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Religion

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Reverend Clarence T. Abbott

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9015
Abstract

Oral history interview with Reverend Clarence T. Abbott conducted by Roberta Watts on July 6, 1978. Abbott was an Espicopalian priest and mental health counselor at William Temple House in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1978 July 6

American Catholicism and immigration

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2400
Abstract

Typescript term paper regarding the history of Catholic immigrants in Oregon, specifically Irish, German, Italian and Polish Catholics.

Dates: 1973 March 15

George H. Atkinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1152
Abstract

Papers of an Oregon missionary, educator, scientist, and publicist who played a key role in establishing Oregon's public school system. Includes letters of George H. Atkinson and his wife, Nancy Bates Atkinson, as well as speeches, journals, and ephemera.

Dates: 1814-1953; Majority of material found within 1847-1878

Oral history interview with Jean M. Beatty

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9570
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jean M. Beatty conducted by Charles Digregorio on July 1, 1976. Beatty discusses the life and career of her father, Albert A. Morrison, a minister at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1976 July 1

The beginnings of the Orthodox Church in Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2274
Abstract

Typescript copy of a history of the Orthodox Church in Oregon, especially the Orthodox Eastern Church and Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1975

Oral history interview with Richard F. Berg

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2414
Abstract

Oral history interview with Richard F. Berg conducted by Leigh Coffey in August 1996. Berg discusses his work as a Catholic priest in Portland, Oregon, particularly his work with people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Dates: 1996 August

George Bolter diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 830
Abstract

Notebook or diary containing comments on religion, quotations, current events and remedies.

Dates: circa 1893

Brownsville Presbyterian Church records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2548
Abstract

Collection includes photocopied typescript minutes, 1857-1888; a centennial history; and a photocopied membership roll, 1961. Also included is a transcription of an obituary and a poem about church member Sarah Blakely, wife of James Blakely, that were found inside a Blakely family Bible.

Dates: 1857-1961

Bryant family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2748
Abstract Rev. Earl H. Bryant (1856-1929) was a Methodist clergyman in Portland, Oregon. He married Agnes Cook and they had one son, W. L. Bryant. Collection includes correspondence from W. L. Bryant to his parents, 1918, discussing infectious diseases and quarantine practices in Salem, Oregon, and dances; correspondence from William H. Cook, 1916-1918, regarding life in southern California; sermons and sermon notes, 1852-1858; and correspondence between Uplift Publishing Company and Agnes Bryant,...
Dates: 1852-1918

John S. Burns scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2471
Abstract

Scrapbooks containing typescripts of sermons given by John S. Burns at First Presbyterian Church in Corvallis, Oregon; the Federated Churches (Presbyterian-Congregational) in Corvallis; First Presbyterian Church in Lebanon, Oregon; and on radio station KOAC, Corvallis. Some scrapbooks also include research materials, clippings, and ephemera.

Dates: 1930-1941