History of the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index Part One

by

Marilyn Crane
Loma Linda University

Behind the successful implementation of worthy endeavors lies the vision, perseverance, and energy of committed human beings. There are those who have ideas, those who can carry them out, and those who move mountains. All three categories of individuals have been active throughout the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDA Periodical Index). This paper is a survey of those efforts and accomplishments and is presented in celebration of the thirty-year anniversary of the index’s publication.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION (1932 – 1951)

Initially, early dreams for an index to Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) periodical literature apparently occurred at an individual level. Perhaps the urgent need for an index was discussed informally as librarians from the various SDA colleges corresponded or saw each other, but there is no corporate endeavor by SDA professional librarians reported until 1951. (2) Documentation for years prior to that is sparse.

Theofield G. Weis can be credited as being the first to lay the foundation for the SDA Periodical Index. In later years he recalled that the need for an index was “hanging heavy on my heart since 1932.” (3) Weis was librarian and librarian emeritus at Washington Missionary College – now Columbia Union College (CUC) – from 1935 until his death in 1971. The CUC library was named in his honor in 1967 after his retirement.

Over the years Weis indexed ten Seventh-day Adventist journals which variously covered the years 1865 to 1969 for a total of 492 volumes. This endeavor was supported, at least in the 40’s, by financial support from the state of Maryland (a National Youth Administration project), and college administrative support was present as well. (4) This index, later called the SDA Retrospective Index, was arranged alphabetically by author, title, and subject, and comprised 270,648 three-by-five cards in a card index which still resides in the SDA Room at the Weis Library. Unfortunately, technology for sharing information, as we know it now, wasn’t available then so Weis’ work couldn’t be shared easily or economically with other SDA colleges. (5)

D. Glenn Hilts is the other SDA librarian who was tireless in his efforts to produce an index for SDA periodical literature. While librarian at Union College, he attended an American Library Association meeting in New York City in 1937. There he visited the H. W. Wilson Company to learn about their indexing process and, most likely, the idea for a SDA index began for him then. (6) From Union College, Hilts went to Atlantic Union College in 1941 and then to La Sierra College from 1948 to 1972 where he retired.

Taciturn by nature, Mr. Hilts, was highly regarded by colleagues throughout SDA college libraries. He has been respectfully referred to as “dean of librarians” (7) and, in recent years, the D. Glenn Hilts Scholarship was established in his honor by the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians. He saw the need to provide a list of subject headings uniquely suited to Adventist topics and created one. He was regarded as a scholar and his knowledge of cataloging and indexing along with attention to detail was greatly valued by SDA librarians.

Both Theofield Weis and D. Glenn Hilts, opposites in temperament, were important participants in preparing the way for the creation of an index to SDA periodical literature. Both were consummate professionals; both saw the need for a tool to help information seekers and created indexes at their respective libraries to achieve this goal ; both equipped themselves with the knowledge to bring a solution to the problem; and both were active in championing such an index. One wishes there was more documentation available about their efforts – and others – during these “silent years.”

COOPERATIVE INDEXING EFFORTS (1951 – 1968)

Cooperative efforts to create an index began when SDA professional librarians started meeting in conjunction with SDA academics. These meetings, variously titled, usually occurred every three to six years during the 50s through the 70s. The urgent need for an index and suggestions for ways to produce one was a constant theme at these events. Proceedings, some detailed and some brief, were published for all of the meetings except the one in 1951. (8)

The meeting at Emmanuel Missionary College (EMC) in Berrien Springs, Michigan, February 4- 7, 1951 is the earliest documented meeting at which SDA professional librarians met as a group. A proposal for a periodical index was presented by Arlene Marks who

“studied the possibility of producing a SDA periodical index, and estimated the cost of 7,000 entries per year (without inclusion of union conference or division papers) to be between $3,500 and $9,000 per year. Estimating 100 potential subscribers, she concluded that libraries could not afford to pay $350 – $900 per year for an index. She suggested heavy financial support from the colleges, with the GC and North American SDA publishers as two other potential sources of income, and suggested Takoma Park as the place of publication. She also spoke of the need for retrospective indexing, and special SDA subject headings.” (9)

It is evident that the high cost of indexing as well as need for subsidizing was recognized early in the index’s history.

