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Oregon -- Church history

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Bellfountain Class Church record book

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: B 001
Abstract

The Bellfountain Class Church record book contains membership lists and some death records for the church community.

Dates: 1859-1904

George Browne Van Waters papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 215
Abstract

George Browne Van Waters (1856-1934) was a Protestant Episcopal clergyman who served in Pennsylvania before traveling to Oregon where he became the Oregon Diocese from 1891-1924, and founded St. David's and Grace Memorial Church in Portland, Oregon. The collection contains correspondence, parish records, sermons, a timber account book, family legal and financial papers, and penal reform documents by Miriam Van Waters.

Dates: 1879-1939

W.P.A. Oregon Historical Records Survey records

 Collection
Identifier: Bx 066
Abstract

The Historical Records Survey (H.R.S.) was initiated by the federal government in 1935 as one of five programs under the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A., renamed Work Projects Administration in 1939). All W.P.A. projects ended in February 1943, and most H.R.S. records were deposited in public repositories. The Oregon Historical Records Survey collection, arranged according to its original order, contains detailed documentation of Oregon history and records.

Dates: not yet dated