Colorful stamps portraying life on Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific are displayed at the Heritage Room of the James White Library at Andrews University. The collection was given to AU by retired Seventh-day Adventist minister R. S. Shepard. Behind the stamps is a color reproduction of the mission schooner ...
Several old photos show the mission schooner Pitcairn, which made six voyages to Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific between 1890 and 1900. The two log books at the top were used by Pastor E. H. Gates to record details of its trips from October 2, 1890, when it first ...
Diaries and other items pertaining to the first missionaries to Pitcairn Island were given to the Heritage Room of the library at Andrews University by Mrs. Bessie Ellyson of Paradise, California. The room now has the complete set of log books and diaries written by Pastor and Mrs. E.H. Gates, ...
These three diaries tell how difficult sailing can be between San Francisco and the South Pacific island of Pitcairn. They were written at sea in 1894, 1895, and 1896 by John Graham, captain of a 112-foot, two-masted vessel named after the island With his sextant, the diaries came to Andrews ...
Pitcairn's Log Book, kept by E. H. Gates, who was the first missionary to Pitcairn Island. Book I is the closed book; Book II is open to the entry for December 1891. The inkwell is at the bottom left.