Church Administrator
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
A. J. Hess Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 166
Content Description
The collection reflects Hess’s work of roughly four decades in denominational service. The collection consists of chiefly of financial statements, committee documents (agendas and minutes), and correspondence. It also contains other documents that relate to Hess’s position as a conference officer.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1924 - 1991
Alfred-Félix Vaucher Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 91
Content Description
Besides over 1,100 articles, various books, and a number of essays, he also wrote a book on Manuel Diaz Lacunza. Vaucher translated Ellen G. White’s book, Desire of Ages, into the French language (condensed in 1937, complete in 1963). Vaucher spoke French, Italian, and English.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1904 - 1987
Allen L. Ham Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 44
Content Description
This collection contains A. L. Ham’s personal appointment books for most of the years from 1946 to his retirement. These may be interesting to show a General Conference leader’s schedule. There are also some sermons. Perhaps the most significant contribution are the many photographs of Seventh-day Adventist work primarily in India but also some from Africa during the 1940s and 1950s.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1946 - 1966
Andrew Fearing Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 105
Content Description
The collection consists of a part of Fearing ministry record, a few of his writings, notes in his Bible, and two biographical documents.
Dates:
1949 - 1981
Barry D. Oliver Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 147
Content Description
The collection consists entirely of correspondence between Church administrators and other leaders between 1888 and 1905. Included are large amounts of letters to or from Arthur G. Daniells, William C. White, G. A. Irwin, and O. A. Olsen, among others.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1888 - 1906
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
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
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
Charles Henry Watson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 5
Content Description
The collection contains correspondence, addresses, sermons, papers, articles, and manuscripts written by C. H. Watson and others during the course of his life.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1898 - 1952
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