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- Job Notice
12 April 2023Job Notice Student Workers Needed : Technical and General Help Multiple positions available. Candidate will not need to do all of these Duties Preparing and digitizing older media formats for preservation and access. Includes cleaning, organizing, and cataloging Preparing digitized files to be uploaded to an online platform Cataloging and indexing Digitize paper-based resources Manuscript collection organizing and final processing General helper and other ...
- Workshop EGW Writings website and software (January 25, 2023)
23 January 2023
The Center for Adventist Research invites you to attend the “EGW Writings Website and Software” workshop hosted by Darryl Thompson, Associate Director of the Ellen G. White Estate. You will learn: How to use the Ellen G. White website 2. Tools available for researching Ellen G. White’s writings 3. How to maximize the full research capabilities of the Ellen ...
- Atlantic Union College Legacy Lives on at Andrews
1 January 2021Unloading a tractor-trailer full of boxes on a hot and steamy August day is not ideal, but there was anticipation in the air as several staff members and student workers from the Center for Adventist Research and James White Library unloaded the vast yellow Andrews University trailer filled with roughly 30,000 pounds of materials. This ...
- New Jean Davis Collection
15 January 2019In late 2018, a very significant collection was donated to the Center by Jean Davis. Some of the items this collection includes are photos of Samuel I. Abbey and his wife enclosed in a photobook, an 1898 Directory of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Dime Tabernacle dedication program, a notice from Ellen White’s funeral, ...
- New Space Acquired
6 December 2018A huge thank you goes to University administration and the Library for working together to provide a wonderful new storage area for the Center. During a walk through looking at space options, the Provost and Plant Administrator, Christon Arthur and Paul Elder, along with Library Dean, Larry Onsager, came upon the under-utilized space outside of ...
- 2018 Adventist History Study Tour
12 October 2018A coach bus full of students began the journey to tour Adventist Historic sites in New York and New England from August 5 to 12, 2018. This is an annual event for students of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. Many find it a way to connect with the roots of the Seventh-day Adventist church. Brian ...
- Flooding in James White Library Causes Minimal Damage to CAR
2 July 2018On Sunday, July 1, 2018 James White Library experienced flood damage, due to an HVAC problem, on all three floors of the library. Thankfully, the damage in the Center for Adventist Research (CAR) was minimal. Only about 10 volumes were affected and have already been treated. The damage on the main floor of the Library was ...
- A Special Presentation
24 January 2018On Sabbath, August 12, 2017, Dr. Merlin Burt, director of the Center for Adventist Research at Andrews University presented a special plaque to the Roosevelt Seventh-day Adventist Church. The black marble plaque with gold etching thanked the members for opening their church and hearts to the students participating in the Adventist History Study Tour, which ...
- Reformation Anniversary Brings New Exhibit, Show-and-Tell
24 January 2018With the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation happening in October 2017, it was decided that a new exhibit was needed for the display case in the James White Library hall outside of the Center’s entrance. The exhibit would offer information on Martin Luther, a key player in the Reformation, other reformers, as well as ...
- 2017 Adventist History Study Tour
12 October 2017A coach bus full of students began the journey to tour Adventist Historic sites in New York and New England from August 6 to 13, 2017. This is an annual event for students of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. Many find it a way to connect with the roots of the Seventh-day Adventist church. Javier ...
- 2017 Ellen White Symposium
14 April 2017On Monday, April 3, the 13th Ellen White Issues Symposium was held in the Seminary Chapel on the campus of Andrews University. . . . Read the full Andrews Agenda article >>
- Adventist Digital Library Update
5 April 2017by Eric Koester The Adventist Digital Library (ADL) officially launched to public beta at the 2016 ASDAL Conference held this past June in Orlando, Florida. Since that time we have seen over 2,500 users access the website with an average on-site time of over six minutes. We are very pleased with these metrics as they indicate ...
- 2016 Adventist History Study Tour
5 April 2017A coach bus full of students began the journey to tour Adventist Historic sites in New York and New England from July 31 to August 8, 2016. This is an annual event for students of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. Many find it a way to connect with the roots of the Seventh-day Adventist church. ...
- Center Celebrates 50 and 55
13 March 2017by Jim Ford, Associate Director This year, we celebrate two anniversaries here at the Center for Adventist Research. The first is the 50th anniversary of the formal establishment of the Heritage Room at Andrews University as a fully staffed research facility. Prior to 1966, the Heritage Room existed as a place, but was overseen by one ...
