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Aitken, James.

Papers, 1959-1986.
1 ft.
Includes articles, clippings, pictures concerning the beginnings of Adventist World Aviation.

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American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA).

Records, 1953-
14 ft.
The ASDA collection includes organizational documents, administrative files, records and reports relating to activities, publications, correspondence, financial reports and some component records. Also included is a limited selection of the British Society for the Advancement of Anesthesia in Dentistry newsletters, programs, publications and miscellaneous materials.

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The Association of Seventh-day Adventist Optometrists (ASDAO).

Records, 1956-1986.
2.5 inches.
Records consist of general correspondence, minutes of professional meetings, minutes of the women's auxiliary, constitution, financial statements, programs, bulletins, newsletters and lists with membership/attendance.

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Baby Fae.

Papers, 1984-1989.
8 ft.
Primarily papers dealing with the first heart xenotransplantation in a newborn, performed at Loma Linda Medical Center by Dr. Leonard Bailey and his team, October 26, 1984. The collection includes correspondence, reports, minutes, financial documents, legal documents, clippings, photographic material, audio and video recordings. The largest bulk of material includes correspondence (positive and negative) received by Dr. Bailey, Baby Fae and her parents.

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Ballenger, E.S. and Mote, Donald.

Papers.
8 ft.
Correspondence, clippings, journals, manuscripts, articles, and tracts. Ballenger/Mote were two Adventists who apostatized. The original collection is held at Andrews University in Michigan.

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Barnard, James F.

Papers, 1955-1980.
1 ft.
SDA missionary physician. Consists of correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous.

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Battle Creek Sanitarium & Food Company.

Artifacts.
Pioneer Seventh-day Adventist medical institutions in which SDA concepts of health and healing were given their first public demonstration. Includes boxes of Kellogg's Corn Flakes, dishes and silverware, exercising machines and weights, medicinal bottles, and medical case.

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Brinsmead, Robert D.

Papers, 1960-1966.
1 ft.
SDA dissident. Contains mainly articles, pamphlets, reports concerning the Sanctuary Doctrine.

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Burden, John Allen, 1862-1942.

Papers.
5 ft.
Administrator. He played an important part in the purchase of the Loma Linda Property in 1905. Includes 1894-1910.

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Corliss, John Orr, 1845-1923.

Papers.
1 ft.
Evangelist missionary. Contains scrapbooks, photographs, notebook and three Bibles (1890).

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Courville, Cyril Brian, 1900-1968.

Papers.
84 ft.
Neuropathologist, teacher, author, founder of medical institutions. A leading authority in neuropathology. He served on the faculty of Loma Linda University. Includes articles, Bible studies, book reviews, certificates/diplomas, clippings, correspondence, courses, drawings, manuscripts, medical records, pamphlets, photographs, reports, scrapbooks.

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Crooks, Hulda, 1896-1997.

Papers.
4 ft.
Known as Grandma Whitney, Queen of the Mountain. At the age of 64 Hulda Crooks began mountaineering and then she climbed every peak in California. Includes articles, awards/certificates, artifacts, photos, clippings, correspondence, diaries, 1935-1960, 1967, 1969-1989, 1991.

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Evans, Irwin Henry, 1862-1945.

Papers.
4 ft.
Administrator, General Conference vice-president, author. Contains artifacts, Bibles, correspondence, diplomas, financial documents, legal documents, family records, manuscripts, photographs, and scrapbooks.

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Hanson, Dela.

Papers.
3 ft.
Missionary nurse to Ethiopia. Contains albums, artifacts, correspondence, clippings, paintings, photographs, and scrapbooks.

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Hara, Hatsuji James, 1888-1977.

Papers.
5 ft.
Most noted Japanese-American graduate from Loma Linda University. For 45 years Dr. Hara served in southern California and taught several generations of medical students, interns, residents, and practicing surgeons at the White Memorial Hospital. Includes correspondence, certificates of recognition, diplomas, legal documents, photographs, plaques, manuscripts, scrapbooks.

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Jorgensen, Niels Bjorn, 1894-1974.

Papers, 1923-1978.
8 ft.
A pioneer in dental anesthesiology, served Loma Linda University as professor of anesthesiology in the School of Medicine and Dentistry. His papers reflect his professional, research and public activities. Includes articles, addresses, clippings, correspondence, legal documents, manuscripts, and teaching materials.

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Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852-1943.

Papers, 1878-1978.
46 rolls of microfilm.
Surgeon, inventor of surgical instruments, pioneer in physiotherapy and nutrition. His original papers are owned by the University of Michigan.

