George Fox University, Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Church Archives
416 N. Meridian Street
Newberg, OR 97132
503-554-2415
archives@georgefox.edu
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Friends Pacific Academy
Friends Pacific Academy Records
1885-1911
.5 cubic feet>
1 document box
The collection includes minutes, ledgers, grade books, and newspaper clippings from the board, faculty, and student literary societies at Friends Pacific Academy.
Collection materials are in English.
Historical Note
Sponsored by the Oregon Yearly Meeting of Friends Church, Friends Pacific Academy in Newberg opened in 1885 with nineteen students and a faculty of three. It increased to 130 students within the first five years. With eighth grade level requirements for entry, the institution expanded to include Pacific College in 1891. In 1929 the secondary grammar school was phased out.
The collection includes minutes, ledgers, grade books,
The Pacific Academician (a monthly publication), photographs, and newspaper clippings from the board, faculty, and student literary societies.
Collection is available for research
There is some co-mingling of the materials with Pacific College records.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Quaker
Colleges and Universities
Oregon
Subgroup 02
Board minutes
1886-1894
Subgroup 03
Financial Affairs
1885-1893
Subgroup 05
Development
1888-1892
Scrapbook of photocopied newspaper clippings about the academy
Subgroup 06
Academic Affairs
1888-1911
Class enrollment books
Subgroup 08
Student Life
1890-1896
Photographs, student literary society minutes and monthly journal