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General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

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

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

Dorothy Blake Walter Collection

 Collection
Identifier:  Collection 283
Content Description Personal and Business Documents, Published and Unpublished Writings (short stories, book manuscripts, and poems)
Dates: 1951 - 1977

Edward A. Sutherland Collection

 Collection
Identifier:  Collection 84
Content Description This personal collection contains some Sutherland family materials and letters as well as a portion of his prolific writing and presentation output. Sutherland was a trustee of two estates, papers of which are included here. The estates are those of John S. Cominns and Mary and Ellen Woodworth. Also included are some clippings and a few personal artifacts. Scope Description It is important to understand that the Center for Adventist Research, for many...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1892 - 1955

Eric B. and Robert Hare Collection

 Collection
Identifier:  Collection 40
Content Description This collection contains mainly books and book manuscripts by Eric B. Hare and his father, Robert Hare, plus a few unpublished manuscripts and photographs taken by Eric B. Hare.
Dates: 1918 - 1965

Erwin Gane Collection

 Collection
Identifier:  Collection 349
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.
Dates: No dates