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Loma Linda Sanitarium & Loma Linda Foods.

Artifacts.
Loma Linda was purchased in 1905 by Elder John A. Burden acting on E.G. White's counsel. Includes cups, dairy boxes and medicine boxes, medical and surgical instruments, medicine bottles, plaques, postcards, and serving plates.

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Loma Linda University.

Records.
215 ft.
The university was founded as the Loma Linda College of Evangelists in 1905 and chartered as the College of Medical Evangelists in the State of California in 1909. The institution became Loma Linda University on July 1, 1961. Consists of correspondence from the President's office (Newton Gudron Evans, Edward Henry Risley, Percy Tilson Magan, Walter Macpherson, Godfrey Tryggve Anderson, V. Norskov Olsen, Norman J. Woods) as well as from the offices of the vice presidents, the deans of the schools, and the Director of University Library, financial statements, minutes, publications, reports, school bulletins and brochures.

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McReynolds, Mary Cook, 1880-1955.

Papers, 1901-1953.
4 ft.
Physician, teacher at College of Medical Evangelists and Pacific Union College. Consists of articles, artifacts, brochures, clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, notes, pamphlets, photographs.

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Memorabilia.

An outstanding collection of items produced by the church and its organizations and institutions through the years. Includes diplomas, games, honors (Old Missionary Volunteers), ingathering cans, memory verse cards, mugs, pennants, pins and sashes, postcards of Adventist institutions.

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Miller, William, 1782-1849.

Artifacts.
American farmer and Baptist preacher who announced the imminent coming of Christ and founded the Millerite movement, giving rise to a group of Adventist bodies. Includes memorabilia from William Miller's home.

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Moran, Frank Adams, 1901-1977.

Papers.
2 ft.
Chaplain, evangelist and pastor, missionary, and teacher. He was member of the faculty at Loma Linda Academy for nine years and at Loma Linda University for more than 30 years. In 1975, at age 74, Elder Moran and his wife went to Youngberg Memorial Hospital in Singapore where he was chaplain and taught classes in personal evangelism in Southeast Asia Union College. Consists of articles, artifacts, courses, Bible studies, pamphlets.

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Moran, Frank B., 1866-1945.

Papers.
2 ft.
Physician, administrator, and teacher. Dr. Moran taught at Healdsburg College, then served as medical director of the St. Helena Sanitarium, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Battle Creek Sanitariums. Includes articles, Bible studies, correspondence, photographs, and sermons.

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Pettis, Jerry L., 1916-1975.

Papers, Records, 1966-1975.
190 ft.
He was the first member of the SDA Church to be elected to the Congress of the United States (House of Representatives). Includes articles, awards, bills, clippings, correspondence, diplomas, memorabilia, photographs, pamphlets, press radio addresses, releases, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speeches. In 1975 Jerry Pettis died when his private plane crashed. His wife, Shirley (1975-1978), followed him in Congress. Her papers documenting years served in Congress are also included in the collection.

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Photographs.

Over 10,000 prints and negatives illustrating the history and various activities of Loma Linda, American Medical Missionary College, Battle Creek College, Battle Creek Sanitarium, Western Health Reform Institute, White Memorial Hospital, Millerite material, Adventist schools and churches, and foreign missions.

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Pitcairn Island.

Artifacts.
18 items.
Includes objects mostly handcrafted from the Pitcairn Island (British island possession in the south-central Pacific Ocean).

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Remondino, P. C.

Papers.
13 ft.
Includes articles, drawings, and manuscripts.

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Reynolds, Keld John, 1897-1985.

Papers.
12 ft.
Professor of History, academic administrator, and secretary of the Department of Education of the General Conference of SDA's. He taught at Loma Linda University between 1954-1964. Consists of articles detailing the history of Loma Linda, bulletins, correspondence, diplomas, minutes, notes and pamphlets. Notable is his book, Sunshine, Citrus and Science, about the history of Loma Linda.

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Richards, H.M.S., 1894-1985.

Papers.
1 ft.
Radio pioneer, speaker, author. He was the founder of the Adventist radio broadcast Voice of Prophecy. Consists of articles, correspondence, books, pamphlets, and radio log notes.

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Robinson, Dores Eugene, 1879-1957.

Papers.
2 ft.
Secretary, compiler, and editor. In 1905 he married Ella White, Ellen White's eldest granddaughter, whom he had met in Australia. He continued as secretary and compiler for Mrs. White until her death in 1915. The last years of his work were spent as a staff member of the White Publications, first at Elmshaven and then in Washington, D.C. Contains articles, Bible studies, correspondence, manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, and sermons.

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San Francisco Central Church.

