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Religion

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

A Catechism of Christian Doctrine

 Collection — Leg.814
Identifier: NWYM-01-23
Abstract

A pamphlet explaining the basic doctrinal beliefs of the Oregon Yearly Meeting.

Dates: 1906

Northwest Yearly Meeting Administration Records

 Collection — Item Legacy.365
Identifier: NWYM-01-27
Abstract

Records from the administrative offices of the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends. Includes records of peacemaking conferences and teaching, Friends Religious and Literary Journal, Family Ministry, Quarterly Meeting Records, Friends Youth Organization record, and minutes from the administrative actions of the Northwest Yearly Meeting, and slides from the Boise Valley Area Meeting, Newberg, and other parts of Oregon.

Dates: 1970-1988

Alaska Missions Collection

 Collection — NWYM.01.11.01
Identifier: NWYM-01-11-01
Abstract The Alaska missions collection consists of the history of the Alaskan Natives in Douglas, Kake, and Kotzebue Alaska. The collection contains correspondence between the missionaries and their sponsors, photographs of both the missionaries and Native Americans, as well as documents pertaining to the mission. It offers a glimpse into the lives of both the missionaries and the Native Americans through the documents provided. The Alaska Missions Collection shows different aspects of life from the...
Dates: 1880-1975

Harold Antrim Collection on Quakers and the History and Doctrine of the Society of Friends

 Collection
Identifier: MS-41
Summary Harold Antrim is a recorded minister of the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Churches; this collection represents over fifty years of his efforts to collect biographical and historic Quaker-related materials and information about the Society of Friends. A folder of Quaker women's biographies span three hundred years from the late seventeenth into the twenty-first centuries. Quaker pamphlets, magazine and newspaper clippings provide descriptive materials about the Friends religion,...
Dates: 1963-2008; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1989

Christian Endeavor Lesson Helps

 Collection — Item Legacy.360
Identifier: NWYM-01-24
Abstract

Lesson helps for the Christian Endeavor.

Dates: 1938-1947

Northwest Yearly Meeting Committee and Board records

 Collection — Item Legacy.348
Identifier: NWYM-01-13
Abstract

Records from the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends including friends fund, commission on media, board minutes, and executive council minutes.

Dates: 1918-1989; Majority of material found within 1969-1989

Northwest Yearly Meeting Constitution and Discipline

 Collection — Item Legacy.354
Identifier: NWYM-01-15
Abstract

Constituion and Discipline, otherwise known as Faith and Practice, of the Northwest Yearly Meeting, previously the Oregon Yearly Meeting from 1895-2009. Also contains Constitution and Discipline from the American Yearly Meeting, and the Five Years Meeting.

Dates: 1895-2009

NWYM Executive Council and Board records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: NWYM-01-14
Abstract

Minutes, budgets, and correspondence from the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends from 1974-1979.

Dates: 1974-1979

Northwest Yearly Meeting Financial Reports and Moral Issues

 Collection — Item Legacy.350
Identifier: NWYM-01-17
Abstract

Collections include financial reports from individual churches/monthly meetings, and the Women's missionary union. In additon it contains records related ot moral concerns of the NWYM including war, sexuality, and LGBTQ issues.

Dates: 1971-1984