Personal Documents

Content Description The collection consists of six folders containing personal documents, letters, biographies, general histories, and family photographs. The time span covers mostly 1903 to 1924, the years Frank Starr Bond was a missionary in Spain.

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....

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...

Content Description The M. L. Andreasen Papers are a group of records collected by his daughter, Vesta Andreasen Jensen, and his biographer, Virginia Steinweg. The collection contains largely unpublished records in the following categories: correspondence, personal documents, writings by Andreasen, writings by others, materials on institutions, and photographs.

Content Description This collection, consisting of 14 boxes, is about Ellen White and Seventh-day Adventist Church history. This collection seems to be his life collection of work on behalf of the Ellen G. White Estate with only a few personal items found in the first series, Personal Document. The first part of the collection consists of Gordon’swritings, projects, public speaking, and clippings. In this part one can find manuscripts of some of Gordon’s books and materials he used to research and write them....

Content Description The present collection contains several personal items, documents, letters, and writings of William Miller. In addition, there is a compilation of written articles about Miller and the Millerite movement. The researcher should bear in mind the presence of a large body of material available on microfilm which relates to William Miller and the Millerite Movement. The microfilm collection, The Millerites and Early Adventist, is available in the Adventist Heritage Center as well as...