One part of a record book compiled by the Congregational Association of Oregon, with this part containing the minutes of the annual meeting held in 1860. The Association's members were church ministers and other delegates from Oregon and bordering areas. They met annually to share reports, promote Christian education, support special projects and address internal disputes. Some of the topics covered in this part of the record book include: -- Acceptance of routine reports; -- "Narrative of the Churches" describing the membership and finances of member churches, including the note that a "Ladies Sewing Circle" raised hundreds of dollars towards church expenses; -- Resolutions in support of religious education and Pacific University; -- Discussion of Sunday Schools and the religious education of children.
One part of a record book compiled by the Congregational Association of Oregon, with this part containing the minutes of the annual meeting held in 1862. The Association's members were church ministers and other delegates from Oregon and bordering areas. They met annually to share reports, promote Christian education, support special projects and address internal disputes. Some of the topics covered in this part of the record book include: -- Acceptance of routine reports; -- Approval of D.B. Gray to preach in Albany and Eugene; -- Resolution deferring decisions on creation of Home Missionary Chapters to a committee; -- Resolution regarding Secret Societies; -- Resolution by Sidney H. Marsh regarding "the state of the country" (the text of which was not recorded).
One part of a record book compiled by the Congregational Association of Oregon, with this part containing the minutes of the annual meeting held in 1863. The Association's members were church ministers and other delegates from Oregon and bordering areas. They met annually to share reports, promote Christian education, support special projects and address internal disputes. Some of the topics covered in this part of the record book include: -- Acceptance of routine reports; -- Resolutions regarding creating a Committee on Theological Studies, which would recommend coursework for young men wishing to become ministers; -- Acknowledgment of Henry Spalding's work with the Nez Perce tribe and a motion asking him to send information concerning his region; -- Resolution urging ministers to encourage students to enroll at Pacific University and Tualatin Academy; -- Resolution regarding the Civil War, reaffirming "our devotion to the Union."
One part of a record book compiled by the Congregational Association of Oregon, with this part containing the minutes of the annual meeting held in 1864. The Association's members were church ministers and other delegates from Oregon and bordering areas. They met annually to share reports, promote Christian education, support special projects and address internal disputes. Some of the topics covered in this part of the record book include: -- Creation of a Committee for the State of the Country [i.e. on matters relating to the Civil War and national politics]; -- Acceptance of routine reports; -- Resolutions by George H. Atkinson asking the American Home Missionary Society to send three more missionaries to work in Oregon and Idaho; -- Discussion of a resolution that the AHMS also appoint an Agent to serve Oregon, Washington and Idaho; -- A man namedTanner granted a license to preach; -- Resolutions in support of the Union Army and raising funds for the soldiers' Sanitary Fund; -- Resolutions recognizing that "God is freeing the slaves of our country," and that donations should be raised for the Freedman's Aid Association; the latter resolutions were adopted with amendments affirming the hope that "slavery will be entirely destroyed," but omitting fundraising for freed slaves; -- Resolution in favor of raising salaries for ministers; -- Resolution in support of inter-denominational harmony.
One part of a record book compiled by the Congregational Association of Oregon, with this part containing the minutes of the annual meeting held in 1866. The Association's members were church ministers and other delegates from Oregon and bordering areas. They met annually to share reports, promote Christian education, support special projects and address internal disputes. Some of the topics covered in this part of the record book include: -- Acceptance of routine reports; -- Acceptance of new churches in Astoria and Hillsboro; -- Creation of a new Home Missionary Committee and resolutions in support of the American Home Missionary Society; -- Resolution in support of religious education; -- Resolutions in support of "The Pacific," a religious newspaper; -- Resolutions asking church congregations to meet and invite new members, even when they had no pastor yet; -- Resolutions in support of creating Sunday Schools (or "Sabbath Schools") and creating a standing committee on the subject; -- Resolution supporting Pacific University and creation of a related standing committee; -- Resolutions in favor of Temperance.
