Grace Amadon Collection (Collection 154)

Provenance:
The collection was originally given to the Seventh-day Adventist Seminary while still
in Washington. It was donated at a later date to the Adventist Heritage Center after the
Seminary moved to Berrien Springs, MI.

Arrangement:
In most parts, the present collection was arranged by the Adventist Heritage Center.
The headings of the subject file and source documents, however, were assigned by
Amadon herself. The researcher should note that some of Amadon’s correspondence
related to a particular subject are placed with the corresponding subject file. We have
also tried to match as much as possible the subject headings in part II (Amadon’s
Writings), part III (Subject File and Source Documents), and part IV (Photostats). In
addition, there are some oversized documents. These are in Box 22. The photostat
documents are placed under subject headings without any particular order. The number
of documents under each subject heading, however, is given. There is also a list of
photostats supplied by Amadon (Box8 Fld17).

This collection contains Amadon’s research concerning chronologies and time prophecies of the Bible. The collection is divided into the following categories: 1) correspondence; 2) Amadon’s writings; 3) sources arranged by subject; 4) photostat sources.

Scope and Content:
Grace Edith Amadon (1872-1945) received her education at Battle Creek College
where she learned Greek and Latin. She was also proficient in music. In 1893 Miss
Amadon was invited by the Mission Board to go to Cape Town, South Africa, to teach
Greek, Latin, mathematics, and music at the Claremont Union College. After returning
from the mission field in about 1899, Amadon was in charge of the Battle Creek church
school for two or three years. Between 1903 and 1912 she lived in Chicago where she
served as a bacteriologist and taught pathology and other science subjects in a
Chicago college.
After spending more then twenty years caring for her elderly parents, Miss Amadon
was invited by the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to join a
specially formed research committee in January 1939.
Grace Amadon made a distinct contribution to astronomical science by confirming
the validity of the time prophecies of the Bible. She made contacts with associate
astronomers of the United States Naval Observatory and several of her articles were
accepted for publication by scholarly journals.
This collection contains Amadon’s research concerning chronologies and time
prophecies of the Bible. The collection is divided into the following categories: 1)
correspondence; 2) Amadon’s writings; 3) sources arranged by subject; 4) photostat
sources.

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