Literature Evangelist (Colporteur)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
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
Bruce M. Wickwire Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 194
Content Description
The Bruce M. Wickwire Papers relate almost exclusively to the publishing work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church mostly from the 1970s with some materials back to the 1940s and forward to 1996. The material includes correspondence, reports, articles, policies and manuals, committee files, and departmental reports. Significant topics include material on various controversies and issues in the publishing work such as publishing house mergers, literature evangelists, Family Enrichment Resources,...
Dates:
1940 - 1996
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
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
Elden M. Chalmers Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 245
Content Description
This collection consists of Chalmers’ sermon notes on various topics, a compilation of Bible and Spirit of Prophecy quotations arranged by topic, and the memoirs of a certain Elmer A. Johnson, whose connection with Chalmers is not known.
Dates:
1930s through the 1950s
Emanuel W. Pedersen Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 263
Content Description
This collection contains Pedersen’s writings, sermons, correspondences, photographs, motion picture films and other topical files he collected throughout his 70-plus years service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Dates:
1920 - 2006
Ernest W. Lloyd Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 56
Content Description
The Ernest W. Lloyd Collection contains a significant amount of correspondence between Lloyd and Louise Dederen, the former curator for the Andrews University Heritage Room. This correspondence is largely related to the sending and formation of the collection. Included within this correspondence are stories and information about events and church pioneers.In addition to the correspondence there are a lot of biographical material and writings by Lloyd and by others. In the way of...
Dates:
1896 - 1985
George McCready Price Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 2
Content Description
The Price collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, articles and poems written by Mr. Price, his wife, and others during the course of his life. The Center for Adventist Research at Andrews University contains 230 books from Price’s personal library.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1883 - 1965
Johann Heinrich Effenberg Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 21
Content Description
Letters between J. H. Effenberg and Louise Dederen of the Adventist Heritage Center and Effenberg's works.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1917 - 1972
Phipps Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 223
Content Description
The bulk of this collection centers around Burton Phipps’ 32-year tenure as a teacher and later head of the Emmanuel Missionary College (now Andrews University) Biology department. During this time Barbara graduated from Emmanuel Missionary College, taught for a few years, and then returned where she became a librarian in the College library. Her mother, Nettie, worked at Northwestern University, University of Michigan, and Chicago University (now the University of Chicago). In 1961 Barbara and...
Dates:
1900 - 1991