Review and Herald Publishing Association
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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
Lucinda M. Hall Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 228
Content Description
The collection consists of photocopies of mostly handwritten correspondence to, by and about Hall, from c. 1870 until c.1920. Numerous sections of photocopies are not legible. The collection is arranged according to correspondents as was left as it was given. A significant number of letters were written by and to her mother, R. B. Abbey. The complete list of correspondents is found on page three.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1870 - 1920
Reavis Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 279
Content Description
Drury Webster (D. W.) Reavis was born July 30, 1853, at Leesville, Mo., and died March 28, 1939, at Takoma Park, Maryland. His wife is Evelyn Gertrude Reavis. D. W. Reavis is best known as a promoter of religious liberty and as a circulation manager for Seventh-day Adventist magazines. He worked against Sunday laws in the 1890s, and in 1901 joined the Review and Herald Publishing Association where he remained until his retirement in 1933. At the Review and Herald he served as the manager of the...
Dates:
1878 - 1912
W. W. Prescott Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 232
Scope and Contents
Correspondence by, to, and about W. W. Prescott. Primarily the letters are from W. W. Prescott to W. C. White or Ellen G. White. There are also other recipients including E. J. Waggoner, S. N. Curtiss, Arthur G. Daniels, F. M. Wilcox, Clarence C. Crisler, D. E. Robinson, and C. L. Taylor.
Dates:
1892 - 1922
W. W. Prescott Papers: Gilbert Valentine Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 127
Content Description
This collection consists wholly of sources Valentine copied from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Archives in the course of his dissertation research in the early 1980s. The papers were deposited in the Andrews University Adventist Heritage Center by arrangement between the Archives and Valentine’s dissertation committee chair, George Knight. Under the agreement, Valentine got the photocopies for no cost for his research, but was required to place the copies in the Adventist...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1889 - 1937
William Ward Simpson Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 81
Content Description
The William Ward Simpson Collection consists of two boxes which includes correspondence, information about the papier mache beasts, material on the Ballenger family, his evangelistic work, and writings. There is also some material from his daughter, Winea J. Simpson.
Dates:
1843 - 1977
William Warren Prescott Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 143
Content Description
The William W. Prescott Papers is a group of records which consists primarily of personal correspondences, course materials, sermons, and articles and manuscripts by Prescott.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1896 - 1934