Hubert Henry Farnham (1868-1953) was a minister of Evangelical Church in Portland, Oregon. The collection include diaries, correspondence (personal and professional), sermon outlines, and letters from his son Vernon.

Ax 028

Guide to the Hubert Henry Farnham Papers

Haywood P. Sconce was a Baptist minister who served congregations in Oregon and Washington, and in 1954 founded and became director of Christian Celebrity Tyme, a religious radio program. The papers include sermons, outlines, and sermon notes, correspondence, manuscripts of short stories and articles, memorabilia, and Christian Celebrity Tyme materials including programs, notes, and recordings.

Ax 363

Haywood Sconce Papers

Rev. James Croke (1827-1888) was a Catholic missionary priest who served in Oregon in the 1850s, reporting directly to Bishop Francis Blanchet of Oregon City, Oregon. This small collection consists of typed transcripts of letters from Croke to Blanchet concerning the details of his missionary work. The original letters are held privately.

Call number: A 023

Guide to the Father James Croke letters

The Giffen Family Papers consist of outgoing correspondence from Edward and Bertha Giffen written between 1894 and 1896 during their two-year mission in Hankow and Ching-Ku, China.

Call number: A 298

Guide to the Giffen Family Papers

Clara Dyer was a Methodist missionary in Ch’angli, Hopei (Hopeh) Province, northern China from the early to mid-twentieth century. The collection includes personal letters and reports that reflect her missionary work.

Call number: A 198

Guide to the Clara Pearl Dyer Papers

Myra Snow was a Methodist missionary in Tientsin, northern China from the late 1920s through the early 1940s. The collection comprises letters that reflect her work as a missionary.

Call number: A 186

Guide to the Myra Snow Papers

Luther D. Mahone (1878-1966) was a captain in the Spanish-American war, a lawyer, and a Methodist-Episcopal minister. The collection contains diaries, essays, sermons, manuscripts, and civic and business related organizations.

Call number: Coll 080

Guide to the Luther D. Mahone Papers

The DeMoss Family Lyric Bards was a family of traveling musicians whose members included James M. DeMoss, a United Brethren minister, his wife Elizabeth (Bonebrake) DeMoss, and their five children, began performing in 1872 and lasted thirty-five years. The collection contains journals, engagement books, contracts, correspondence, manuscript music, published works, testimonials, programs, handbills, photographs, clippings, and mementos of travel.

Call number: Coll 070

Guide to the DeMoss Family Lyric Bards Records

Edith Simester was a Christian missionary in China and later Brazil, serving from the 1930s through the 1950s. The collection includes incoming correspondence and transcriptions of letters to her mother.

Call number: A 183

Guide to the Edith Winifred Simester Papers

Virginia M. Mackenzie (1894- ) was a Presbyterian missionary and teacher in Japan. The collection includes annual reports from Sturges Seminary (the school where she taught), correspondence (in both English and Japanese), constitutions for Japan and the world, and materials about Presbyterian missionaries in Japan.

Call number: Coll 160

Guide to the Virginia M. Mackenzie Papers