Arlene Marks study and remarks suggest that communication of some type had been occurring between the librarians prior to this meeting. Evidently there had been a meeting before 1951 where it had been suggested that a study be undertaken. (10) At any rate, cooperative group action was beginning. A resolution “for the establishment of an Index of Seventh-day Adventist Periodicals” was voted. Suggested organizational methods, procedures, and periodicals to index were listed in detail. An “investigation and planning committee” consisting of “H[olger] Lindsjo, D. G. Hilts, and A. N. Brandon” was voted with Lindsjo as chair. It was also voted to use a subject heading list “such as that made up by Mr. Hilts” and a name authority list such as the one used by the Review and Herald. (11)

The “spirit was strong” but the “flesh” was unable to accomplish the voted objectives. This failure was noted by Alfred Brandon, chair of the next meeting in August 1957. In his introduction to the proceedings of that meeting, he stated that the results of the 1951 meeting “are negligible.” Undaunted, the librarians gathered at Washington Missionary College (WMC), to began a new assault on finding a way to produce a periodical index. Lois Walker from Pacific Union College (PUC) presented a paper titled “Cooperative Indexing of SDA Periodicals” in which she noted that “only LSC, UC, and WMC were currently doing SDA indexing with La Sierra’s the most complete.” Uniformity, however, was lacking in these indexes. She also covered the following concerns: a need for retrospective indexing and a list of SDA subject headings, an analysis of how cards could be shared, and the possible cost of a cooperative index. (12)

Also at the same meeting, D. Glenn Hilts told about La Sierra’s indexing plan and Theofield Weis told of the indexing project at WMC. In the afternoon Mr. Hilts gave a workshop on indexing SDA periodicals. Sample worksheets were provided along with a copy of La Sierra’s index procedure manual. Several of the resolutions from this historic meeting are notable. Mr. Hilts was asked “to prepare his list of S. D. A. subject headings for mimeographing” [the Supplementary List of Subject Headings for the Cooperative Seventh-day Adventist periodical Index]. La Sierra was asked to put their work-sheets for 1950-1954 in index form and to explore the cost of putting the index in book form so the information could be shared with the other libraries. And finally, it was recommended that the librarians “voluntarily pledge their individual and united effort in the production of an index.” A two-paged “Index Working Agreement” was detailed with the name of the index stated as the Co-operative Index to S. D. A. Periodicals. (13)

In December 1957, volume one of the S. D. A. College Library Newsletter, for SDA librarians, was published (as was voted at the August meeting). Edited by Floda Smith of Union College, this new venture covered a variety of subjects including the cooperative indexing project. In that first issue, a two-paged supplement, written by Mr. Hilts titled “Assigning Subject Headings for the S. D. A. Periodical Index,” was included. In issue number two (April 1958), it was noted that worksheets for five journals had been sent out and those who hadn’t participated yet were encouraged to make their contribution. Mr. Hilts indicated that he felt the cooperative project was “coming along nicely.” Much of the work was on his shoulders he was checking the work sheets that had been sent to him and his indexing of the Review and Herald was up-to-date and the carbon copies ready to send out. Cooperative indexing was a labor intensive affair!

The next SDA professional librarian’s meeting was in August 1961 at Southern Missionary College. D. Glenn Hilts was unable to attend because of illness. Grace Prentice (later Holm) from La Sierra led a discussion/demonstration about the indexing of SDA periodicals and the assigning of subject headings. Two periodical titles listed in the 1957 index agreement were reassigned to other libraries after these libraries had be unable to index them. In recognition of the difficulty inherent in cooperative indexing, it was recommended that centralized indexing be explored, that indexing be done by “a trained librarian,” and that such an index be “sponsored jointly by the General Conference and our colleges and universities with the ultimate goal of having this index cumulated in book form.” There was also a recommendation to re-list the unfulfilled 1957 resolutions “with minor changes to bring them up to date.” (14)

The 1965 SDA librarian’s meeting was held at La Sierra College from August 18-25. Floda Smith’s summary about SDA indexing is found in the proceedings of that meeting. D. Glenn Hilts presented a brief history of the indexing project. The discussion that followed touched on the following points: having the index in book form; central indexing of the journals; one person in charge of this indexing who would receive training by the H. W. Wilson Co.; seeking a General Conference (GC) appropriation; and using Xerox to prepare cumulations. It is evident that the cooperative indexing project was still active but what is not clear is how widely this project was supported by the all SDA college libraries. (15)

Mary Jane Mitchell from Andrews University told of a Review and Herald proposal to publish a complete index for the Review from “1849 to present.” Recommendation III from this meeting stated that the index should be in a similar form to H. W. Wilson Co. publications; that “the index be prepared in such a way that copies will be available to our college libraries”; and that when a cumulative index be prepared that it would “include other SDA periodicals as soon as possible.” (16) A comprehensive Review index never became a reality but SDA librarians had been alert to using this opportunity to promote the need for a general index to SDA periodicals.