One part of a record book compiled by the Congregational Association of Oregon, with this part containing the minutes of the annual meeting held in 1867. The Association's members were church ministers and other delegates from Oregon and bordering areas. They met annually to share reports, promote Christian education, support special projects and address internal disputes. Some of the topics covered in this part of the record book include: -- Acceptance of routine reports; -- Reading of a special report from the Visiting Committee to Pacific University, praising its educational efforts but lamenting its remote location; -- Home Missionary Committee recommending the appointment of an Agent for the Pacific Northwest by the American Home Missionary Society, which would be filled by Thomas Condon; -- Resolution recommending that churches allow I.D. Driver, an agent of the American Bible Society, to speak in their pulpits and to solicit donations; -- Resolution in support of education; -- Report on the state of the church in Oregon, describing its growth but also the difficult conditions of low population and poor economic development; -- Resolutions on the sanctity of the Sabbath; -- Report in support of Temperance; -- Statistics of member churches and a reprinting of the Articles of Faith, Constitution and By-Laws.
(Left to right) Jackson Hurren, J. A. Bruth, D. B. Raffets, and J. E. Walker were students at Pacific University in 1867. This group of men erected the petrified stump that is still on the Pacific Forest Grove campus today.
One part of a record book compiled by the Congregational Association of Oregon, with this part containing the minutes of the annual meeting held in 1868. The Association's members were church ministers and other delegates from Oregon and bordering areas. They met annually to share reports, promote Christian education, support special projects and address internal disputes. Some of the topics covered in this part of the record book include: -- Acceptance of routine reports; -- Report recommending "The Pacific," a religious newspaper published in San Francisco; -- Report of the Committee on Home Missions, noting that Thomas Condon had not been able to fulfil the role of Agent for the American Home Missionary Society (AHMS), and also noting that Oregon City needed a minister; -- Resolution recommending Obed Dickinson to become the AHMS Agent; -- Report of the Committee on Temperance, noting that church members were required to abstain from drinking alcohol and recommending the creation of youth Temperance Societies; -- Creation of a Committee on the American Bible Society; -- "Report on the Religious Condition of the Country" by George H. Atkinson, noting that only a small minority of Oregonians attended any church regularly; -- "Narrative of the Churches" by Horace Lyman, reflecting on the past twenty years and describing present challenges; -- Resolution regarding proper editions of the Bible; -- Resolution in support of missionary work among freed slaves in the South; -- Resolution in favor of a State Sunday School Convention; -- Resolution supporting Christian teachers in common schools; -- Statistics of member churches.
One part of a record book compiled by the Congregational Association of Oregon, with this part containing the minutes of the annual meeting held in 1869. The Association's members were church ministers and other delegates from Oregon and bordering areas. They met annually to share reports, promote Christian education, support special projects and address internal disputes. Some of the topics covered in this part of the record book include: -- Report by Henry Spalding, a missionary who had been teaching at the Nez Perce Reservation, complaining of attacks against the church in the press; -- Creation of a committee to address these attacks; -- Acceptance of routine reports; -- "Report on the Religious Condition of the Country" by D.B. Gray, celebrating gains by the church; -- Report on Executive Document No. 38 [an account of the "Whitman Massacre"], criticizing it as being tainted by Catholic testimony, and stating that the Jesuit priests who contributed to the report "did themselves instigate violence to the mission, resulting in the massacre" [note: Henry Spalding had long argued this viewpoint, but it is not credited by recent historians]; -- Resolutions in support of the Protestant missionaries connected to the Whitmans, especially Henry Spalding; -- "Report of the Committee on Home Missions," reporting that the American Home Missionary Society rejected the Association's request for support of an Agent for the Pacific Northwest, and recommending alternatives; -- Report on Indian Affairs, recommending against a educational plan that would have separated Native children from their parents permanently like "foundling orphans"; -- Recommendation that all member churches join more closely with Temperance groups; -- "Narrative of Churches" describing growth and challenges of member churches over the past year; -- Resolution in favor of the American Home Missionary Society sending a minister to Puget Sound; -- Statistical table of church membership.
A portrait of an unidentified woman in a dress with a bow. Originally this photo was found with Walker Family material and there is probably a connection.
