Lents Friends Church, 1906-1973
Content description
Records include business documents (building plans, property, etc.), newsletters: "The Aeronaut Friend;" "Quaker Beacon;" "Lents Friends News", church event brochures, church bulletins, directories, annual reports, newspaper clippings, minutes, membership transfers/withdrawals, photos, blueprints, a brief written history, and correspondence. A bound volume of the Abstract of Title is housed separately on the shelf.
Dates
- 1906-1973
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is available for research.
Historical note
The Second Friends Monthly Meeting (Portland, Oregon) was organized on December 1, 1909 with 46 charter members. The work was begun by Edward and Myra B. Smith, who were also the first pastors. A building was contracted Iin 1906 by Mrs. Smith, and a new church was finished in 1925, during the pastorate of F. J. Cope. In 1960, plans were made for an addition and restoration to the church.
Extent
2 Cubic Feet (4, half size blue boxes, and one bound volume)
Language of Materials
English
Summary
Portland (Oregon) Second Friends Monthly Meeting was organized in 1909 with 46 charter members. Records include business documents (building plans, property, etc.), newsletters and publications, church event brochures, church bulletins, directories, annual reports, newspaper clippings, minutes, membership transfers/withdrawals, photos, blueprints, a brief written history, and correspondence.
Repository Details
Part of the George Fox University and Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Archives Repository