Episcopal Church Collection, circa

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1 Overview of the Collection Title Dates Episcopal Church Collection circa (inclusive) Quantity 9 cubic feet (15 document cases, 4 flat boxes, 1 custom box, 1 oversize folder, 5 reels microfilm) Collection Number Mss 88 Summary Repository Access Restrictions Collection of materials assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to the Episcopal Church in Oregon. Includes papers relating to Bishops Thomas Fielding Scott, Benjamin Wistar Morris, Charles Scadding, and Walter Taylor Sumner; other clergy members; local churches; materials relating to Good Samaritan Hospital, Bishop Scott Academy, and St. Helens Hall, all of Portland; and records of the Women's Auxiliary. Much of the collection was assembled by Rev. Edward H. Clark. Also includes microfilm of church records for various Oregon parishes, including the Missionary Diocese of Eastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library Davies Family Research Library Oregon Historical Society 1200 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR Telephone: Fax: libreference@ohs.org The collection is open to the public. Languages Sponsor English. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Historical Note The first Bishop of the Diocese of Oregon, Thomas Fielding Scott, arrived on April 22, 1854, five years before Oregon became a state, four years after the first Episcopal services were read on the bank of the Willamette River at Champoeg, and a year after the first congregations were organized. His responsibilities included all of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and parts of Montana. After 1863 this was reduced to what is now Oregon and Washington, and in 1880 Washington became a separate diocese. In 1907 the Missionary Diocese of Eastern Oregon was formed to serve congregations east of the Cascade Range. The first Episcopal Church, Trinity, was consecrated in Oregon on September 24, In 1861 the first issue of the Oregon Churchman was published as a tool for education and propaganda. Early activities of the Diocese included the founding of educational institutions, such as the girls' school 1

2 St. Helen's Hall (1869), the boys' school Bishop Scott Academy (1870), both in Portland; and the establishment Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland (1875). Bishops of the Diocese of Oregon include Thomas Fielding Scott ( ), Benjamin Wistar Morris ( ), Charles Scadding ( ), Walter Taylor Sumner ( ), Benjamin Dunlap Dagwell ( ), James Walmsley Frederic Carman ( ), Matthew Paul Bigliardi ( ), and Robert Louis Ladehoff (1985-). In 2001, the number of congregations in the diocese was seventy-seven. Content Description Records include: papers and clippings of former Bishops and Diocese officials; Diocese of Oregon Scrapbook ( ); Diocese of Oregon 125th Anniversary (1976); date book of Bishop Charles Scadding ( ); seal of the Diocese of Oregon (1925); Board of Missions minutes ( ); missionary convocations ( ); Oregon Clericus minutes and correspondence ( ); Diocesan Auxiliary minutes ( ); Women's Auxiliary annual reports ( ); and Good Samaritan Hospital scrapbook ( ). There are church parish news clippings and ephemera including those for Trinity Church in Portland. Records also include school materials, such as those for the Bishop Scott Academy ( , ) and St. Helen's Hall. Bishop files cover bishops Thomas Fielding Scott, Benjamin Wistar Morris, Charles Scadding ( ), Walter Taylor Sumner, Benjamin Dunlap Dagwell, James W. F. Carman, and Matthew P. Bigliardi, although the bulk of the materials relate to Bishops Morris, Scadding and Sumner. Bishops' materials include correspondence, biographical materials, clippings, scrapbooks, ephemera, and the diary of Bishop Scadding. Microfilm contains records of churches in the Missionary District of Eastern Oregon, mostly dating from the 1940s through the 1960s. Also included is microfilm of records of churches in Portland, Newport, Oakland, Sellwood, and the office of the Diocese of Oregon. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any publication use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners. Preferred Citation Episcopal Church Collection, Mss88, Oregon Historical Society Research Library Administrative Information Arrangement 2

3 The collection is arranged in the following series: Series A: Bishops, Series B: Other Clergy Members, Series C: Episcopal Institutions, Series D: Individual Churches, Series E: General Files, Series F: Women's Auxiliary, Series G: Microfilmed Records, Acquisition Information The collection was assembled by the Oregon Historical Society from a variety of sources. Donors include: Arthur C. Spencer III; and Susan Sammons, Aug. 18, 1986, Library Acc Processing Note The box numbers appearing in the container list below often do not follow a straight numeric order. This is due to the varying sizes of the materials, which are housed in boxes of varying sizes, and the need to list items in respect to their content in relation to other items. Location of Originals Originals of some microfilmed records located at the library of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, Portland. Detailed Description of the Collection Series A: Bishops, Contains materials created by bishops and about their administrations. The largest groups of materials relate to Bishops Scadding and Sumner. Container(s) Description Dates 1/1 First Bishop: Thomas Fielding Scott--Biographical information and manuscripts of sermons ; Second Bishop: Benjamin Wistar Morris 1/2 Sunday school accounts /3 Special funds 3

