General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Grace Amadon Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 154
Content Description
This collection contains Amadon’s research concerning chronologies and time prophecies of the Bible. The collection is divided into categories. (See Arrangement)
Dates:
1299 - 1965
L. R. Conradi Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 226
Content Description
This collection consists of photocopies of typed and hand written correspondence to, by, and about Conradi, from 1885 until 1934. Portions of many photocopies are not legible. Between 1885 and 1890, most of the letters were written by W. C. White to Conradi. After 1890 the correspondence is mostly from Conradi to church leaders, including W. C. White, Ellen G. White, Ole A. Olsen, William A. Spicer, Arthur G. Daniells, and Leroy T. Nicola. The issues discussed cover a wide range of topics from...
Dates:
1885 - 1934
O. A. Olsen Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 230
Content Description
Correspondence by O. A. Olsen mainly to Ellen G. White and W. C. White. Other recipients are W. W. Prescott, John H. Kellogg, Mary Scott, J. M. Cole, and J. Edson White.
Dates:
1890 - 1897
Olsen Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 66
Content Description
The collection contains materials on several members of the Olsen family, a prominent Seventh-day Adventist family, plus some material on Adventist work in Wisconsin in the 19th century and early years of the 20th century.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1896 - 1976
Stephen N. Haskell Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 233
Content Description
Correspondence by, to, and about S. N. Haskell and his wife Hetty Haskell. The correspondence is primarily directed to Ellen G. White and W. C. White. Other names included in the correspondence are Josphine Gotzian, Sister Sara, Sister Harris, G. B. Starr, E. E. Franke, John H. Kellogg, Arthur G. Daniells, G. B. Thompson, W. H. Covell, A. T. Jones, Clarence Crisler, S. N. Curtiss, W. W. Prescott, and H. W. Cottrell.
Dates:
1892 - 1911
W. H. Branson Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 109
Content Description
This collection contains six binders of W. H. Branson’s sermon outlines on various topics including church organization, evangelistic series, the exposition of the Bible, and many other topics. These are likely the notes he took to the pulpit when he preached. There are also materials for sermon preparation, such as illustrations from newspapers, quotations from the writings of Ellen G. White and other authors.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1930 - 1987
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
Week of Prayer Readings
Collection
Identifier: Collection 299
Content Description
Each year the Seventh-day Adventist church develops a series of readings designed to be read by the whole church during a designated week of prayer usually during the fall months in the northern hemisphere. The articles are typically written by notable figures within the leadership levels of the church such as A. T. Jones, A. G. Daniells, W. A. Spicer, J. L. McElhany, and W. H. Branson. The General Conference president usually wrote the lead article. The articles typically appeared in the...
Dates:
1886 to 1975
William A. Spicer Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 3
Content Description
The collection contains correspondence, papers, manuscripts, articles, quotations, clippings, notes, an account of a symposium, etc. written by Spicer and others during the course of his life.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1807 - 1951