Seventh-day Adventist Church
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur W. Spalding Papers II
Collection
Identifier: Collection 296
Content Description
This collection has research materials used by Allan William Freed for his dissertation: Arthur Whitefield Spalding: A Study of His Life and Contributions to Family-Life Education in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Other than some items of biographical and personal worth, the substantive part of this collection is primarily of A.W. Spalding’s published writings spanning forty years. The collection is divided in chronological order by type of items (books, articles,...
Dates:
1902 - 1953
Arthur Whitefield Spalding Papers I
Collection
Identifier: Collection 10
Content Description
The Arthur Whitefield Spalding Papers were placed in the Adventist Heritage Center in the James White Library, Andrews University, in June 1960 by Arthur Spalding's children--Ronald W. Spalding, M.D., and Elizabeth Spalding McFadden of Gobles, Michigan. The papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, and articles collected by Arthur Spalding. Of particular interest are materials dealing with the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference Home Commission (which Spalding founded and directed from...
Dates:
1905 - 1957
Battle Creek Sanitarium Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 234
Content Description
The present collection contains: a) legal documents related to Battle Creek and its
properties; b) minutes of the Board of Trustees and some major actions taken;
c) financial documentation related to the Sanitarium and Dr. Kellogg;
d) correspondence primarily related to the court events; e) court documents;
f) materials describing the work done in the different departments of the Sanitarium; and g)
miscellaneous materials related to the Sanitarium and its history.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1872 - 1945
Church Bulletin Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 334
Content Description
The Church Bulletin Collection contains bulletins from Seventh-day Adventist churches from around the world, though the bulk are from the United States. The bulk of the bulletins are from the 1970s to the current time. This is not a closed collection, meaning we will continue to add new bulletins as they become available to us.A review of a range of church bulletins can reveal changing worship styles across regions of the country and over time. The bulletins show the order of...
Dates:
1970s to present
Donald F. Haynes Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 47
Content Description
This collection contains many articles and newspaper clippings documenting Haynes’ evangelistic series and other events in his life. There are also numerous photographs. The original collection, as received, contained three boxes of music books which were not retained in the collection. There was a combination of sacred and secular music. Haynes and his family were obvious quite active in the music scene, but the music seemed to bear little relevance to this collection.
Dates:
1893 - 1970
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
Harry Miller Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 252
Content Description
Compared to Miller’s contributions to the Seventh-day Adventist Church and society in general, this collection only reflects a tiny portion of Miller’s life of active service. It contains some correspondences of Miller with the main subject being Miller’s younger brother, Clarence’s, estate; Miller’s certificates for medical practice, and awards from several entities. Also included are a number of photographs including those Miller took while serving in old China.
Dates:
1902 - 1977
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
The Midnight Cry Video Production Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 240
Content Description
This collection contains materials related to the production of the film Midnight Cry! William Miller and the End of the World, from its proposal to its completion and post-production advertisement. The materials include correspondences, committee minutes, financial statements, and task sheets. There are also photocopies of pertinent books and images. The Midnight Cry master copies and the finished production in videotape format can also be...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1988 - 1995