Congregational Church collection, 1848-1986 ; bulk : 1880-1920.

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Congregational Church collection, 1848-1986 ; bulk : 1880-1920.

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Ranging in date from 1848 to 1986, the Congregational Church Collection is an artificial collection of correspondence, printed materials, financial records, meetings minutes, and assorted materials created by Congregational churches and related associations in Oregon and compiled by the Oregon Historical Society. The bulk of the 1.5 cubic feet of the collection consists of printed material such as church bulletins, resolutions, constitutions, brochures, sermons, clippings, and event programs from various Congregational churches and associations, notably the First Congregational Church of Portland, Oregon City's First Congregational Church, the Congregational Conference of Oregon, the Congregational Home Missionary Society, and the Portland Local Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers. The collection also includes microfilmed records from the First Congregational Church of The Dalles. Individuals significant to Oregon's Congregational churches documented in the archive include George Henry Atkinson, George H. Himes, Plutarch Stewart Knight, and William Alfred Tenney.

1.5 cubic feet (4 document cases and 1 reel microfilm)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8035926

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Tenney, William Alfred, 1827-1914.

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Reverend William Alfred Tenney, a missionary in Oregon, was born in St. Albans, Maine, in 1827. He came to Oregon by ship in 1856 and served in churches throughout the state, including Eugene. From the description of William Alfred Tenney biographical materials, 1851-1961 (bulk 1914). (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 54368211 ...

First Congregational Church (Oregon City, Or.)

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Knight, Plutarch Stewart.

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Congregational Church Oregon.

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First Congregational Church of Portland (Or.)

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Congregational Conference of Oregon

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First Congregational Church (The Dalles, Or.)

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Himes, George H., 1844-1940

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George H. Himes was the curator of the Oregon Historical Society. From the description of History of immigration to Oregon, undated. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 64446580 Historian, curator, and printer George Henry Himes was born on May 18, 1844 in Troy, Pennsylvania, and he came overland to the Oregon Territory with his family in 1853. They settled near Olympia, Washington, where Himes's father Tyrus took up farming. George...

Atkinson, G. H. (George Henry), 1819-1889

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George H. Atkinson, a Congregational minister in the Pacific Northwest, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1843 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1846. Unable to accept an appointment to a mission in Africa because he had not yet been ordained, he sailed to Oregon by way of Hawaii with his wife, arriving in 1848. Atkinson originally settled in Oregon City. He prepared the first public school law in Oregon and helped plan for the forming of Pacific University. In 1963, he became pastor of...

Congregational Home Missionary Society

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