Lay Preacher

Content Description This collection contains Pedersen’s writings, sermons, correspondences, photographs, motion picture films and other topical files he collected throughout his 70-plus years service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Content Description The collection is an admixture of documents and other materials collected from various sources–see Provenance below. There are a few personal documents, a goodly run of diaries, a scattering of letters, and a couple of article manuscripts. The diaries form the single most extensive body of materials in this collection. There are 54 diaries each covering a calendar year. They begin in 1856, when John was age 24 and discouraged to the point of leaving the ministry and moving to Iowa to farm. They...

Content Description The present collection contains several personal items, documents, letters, and writings of William Miller. In addition, there is a compilation of written articles about Miller and the Millerite movement. The researcher should bear in mind the presence of a large body of material available on microfilm which relates to William Miller and the Millerite Movement. The microfilm collection, The Millerites and Early Adventist, is available in the Adventist Heritage Center as well as...