Photograph Album of Seventh Day Adventist Missions in South Pacific

1932
Manuscript Collection #1297
Creator(s)
Unknown
Physical description
0.25 Cubic Feet, 1 archival box, consisting of a photograph album and negatives.
Preferred Citation
Photograph Album of Seventh Day Adventist Missions in South Pacific (#1297), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No restrictions

This collection consists of a single photo album that documents, housing, local life and customs, cremation ceremonies, animals, and Seventh Day Adventist Missions in various Southern Pacific Locations.


Biographical/historical information

Seventh-day Adventists are Christians who hold the bible as the ultimate authority. They look to Jesus Christ alone for salvation, believe the bible introduces you to the Christian God, they uphold the importance of the Sabbath, and have always prioritized mission work around the world. In the beginning of the 1900s, the Seventh-day Adventist Church reorganized their efforts in order to ensure their beliefs would be taught around the world. This began the push for missionaries to go out and spread their message. In the 1920s-1930s, the church sent out more than 100 missionaries worldwide.

The photo album shows Gus Brandall and Miles Melville on a mission trip through the Caribbean, Panama Canal, and many Southern Pacific locations such as Pago Pago, Moorea, Tahiti, Fiji, Aruba, Australia, New Zealand, and Bali.


Scope and arrangement

The photo album chronologically documents a Seventh Day Adventist Outreach Mission in the Caribbean, Panama Canal, and many Southern Pacific locations such as Pago Pago, Moorea, Tahiti, Fiji, Aruba, Australia, New Zealand, and Bali.


Administrative information
Custodial History

January 23, 2017, 0.25 cubic feet; Photograph album (1932) documents stops in Caribbean, Panama Canal, and many Southern Pacific locations such as Pago Pago, Moorea, Tahiti, Fiji, Aruba, Australia, New Zealand, and Bali. Photographs depict housing, local life and customs, cremation ceremonies, animals, and Seventh Day Adventist Missions. Purchased with state funds from Ten Pound Island Book Co., Gloucester, MA.

Source of acquisition

Purchased from Ten Pound Island Book Co.

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.


Key terms
Topical
Seventh-Day Adventists--Missions--Australia--Pictorial works
Seventh-Day Adventists--Missions--Oceania--Pictorial works

Container list
Box 1 Folder a Photo Album, 1929-1932