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Roy F. Cottrell
No full textPhotographic reproduction of Roy F. Cottrell. Roy F. Cottrell was the grandson of Roswell F. Cottrell (1814-1982), a pioneer in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He was married to Myrtie Ball in 1902. He gave over 60 years of service in both America and China as a missionary for the church. He also authored several books and eight series of the Sabbath School lesson. He died on December 12, 1970
Roy F. and Myrtie Cottrell
No full textFormal portrait of Roy F. Cottrell and his wife, Myrtie. They were married in 1902 and together they were missionaries in China
Michael Belina Czechowski Home
No full textIn 1865, Seventh-day Adventist evangelist, Michael Belina Czechowski moved to Grandson, Switzerland, after doing missionary work in Italy. The marker on the photograph shows the first house where Czechowski's family lived. See also SDA0433
P.T. Senior and Anna Catherine Magan
No full textPortrait of Percy Tilson Magan, Sr. with his wife, Anna Catherine. Percy Magan held the office of Justice of the Peace (J. P.) for County Westmeath in Ireland. The Magans gave birth to Percy Tilson Magan Jr. on November 13, 1867. Magan Jr. would later go on to be an administrator for the College of Medical Evangelists (now Loma Linda University.)10 x 16 c
Robert E. Cleveland, PhD
No full textA contact sheet containing a series of five photographs of Robert E. Cleveland, PhD sitting behind his desk in his office.10 x 21 c
Milian Lauritz Andreasen
No full textHead and shoulders portrait of Milian Lauritz Andreasen. Andreasen was a Seventh-day Adventist theologian, pastor and author. He was one of the Seventh-day Adventist church's most prominent theologians during the 1930s and 1940s. Andreasen held to the belief that Christians can overcome sin, known popularly as Last Generation Theology, controversial for its views on atonement and salvation. Andreasen became well known for his protests against Seventh-day Adventist church leaders during the last years of his life. Andreasen served as president of the Greater New York Conference (1909 - 1910), president of Hutchinson Theological Seminary (1910 - 1918), dean of Atlantic Union College (1918 - 1922), dean of Washington Missionary College (now Washington Adventist University) (1922 - 1924), president of the Minnesota Conference (1924 - 1931), president of Union College, Nebraska (1931 - 1938), and field secretary of the General Conference (1941 - 1950). He taught at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary (now located at Andrews University) from 1937 - 1950
Wesley I. Amundsen
No full textSheet for engraving and scan-a-graver featuring two (of the same) images of Wesley I. Amundsen. Amundsen He entered denominational work in 1922 as a pastor-evangelist in Minnesota. Then he served five years in Bolivia as treasurer and president. He headed departmental work in Texas, Oklahoma, and the Southwestern Union. For two years he was president of the Texico Conference. For 11 years he was lay activities secretary of the Inter-American Division and developed the first lay preachers' institutes. Later he was an associate secretary of the General Conference Lay Activities Department. He was president of Madison College, and for 16 years was executive secretary of the Association of Privately Owned Seventh-day Adventist Services and Industries. He was also secretary of North American Missions. He was the author of Sons of the Incas, Advent Message in Inter-America, Behold the Lamb, and The Power of Pentecost. His wife, Betty, survives. Review and Herald, May 22, 1975
Martha D. Amadon
No full textPortrait of Martha D. Amadon sitting in a wicker chair. Martha was the eldest daughter of John Byington, the first teacher of a school established at Buck's Bridge, New York, by her father in 1853, which is held to be the first school organized for Seventh-day Adventist children. In 1860, she married George W. Amadon. She was the first president of the first Dorcas Society, and held many sewing bees in her living room at Battle Creek. According to a photograph found on the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists web site, this particular photograph was taken on March 28, 1934 on Martha's 100th Birthday
William Henry Branson
No full textHead and shoulders portrait of William Henry Branson. Most of Branson's connection with the Seventh-day Adventist church was in the capacity of an administrator, in North America as well as overseas. He was an author and General Conference president (1950-1954)
Mary Diechy Andrews
No full textHead and shoulders portrait of Mary Diechy Andrews. Mary was the wife of Charles Melville Andrews. She died on June 04, 1931