Mark L. Koehler Papers, 1964-1970

Overview of the Collection

Title
Mark L. Koehler Papers
Dates
1964-1970 (inclusive)
1990's (inclusive)
1964-1970 (bulk)
Quantity
7 cu. ft.
Collection Number
General Collection B-3-K
Summary
The folios in this file are records taken from the presidential office. They are generally in the same alphabetical subject order as they were in that office. This collection contains the papers of Whitworth College alumni and 13th president Mark L. Koehler. This collection consists of the administration records and sermons of Koehler.
Repository
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
Telephone: 5097774481
archives@whitworth.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment of the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Dr. Mark L. Koehler was the first alumnus to become president of Whitworth College. After graduating from North Central High School in Spokane, Washington, Koehler enrolled at Whitworth where he participated in student government and starred in basketball and tennis. In 1939 he married a college classmate, Clara Belle Braden of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

His post-graduate education included a masters of arts degree in Christian education and a bachelor of divinity degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1939 and 1940. He completed a master of theology degree at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1941. Later, he received two honorary degrees: a D. D. from the University of Dubuque in 1945 and an LL. D. from Hastings College in 1964.

After serving as a pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Port Townsend, Washington, he became head of the department of Bible and Christian education at Whitworth in 1943. From 1950 to 1962 he was senior pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Yakima, Washington, and at the same time a trustee of Whitworth College.

Koehler was inaugurated as Whitworth's 13th president on October 9, 1964. (NOTE: Alfred O. Gray, Not by Might, Spokane Washington: Whitworth College, 1965, pp. 251-253) In the spring of 1969 he announced his acceptance of a pastoral call. (NOTE: Dale E. Soden, Adventure of Mind and Spirit (Spokane, Washington: Whitworth College, 1990) p. 117.)

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The folios in this file are records taken from the presidential office. They are generally in the same alphabetical subject order as they were in that office.

This collection contains the papers of Whitworth College alumni and 13th president Mark L. Koehler. This collection consists of the administration records and sermons of Koehler.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

This collection is open for use

Preferred Citation

From the Office of the President: Mark L. Koehler Papers located in the Whitworth College Archives, Spokane, Washington

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Series Sermons

Series Miscellaneous

Processing Note

This collection was first processed on c. Nov. 2, 1999 and last updated on November 21, 2005

Related Materials

Office of the President: Frank F. Warren

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Introduction and InventoryReturn to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/1

Inauguration as 13th President of Whitworth College, Oct. 9, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/2

Inauguration: Reservations and Guests, Oct. 9, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/3

(See also Box 5, Folios 11-13.)

Able, Project, Sep. 25, 1962-July 30, 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/4

Administrative Committee, Sep. 27, 1962-Jan. 30, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/5

Administrative Position Profile, Apr. 6, 1962-Oct. 1977Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/6

Admissions, Dec. 3, 1962-Dec. 16, 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/7

Admissions, Jan. 3, 1966-Oct. 10, 1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/8

Alcohol Problem Association, Feb. 28, 1966; May 6, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/9

Alumni Support, Sep. 10, 1964-Aug. 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/10

Alumni, Missionary, 1951-1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/11

Alumni Letter, Aug. 7, 1962-July 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/12

American Studies, May 1961-Apr. 25, 1973Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/13

Annual Reports, 1951-1963Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/14

Arts Administration, June 1967-May 1974Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/15

Athletic Committee, Mar. 17, 1961-May 6, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/16

Athletic Department, Nov. 10, 1959; May 30, 1963-Aug. 1, 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/17

Evergreen Conference, Jan. 21, 1963-Sep. 17, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/18

Budgets, 1962-1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/19

Campus Development, 1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/20

Campus: Building and Grounds, 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/21

Campus: Rules, 1962-1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/22

Chapel Hour Programs, Jan. 9, 1939-May 29, 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/23

(Including Sermon Titles)

Chapel Hour Programs, June 5, 1966-May 24, 1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/24

Christmas Messages to Constituency, 1964-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/25

Civil Defense, Mar. 4, 1969-Mar. 5, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/26

Community College, 1963-1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/27

Community Resources Workshop, Oct. 1, 1962-Apr. 2, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/28

Community Resources Workshop: Budget Proposal, July 29, 1964; Oct. 30, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/29

Convocations, 1967-1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/30

Correspondence, 1964-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/30a

Cultural Series, Nov. 14, 1963-Nov. 12, 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/31

Dancing, Aug. 16, 1965-Apr. 13, 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/1

Development, Dec. 7, 1962-Dec. 8, 1962Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/2

Development, Mar. 18, 1963-Oct. 9, 1963Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/3

Diamond Anniversary, Apr. 1, 1963-Apr. 2, 1971Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/4

