Highland Avenue Friends Church, 1874-1996

Record Group

Identifier: 24

Staff Only

Content description

Records consist of church programs, written histories, brochures, business/financial documents, blueprints, correspondence (including Herbert Hoover), minutes, directories, legal documents (Articles of Incorporation), and membership records.

Dates

Creation: 1874-1996

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is available for research.

Historical note

Extent

0.75 Cubic Feet (1 half-size blue box and 1 magazine box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Summary

Reverend F. Marion George arrived in Salem, Oregon, in 1890 to start a Friends church in the area. A church building was dedicated on March 22, 1891. The building was demolished in 1921 and a new building was dedicated on Feb. 19 of the next year. Records consist of church programs, written histories, brochures, business/financial documents, blueprints, correspondence (including Herbert Hoover), minutes, directories, legal documents (Articles of Incorporation), and membership records.

Related materials note

Four fragile documents have been removed and housed with MS.02, the George Fox University Collection on Herbert Hoover because they contain the President's signature, an 1887 letter of membership transfer from Cedar County Iowa to Hillside Friends Church (1887), and two donation letters on White House stationery from the President's secretary (dated 1930 and 1932). The letter dated August 11, 1926, and signed by Herbert Hoover, expresses his interest in the new church building construction and his plans to contribute $100 towards the construction.