In the next few years other activities occurred showing that the need for a “real” index was intensifying. George Summers (Loma Linda University) in the 1966 S. D. A. College Library Newsletter called for a “more unified and permanent form than the way we have been doing it the past few years piecemeal, college by college.” He suggested that such an index be centrally done and become self-supporting. (17) Summers followed up this suggestion in February of the next year when he wrote letters to various California based charitable foundations requesting $15,000 to “publish a subject, author, title index to Seventh-day Adventist periodical literature.” He further explained that the funds would be used for hiring a professional librarian and a half-time clerk and for publishing the first year’s index along with mailing and advertisement costs. It was thought that once the project was started there would be subscribers both from within and without the denomination. Unfortunately, no funds were available from these sources. (18)

In 1967 it was reported in the S. D. A. College Library Newsletter that the “first issue, January 1, 1967, of the new SDA Index to Periodicals had been published by Dick Sharffenberg [sic.] at Kettering Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.” (19) This was an independent index. (20) In July of that year Theofield Weis sent a letter to SDA librarians sharing his concerns about the need for a reliable index. He saw two distinct needs: a retrospective “composite” index up to 1966 (building on the work accomplished thus far) and a cumulative index from 1967 on (he saw hope in the Scharffenberg index). He gave a brief history of his own indexing efforts at CUC and told of accepting an invitation from Liberty to index that journal from volume 1 to 61 (1906-1966). He urged the librarians to report on the status of indexing on their campuses (what titles and volumes had been indexed) and to “pursue this vital problem with all seriousness.” (21)

AN INDEX IS CONCEIVED, OR, A “LEAP IN THE DARK” (1968 – 1971)

Momentum for a “real” index was building and 1968, in retrospect, was the turning point. That year the professional librarian’s meeting was held at Andrews University, August 20-27.

“Thomas Geraty of the GC met with the group to again discuss the proposed index to SDA periodicals. He reported that the college administrators had looked with favor on this idea in their meeting at Walla Walla in 1967. However this action had never been reported to the librarians. An ongoing SDA Periodicals Index Committee comprised of Mary Jane Mitchell, D. Glenn Hilts, Floda Smith, George Summers, and Margaret von Hake was appointed to work on this project.” (22)

The Committee recommended that a “current and continuing” index be addressed; that it be sponsored by a SDA educational institution or the GC Dept. of Education; that it be done by an experienced indexer or cataloger; that a “three-month experiment be carried on to determine the costs”; and 26 journals to be indexed were listed. (23)

Loma Linda University Library volunteered to conduct the project and work began in early 1969 with Keith Clouten and Marilyn Crane planning the project and doing the indexing on a part-time basis. Forty-seven SDA periodicals published between January and March 1969 were indexed by author and subject. Twenty of these publications were comprehensively indexed and the other twenty-seven (mostly division, union, and departmental papers) were selectively indexed. Children’s publications were excluded. Indexing was completed in early June resulting in nearly 3,000 author, subject, and cross-reference cards being typed. These cards were alphabetized and xeroxed for the printer. In a letter to Mary Jane Mitchell, chair of the committee, Keith Clouten, revealed that during the first quarter of the year, indexing “occupied the equivalent of one librarian for 27 hours weekly for thirteen weeks, and a clerical/typist for 20 hours weekly for the same period.” (24)

A cost study was made, a detailed report written, and a Manual of Method and Style compiled to formally report the results of the pilot study. Though indexing was completed by mid-year, it took another six months before a published product was available. Meanwhile, Keith Clouten kept Mary Jane Mitchell informed of progress while George Summers sought Loma Linda University administrative support for the cost of printing the pilot project and postage. Mr. Summers was also in contact with Kenneth Wood, editor of the Review and Herald, informing him about the upcoming publication and its history. (25)