Distinguished Whitworthian - Honoring J. Paul Snyder, 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/5

Drugs, 1967-1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/6

Employment, 1964-1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/7

Endowment Fund Advisory Committee, 1966-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/8

Exxon Educational Foundation, May 30, 1966-Oct. 1, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/9

Fifty Million Fund (United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.), Apr. 5, 1960-July 15, 1971Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/10

Finance (Mostly Memoranda to and from J. Paul Snyder, Business Manager), Aug. 13, 1963-June 30, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/11

Finance (Mostly Memoranda to and from J. Paul Snyder, Business Manager), July 2, 1964-July 1, 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/12

Fort George Wright, 1957-1961Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/13

G. I. Bill/Veterans, July 1966-Aug. 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/14

Gifts, 1964-1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/15

Glacier College ofø Liberal Arts, Kalispell, Montana, Apr. 11, 1966-Mar. 11, 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/16

Glacier College ofø Liberal Arts, Kalispell, Montana, 1966-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/17

Graduate Program: Inland Empire, 1966-1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/18

Haas, Garland (Dean), Sep. 14, 1965-Aug. 2, 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/19

Higher Education Facilities Commission, Jan. 2, 1964-June 15, 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/20

Higher Education Facilities Commission, Aug. 3, 1966-Apr. 11, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/21

Homecoming, 1966-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/22

Human Relations Council, Apr. 8, 1968-June 17, 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/23

Human Relations Tutor Program, Dec. 30, 1965-Jan. 2, 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/24

Hutchison, R. C. Study, Sep. 14, 1962-Feb. 23, 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/25

Impact Program, 1968-1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/26

Independent Colleges of Washington, Jan. 2, 1963-Dec. 21, 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/27

Independent Colleges of Washington, Jan.12, 1966-Nov. 28, 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/28

Independent Colleges of Washington, Jan. 12, 1967-June 14, 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/29

Independent Colleges of Washington, Aug. 7, 1969-Dec. 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/30

Insurance, 1964-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/31

Investitures, 1968-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/32

Journalism, 1960, 1963Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/33

Library, Nov. 12, 1962-Jan. 24, 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/1

Long-range Planning, June 6, 1960-Dec. 12, 1962Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/2

Long-range Planning plus (Statistical Charts at End of Folio), June 15, 1963-Mar. 9, 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/3

Mariners Conference on Whitworth Campus, 1962-1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/4

McCartney Lectures, Sep. 24, 1962, Oct. 16, 1962Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/5

McCleery, Robert M., Dean of Students, Nov. 1, 1962-Sep. 22, 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/6

Memorials, 1966-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/7

Model U. N., Nov. 6, 1963-Apr. 16, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/8

Music [Tours], 1963-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/9

National Commission on Accrediting, 1952-1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/10

N. C. A. T. E. Accreditation, May 6, 1963-Oct. 6, 1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/11

National Council of Churches, Oct. 17, 1968, Nov. 7, 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/12

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, 1966-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/13

National Science Foundation, Jan. 22, 1963-Apr. 17, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/14

Northwest Association of Private Colleges, Jan. 4, 1967-Nov. 17, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/15

Nursing Education, May 22, 1967-Aug. 8, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/16

Pacific Northwest Conference on Higher Education, 1964-1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/17

Parents Weekend, 1965-1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/18

Presbyterian College Union, Jan. 13, 1963-Jan. 13, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/19

Phi Beta Kappa, 1962-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/20

Pi Lambda Theta, 1967-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/21

Registration Statistics, 1961-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 3/22-29

SAGA Food Service, Inc., Dec. 28, 1961-June 4, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/1

SAGA Food Service, Inc., Jan. 18, 1964-June 26, 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/2

Salary Discussions, 1968-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/3

Scholarships, May 1, 1962-Dec. 30, 1963Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/4

Scholarships, Jan. 2, 1964-Aug. 28, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/5

Scholarships, Sep. 8, 1964-Dec. 17, 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/6

Scholarships, Feb. 17, 1966-Jan. 17, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/7

Scholarships: National Presbyterian, 1966-1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/8

Scholarship Fund: Ernestine Klein, Oct. 2, 1967-Aug. 14, 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/9

Scholarship Fund: Stannard Memorial, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/10

Scholarship Fund: McEachran, 1962Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/11

Science Division, Dec. 27, 1962-Aug. 31, 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/12

Security Officer (U. S. A. F. Research), 1962-1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/13

Sheldon Jackson Affiliation, 1958-1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/14

Simpson, Clarence (Dean), Jan. 30, 1963-Sep. 2, 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/15

Simpson, Clarence (Dean), July 26, 1966-May 26, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/16

