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Cascade College Records, 1918-1976

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Cascade College, Portland, Or.
Title
Cascade College Records
Dates
1918-1976 (inclusive)
1918-1969 (bulk)
Quantity
4 cubic feet, (3 record boxes, 24 bound volumes)
Collection Number
GFU 05
Summary
Cascade College was established in 1918 as the North Pacific Evangelistic Institute in Portland, Oregon. The name of the Institute was changed in 1929 to Portland Bible Institute, then became Cascade College in 1940. This collection contains correspondence, newsletters, yearbooks, and other documents from various boards, committees and student groups.
Repository
George Fox University Archives
George Fox University Archives
416 N. Meridian Street
Newberg, OR
97132
Telephone: 5035542415
Fax: 5305543599
archives@georgefox.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is available for research

Languages
English
Sponsor
Sponsored by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
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Historical Note

Cascade College was established in 1918 as the North Pacific Evangelistic Institute in Portland, Oregon, to provide "a formal course of training, under spiritual leaders, in preparation for full-time Christian service," (Sophia E. Townsend, 1957, Our History, p. 1). Although the initial inspiration for the school came from Miss Lurana Terrell and Mr. Lewis I. Hadley, both local Quaker pastors, the mission of the founders was ecumenical from the beginning. The name of the Institute was changed in 1929 to Portland Bible Institute to better reflect the location of the school. Hard financial times during the 1930s "when denominations were raising their standards for ministerial training, and the missionary societies were asking candidates to have a college degree," (Townsend, p. 22) prompted the Board of Trustees to apply to the State Board of Education to become a college. Approval was granted in 1940 and the school became Cascade College.

The college faced financial challenges through the 1960s. In 1969, after its fifty-first graduation, "the board chose to merge student bodies with Seattle Pacific College because it shares the Cascade religious outlook..." (Oregon Journal, April 23, 1969, p. 4). Some college records were transferred to George Fox College, Newberg, Oregon, because of long-standing Quaker ties with faculty, administration, and board members.

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Content Description

This collection includes correspondence, reports, minutes, catalogs, event brochures and programs, chapel lectures, newsletters, yearbooks, and manuals from faculty, the Board of Trustees, librarian, student body, and alumni of Cascade College and its parent institutions.

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection