Manuscript Collections

The Center holds over 220 collections of personal papers of individuals prominent in the SDA Church and its work. These collections often include correspondence, topical files, lecture and sermon notes, research material, publications, photographs, reports, and many other types of material. All of the collections available for research use are shown below. All have a printed register, which is an information and user guide to the collections. These online registers require Adobe Acrobat software to view.

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Grace Amadon Collection (23 boxes)
Amadon was interested in calendars and things related. She collected and wrote widely on the topic of the Biblical calendar and the dating of certain events including the October 22, 1844 Great Disappointment, ancient Jewish calendars (including the Kararite), calendar reform, and Turkey and the trumpets of Revelation.

John Peter Anderson Collection (2 boxes)

Roy Allan Anderson Collection (58 boxes)
Anderson was a leading evangelist, teacher, and administrator. Topics include preaching, worship, music in worship, Daniel and Revelation, the book Seventh-day Adventists Answer Questions on Doctrine, and various church controversies such that involving theologian Desmond Ford.

M. L. Andreasen Papers (3 boxes)
Andreasen was a leading Church theologian in the mid part of the 20th centu ry. He became embroiled in some theological discussions in the 1950s. The collection includes biographical materials, some correspondence and writings by Andreasen.

E. E. Andross Collection (1 box)
Andross was an evangelist, minister, educator, and administrator. This collection includes a collection of his writings and some topical files, including one on the revision of Uriah Smith''s Daniel and the Revelation.

Matilda Erickson Andross Papers (1 box)
Matilda E. Andross was very involved in youth work. Some of that interest is exhibited in this collection. Also included are some of her earlier writings and some more general topics.

George Royal Avery Collection (8 boxes)
Includes family diaries covering 60 years and other family items.

Ballenger/Mote Papers (81 boxes)
A.F. and E.S. Ballenger were outspoken critics of Ellen White and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They maintained a long-standing effort to discredit White and the Church. Donald Mote was their successor. This collection is their entire office file.

Battle Creek College Minutes (8 boxes)

Bond Family (1 box)
Frank and Walter Bond were pioneer missionaries to Spain. The collection documents some of their experiences through correspondence and other documentation.