Scope and Contents
James A.P. McGaw's pastor's register lists sermon texts and subjects, and gives occasional comments. There is a register of marriages and funerals on the final pages of the volume.
Dates
- 1888-1913
Creator
- McGaw, James A. P. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
James McGaw was a Presbyterian minister. From 1888 to 1893 he served the First Presbyterian Church, Toledo, Ohio; 1893-1897, the Linwood Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, Mo.; 1898-1904, the Third Presbyterian Church, Ft. Wayne, Ind. In 1904 he came to Oregon, and preached, successively, in Grants Pass, Salem, Portland, Union, Woodburn, and Independence, and at the Chemawa Indian School near Salem.
Extent
0.1 linear feet (1 container) : 1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
McGaw was a Presbyterian minister who served at churches in Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, and Oregon, including in Grants Pass, Salem, Portland, Union, Woodburn, Independence, and at the Chemawa Indian School near Salem. The register lists sermon texts and subjects, and gives occasional comments. There is a register of marriages and funerals on the final pages of the volume.
Processing Information
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal to no organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Presbyterian Church -- Oregon -- Clergy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Religion Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Sermons Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the James A. P. McGaw Pastor's Register
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team, Amanda Steele, and Chasmodai Cassidy
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
