ohy_coll795.xml Guide to North Pacific Yearly Meeting records North Pacific Yearly Meeting records Jeffrey A. Hayes Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2019; revised 2025
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-21. Finding aid is written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2025 Revised to reflect additions to the collection and to bring description to current standards. Oregon Historical Society Research Library North Pacific Yearly Meeting records North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Coll 795 6.61 cubic feet 5 record cartons; 1 slim letter document case; 1 legal document case; 1 slim legal document case 1954-2005 Minutes, directories, correspondence, and other records relating to an annual Quaker gathering, the North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, from 1972 to 2005, and related materials. English

Collection is open for research.

Gifts of Carl Abbott made between 1997 and 2013 (Lib. Acc. 23212, Lib. Acc. 24001, Lib. Acc. 25366, Lib. Acc. 27983); additions gift of the North Pacific Yearly Meeting, care of Carl Abbott, October 2023 (RL2023-059).

The collection is arranged in six series: Series 1: Institutional recordsSeries 2: Meeting recordsSeries 3: Committee records Subseries 3.1: Epistle CommitteeSubseries 3.2: Steering CommitteeSubseries 3.3: Other committeesSeries 4: DirectoriesSeries 5: Other materialsSeries 6: Additions

The North Pacific Yearly Meeting is a gathering of Pacific Northwest congregations of the Religious Society of Friends (colloquially known as Quakers). Its roots in Oregon date to the formation of the Oregon Yearly Meeting of Friends Church in 1893. In 1947, Quakers in the western United States formed the Pacific Yearly Meeting of Friends; in 1973, Quakers in the Northwest began the North Pacific Yearly Meeting. The attendees of these meetings emphasize social action based on a divinely inspired love for one's neighbor.

Source: "Quakers in Oregon," by Ralph Beebe, Oregon Encyclopedia, https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/quakers_in_oregon/

North Pacific Yearly Meeting records, Coll 795, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Collection was processed by Shawna Gandy prior to 2018 and in 2019 by Sue Armitage and Jeffrey A. Hayes. Additions were minimally processed by Jeffrey A. Hayes in 2025. For additions, the original file folders were retained.

Additional records of the North Pacific Yearly Meeting are designated North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends records, Mss 2541, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

The collection consists of records relating to an annual Quaker gathering, the North Pacific Yearly Meeting, and to its participants. Materials include records not only from the annual meetings, but also from related monthly and officers' meetings, as well as committee records, policy handbooks, correspondence, and membership directories. The collection also contains some photographs of members and meetings. Additions to the collection consist of records of the predecessor organization Pacific Yearly Meeting; records of the North Pacific Yearly Meeting from the 1970s and 1980s; and membership records for the Corvallis Monthly Meeting, the Salem Monthly Meeting, and the Willamette Valley Monthly Meeting.

Issues of Friends Bulletin and Multnomah Monthly Meeting Newsletter were separated to Serials Collections, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

 North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends--Records and correspondence Quakers--Northwest, Pacific--History Religious gatherings--Northwest, Pacific Religion minutes (administrative records) correspondence directories photographs Institutional records Series 1 1965-1994 English Articles of Incorporation and bylaws 1985 English 1 1 Correspondence regarding incorporation 1985 English 1 2 Clerks' annual reports 1984-1985 English 1 3 Correspondence between clerks and individuals 1985-1987 English 1 4 Cooper scholarship information 1986 English 1 5 Correspondence regarding concerns at yearly meetings 1984-1986 English 1 6 Correspondence regarding yearly meeting structure 1973-1985 English 1 7 Friend in Residence correspondence and notes 1980-1984 English 1 8 Job descriptions 1982-1987 English 1 9 Job descriptions and calendar 1983 English 1 10 Job descriptions 1985-1986 English 1 11 Job descriptions 1986 English 1 12 Correspondence and records regarding policy and meeting structure 1981-1991 English 1 13 Policy matters regarding yearly meeting 1984 English 1 14 Draft sections, Faith and Experience - Advices and Queries 1985 English 1 15 Draft sections, Handbook of Organization and Procedures 1980-1981 English 1 16 Draft sections, Handbook of Organization and Procedures 1982-1986 English 1 17 Faith and Practice handbooks 1973, 1986, 1993 English 1 18 Other handbooks: Discipline; Handbook for Worship Groups 1965, undated English 1 19 Social concerns - Correspondence regarding homosexuality 1992-1994 English 1 20 Social concerns - Relationships and same-sex marriage 1987 English 1 21 Social concerns - Correspondence with United States Representatives and Senators regarding American military involvement in Central American conflicts 1986 English 1 22 William Penn House information 1986 English 1 23 Unsorted materials 1972-1985 English 1 24 Meeting records Series 2 1972-2004 English Annual Session records 1972-1982 English 1 25-34 Annual Session records 1982-1994 English 2 1-17 Annual Session records 1995-1997 English 3 1-3 Annual Session minutes - index and summary 1972-2002 English 3 4 Annual Session minutes 1972-2004 English 3 5-23 Clerks' retreat notes and records 1987-1993 English 3 24 Inland Friends meeting records 1981-1982 English 3 25 Correspondence with Montana Gathering of Friends circa 1980-1999 English 3 26 Pacific Northwest Quaker Women's Theology Conference proceedings 1995 June 8-11 English 3 27 Monthly State of Society Meeting reports 1987 English 3 28 State of Society Meeting reports 1996-1997 English 3 29-30 Traveling minutes 1990-1991 English 3 31 History of Willamette Quarterly Meeting undated English 3 32 Committee records Series 3 1966-2005 English Epistle Committee Subseries 3.1 1982-1998 English

