Newberg Friends Church, 1878-1999

Record Group

Identifier: 49

Staff Only

Content description

Records consist of brochures (including centennial), programs, Twin Rocks/Tilikum camp papers/rosters, Vacation Bible School, birthday lists, minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, newsletters, church bulletins, directories, a Bible class certificate, guest and membership records, overseer reports, newspaper clippings, photos, slides, written histories, scrapbooks, presentation notes, Friends cemetery reports/correspondence, annual reports, publications, magnetic recording tapes, constitution, student handbooks, minutes, transcribed sermons, checks, memoirs/reminisces, legal documents/deeds, *Herbert Hoover correspondence, building plans, Reta P. Hansen papers and books, land contracts, and newsletters. Various publications included are titled as follows: "The Focus on Newberg Friends;" "George Fox College Bulletin;" "Youth Hotline;" "The Rapping Paper;" "The Newberg Friend;" "The American Friend;" "Memo to Exiles;" "A Letter from Friends;" "Jr. Hi Jabber;" "Timely Tidbits;" "The Friendly Endeavor;" "Parent's Page;" "The Collegiate;" "Wednesday News and Prayer Notes;" "Praise and Prayer Calendar;" "In Focus;" "Intercom;" "Your NFC"

Dates

Creation: 1878-1999

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is available for research.

Historical note

The Newberg (Oregon) Monthly Meeting began in the home of David J. Wood on June 1, 1878, then known as the Chehalem Monthly Meeting. William Hobson was heavily involved in the meeting's beginnings. The interior of the group's first meeting house was completed in the summer of 1883. In 1886, membership had already reached 356. The group then moved to the Friends Pacific Academy gym. The school itself later moved and left the land formerly belonging to the Academy to the Monthly Meeting. The Oregon Yearly Meeting was established in June of 1893, to be thereafter headquartered in Newberg. This, along with the college move, prompted the building of the current hurch building. Though not fully completed in the summer of 1893, the new church held the opening sessions of the first annual convention of Oregon Yearly Meeting.

Extent

11 Cubic Feet (4 record boxes, 10 half-size blue boxes, 8 magazine boxes, and 4 volumes (fragile membership ledgers are located separately on ST-1 until they can be wrapped) )

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Summary

The Newberg (Oregon) Monthly Meeting, organized in 1878, was first called the Chehalem Monthly Meeting. Membership had reached 356 by 1886. Though not fully completed, the new church held the opening sessions of the first annual convention of Oregon Yearly Meeting in 1893. Records consist of brochures, Twin Rocks and Tilikum campground papers, minutes, correspondence, misc. reports, financial records, newsletters, church bulletins, directories, membership records, photos, slides, written histories, scrapbooks, Friends Cemetery reports/correspondence.