750 printed copies of the index were ordered and received January 1970. Copies were first mailed to Mary Jane Mitchell and the index committee, then to SDA librarians and thought leaders such as GC officers, union conference presidents, publishing house managers, presidents and deans of North American colleges and universities, as well as many others. A cover letter explaining the project and a questionnaire accompanied each of these mailings. (26)

With the mailing of the index completed in February, Mary Jane Mitchell and George Summers turned their energies to educating influential church leaders in order to generate support for the index. Such support was strong at Andrews. Mrs. Mitchell on the advice of J. G. Smoot, academic vice-president at Andrews, contacted Dr. Charles Hirsch, secretary of the GC Dept. of Education, suggesting that the index project be brought to the up-coming Spring Council. He responded and asked that she write a proposal to be presented to the Council. He wanted the following information included: the index project resulted from a vote at the 1968 Quadrennial Council on Higher Education; SDA librarians supported the project; an estimation of costs and how would the money be used; and suggesting that the publishing houses help fund it. (27)

In order to strengthen the proposal for Spring Council, Mary Jane Mitchell asked Keith Clouten to send her a preliminary impression of questionnaire results. He complied with a preliminary analysis (mostly positive) based on 212 completed questionnaires that had been received by March 17. In a March 31 letter to both Mrs. Mitchell and George Summers, Dr. Thomas Geraty shared a copy of a resolution prepared by the Education Department to present at Spring Council. Hopes were high, but nearly two months went by before official word was received. (28)

On May 12, Mary Jane Mitchell wrote a letter to Dr. Hirsch asking to know how the index had fared at Spring Council. She had learned informally through a telephone call with Dr. Geraty that the resolution had been held over until Autumn Council. In order to inform her committee she needed written official word from the Education Dept. It was a disappointing turn of events but Mrs. Mitchell was determined that the project would not be forgotten and would be brought up at Autumn Council. She received an official reply from Dr. Hirsch dated May 22 and learned that the index would be discussed at the June Educational Advisory Council in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She was invited to attend the June 8 pre-session to speak on behalf of the index which she did. George Summers also joined her. (29)

The presentation at the Educational Advisory Council apparently went well. By the end of July a progress report had been received from Walton J. Brown of the Education Dept. It was learned that a small committee had been appointed to study the financial implications of the proposal and the proposal had been referred to the Autumn Council. Mary Jane Mitchell, realizing the political implications of this opportunity, sent letters to Dr. Hirsch and Dr. Richard Hammill, president of Andrews University, asking for their support at Autumn Council. Unfortunately, hopes were dashed again in October when it was learned that the index proposal had “died on the floor” at Autumn Council. Those whose financial pockets would be affected had voted against it despite a valiant defense by Dr. Hammill of Andrews University, Dr. Bieber of Loma Linda University, and others (Mrs. Mitchell and Mr. Summers had done their homework by educating their presidents!). A slight glimmer of hope remained, however, since the matter was referred to the GC for further study and a report be brought back to the 1971 Autumn Council. (30)

It was soon after that George Summers made the decision to take a “leap in the dark.” The index project had come too far to be abandoned. After discussion with Grace Holm at La Sierra, it was decided that she would work full time on the indexing project for the next eighteen months with her salary being paid from the library budget. Plans for finding a more secure financial base would move ahead but at least the index would continue for the present. Mr. Summers informed his staff and Mary Jane Mitchell of the plan. The battle wasn’t over but a plan was in place! (31)

The early history of the SDA Periodical Index is one of perceived need, strategic plans, and thwarted hopes. At least two librarians, Theofield Weis and D. Glenn Hilts, carried out successful but limited individual attempts to fill the need for an index prior to 1951. Effective ways to share these indexes weren’t easily available. Various cooperative attempts waxed and waned from the 50’s through the 60’s. 1970 was a crucial year for the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index. It can be described as riding a roller coaster. Mary Jane Mitchell and George Summers came very close to achieving financial support for an index that year, yet political circumstances dangled the solution beyond their reach. In fact, it seemed as if the door had been permanently closed. These intrepid individuals didn’t give up. In fact, their actions set the stage for the next phase of the index’s odyssey.

