Lutheran Schools Committee records
Scope and Contents
The collection (1922) contains correspondence, flyers, pamphlets, and other ephemera.
Dates
- Creation: 1922
Creator
- Lutheran Schools Committee (Portland, Or.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
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
With the backing of the Oregon candidate for Governor, Walter M. Pierce, and the Oregon Ku Klux Klan, Oregon passed the Compulsory Education Law in 1922, which required children to attend public schools. The passage of this law meant religious, military, and private education was effectively outlawed, until the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Pierce v. Society of Sisters declared the law unconstitutional.
Extent
0.1 linear feet (1 container) : 1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Lutheran Schools Committee of Oregon, formed to oppose the 1922 Compulsory Education Law, which required children to attend public schools, thereby outlawing religious, military, and private education. The collection (1922) contains correspondence, flyers, pamphlets, and other ephemera.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff in the 1970s; and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
Subject
- Pierce, Walter Marcus, 1861-1954 (Person)
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Anti-Catholicism -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century
- Catholic schools -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century
- Church schools -- Law and legislation -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century
- Education, Compulsory -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century
- Educational law and legislation -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century
- Lutherans -- Political activity -- Oregon
- Private schools -- Law and legislation -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century
- Religion
- Religion and politics -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century
- Title
- Guide to the Lutheran Schools Committee records
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
