Papers, 1897-1936.

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Papers, 1897-1936.

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Papers include: Correspondence (1913-1914) received from numerous social and religious advocacy groups, including the Oregon Anti-Saloon League and the Oregon Social Hygiene Society; notes on "Noncompulsory Military Training Bill" (1936), including report to the City Club of Portland on adoption or defeat of proposed bill; record of funerals and weddings (1895-1896, 1904) conducted by William G. Eliot, Jr. for the First Unitarian Church of San Francisco (includes a few entries from Portland in 1904); record of births, christenings, weddings, and funerals (1897-1899) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (includes entries from Oregon, 1901-1906); church membership address book (1917) of First Unitarian Church in Portland.

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