Records, 1871-1928.
1 ft.
Contains applications for membership, articles, church programs, correspondence, ledgers of membership dues, minutes, pamphlets, photographs, and tracts in foreign languages.

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Sanderson, Arthur E., 1881-1962.

Papers.
4 ft.
Pastor and evangelist. He spent most of his forty years of ministry in the Atlantic Union. He also served as an assistant home missionary secretary of the General Conference. Includes articles, Bible correspondence course, manuscripts, pamphlets, scrapbook with clippings on lectures of Arthur G. Daniells and Sanderson.

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Schubel, George.

Papers, 1929-1964.
20 ft.
Physician. Includes articles, artifacts, bulletins, clippings, correspondence, courses, lectures, manuscripts, memorabilia, notes, pamphlets, photographs, posters, and scrapbooks.

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Shryock, Harold Edwin, 1902-

Papers.
24 ft.
Emeritus professor of anatomy of the School of Medicine of the Loma Linda University, author and administrator. Consists of articles, books, correspondence, manuscripts, lectures, notes, syllabus, and textbooks.

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Simpson, Winea Juanita, 1901-1974.

Papers.
3 ft.
Teacher, physician, dietician. She was a graduate of Pacific Union College and College of Medical Evangelists. For more than a quarter Century she worked in the San Bernardino County Health Department. Includes books, correspondence, diaries, family album, and photographs.

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Sound and Video.

Includes videotapes (1,012), 16 mm films (500), cassettes, tape recordings, disk recordings, slides, wire recordings, sermons by Adventist leaders and missionaries and mission spotlights, some going back into the 1940's.

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Spicer, William Ambrose, 1865-1952.

Papers.
1 ft.
Missionary, editor, administrator. He was the president of the General Conference of SDA's between 1922-1930. Includes articles, correspondence, manuscripts and pictures.

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Stirling, Betty.

Papers, 1964-1981.
5 ft.
Loma Linda University, Director of Faculty of Family and Community Studies in the Graduate School; and editor of Medical Arts and Sciences, a quarterly journal of the School of Medicine. Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry. Includes articles, bulletins, clippings, correspondence, lectures, manuscripts, minutes, publications, pamphlets, and reports.

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Sutherland, Edward Alexander, 1865-1955.

Papers.
1 ft.
Educator, physician, college founder. Includes articles, clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, and notes.

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Sutherland, M. Bessie De Graw, 1871-1965.

Papers.
1 ft.
Pioneer educator and editor. She served for a time as educational secretary for the Lake Union Conference. Contains articles, correspondence, clippings, legal documents.

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Taylor, Clifton Lindley, 1882-1963.

Papers.
3 ft.
Author, teacher and pastor. Includes Bible studies, clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and pamphlets.

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Unruh, Tobias Edgar, 1894-1982.

Papers.
5 ft.
Teacher and principal of several academies, president of the Wisconsin Conference, East Pennsylvania Conference, and Indiana Conference. Between 1963 and 1973 he served in the trust services department of the Southeastern California Conference. Includes articles, artifacts, correspondence, pamphlets, and tapes.

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Voice of Prophecy.

Papers.
124 ft.
A religious ministry that includes a daily and weekly radiobroadcast and Bible correspondence school with headquarters in Newbury Park, California. Includes articles, artifacts, magnetic tapes, minutes, music scores, photographs, and pamphlets.

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Vollmer, Henry W., 1981d.

Papers.
2 ft.
Medical Director of the Loma Linda California, St. Helena, California, and Glendale, California Sanitariums and Hospitals, also Medical Secretary of the Pacific Union Conferences of SDA's. Dr. Vollmer, Mr. Dick Emerson and Elder John Burden were a committee of three who selected the location of La Sierra Campus of the Loma Linda University in 1922. Includes articles, clippings, correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, pamphlets, and scrapbooks.

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Walton, Harold M., 1892-1980.

Papers.
2 ft.
A former medical secretary of the General Conference, he also served for a number of years at the College of Medical Evangelists and Loma Linda Sanitarium and Hospital. He was the first Seventh-day Adventist man to graduate from the dietetic course, and also the first to be admitted as a member to the American Dietetic Association. At Loma Linda he organized the School of Dietetics of the College of Medical Evangelists and served as its first dean. Includes articles, clippings, correspondence, diplomas, manuscripts, pamphlets, and photographs.

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Warren, Luther, 1864-1940.

Papers.
1 ft.
Evangelist, youth leader. Co-founder of the first Seventh-day Adventist young peoples' society. Includes articles, artifacts, clippings, correspondence, photographs and songs.

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