Primarily consists of letters sent by other Quaker meeting groups throughout the United States and the world.

 Records 1982 English 3 36 Records 1985-1986 English 3 37 Records 1986-1987 English 3 38 Records 1988 English 3 39 Records 1989 English 3 40 Records 1991 English 3 41-42 Records 1993 English 3 43 Records 1997 English 3 44 Records 1998 English 3 45 Steering Committee Subseries 3.2 1971-2005 English Records 1972-1994 English 4 10-29 Cross-reference records 1986-1987, 1989-1991, 2003 English 4 30 Cross-reference records 1987-1991 English 4 31 Minutes 1971-2005 English 5 1-26 Other committees Subseries 3.3 1966-1994 English American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) circa 1980-1989 English 3 33 Committee on Dealing with Concerns 1982-1986 English 3 34 Discipline Committee 1986 English 3 35 Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) 1986 English 3 46 Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) 1986 English 3 47 Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) correspondence circa 1980-1989 English 3 48 Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) tax concerns circa 1984-1985 English 3 49 Mulling Committee 1991-1994 English 4 1 Nominating Committee 1981-1983 English 4 2 Outreach Committee 1980-1983 English 4 3 Outreach Committee 1980-1988 English 4 4 Outreach Committee records and handbooks 1982-1983 English 4 5 Outreach Committee records and handbooks 1982-1988 English 4 6 Revision Committee - Formation of North Pacific Yearly Meeting 1966-1974 English 4 7 Social Concerns Committee - Yearly Meeting resolutions 1975, 1981 English 4 8 Social Concerns Committee and Social Action Committee 1981-1983 English 4 9 Directories Series 4 1964-2005 English

Arranged in chronological order.

 Directories 1964, 1973, 1979 English 5 27 Membership lists and directories 1981-1983 English 5 28 Directory 1981 English 5 29 Meeting directories 1982 English 5 30 Directory 1983 English 5 31 Multnomah Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends directories 1983-1984 English 5 32 Directory 1985 July English 5 33 Directory 1986 June English 5 34 Directory 1987 March English 5 35 Directory 1988 July 5 English 5 36 Directory 1989 October English 5 37 Directory 1992 April English 5 38 Directory 1994 January English 5 39 Directory 1995 May English 5 40 Directory 1996 May English 5 41 Directory 1999 English 5 42 Directory 2000 July English 5 43 Directory 2001 July English 5 44 Directory 2002 July English 5 45 Directory 2004 July English 5 46 Directory 2005 October English 5 47 Other materials Series 5 1972-1994 English Junior Friends newsletter, Yo Friends 1993-1994 English 6 1 Photographs of members 1972-1973 English 6 2 Photographs of Yearly Meeting 1973 English 6 3 Photographs of officers and arrangers at Yearly Meeting 1983 English 6 4 Photographs, mounted on tissue paper, of Western Pacific Quarterly Meeting 1983 May 7 English 6 5 Photographs of annual meeting 1983 English 6 6 Photographs of Steering Committee meeting 1988 May 14 English 6 7 Photographs of and photocopied clippings about members 1984-1989 English 6 8 Additions Series 6 1954-1989 Pacific Yearly Meeting records 1962-1972 undated 7 1-11 North Pacific Yearly Meeting records 1970-1985 1978-1985 7 12-24 North Pacific Yearly Meeting records 1986-1989 undated 8 1-6 Willamette Valley Monthly Meeting membership records 1954-1966 8 7 Salem Monthly Meeting directory 1984 8 8 Corvallis Monthly Meeting directory 1985 8 9