- 2015 Adventist History Tour
21 September 2016This year’s tour got started with a bit of a bang early Sunday morning, August 2. Just as the bus pulled out of the Howard Performing Arts Center parking lot where students had boarded, one of the students fell ill and had to be rushed by ambulance to the hospital. His seat was filled by ...
- 2015 Gift of Prophecy Symposium
21 September 2016by Samuel Pagan, Student Assistant at the Center for Adventist Research Many staff, faculty, and students—including myself—waited with great expectation for The Gift of Prophecy in Scripture and History Symposium which would take place from October 15-18, 2015, in warm remembrance of the Adventist prophetic figure, Ellen White, who died 100 years ago this past summer. Opening ...
- New Compact Shelving
21 September 2016by Jim Ford, Associate Director Space is always a critical issue in many areas of the Center. Thanks to the foresight and generosity of University administration, the Center was able to install a SpaceSaver compact shelving system in May 2015. The new system holds the following collections within the Center: • Books [more than half of the ...
- Polish Bible Links Two Early European Missionaries
13 April 2015While doing some research in the Center’s vault Merlin D. Burt recently discovered that one of the Bibles in the John Nevins Andrews library had Czechowski’s signature in it. A native Polish speaker, Darius Jankiewicz, gave us a translation of the handwritten note as follows: “As a keepsake (or memento) for Brother Julian Stawicki, on June 7, ...
- Pitcairn Materials Donated
12 February 2015
Duane and Nancy Anderson and family donated several items related to Pitcairn Island which had belonged to Nancy Anderson’s father, Mr. Robert M. Little II. He made the model of H.M.S. Bounty himself by purchasing a boat and modifying it more closely resemble the Bounty. As no one else in the family was interested ...
- Seminary Heritage Sabbath
28 October 2014As the Seventh-day Adventist church grows and becomes more diverse and distant from the culture and language at its beginning, a challenge has arisen in teaching an understanding of the church’s unique identity. There is a lack of knowledge of Adventist identity both within and without the Seventh-day Adventist church. Members everywhere ask “What makes ...
- Publications and Research Theme of Symposium
6 October 2014
The March 24, 2014, Ellen White Issues Symposium explored new research in the area of literary structures including chiastic structures found in the writings of Ellen White; studied the influence of music in the writing of the Desire of Ages by Ellen White; and considered new publications, The Ellen White Encyclopedia and Ellen G. White ...
- Seminary Adventist History Study Tour August 4-11
6 October 2014
A bus full of students and a handful of spouses toured Adventist History sites in New York and New England August 4-11, 2014. This is an annual event for students of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. Many find it a way to connect with the roots of the Seventh-day Adventist church. Marc Mettelus reflected on ...
- Adventist History in the Wild
6 October 2014
There are a lot of Adventist History ephemera, photographs, manuscripts, and books that are in archives, libraries, research centers, and vaults of entities that index and catalog. These places can be categorized as “the zoo.” Other items are “in the wild” and are unknown to researchers as of yet. Church basements, family member’s attics, and ...
- History of Compact Shelving at the Center
6 October 2014
Shelving is an integral part of any library type collection and this is no different at the Center for Adventist Research. Our diverse collections occupy many miles of shelving in various locations throughout the Center and even spilling over into other James White Library spaces. For a rapidly growing collection such as in ...
- Faculty Tour Reflections
6 October 2014
I am not a morning person. I want to be, but it is not in my nature. So, when I heard that the departure time for our tour bus would be at 7:30 on a Monday morning, I got a bit nervous about my decision to take advantage of a great opportunity to travel to ...
- Pathfinder Day
6 October 2014
On Sunday, August 10, 2014, Andrews University hosted over 600 Pathfinders on their way to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where they would attend the Forever Faithful International Pathfinder Camporee. Of those, an estimated 225 people chose to visit the Center for Adventist Research for a special guided tour of our exhibit area. Pathfinder groups from ...
- Prophetic Charts Online
9 April 2014
The Center’s collection of prophetic charts and other large format items used by early pioneers in their evangelistic efforts are now available to view on our Photograph Database. Also included in this album are the architectural plans for the Dime Tabernacle in Battle Creek, some early Millerite broadsheets and charts, and the digitized images of ...
