The following table is a list of the Institution and Service Collections archived at Pacific Northwest Mennonite Historical Society. You may browse the list or do a keyword search using the search feature. Once you find a collection you have interest in, just click on the Id # for that collection to take you to the “Finding Aids” [detailed description] for the collection. [If the Id # is not an active link, the collection in not developed] You are welcome to visit the archives to explore collections of interest.
| Id #; | Institution or Service: | Description: |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | ||
| Western Mennonite School (WMS) | ||
| IV-1.1.1 | WMS Administration | Records of a private Christian school assosciated with the Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church, and later the Mennonite Church USA. Materials are divided into four series: 1) School Board minutes, 2) Faculty Meeting minutes, 3) Financial records and 4) Miscellaneous |
| IV-1.1.2 | WMS Academic | A collection of documents related to the Academic operations at Western Mennonite School including principal's reporta and correspondence, enrollment reports, faculty memos, finances, handbooks, student aid and evaluation. |
| IV-1.1.3 | WMS Student Records and Activities | A collection of student records, admission applications, handbooks, activity reports, periodicals and other publications, and alumni association records for Western Mennonite School |
| Salem Academy | ||
| Lake Creek Mennonite School | ||
| V-7 | Elliott Prairie School (public) | School record ledgers 1886-97, containing some later records through 1899; photocopies of 1937, 1940 school photos with persons identified |
| IV-1.5 | Hesston College | Brief historical review of Hesston College by Presidential terms. |
| Hospitals | ||
| IV-2.1 | Salem Deaconess Hospital | This small collection contains 1 item, the minute book, July 7, 1925-September 15, 1930. (some in German; remainder in English) |
| Lebanon Community Hospital | ||
| Retirement Centers / Homes for the Aged | ||
| IV-3.1 | Albany Mennonite Home / Mennonite Village | Contains early documents, organizational and operational documents, programs, clippings and anniversary celebration programs for the Mennonite Village (formerly The Albany Mennonite Home for the Aged). |
| IV-3.3 | Hope Village | This collection includes minutes, correspondence and other documents related to the early beginnings of Hope Village and its operation through 2009. |
| IV-3.4 | Rock of Ages/Valley View Retirement Village | Annual reports, 1980-1982; Policies and mission, undated; State requirements, 1974, 1979; Admittance and patient form blanks, undated; Correspondence, 1967-1996; Board minutes, 1974-1987 |
| IV-3.5 | Rock of Ages Rescue Mission | The earliest dated entry in this collection is 2 Feb 1954 when the Mission had apparently been in operation for some time. The operations of the Mission were fully assumed by the Bible Mennonite Fellowship, Inc. as of 1 Mar 1968. |
| IV-4.1 | Drift Creek Camp | Records of a Mennonite camp administered by the Mennonite Camping Association of Oregon. Materials include governing documents, minutes, newsletters, clippings, brochures, and programming files. |
| IV-4.2 | Other Mennonite Camps (Mennonite Camp Association) | Includes information about member camps with the exception of Drift Creek Camp. |
| Peace and Service | ||
| IV-5.1 | Civilian Public Service (World War II) (CPS) | A collection of periodicals from Civilian Public Service Camps around the country from 1942 to 1951 and includes a 1973 report on a smoke jumpers reunion. Note: CPS during World War II-Civilian Public Service; after the war (about 1965 and on, it meant Civilian Peace Service and included I-W work and Voluntary Service). |
| IV-5.2 | I-W Peace Service (post - WW II) (CPS) | A collection of periodicals and other documents related to the Civilian Peace Service years, including individual files from young men serving I-W in Portland. |
| IV-5.3 | Voluntary Service (VS) | This small collection on Voluntary Service program includes a Guest book, April 1949 to August 1967, Scrapbook of information about the various V.S.ers, 2 Photo albums and Miscellaneous Copies of AGAPE. |
| PAX | ||
| IV-5.5 | Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) | This small collection consists of a single item, the 1978 MCC Workbook |
| IV-5.6 | Mennonite Disaster Service | This small collection includes a few National Materials and Publications, news clippings of Region IV projects, reports and documents. |
| IV-5.7 | Christian Aid Ministries | Materials relating to 2021 Haiti kidnapping of 17 CAM workers |
| IV-6.2 | Idaho Mennonite World Relief Festival | |
| IV-6.3 | Oregon Mennonite Festival for World Relief | This small collection includes Bylaws and a Brief History along with Annual Festival Reports |
| IV-6.4 | Anabaptist Mennonite Seminary | A small collection of assorted documents, reports programs & Correspondence. |