Avondale College

Content Description This collection documents aspects of the origin and development of Avondale College and the early history of the Seventh-day Adventist history in Australia. It consists of two parts, three folders each. The first part is mostly correspondence concerning the establishment of Avondale College. The majority of the letters were written by W. C. White to church leaders in Australia and New Zealand. Recipients include O. A. Olsen, W. A. Spicer, A. G. Daniells, J. H. Kellogg, Ellen G. White, and J. E....

Content Description The user of this collection must bear in mind how the Center for Adventist Research acquired it. The Heritage Room at Avondale College brought together the duplicate copies of the holdings regarding the Chamberlain case and sent them to Andrews University. We do not know where the Avondale center got the records, though it is clear the source was friendly to the Chamberlain cause. With the exception of the Royal Commission transcripts the collection is by no means comprehensive or complete. It...

Content Description The Gane collection has personal documents, which consists of biographical information, family history, letters, and photographs about his life and family and friends. Following this, the collection contains his series of Bible studies, his radio talk series, his alphabetized sermons, other miscellaneous talks and Bible studies, his scholarly writings, a general collection of research materials and notes, and materials written by his son, Roy.