Tacoma Friends Church, 1893-1991
Content description
Records for Tacoma, Washington, Friends churches: McKinley Hill, Parkview, and Northeast Tacoma are included in this collection. They comprise membership records, correspondence, brochures, newsletters, blueprint, minutes, business and financial documents, legal documents (promissory note, real estate, contract of sale, etc.), annual reports, newspaper clippings, and directories. Records for Olympic View (Tacoma area) are located under Olympic View Friends Church.
Dates
- 1893-1991
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is available for research.
Historical note
In 1904, a small group of Quakers began meeting in a store building in Tacoma. Two years later, in 1906, the MckKinley Hill Friends Church was organized by the Stanton family. Tacoma First Friends also had an early history, and was eventually renamed Parkview when a new center was built around 1977, during the pastorate of Rev. Paul Baker. According to records, discussion was made of uniting McKinley Hill and Parkview in 1977, but the nature or date of this connection with McKinley Hill remains unclear in light of records on file. On Aug. 7, 1977, the congregation met for the first time on the newly purchased property. Parkview closed on June 30, 1981, transferring furnishings and equipment to the McKinley Hill extension church.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (Includes two oversize ledgers, 1 half-size blue box and other volumes backaged with Washington state churches by Hector Munn)
Language of Materials
English
Summary
In 1904, a small group of Quakers began meeting in a store building in Tacoma. Two years later, in 1906, the MckKinley Hill Friends Church was organized by the Stanton family. Tacoma First Friends also had an early history, and was eventually renamed Parkview when a new center was built around 1977, during the pastorate of Rev. Paul Baker. According to records, discussion was made of uniting McKinley Hill and Parkview in 1977, but the nature or date of this connection with McKinley Hill remains unclear in light of records on file. On Aug. 7, 1977, the congregation met for the first time on the newly purchased property. Parkview closed on June 30, 1981, transferring furnishings and equipment to the McKinley Hill extension church. Records include membership records, correspondence, brochures, newsletters, blueprint, minutes, business and financial documents, legal documents (promissory note, real estate, contract of sale, etc.), annual reports, newspaper clippings, and directories.
Specific details note
Hector Munn has written a history of several Washington state churches and Rainier Friends Church history is included. The transcript is boxed with materials for Quilcene, Everett, and Tacoma Friends Churches.
Repository Details
Part of the George Fox University and Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Archives Repository