North Pacific Yearly Meeting records

Collection

Identifier: Coll 795

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of records relating to the annual Quaker meeting North Pacific Yearly Meeting and its participants. Materials include records not only from the annual meetings, but from related monthly and officers' meetings, as well as committee records, policy handbooks, correspondence, and membership directories. The collection also contains some photographs of members and meetings. Additions to the collection consist of records of the predecessor organization Pacific Yearly Meeting; records of the North Pacific Yearly Meeting records from the 1970s and 1980s; and membership records for the Corvallis Monthly Meeting, the Salem Monthly Meeting, and the Willamette Valley Monthly Meeting.

Dates

Creation: 1954-2005

Creator

North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Administrative History

The North Pacific Yearly Meeting a meeting of Pacific Northwest congregations of the Religious Society of Friends (colloquially known as Quakers). Its roots in Oregon date to the formation of the Oregon Yearly Meeting of Friends Church in 1893. In 1947, Quakers in the western United States formed the Pacific Yearly Meeting of Friends; in 1973, Quakers in the Northwest began the North Pacific Yearly Meeting. The attendees of these meetings emphasize social action based on a divinely inspired love for one's neighbor.

Source: "Quakers in Oregon," by Ralph Beebe, Oregon Encyclopedia, https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/quakers_in_oregon/

Extent

6.61 Cubic Feet (5 record cartons; 1 slim letter document case; 1 legal document case; 1 slim legal document case)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Minutes, directories, correspondence, and other records relating to the Quaker gathering North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends from 1972 to 2005, and related materials.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in six series: Series 1. Institutional records; Series 2. Meeting records; Series 3. Committee records; Series 4. Directories; Series 5. Other materials; Series 6: Additions.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gifts of Carl Abbott made between 1997 and 2013 (Accs. 23212, 24001, 25366, 27983); additions gift of the North Pacific Yearly Meeting, care of Carl Abbott, October 2023 (RL2023-059).

Related Materials

Additional records of the North Pacific Yearly Meeting are designated North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends records, Mss 2541, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Separated Materials

Issues of Friends Bulletin and Multnomah Monthly Meeting Newsletter were separated to Serials Collections, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.