4 1/4 Personal expenditures /5 Personal and general materials Includes notes, sermons, biographical information, and reprint of article "Bishop Morris and the Episcopal Church in western Washington," by Thomas E. Jessett ; /6 Letters to Bishop Morris, A-L /7 Letters to Bishop Morris, M-Z /8 Seminary notebook Third Bishop, Charles Scadding 1/9 Associated Missions, seminarian volunteers /10 Associated Missions Correspondence ; 1/11 Personal and general materials ; 1/12 Correspondence /13 Correspondence /1 Correspondence /2 Correspondence between Bishop Scadding and Caroline B. Sheffield regarding employment in missionary work /3 Ephemera and letters ; 2/4 Formation of 8th Province /5 Datebook (diary) of Bishop Scadding Includes entries of 1908 when Scadding visited England for the Pan-Anglican Congress

5 20/1 Scrapbook circa Oversize:Folder Consecration certificate 1906 October 14 Fourth Bishop, Walter Taylor Sumner 2/6 Addresses and sermons /7 Bishop Scott Academy Correspondence /8 Election and consecration of Bishop Sumner /9 General and personal materials /10 General Correspondence ; 2/11 Sumner-Hicks controversy (Dean Reginald Hicks)--Clippings /1 Fifth Bishop, Benjamin Dunlap Dagwell--Letters, consecration program 1926; 1936; /2 Sixth Bishop, James W. F. Carman--Clippings /3 Seventh Bishop, Matthew P. Bigliardi--Clippings, consecration program Series B: Other Clergy Members, Includes clippings, correspondence, and phemera. Container(s) Description Dates 3/4 Agassiz, C. E. 1927; 5

6 3/5 Bartlett, F. B.--Letters re: seminarian volunteers for Associate Missions /6 Black, Jay Claud 1925; 3/7 Black, Jay Claud--Typescript (mimeograph) for "The pedagogical approach to the prayer book," /8 Chandler, Charles H. L. 1901; 1926; 3/9 Clark, Edward H.--Notes on church history 3/10 Clark, Edward H.--Correspondence ; 3/11 Clark, Edward H.--Clippings and misc ; 3/12 Dorrance, Samuel, seminarian volunteer for Associated Missions 3/13 Ewing, D. Harrison, seminarian volunteer for Asssociated Missions /14 Fackler, St. Michael 1930; 3/15 Gross, Hal Raymond--Program for consecration as Suffragen Bishop /16 Halton, John 1926; 3/17 Hanley, Michael Joseph, 10th Bishop--Programs for consecration 2010; 3/18 Helm, Mckinley /19 Jenkins, Thomas 1926; 3/20 Kirk, W. C /21 Keiter, Louis Bowes

7 3/22 McDonald, Fredrick 3/23 Marsden, Henry H., seminarian volunteer for Associated Missions /24 Mockford, A. J. 3/25 Morrison, Albert A ; 3/26 Morrison, Robert Paterson--Ordination program /27 Sellwood family Includes memorial booklet for John Sellwood, ; 3/28 Ramsey, William M. 3/29 Rice, John D /30 Richmond, William 1912; 1925; 3/31 Simmonds, R. 1911; 3/32 Stone, Lee Owen 3/33 Swift, George H. 3/34 Taylor, Oswald W. 1942; 3/35 Val-Spinosa, Arthur Alan Series C: Episcopal Institutions, Container(s) Description Dates 3/36 Ascension School (Eastern Oregon)--List of wants Bishop Scott Academy (Portland) 7

8 3/37 Description and history Includes drawing of layout of school grounds. 4/1 Record of standing (notebook) Includes names of students. 1931; 1878 Oct-1891 Nov 4/2 Roster of students /3 Bishop Dagwell Hall--Publicity Good Samaritan Hospital (Portland) 4/4 Reports, publicity, financial information /5 Scrapbook /1 History, procedures, by-laws of Women's Orchestra 1912; 4/6 Nicholas Farrar House St. Helen's Hall 4/7 Board of Trustees' correspondence re: property Mostly correspondence of John K. Kollack /8 Brochures ; 4/9 Clippings, general /10 Eleanor Tebbitts--Correspondence and misc ; 1932; 5/1 "The first century" (commemorative book) /2 Senior week and commencement ; 8

