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