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Notes:

1. General Note: In preparing this paper I have had access to files of George V. Summers at the Del E. Webb Library and Periodical Index Correspondence, 1969-1971 and Aletha Fletcher files, 1970-1971 at the James White Library.
2. “Meetings of SDA Professional Librarians Prior to the Formation of ASDAL” by Harvey Brenneise. ASDAL Action, v. 11, no.2, Winter 1992, p. 5.
3. Theofield G. Weis: Letter to SDA Librarians, dated July 18, 1967. (Periodical Index Correspondence files, 1969, AU)
4. “Meetings of SDA Professional Librarians Prior to the Formation of ASDAL” by Harvey Brenneise. ASDAL Action, v. 11, no.2, Winter 1992, p. 7.
5. Note: The SDA Retrospective Index was issued in a microfiche format in 1977 at a cost of $580.00 per set. (Columbia Union College “Research Aid Information Form,” an 1986 ASDAL questionnaire)
6. Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index Report, given August 17, 1976, by Grace Holm.
7. La Sierra Alumni Today, summer, 1974, p. 6.
8. “Meeting of SDA Professional Librarians Prior to the Formation of ASDAL” by Harvey Brenneise. ASDAL Action, v. 11, no.2, Winter 1992, p. 5-11. Note: This article gives a detailed overview of the six meetings held from 1951 to 1976.
9. Ibid., p. 6-7.
10. Proceedings of the Librarians’ Section, Intercollegiate Departmental Conference held at Washington Missionary College, August 21-27, 1957, p. [1]
11. ‘The Convention of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians, Berrien Springs, Michigan, February 4-7, 1951.’ From a two-paged report “Index of Seventh-day Adventist Periodicals,” (SDAPI Correspondence File, 1969, AU)
12. Proceedings of the Librarians’ Section, Intercollegiate Departmental Conference held at Washington Missionary College, August 21-27, 1957, p. [1], 7, and 21-29.
13. Proceedings of the Librarians’ Section, Intercollegiate Departmental Conference held at Washington Missionary College, August 21-27, 1957, p. 35-41 and 89-92. Note: Also included in the detailed Proceedings (p. 10-20) is a copy of the Classification Scheme for Works of Mrs. E. G. White by D. Glenn Hilts, dated 1953.
14. Proceedings of the Librarians’ Section, Intercollegiate Departmental Conference held at Southern Missionary College, August 23-29, 1961, Resolutions and Recommendations, p. 2 and 4.
15. [Proceedings of the] Quadrennial Session of College and University Teachers, Section Meeting: Librarians. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Dept. of Education. La Sierra College, August 18-25, 1965. Sect. 11:D, p. 7-8. Note: “Mr. Hilts suggested that at times he also includes in his index, articles by denominational writers in non-denominational magazines; namely, Arthur Maxwell and F. D. Nichol,” p. 37.
16. Ibid., p. 37-38. Note: “Dr. Tippett, chairman of the Library Committee at the Review and Herald, had visited with Mrs. Mitchell on this matter. The Review and Herald Committee is anxious to have a working index at the Review and Herald office and wants the finished product to meet the approval of the librarians,” p. 38.
17. S. D. A. College Library Newsletter, December, 1966, 6 (1): 5-6. Note: Keith Clouten from Avondale College reported that an author and subject card index “of a number of denominational periodicals including most of those published in Australasian Division” had been started, p. 2.
18. George V. Summers: Letters to charitable foundations, February 1967. (LLU 8B1-629).
19. S. D. A. College Library Newsletter, May 1967, 6 (2):4.
20. Index to S.D.A. Periodicals. [Myrtle and Richard Scharffenberg]. Kettering, Ohio: Literature Searchers, 1967 (no. 1 & 2) and 1968 (v. 1, no. 1, July 1968). Note: The above are the only issues owned by the Del E. Webb Memorial Library. V. 1, no. 1 was published by Windward Press, Chico, CA. This index was intended as a monthly and an annual subscription cost of $20.00. Twenty-four journals were indexed, none of them conference or division papers.
21. Theofield G. Weis: Letter to S.D.A. Librarians, dated July 18, 1967. (SDA Periodical Index Correspondence, AU) Note: Weis died August 1971 and, unfortunately, didn’t live to see the outcome of his, and others, efforts. The first volume of the SDA Periodical Index was published in 1972. One of the outcomes of his letter to the librarians was a movement to reproduce the index he had created at CUC so other libraries could use the information. Ten years later, In 1977, this was accomplished when the Weis index was reproduced on microfiche.