Spiritual Emphasis WeekReturn to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/17

Statistics (Dorm Residents), 1962-1963Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/18

Stevenson, R. S. (Father was a president of Whitworth College), Aug. 13, 1964-Apr. 26, 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/19

Spiritual Life Study Committee, Mar. 3, 1966-Aug. 24, 1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/20

Students, May 2, 1963-May 6, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/21

Texaco, Inc., 1963-1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/22

Tours, 1964-1973Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/23

Townsend, Homer: Synod Campaign, Aug. 18, 1966-Dec. 30, 1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/24

Townsend, Homer: Synod Campaign, Dec. 27, 1967-June 1, 1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 4/25

Warren, Frank F., President (Covers His Death and Funeral.), Oct. 8, 1963-Aug. 31, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 5/1

Washington College Association, 1960-1975Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 5/2

Washington Friends of Higher Education, Sep. 9, 1969-Dec. 15, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 5/3

Washington Friends of Higher Education, Jan. 1, 1968-Nov. 15, 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 5/4

Washington Friends of Higher Education, Jan. 5, 1969-Sep. 2, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 5/5

Whitworth Christian Fellowship, Oct. 10, 1963-Dec. 9, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 5/6

Whitworth College Teacher Education Program, 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 5/7

Whitworth College Report to the Commission on Higher Schools of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools, Mar. 8, 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 5/8

Whitworth College - A Decade of Crisis, July 15, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 5/9

Whitworth College Northwest Association Self-study Report, Feb. 1, 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 5/10

Whitworth College: Inauguration Acknowledgments, Oct. 9, 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 5/11-13

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
6/1
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/2
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/3
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/4
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/5
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/6
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/7
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/8
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/9
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/10
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/11
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/12
Miscellaneous
 undated
6/13
Reformation Sunday
 undated
6/14
Stewardship
 Misc. Dates
6/15
Thanksgiving
 undated
6/16
Advent
 undated
6/17
Bible
 undated
6/18
Christmas Sunday
 undated
6/19
New Year's Sunday
 undated
6/20
Seminary Sunday
 undated
6/21
Youth Sunday
 undated
6/22
One Great Hour of Sharing
 undated
6/23
Lent
 undated
6/24
Palm Sunday
 undated
6/25
Easter Sunday
 undated
6/26
Mother's Day
 undated
6/27
Pentecost Sunday
 undated
6/28
Memorial Day
 undated
6/29
Father's and Children's Day
 undated
6/30
4th of July
 undated
6/31
Ascension
 undated
6/32
Bible
 undated
6/33
God
 undated
6/34
Christian Life
 undated
6/35
Cross
 undated
6/36
Church
 undated
7/1
Faith
 undated
7/2
Jesus
 undated
7/3
Love
 undated
7/4
Prayer
 undated
7/5
Prayer
 undated
7/6
Repentance
 undated
7/7
Evangelism
 undated
7/8
Salvation
 undated
7/9
Service
 undated
7/10
Sin
 undated
7/11
Worship
 undated
7/12
Communion
 undated
7/13
Youth
 undated
7/14
Missions
 undated
7/15
First Presbyterian Church Window Sermon Series
 undated
7/16
Materials & Sermons on the Ten Commandments
 1951
7/17
Sermon Charges
 undated
7/18
Parable Sermons
 undated

MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
7/19
Sermon Materials
 undated
7/20
Sermon Materials
 undated
7/21
Sermon Materials for Hope
 undated
7/22
Howard A. Thompson Inspirationals
 undated
7/23
Howard A. Thompson Inspirationals
 undated
7/24
Anecdotes
 1922
7/25
Speaking Engagements
 undated
7/26
Poetry
 undated
7/27
Youth Message Materials
 undated
7/28
Presbyterian Men
 1956, 1957
7/29
Prayer
 undated
7/30
Funeral Messages
 undated
7/31
Funeral Messages
 undated
7/32
Devotions
 undated
7/33
Theology Papers
 undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

  • Haas, Garland (Dr.)
  • Koehler, Mark L. (Dr.)
  • McCleery, Robert M.
  • Simpson, Clarence J. (Dr.)
  • Snyder, J. Paul
  • Townsend, Homer
  • Warren, Frank F. (Dr.)

Corporate Names

  • Independent Colleges of Washington
  • National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
  • National Science Foundation
  • Northwest Association of Private Colleges,
  • SAGA Food Services, Inc.
  • Washington College Association
  • Washington Friends of Higher Education
  • Whitworth College--Archives

Geographical Names

  • Spokane (Wash.) Major Subjects: College presidents--Pacific Northwest
  • Whitworth College

Robert LaCerte, H. W. Johnston, D.N. Feddes
2005

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