Aymond William Anderson papers, 1945-1975

Collection

Identifier: MSS-Bio-10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Aymond Anderson papers cover three boxes of 4.5 cubic feet. They date approximately between 1945 amd 1975.

Most of the folders are sermon notes. Some folders are labeled by topic, and the alphebetized folders retain the titles of the original folders. Other original folders that were unlabeled are now labeled "Sermons".

The Notes were found in the folders of articles and pamphlets. The Ephemera folder contains a selection of material saved from the articles and pamphlets folders. Included are writings on antisemitism, atomic weapons, problems with the Revised Standard Version Bible, and the rapture. There are also papers from the installation of officers of the Bethel Women's Association, the dedication of Sunday School officers, and the installation of officers of the Bethel Baptist Brotherhood.

The alphabetized binders contain subject cards that correspond to sermon topics, which served as an index to his saved articles and pamphlets.

The photographs contain portraits, preaching photos, and other church photographs.

Two DVDs are included in this collection, containing three sermons by Anderson dating to 1994 to 2001. The other disc holds his memorial service from November 2005.

Dates

2025-02-04 - 2025-02-25

Creator

Anderson, Aymond William, 1906-2005 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for researcher use.

Biographical note

Aymond William Anderson was born in October 1906 in Chisago County, Minnesota, to William and Anna Olson Anderson. He attended Moody Bible Institute, graduating in 1934, then Bethel Junior College and Bethel Theological Seminary, graduating in 1938. Some of the churches he pastored were Addison Street Baptist Church in Chicago, Immanuel Baptist Church in Denver, and Bethel Baptist Church in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin. He died in 2005 in Wadsworth, Illinois.

Extent

4.5 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection retains the original order of the sermons, as well as the folders' original labels.

Custodial History

It is unclear when this collection was donated to the archives. The DVDs and photographs were added from the archive's biography folder.

Separated Materials

Anderson kept many clippings, articles, and pamphlets as reference that were discarded during processing in 2025. None of the discarded material were written by Anderson. Some of the materials included the Foreign Missionary Advance, Quote: The Weekly Digest, The Watchman-Examiner, Defender Magazine, Christian Life, The Mission Post, Badger Prohibitionist, The Christian Reader's Digest, The Christian Digest, the Bethel Clarion, The Standard, Conservative Baptist, The Free Methodist, Milwakee Sentinel, Youth Today, and unlabeled clippings. Repeated content includes marriage and divorce, Judaism and Palestine, Sunday School, Communism, alcohol, missions, evangelism, patriotism, and other subjects.