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Finding aid encoded by FHL Staff 2007 Finding aid written in English Summary Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends North Pacific Yearly Meeting Records 1945, 1972-2008 1 linear ft. RG2/NPYM These records are entirely in English For current information on the location of records, please consult the Library’s online catalogue North Pacific Yearly Meeting is made of of members of the Society of Friends in the northwestern United States. Some of the Yearly Meeting's records are stored at the Oregon Historical Society Library, Portland, Oregon, but copies of the Proceedings and Steering Committee minutes are also deposited in the Friends Historical Library. History of the Meeting

North Pacific Yearly Meeting was set off from Pacific Yearly Meeting in 1972, consisting of the monthly meetings which were part of the Willamette and Pacific Northwest (Northwest) Quarterly Meetings. Montana Gathering of Friends affiliated in 1988.

Scope and Content of the Records

Records of North Pacific Yearly Meeting, 1972-present. Also includes minutes of the Elkton Monthly Meeting, an independent CPS meeting which met in 1945 under the care of the American Friends Fellowship Council.

Access Restrictions:

Where available, access is through microfilm.

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Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Acquisition Information:

Deposit, Elkton Monthly Meeting, 1945

Deposit, North Pacific Yearly Meeting

Meetings in Oregon at Corvallis and Elkton (CPS) and in Washington at Seattle were nurtured by the American Friends Fellowsip Council between the time the latter was set off from the Fellowhip Committee of the AFSC in 1933 and when it merged into the FWCC American Section in 1954. Information on these meetings during this period may be found in AFFC records (RG4/004) and in the correspondence of the FWCC (RG1/001) which have been deposited at Friends Historical Library.

Copies of Epistles and Minutes of Record also available online at http://www.npym.org.

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Society of Friends -- Washington Society of Friends -- Oregon Society of Friends -- Montana Society of Friends -- Idaho Society of Friends -- Wyoming Subjects: North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Elkton Monthly Meeting of Friends (Elkton, Oregon) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials on-site, please make sure to use the correct call numbers; patrons must use microfilm if it is available.

North Pacific Yearly Meeting

Yearly Meeting Sessions Proceedings 1972-2008 1 box SG2/North Pacific

Missing 1979, 1993, 1995-99, 2002.

Also includes North Pacific Gathering, 1972.

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee onsists of representatives of each of the monthly meetings and meets about every two months to conduct the business of the Yearly Meeting.

Minutes 1978-2003. 1 box RG2/NP

Includes: 1978-79, 1989, 1992 (5), 1993 (5), 1994 (4), 1999, 2000 (4), 2001 (4), 2002 (4), 2003 (3).

Elkton Monthly Meeting of Friends

Elkton Monthly Meeting of Friends was held in Civilian Public Service Camp No. 59 in Elkton, Oregon, beginning in 7th mo 1945 and was laid down in 12 mo 2 of the same year.

Business Meeting Minutes 1945 1 vol. RG2/Z/E458

Bound volume also includes copies of correspondence and an epistle from Gatlinburg and Big Flats (CPS) Meetings.