- 2014 Ellen White Issues Symposium
4 March 2014Join us as we break new ground in understanding Ellen White and issues relating to her life, ministry, and prophetic gift. All are invited to attend free. Speakers this year include Mike Oxentenko, Ron du Preez, David Williams, Tim Poirier, Stan Hickerson, Jerry Moon, and Denis Fortin. Monday, March 24, 2014, from 9am – 5 ...
- Lantern Slides
21 February 2014
We recently began a new project in the digitization area of the Center – scanning the thousands of lantern slides in our collection. Lantern slides were first introduced ten years after the invention of photography, and allowed images to be viewed by large groups. This was much like slide transparencies of a few years ago. ...
- CAR Flood January 13, 2014
21 February 2014
On Monday, January 13, 2014, a minor disaster struck the Center for Adventist Research. The first sign of trouble was the wet spot in the carpet that was discovered by Camille Clayton, one of CAR’s employees. Suspecting there might be a leak from the nearby restroom she investigated to see where the source of the ...
- Andrews Treasures Exhibit September 27, 2013
27 September 2013
Be inspired by God’s leading of His church as you view the original trunk that J. N. Andrews used on his historic mission trip, Uriah Smith’s desk, artifacts from Battle Creek and a display outlining the 150-year history of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. In addition, the Center’s collection includes rare books, a ...
- 2013 Michigan Adventist History Tour
20 April 2013
Sabbath, April 20, was the date of the 2013 Michigan Adventist History Tour. The day was cold and there was a dusting of snow when we got off the bus at our first stop, where we looked at the grave of Irving Guilford, nephew of William Miller. Our route took us by the White home in ...
- Successful Ellen White Issues Symposium on March 25, 2013
10 April 2013
The purpose of this symposium is to break new ground in understanding Ellen White and issues relating to her life, ministry, and prophetic gift that have current importance. The structure of the symposium had some elements of academic formality. Papers were presented with a prepared response followed by a brief responses from the presenters. The ...
- A peek into the Archives
10 April 2013
In preparation for the 75th anniversary of the James White Library the Center for Adventist Research has been sifting through our artifacts to find items from our collection that don’t often get displayed because of the logistics of doing so securely and in a way that will preserve the item. One such item is a tapestry ...
- Digitization Projects at the Center
10 April 2013
What do the Monterey, Michigan SDA Church record book, the Advent Shield and Review from 1844-45, and A Sketch of the Christian Experience and Views of Ellen G. White with Hiram Edson’s signature on the cover have in common? All these items were digitized last month by the CAR digitization team! Things have really changed ...
- Michigan Adventist History Tour – April 20, 2013
9 April 2013This tour will be an all day tour that visits many Adventist history sites in central and western Michigan. Register: Sign-up sheet is at the Dean’s office of the Seminary. Title: Michigan Adventist History Tour When: Sabbath, April 20, one day tour Departs: 8 am from the Howard Performing Arts Center parking lot Returns: 6:45 pm Where: Tour goes to Grand ...
- 2013 Ellen White Issues Symposium
19 March 2013We extend a general invitation to pastors in the Lake Union, religion and theology professors at Adventist colleges, scholars of Ellen White and Adventist studies, Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary students, and other interested persons to attend our ninth annual Ellen G. White Issues Symposium. It will be held on Monday, March 25, 2013, from 9:00 ...
- Emmanuel Missionary College 16 mm film transferred to Digital Format
21 December 2012
During July 2012, the Center for Adventist Research had the opportunity to transfer one of the 16 mm films from our collection to a digital format. This was a 16 mm film from when Andrews University was still known as Emmanuel Missionary College You can view clips from the film below. Martin Doblemeier, producer/director of the ...
- Ellen White Periodical Resource Collection Dedication
13 November 2012
On Friday, November 9, 2012, 10 – 11 a.m. the Center for Adventist Research celebrated the publication of the remainder of the Ellen G. White periodicals. This event was an opportunity to express our thanks to Daniel Woolf for his donation of a book scanner and funding for scanning the remaining English language periodicals articles by Ellen ...
- Elder Edward Earl Cleveland
23 September 2009
On September 23, 2009, the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary and the Center for Adventist Research at Andrews University held a memorial service “Remembering Elder Edward Earl Cleveland: Learning from a Life of Mission and Ministry. The program and a nearly 14-minute audio-visual presentation featuring memorable remarks by Cleveland are provided. Cleveland Montage Video (318 MB) Cleveland Memorial ...
