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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It Is Written Collection (7 boxes [large])
It is Written is the most successful television ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Founded by George Vandeman, it is broadcast around the world. This collection includes many scripts and a few office records.

John Harvey Kellogg Papers (4 boxes)
Includes correspondence with Seventh-day Adventists dating from 1902 to 1908 with a few to 1929. These are photocopies from the Kellogg Collection housed at Michigan State University.

Roland E. Loasby Lecture Notes (8 boxes)
Dr. Loasby taught at the SDA Theological Seminary for 33 years. This collection comprises his lecture notes.

Mansell-Armageddon Collection (8 boxes)
This is the research materials for Donald Mansell's book on Armageddon and the King of the North. Contains photocopies of all articles and book portions which mention these terms from pre-Millerite times to the early 1970s.

Frank Lewis Marsh Papers (1 box)
This collection includes manuscripts, articles, family biographical information, and some correspondence. Marsh was a leading proponent of a creationist position on the origin of the earth. Includes correspondence between Marsh and Theodosius Dobzhansky and George McCready Price.

Iola Martin (Norman Douty) Collection (1 box)
Much of this collection centers on the life and writings of Dudley M. Canright, including biographical material.

James L. McElhany Papers (18 boxes)
This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, sermons, and various records related to the SDA Church.

William Miller Collection (2 boxes)
This collection includes biographical materials as well as a couple of original letters. Also included are some Miller artifacts and some from the family.

J. Ernest Monteith Papers (8 boxes)
This collection documents the history of the SDA Church in Canada.

North American Division Conference Directories
This is a microfilm collection of NAD conference directories dating in most cases from the 1960s to the late 1980s. A few conferences go back as far as the 1940s.

Ron Numbers – The Creationists (25 boxes)
This collection is the documentation for Ron Numbers' book, The Creationists.