Sepia-toned portrait of a young man in the frock coat of a junior officer in the Union Army during the Civil War. His coat has a single row of buttons and shoulder boards, and he wears both a belt and a sash at the waist. His hands are gloved, and one rests upon the pommel of a sheathed sword with its tip set on the ground beside of him. He wears a small mustache and muttonchops (sideburns). His forage cap appears to bear the insignia of the Infantry. He stands beside a small, square pillar and the background behind him is a romantic rural landscape. This photo was included in a collection donated by a Forest Grove resident, Ruby Bamford. The Bamford family was from England, but lived in Illinois during the Civil War. They settled in the Gales Creek area in the early 1880s. It is not known whether the photos belonged to the Bamfords or to Mrs. Bamford's natal family before their donation. See WCMpic_015180, WCMpic_015185, WCMpic_015186, WCMpic_015187, WCMpic_015188, WCMpic_015191, WCMpic_015192, WCMpic_015194, WCMpic_015198, WCMpic_015200, and WCMpic_015196 for other images from this collection.
Sepia-toned portrait of a young man with light hair, combed back, wearing the uniform of a junior officer in the Union Army during the Civil War. His long frock coat has a single row of buttons and shoulder boards, and he wears both a belt and a sash at the waist. There is a single stripe down the leg of his dark pants. He holds a forage cap in one hand and stands in front of a soft, romantic rural backdrop. This photo was included in a collection donated by a Forest Grove resident, Ruby Bamford. The Bamford family was from England, but lived in Illinois during the Civil War. They settled in the Gales Creek area in the early 1880s. It is not known whether the photos belonged to the Bamfords or to Mrs. Bamford's natal family before their donation. See WCMpic_015180, WCMpic_015185, WCMpic_015186, WCMpic_015188, WCMpic_015191, WCMpic_015192, WCMpic_015194, WCMpic_015196, WCMpic_015198, WCMpic_015201, and WCMpic_015200 for other images from this collection.
Sepia-toned portrait of a man in the uniform of a Union officer during the Civil War. He wears a double-breasted frock coat, typical of senior officers, with a belt and light colored sash and shoulder bars. The tip of his sword rests on the ground in front of him and his hands are folded over the hilt. His hair is somewhat long and combed back from his face. He has a handle-bar mustache and a long goatee which is brushed out. He stands against a plain backdrop with a United States flag draped and tied aside as if it were a curtain on his right. This photo was included in a collection donated by a Forest Grove resident, Ruby Bamford. The Bamford family was from England, but lived in Illinois during the Civil War. They settled in the Gales Creek area in the early 1880s. It is not known whether the photos belonged to the Bamfords or to Mrs. Bamford's natal family before their donation. See WCMpic_015180, WCMpic_015185, WCMpic_015186, WCMpic_015187, WCMpic_015188, WCMpic_015191, WCMpic_015194, WCMpic_015196, WCMpic_015198, WCMpic_015200, and WCMpic_015201 for other images from this collection.
Certificate of membership for the American Tract Society, awarded to Emeline (Cadwell) Clark, wife of Harvey Clark, in 1865. She and her husband arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1840 to serve as missionaries for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Harvey founded Tualatin Academy in 1849.
Sepia-toned portrait of an officer wearing the uniform of a Union officer in the Civil War. He wears frock coat with a double-breasted 14 button front over pants and shoes. His hair is curly and parted on the side and he has a goatee. He stands with one hand on a classically styled pillar and the background behind him is romantically rural. This photo was included in a collection donated by a Forest Grove resident, Ruby Bamford. The Bamford family was from England, but lived in Illinois during the Civil War. They settled in the Gales Creek area in the early 1880s. It is not known whether the photos belonged to the Bamfords or to Mrs. Bamford's natal family before their donation. See WCMpic_015185, WCMpic_015186, WCMpic_015187, WCMpic_015188, WCMpic_015191, WCMpic_015192, WCMpic_015194, WCMpic_015196, WCMpic_015198, WCMpic_015201, and WCMpic_015200 for other images from this collection.
Sepia-toned studio image of a light-complexioned woman sitting in a chair. One arm rests on a table, holding a book open to an illustrated page. Her long-sleeved dress is made of striped material, buttons up the front, and is gathered into a belt at the waist. A 'V' in dark ribbon decorates her visible shoulder and lines the edge of a pocket just visible in her skirt. The collar is simple and white, as are the cuffs of her sleeves. Her hair is dark, parted in the middle, and held back in a low bun or possibly a snood.