9 5/3 Senior week plays 1926; 5/4 Junior college--clippings, letter re: window 1913; /5 Sisters of the Community of St. John the Baptist ; 14/2 General papers ; /6 Society of St. Paul (Gresham) ; /7 Spencer Hall--History 5/8 William Temple House (Portland)--Newsletters and publicity Series D: Individual Churches, Contains mostly programs, clippings, publicity materials, and some correspondence. All churches are in Oregon unless otherwise specified. Container(s) Description Dates 5/9 Albany, St. Peters /10 Ashland, Trinity /11 Astoria, Grace Church ; 5/12 Astoria, Holy Innocents /13 Baker, St. Stephens--Booklet "Suggestions for chancel guilds" 5/14 Bandon, St. John's-By-The-Sea ; 5/15 Butterville, Church of the Incarnation; Champoeg, Grace Church 1928;

10 5/16 Convention, Portland--Program 1922 September /17 Coos Bay (Marshfield) ; 5/18 Coquille, St. James ; 5/19 Corvallis, Church of the Good Samaritan--History 5/20 Eugene, St. Mary's--Notes by E. H. Clark, directory ; 1937; 5/21 Gardiner, St. Mary the Virgin--History 1936; 5/22 Glide, unnamed mission station--letter from W.G. Hughes to Bishop Scadding 1908 October 7 5/23 Grant's Pass, St. Luke's 5/24 Hillsboro, All Saints--Letter and notes 1936; 5/25 Milwaukie, St. John's Includes records of marriages, baptisms, and deaths (selected) for ; 5/26 McMinnville, St. James (now St. Barnabas) ; /1 Medford, St. Mark's /2 Newport, St. Stephen's 1921; /3 Oregon City, St. Paul's ; Portland, All Saints' (Woodstock) 6/4 General /5 Financial appeals

11 6/6 Newsletter and bulletins /7 Programs for services, Correspondence ; /8 Portland, All Saints' (Reed Street)--Stilson-Holmes memorial window, Correspondence 6/9 Portland, All Saints' (Reed Street)--General Includes photograph of church buildings, circa /10 Portland, Ascension Chapel--Bills for construction /11 Portland, Ascension Chapel--General 1926; 1938; /12 Portland, Church of Our Savior (Woodstock) Includes index cards with names and children of some parishioners, circa ; /13 Portland, Church of the Epiphany (Japanese)--Newsletter 1938 August 4 6/14 Portland, Church of the Good Shepherd ; 6/15 Portland, St. David's (East Portland) Includes subscription list, circa ; 6/16 Portland, Grace Memorial 1909; /17 Portland (Portsmouth), St. Andrew's Mission /18 Portland (Sellwood), St. John's Memorial Church Includes Clericus accounts, /19 Portland, St. John the Baptist Cathedral--Brochure and invitation 1973; 1981 Portland, St. Mark's 11

12 6/20-22 General materials /1 General materials /2 "A history of the Parish of St. Mark the Evangelist (Anglican) Portland, Oregon, ," by David B. Cole /3 Portland (South Portland), St. Matthew's Includes card file of selected parishioners ; 7/4 Portland, St. Matthew's Chapel--Register /5 Portland, St. Matthew's (Parkrose) ; 7/6 Portland, St. Michael and All Angels--General /7 Portland, St. Michael and All Angels--Newsletters and pamphlets /8 Portland, St. Peter's (Montavilla) and St. Paul's ; 7/9 Portland, St. Philip's /10 Portland, St. Stephen The Martyr Cathedral ; 7/11 Portland, St. Stephen The Martyr Cathedral--Attempted merger with Trinity Catherdal 1928 Portland, Trinity Parish 7/12 Parish lists 1911; /13 General and history ; 12