22. “Meetings of SDA Professional Librarians Prior to the Formation of ASDAL” by Harvey Brenneise. ASDAL Action, v. 11, no.2, Winter 1992, p. 9. Note: The wording of the Seventh-day Adventist College Administrators action (Action CUAM ’67-30) was: “Voted, that we look with favor upon a functional Index to Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Literature, referring to the librarians for study and recommendation the details, format, and cost of such an inter-institutional service.”
23. Official Report North American Division Quadrennial Council for Higher Education, August 20-27, 1968: Relevant Teaching for Revolutionary Times. General Conference Dept. of Education, p. 121-122.
24. Keith Clouten: Letter to Mary Jane Mitchell, dated June 13, 1969. (LLU 8B1-628)
25. Various correspondence for 1969. (LLU 8B1-628 and 8B1-829)
26. George V. Summers: Letter to Mary Jane Mitchell dated January 26, 1970; George V. Summers: Letter to “Friend” dated February 3, 1970; and Keith Clouten: Letter to Mary Jane Mitchell dated March 2, 1970. (LLU 8B1-628)
27. Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to George Summers dated February 5, 1970. (LLU 8B1-628) Keith Clouten: Letter to Marilyn Crane dated March 2, 1970. (Crane’s personal file) Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to Charles B. Hirsch dated February 5, 1970; Charles B. Hirsch: Letter to Mary Jane Mitchell dated March 5, 1970; Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter, with Spring Council proposal, to Charles B. Hirsch dated March 13, 1970. (SDAPI Correspondence File, 1970, AU) Note: 135 pilot indexes were mailed to Mrs. Mitchell to be distributed to faculty and students at the Seminary. A cover letter from Mrs. Mitchell and a questionnaire were included as well. (Keith Clouten: Letter to Mary Jane Mitchell dated February 6, 1970; Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to recipients of pilot indexes dated February 24, 1970. SDAPI Correspondence File, 1970, AU). A follow-up letter was sent to Dr. Hirsch in which Mrs. Mitchell emphasized that “librarians should maintain the control of the production of the index.” She was concerned that whoever provided expense funds might be tempted to think that “anybody could do this work.” (SDAPI Correspondence File, 1970, AU)
28. Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to Keith Clouten dated March 16, 1970. (LLU 8B1-628) Keith Clouten: Letter to Mary Jane Mitchell dated March 20, 1970; T.S. Geraty: Letter to George Summers, Mary Jane Mitchell, and Librarians dated March 31, 1970. (LLU 8B1-829). Note: The final questionnaire analysis based on 302 replies – a 44% response – was completed on April 30, 1970. In general, responses were very positive. (LLU 8B1-620). Congratulary letters were received from as far away as Philippines Union College, from Pacific Press, Ministry, Signs of the Times, and from individuals such as C. Mervyn Maxwell and Fay Dickerson, editor of the Index to Religious Periodical Literature. (Fletcher Files, 1970, AU)
29. Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to Charles B. Hirsch dated May 12, 1970; Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to Keith Clouten dated May 12, 1970; Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to George V. Summers dated Mary 28, 1970; and Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to QCHE Committee on Indexing dated December 9, 1970. (SDAPI Correspondence File, 1970, AU)
30. Walton J. Brown: Letter to George V. Summers dated July 30, 1970. (LLU 8B1-629) Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to Charles B. Hirsch dated September 6, 1970; Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to Richard Hammill dated September 6, 1970; Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to George V. Summers dated October 20, 1970; and Walton J. Brown: Letter to Mary Jane Mitchell dated October 28, 1970 (similar letter sent to George V. Summers dated November 13, 1970 at LLU 8B1-629). (SDAPI Correspondence File, 1970, AU)
31. George V. Summers: Letter to Mary Jane Mitchell dated November 4, 1970; George V. Summers: Letter to La Sierra Library staff dated November 16, 1970; and George V. Summers: Letter to La Sierra Library staff dated December 28, 1970. (LLU 8B1-629) Mary Jane Mitchell: Letter to QCHE Committee on Indexing dated December 9, 1970. (SDAPI Correspondence File, 1970, AU)