Sepia-toned image of a group of children arrayed on a boardwalk outside a dark wood building. The smallest children sit with their feet dangling over the edge of a boardwalk, with larger children seated and then standing in rows behind them. The girls in the front two rows wear full, short dresses of varying prints and colors, some pinafores and many with shoulder ruffles. The boys wear dark short pants and jackets. The third and fourth rows the girls wear dark dresses with white collars, the boys dark suits with white shirts beneath them. Some of the girls have bonnets, almost all have their hair pulled back in the front and loose down their backs. The girls in the back row wear shirts tucked into skirts, some dark and some light. All the girls war their hair parted in the middle and either pulled back entirely or fastened back above their ears and hanging loose. Two women at the right end of the back row wear dark dresses with full sleeves, and their hair is parted in the middle and pulled back. Four men stand in the back of the group against the building; they wear dark suits and white shirts, and most are bearded. Three children peer through a window next to the group, on holding a small child sitting on the sill with her feet outside. A man to the side of the image wears a dark suit and a bowler hat. and the two small trees on either side of the children are in full leaf. The foreground is a grassy yard.
Sepia-toned image of a group of children arrayed on a boardwalk outside a dark wood building. The smallest children sit with their feet dangling over the edge of a boardwalk, with larger children (mostly girls) seated and then standing in rows behind them. The girls in the front two rows wear full, short dresses of varying light prints with pantaloons; the boys wear dark short pants and jackets, most with jackets. The third and fourth rows the girls wear dark dresses with white collars, the boys dark suits with white shirts beneath them. Some of the girls have bonnets, almost all have their hair pulled back in the front and loose down their backs. Two adult women to the right of the image have hats, and one wears a dark jacket over a long white skirt. The building has glass-paned windows and the two small trees on either side of the children are in full leaf. The foreground is a grassy yard.
Cyrus Walker family portrait. An inscription on the back identifies them from left to right as Mrs. Cyrus Walker, (i.e. Lucy Maria Tanner Walker), Miss Tanner (the sister of Lucy Maria), and Mr. Cyrus Walker. Cyrus and Lucy Maria married in 1859, and this was likely taken within a few years afterwards, before their daughter was born in 1865. The sister is not identified by name, but is most likely Susan Lucinda Tanner, who would have been about 15 years old in 1860. The other Tanner sister, Emily, was only 11 at that time.
Sepia-toned portrait of a young man in the frock coat of a junior officer in the Union Army during the Civil War. His coat has a single row of buttons and shoulder boards, and he wears both a belt and a sash at the waist. His hands are gloved, and one rests upon the pommel of a sword with its tip set on the ground in front of him. His hair is combed back from his face and he wears a mustache and goatee. Behind him, the background is a romantic rural landscape. This photo was included in a collection donated by a Forest Grove resident, Ruby Bamford. The Bamford family was from England, but lived in Illinois during the Civil War. They settled in the Gales Creek area in the early 1880s. It is not known whether the photos belonged to the Bamfords or to Mrs. Bamford's natal family before their donation. See WCMpic_015180, WCMpic_015185, WCMpic_015186, WCMpic_015187, WCMpic_015188, WCMpic_015191, WCMpic_015192, WCMpic_015194, WCMpic_015198, WCMpic_015200, and WCMpic_015201 for other images from this collection.
Cyrus Walker was the oldest son of the early Oregon Territory missionaries Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker. He grew up at Tshimakain in the 1830s-40s, where he learned the native Spokane language. After joining the U.S. army during the Civil War and then attempting to make a living as a farmer, he became a teacher at the Warm Springs Indian Agency. These letters, documents and clippings shed light on his experiences as a missionary, a soldier, a pioneer and a teacher at Warm Springs. This collection was donated to Pacific University by Betty Thorne, a descendant of the Walkers.
Cyrus Walker was the oldest son of the early Oregon Territory missionaries Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker. He grew up at Tshimakain in the 1830s-40s, where he learned the native Spokane language. After joining the U.S. army during the Civil War and then attempting to make a living as a farmer, he became a teacher at the Warm Springs Indian Agency. These letters, documents and clippings shed light on his experiences as a missionary, a soldier, a pioneer and a teacher at Warm Springs. This collection was donated to Pacific University by Betty Thorne, a descendant of the Walkers.