13 8/1 General and history ; 8/2 Historical information /3 "Historical and interesting dates" compiled by Arthur C. Spencer III /4 Report of the 125th anniversary celebration /5 Special events /6 Port Orford, Christ Mission--Letter and notes re: building of the church /7 Riddle, Ascension--Finances of new hall /8 Roseburg, St. George's--Correspondence, clippings, ephemera 1921; 1938; /9 Salem, St. Paul's--Clippings, ephemera ; 8/10 Seaside, Calvary--Clippings 1923; 8/11 Tillamook, St. Alban's--Specifications for parish house and clippings 8/12 Toledo, St. John's--Altar correspondence and specifications for Rectory (Jamieson Parker, architect) 1910; 1926 Series E: General Files, Container(s) Description Dates 8/13 Adair, Mary Rodney (Mrs.)--Clipping 20/2 American church scrapbook, by diocese circa

14 8/14 Associate Mission--Pledge cards (signed) circa ; 8/15 Barker, Laura P. (Mrs.)--Clipping /1 Bishop's Notes (scrapbook) Contains clippings and other information about parishes throughout Oregon. 9/2 Board of Missions, Episcopal Diocese of Oregon--Minutes of meetings /3 Burns, Walter John--Clippings /4 Clergy and Lay Diocesan Summer Schools and Conference Conventions 14/4 Journal of convention (bound ledger) /5 29th Annual Convention--Program /6 35th and 27th Annual Conventions--Clippings /7 General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church /8 General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church--House of Bishops 9/9 General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church-- Episcopal Churchwomen-- clippings /1 Scrapbook /10 Unidentified conventions--certificates for clergy /3 "The decoration of St. Paul's," by W. B. Richmond (manuscript) 14

15 9/11 Diocesan affairs, general ; 9/12 Diocesan Board of Missions 1911; /13 Diocesan Chinese work 1925; 9/14 Diocesan executive file ; 16/1 Diocesan scrapbook /15 "Diocesan survey of the needs and activities of the Episcopal Church" (printed report) /1 Diocesan missionary parish information and contributors /2 District churches of Oregon--Record book circa /5 Episcopal Diocese of Oregon--Book of names, listed by town /3 First woman priest ordained (Rev. Noel Joyce Knelange)-- Clippings /4 General Board of Missions--Estimate of appropriations /5 General materials Includes brochure from Girls' Friendly Holiday House, Gearhart. 10/6 "History of the Diocese of Oregon to the death of Bishop Scadding," by J. Theodore Black 17/1 "How the church went to Alaska and what has been done there" (scrapbook) /1 List of contributors by town (ledger book) 18/2 List of names, listed by town (ledger book) 10/7 Missionary Convocations--Minute book /8 "Missionary enrollment for Portland" (bound ledger)

16 10/9 Missionary Jurisdiction of Eastern Oregon /10 Northern Convocation--Record book /11 Northern Convocation--Papers laid in above volume /1 Northwest Churchman--Bound copies of magazine 1902 Oct-1903 Sept 11/2 Ordinations--Clipping and schedule 1937; Oregon Clericus 11/3 General 1884; ; 11/4 Minutes 1911; /5 Minutes /6 Record book of the Oregon Clericus 1919 Jan-1931 Feb 11/7 Correspondence re: vestments for Rev. Thomas Jenkins /8 United Clericus /9 "Origins of the Episcopal Church in the Pacific Northwest," by Thomas Jessett /10 Oxford Movement (Liturgical), Controversies--Clippings /11-13 Preaching missions /14 Provincial House of Bishops--Clippings 1933; 11/15 Receipt book of Rev. M. B. Hope

17 11/16 Rev. Alla Bozarth controversy--clippings /17 Seal of the Diocese of Oregon--Correspondence and sample /18 Seaman's Institute--Clipping 11/19 Special meeting of the 89th Convention of the Diocese of Oregon--Program 1978 May 21 11/20 Stubbs, Robert W.--Clippings 1929; 11/21 Thornton, Richard H.--Correspondence and clipping /22 Western Missionary Convocation of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon Record book Series F: Women's Auxiliary, Container(s) Description Dates 12/1 Annual reports and notes /2 Brochures and other printed matter /3 Business Women's Branch--Secretary's book /4 Business Women's Branch--Papers laid in above book /5 Clippings /1 Educational record book /6 Minutes /7 Missionary efforts (file of Mrs. Walter Bliss) circa /7 Mrs. Whitford's records (ledger book) /2 Mrs. Whitford's records (ledger book)

