themes such as education and spirituality. Some of his poems were published in the Review and Herald, the Adventist general church paper. Other works include books titled, Exchange Ship and Studies in Prophets.There are some personal and biographical documents in the collection as well. Of...
Dates:
1908 - 1943