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MS-08-07-Box.1

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Joseph G. Reece Papers

 Collection — Container: MS-08-07-Box.1
Identifier: MS-08-07
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence of Joseph G. Reece, the General Superintendent of Oregon Yearly Meeting of Friends Church, from 1945-1951. Handwritten notes and an unpublished report dated 1944 relate to Quaker missions in Bolivia. In addition to Joseph Reece's correspondence, the collection contains transcripts of inspirational radio addresses by Eli Reece, Joseph Reece's father.

Dates: 1891-1951

Peggy Senger Parsons Collection

 Collection — Container: MS-08-07-Box.1
Identifier: MS-08-06
Abstract

Peggy Senger Parsons used the materials in this collection for her biography of Quaker leader and minister Charlotte Macy. Peggy's biography "Dream Handles: the life of Charlotte Macy" is also included in the collection.

Dates: 1952-1977

Nathan B. Pierson Collection

 Collection — Container: MS-08-07-Box.1
Identifier: MS-08-08
Abstract

Nathan B. Pierson, a Friends pastor in several states from the 1940s through the 1970s, donated this collection of marriage licenses, funeral services and obituaries, and Quaker pamphlets. The certificates and funerals are documents from the various locations where he and his wife Hazel ministered.

Dates: 1938-1979; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1968

Peggy Senger Parsons Collection on Charlotte Macy, 1952 - 1977

 Sub-Series — Container: MS-08-07-Box.1
Abstract

Materials and original photographs used to prepare Peggy Parson's biography of Charlotte Macy.

Dates: 1952 - 1977

Nathan B. Pierson Collection of Marriage Certificates, Funeral Services, and Quaker Pamphlets, 1940 - 1970

 Sub-Series — Container: MS-08-07-Box.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection of four folders focuses on three themes: marriage licenses “to be retained by the person performing the ceremony”; funeral services and obituaries, and Quaker pamphlets. Nathan Benbow Pierson’s pastoral ministry was in Kansas, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. The certificates and funerals are documents from the various locations where he and his wife Hazel ministered. The retention of the Quaker documents illustrate his valuation of their teachings.

Dates: 1940 - 1970