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Edmond Ronayne Allen and Family
No full textFormal family portrait of the Edmond Ronayne Allen family. Edmond Ronayne Allen was born on November 9, 1876, in Portage, Wisconsin. He was converted at the age of 17 and attended school in Battle Creek, Michigan. At the age of 21 he was married to Augusta Grobe in Wisconsin. He spent many years in conference and self-supporting work, and lay evangelism. He had one son, Russell Allen and one daughter, Addie Pembroke
Lora E. Clement's Piano
No full textThis piano belong to Seventh-day Adventist editor and columnist Lora E. Clement. Clement is best known for her inspirational column, "Let's Talk It Over" that appeared in "The Youth's Instructor" magazine. She is also credited for increasing the magazine's circulation from 25,000 to 50,000. Her column was turned into a book that was published under the same title in 1940
Owen Russell Loomis Crosier
No full textThis photographic reproduction of Owen Russell Loomis Crosier originally appeared in the book "The Founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Denomination" (1939) by Ludwig (Louis) Conradi. Crosier was a Millerite preacher and editor, from Canandiagua, New York. He collaborated with Hiram Edson and Dr. F. B. Hahn in publishing a small Millerite paper, the "Day-Dawn.
Merritt E. Cornell
No full textPhotographic reproduction of Merrit E. Cornell standing next to a prophetic chart. Cornell was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, who is best known as an early believer of the advent teaching and the Sabbath, and he dedicated his life to preaching it. He was a Millerite minister who was converted in 1852 with his family by Joseph Bates in Michigan. He also wrote many articles and news items from experiences from the Review and Herald
Winton Henry Beaven
No full textWinton Henry Beaven was an Adventist educator, college administrator, lecturer, and broadcaster. He was president of the International Committee for the Prevention of Alcoholism. Beaven graduated in 1937 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Atlantic Union College in South Lancaster, Massachusetts. He later earned a Master’s degree from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1950. He was dean at Potomac University from 1956 to 1959 and served as dean and then president of Columbia Union College from 1959 to 1970 and provost of Kettering College from 1970 to 1983. Beaven retired in July 1983, but did not stop working at Kettering College. He served as assistant to the president for special projects
Robert Frederick Andrews
No full textHead and shoulders portrait of Robert Frederick Andrews. Andrews was a pioneer minister of the advent message. He came to the denomination after being raised Protestant when studying Adventist doctrines with J. N. [John Norton] Loughborough. During Andrews life, he was president of the Illinois-Wisconsin Conference. In 1885, he traveled to Ireland on a mission with S. H. [Sands Harvey] Lane to spread the Advent message. He had a wife and six children. He died on November 22, 1922 in College View, Nebraska
Minerva Jane Chapman
No full textPhotographic reproduction of a head and shoulders portrait of Minerva Jane Chapman. Chapman was an editor and General Conference administrator. She was married in 1857 to Oscar A. Chapman. In 1866, they moved to Battle Creek, Michigan where Minerva joined the staff of eleven workers at the Review and Herald press as a typesetter. From 1875 to 1879, she was the editor of the Youth's Instructor. In 1875, James White asked Minerva to be secretary and treasurer at the Review and Herald press. In 1876, she was elected both secretary and treasurer of the General Conference Tract and Missionary Society. From 1876 to 1883 she served as the secretary of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association. Between 1877 and 1883 she was also the treasurer of the General Conference. [Item note] Photograph printed off center
Merritt Eaton Cornell
No full textMerritt Eaton Cornell was a tent evangelist, leading debater and author of five doctrinal books. After the Great Disappointment (October 22, 1844) Merritt joined the "Age-to-Come" Adventists, who taught that the Jews would return to Israel and that individuals would have a second chance to be saved during the millennium
William H. Worcester Ball
No full textPhotographic reproduction of a head and shoulders portrait of William H. Worcester Ball. Ball was an Adventist in Washington, New Hampshire, who opposed Ellen G. White and published articles against her in "The Hope of Israel" and the Advent Christian "World's Crisis." As early as 1862 he challenged White on her 1849 statement that "the time for their salvation is past," referring to those who rejected the Adventist message in 1844. [Item note] Reproduction of photograph is printed off center. Photograph has been edited in photo software for better viewing
William Paul Bradley
No full textW. P. [William Paul] Bradley was a missionary to the Far East and associate secretary of the General Conference. He died on October 06, 1985