- Online White Estate Digital Resource Center
22 May 2009
The White Estate is pleased to announce the availability of the online White Estate Digital Resource Center that makes the White Estate’s Question & Answer file and much of our Document File available for electronic searching. It also includes hundreds of informative email responses to questions asked of our office. You will be amazed at the amount ...
- Fifth Annual Ellen White and Current Issues Symposium
6 April 2009On April 6, 2009, the Center will host the fifth annual “Ellen White and Current Issues” symposium in the chapel of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. The papers, presented at the symposium, will soon be available for purchase. For your convenience information about the presenters and program is available for download.
- Growing EGW Library in the Reading Room
21 June 2008
Erhard Gallos, a Ph.D. graduate assistant, has helped the Center for over a year with the acquisition of books identical or similar to those in Ellen White’s personal and office library. The Center is grateful to Terry Robertson, Seminary Librarian, and the Seminary Library Committee for providing annual funding to acquire these rare books. Ellen White’s original ...
- Photograph Database
21 June 2007The Center holds an extensive collection of over 30,000 photographs and images. The images are generally Adventist related and include a broad spectrum of categories such as people, groups, churches, institutions, mission sites, and meetings. Over the last decade the Center has been scanning these images. Currently over 7,000 are available online (www.andrews.edu/library/car/photosearch.htm). Images are scanned ...
- Pitcairn Donation
30 April 2007
During April 2007, Verdabelle A. Spaulding donated models of the H.M.S. Bounty and the Pitcairn longboat along with other significant artifacts and correspondence. Mrs. Spaulding met and interacted with Floyd and Violet McCoy. Floyd, now deceased, was a descendant of one of the original mutineers. He is the person who made the models that we house in ...
- Third Annual Ellen White and Current Issues Symposium
21 April 2007On April 2, 2007, the Center will hosted the third annual “Ellen White and Current Issues” symposium in the chapel of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. The papers, presented at the symposium, will soon be available for purchase. For your convenience, information about the presenters and program is available for download.
- Pedersen Donation
17 April 2007
Borge Shantz and the Pedersen family were present to present the papers and materials of an early missionary, Emanuel Pedersen, during the Chapel service at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary on April 17, 2007. After the Chapel service, there was an open house for them at the Center for Adventist Research. Borge Shantz spoke about Emanuel ...
- Archiving the Adventist Web
21 October 2006In the fall of 2006 an exciting new project was launched at the Center. The rapid proliferation of Adventist related Internet resources has led us to begin archiving the Adventist Web. The Website Archive project creates an electronic duplicate of Internet sites that are operated by entities and organizations in the Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook. We ...
- Seminary New England Adventist Heritage Tour 2005
21 August 2005August 14-21, 2005, the Center and the Theological Seminary are conducting a New England Adventist History Tour that will be led by Jerry Moon and Merlin Burt. This tour allows seminary students to earn academic credit and provides a rich opportunity to connect with Adventist heritage.
- First Annual Ellen White and Current Issues Symposium
4 April 2005On April 4, 2005, the Center hosted the first “Ellen White and Current Issues Symposium” in the chapel of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. We are right now in the process to publish the papers of the symposium. The booklet will be probably available at the end of July. Link to Program
- First Publication in the Heritage Treasures Series
21 January 2005Our first publication in the Heritage Treasures Series is now available. We have an original copy in our vault of the 24 page tract by William Foy entitled The Christian Experience of William E. Foy Together with the Two Visions He Received in the Months of Jan. and Feb. 1842. This tract was published in ...
- Review and Herald Donation of the Rare Materials from Their Editorial Library
21 December 2004On December 15, 2004, the Review and Herald donated to CAR the rare materials from their editorial library. Merlin Burt and Jim Ford packed up the several thousand volumes and brought them to Andrews in a truck. We are in the midst of accessioning them. The collection will remain distinct as a legacy of the ...
- Significant Donation of Ellen G. White Rare Materials
21 November 2004In November the Center received a significant donation of Ellen G. White rare materials from Judy Blodgett which were collected by her late husband Ralph. Ralph spent much of his adult life collecting nearly every early publication by Ellen White. Not only were we able to expand our own Ellen White holdings but this donation ...