18 13/1 Prayer cards and brochures circa /2 Recording Secretary's book /3 Recording Secretary's book /4 Report of Educational Secretary /5 Reports and other papers /6 Secretary's book /6 Women's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions--Handbook circa /7 Women's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions--Scrapbook circa ; Series G: Microfilmed Records, s 1-3 contain records of churches in the Missionary District of Eastern Oregon. These were filmed as part of a project begun by the Oregon State Archives and assumed by the Oregon Historical Society in The original inventory to these reels of film stated: "Most of the volumes filmed here have been filmed before, through and including entries to March, In many instances this microfilm duplicates portions filmed earlier, especially in the case of the 'Communicants' sections of parish registers. In others (confirmations, baptisms, marriages, registers of church services, etc.) it picks up entries at approximately March, 1964, where the earlier film left off. At the request of the Bishop's office, Missionary District of Eastern Oregon, all entries in the four record volumes of St. James's church, Milton-Freewater, , have been filmed." s 4-5 contain records of Episcopal churches in Newport, Oakland, Portland, and Sellwood, as well as records of the Diocese of Oregon. These records were microfilmed in January of 1967 by the Oregon Historical Society from original volumes on loan from the Diocesan Library, SW Military Lane, Portland, Or. Container(s) Description Dates 1 Bend, Trinity Church 1 Parish registers 2 volumes

19 1 Registers of church services 1964 February ember 3 1 Condon, St. Michael's Church 1 Parish register (pages 1-43) 1958 March ember 2 Parish register (continuation from 1) 2 Register of parish services 1964 Jan-1967 ember 3 2 Cove, Ascension Church--Parish register 1926 May-1967 July 2 Enterprise, St. Patrick's Mission 2 Parish registers 2 volumes 2 Register of church services 2 volumes Heppner, All Saints' Church 2 Parish registers 2 volumes Register of church services 1964 Feb Hermiston, St. John's Church 19

20 2 Paris register 1949 July Baptisms 1964 Mar Confirmations 1964 Mar Marriages 1964 Mar Register of church services 1964 Mar Scrapbook, "The history of St. John's in pictures" 2 Hood River, St. Mark's Church 2 Parish register 1962 May Register of church services 1964 Mar "Memorials" 2 Klamath Falls, St. Paul's Church--Parish register La Grande, St. Peter's Church 2 Parish register (p ) Parish register (continued from reel 2), p Register of church services 1965 Aug Madras, St. Mark's Church 20

21 3 Parish register Register of church services 1964 Mar Milton-Freewater, St. James's Church 3 Parish register 1944 Apr Baptisms 1953 Jan Communicants 1946 May Confirmations 1953 Aug Ontario, St. Matthew's Mission--Parish register Pendleton, Church of the Redeemer 3 Parish register 1958 Apr Baptisms 1964 Mar Prineville, St. Andrew's Church--Parish register Redmond, St. Alban's Mission 3 Parish register 2 volumes

22 3 Registers of church services 2 volumes 1964 Feb The Dalles, St. Paul's Church 3 Parish register Register of church services 1964 Mar-1967 Other Episcopal Church records Diocese of Oregon 4 "The official acts of Rev. H. D. Chambers" Includes earlier Michigan records, "Service register of Rev. H. D. Chambers, Archdeacon, Diocese of Oregon" Newport (Benton County), Oregon, St. Stephen's Church-- Record Book 4 Oakland, Oregon, St. Clement's Mission--Church register Includes earlier records copied from St. George's Church register, Roseburg, Oregon Portland, Church of the Good Shepherd 4 Parish register (pages 1-269) Parish register (continued from reel 4, pages 270-to end)

23 5 Sellwood, Oregon, St. John's Memorial Church--Parish register Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Churches--Oregon--History Episcopal women--oregon--history Episcopalians--Oregon--History Religion--Oregon--History Women and religion--oregon--history Personal Names : Clark, Edward H. Morris, Benjamin W. (Benjamin Wistar), Correspondence Scadding, Charles, Correspondence Scott, Thomas Fielding Sumner, Walter Taylor--Correspondence Corporate Names : Bishop Scott Academy--Archives Episcopal Church. Diocese of Eastern Oregon--Archives Episcopal Church. Diocese of Oregon--Archives Episcopal Church--Education--Oregon--History Episcopal Church--Missions--Oregon Episcopal Church--Oregon--Bishops Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center (Portland, Or.)--Archives St. Helen's Hall (Portland, Or.)--Archives Geographical Names : Portland (Or.)--History Form or Genre Terms : Church records Clippings Diaries Letters Minutes Scrapbooks Finding aid compiled by Geoffrey B. Wexler 2011 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: