Mark L. Koehler Papers
Scope and Contents
The folios in this file are records taken from the presidential office. They are generally in the same alphabetical subject order as they were in that office.
This collection contains the papers of Whitworth College alumni and 13th president Mark L. Koehler. This collection consists of the administration records and sermons of Koehler.
Dates
- Creation: 1964-1970
- Creation: 1990's
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1964-1970
Language of Materials
Materials are in English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is open for use
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Mark L. Koehler was the first alumnus to become president of Whitworth College. After graduating from North Central High School in Spokane, Washington, Koehler enrolled at Whitworth where he participated in student government and starred in basketball and tennis. In 1939 he married a college classmate, Clara Belle Braden of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
His post-graduate education included a masters of arts degree in Christian education and a bachelor of divinity degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1939 and 1940. He completed a master of theology degree at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1941. Later, he received two honorary degrees: a D. D. from the University of Dubuque in 1945 and an LL. D. from Hastings College in 1964.
After serving as a pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Port Townsend, Washington, he became head of the department of Bible and Christian education at Whitworth in 1943. From 1950 to 1962 he was senior pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Yakima, Washington, and at the same time a trustee of Whitworth College.
Koehler was inaugurated as Whitworth's 13th president on October 9, 1964. (NOTE: Alfred O. Gray, Not by Might, Spokane Washington: Whitworth College, 1965, pp. 251-253) In the spring of 1969 he announced his acceptance of a pastoral call. (NOTE: Dale E. Soden, Adventure of Mind and Spirit (Spokane, Washington: Whitworth College, 1990) p. 117.)
Extent
7 cu. ft.
Abstract
The folios in this file are records taken from the presidential office. They are generally in the same alphabetical subject order as they were in that office. This collection contains the papers of Whitworth College alumni and 13th president Mark L. Koehler. This collection consists of the administration records and sermons of Koehler.
Arrangement
Series Sermons
Series Miscellaneous
Processing Information
This collection was first processed on c. Nov. 2, 1999 and last updated on November 21, 2005
- Title
- Guide to the Mark L. Koehler Papers 1964-1970, 1990's
- Author
- Robert LaCerte, H. W. Johnston, D.N. Feddes
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment of the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections Repository