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Religion

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

Portland Methodist Preacher's Meeting records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1454
Abstract

The Portland Methodist Preacher's Meeting was an association of Methodist ministers in the Portland, Oregon area. Collection includes constitution and bylaws, 1883 and 1944-1945; minutes, 1883-1892, 1917-1931 and 1944-1950; financial records, 1924-1950; programs; and list of members.

Dates: 1883-1950

Portland Unitarian Church plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3014
Abstract

Collection includes 14 elevations and plans on 12 sheets for the Unitarian Church at SW Yamhill St. and SW Broadway Ave. in Portland, Oregon, by architecture firm Peabody & Stearns of Boston, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1878-1879

Presbytery of the Cascades records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2483
Abstract

Collection includes minutes, programs, and reports; a directory, 1975; and flyers and committee reports, 1989.

Dates: 1974-1989

The Protestant Ladder; a history and description of the Ladder as given before the National Society of the Colonial Dames in Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2283
Abstract

Typescript, June 26, 1951, with corrections, regarding the Protestant Ladder as a method of teaching religion to Native Americans by early Protestant missionaries.

Dates: 1951 June 26

William Roberts letter to William Kibbs

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 928
Abstract

Letter from William Roberts (1812-1888) to William Kibbs, which includes Roberts' impressions of the Oregon Territory. Roberts was a Methodist missionary who was the superintendent of the Oregon Methodist Mission from 1847 to 1853, and was a trustee of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.

Dates: 1850 October 15

Eric L. Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1467
Abstract

Eric L. Robinson was a Methodist minister active in anti-war and other social movements. Collection includes correspondence, 1964-1974; and information sheets, reports, minutes, newsletters, statements and resolutions of groups such as Clergy and Laity Concerned about Vietnam (CALCAV), Greater Portland Area Council of Churches, Portland United Nations Association and World Without War Council.

Dates: 1961-1974

Royal family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1628
Abstract Collection includes diaries, reminiscences, speeches, and other writings of Thomas Fletcher Royal, including an account of overland journey to Oregon, 1853; journal of William Royal, 1870; diary of William Watson Ebey Royal, 1876; chronicles of Portland Academy and Female Seminary, 1859-1875; genealogy gathered by Stanley Olin Royal; papers of Umpqua Academy; diaries and correspondence of various Royal family members; diaries of William Royal, 1855-1857, and T. F. Royal, 1867-1869; student...
Dates: 1849-1912

Royal family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 975
Abstract

Papers of the Royal family of Oregon. Brothers Charles Royal (1798-1878) and William Royal (1796-1870) emigrated to Oregon in 1852 and 1853, respectively. William Royal was a Methodist minister who founded the Centenary Methodist Church (later Centenary-Wilbur Methodist Church) in East Portland; his sons Thomas Fletcher Royal (1821-1911) and James Henry Bascom Royal (1830-1910) were also Methodist ministers.

Dates: 1827-1937

William Royal diary and bible census

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 915
Abstract

Diary of William Royal (1796-1870), and notebook he used to record information about bible ownership in Portland, Oregon. Royal was a Methodist minister who came to Oregon in 1853, and who lived in Portland in the 1860s.

Dates: 1858-1864

Sketches of the Men's Resort in Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5316
Abstract

Pen and ink sketches of the lower bedroom and Sunday services at the Men's Resort and People's Institute at SW 4th Avenue and W. Burnside Street in Portland, Oregon. The Men's Resort, a ministry to men in need of food, housing, and jobs, was sponsored by the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church in Portland.

Dates: circa 1896-1940