Folios contain copies of financial and legal documents of Whitworth College from the time of its relocation from Tacoma to Spokane up to 1938. Correspondence of O.E. Porterfield and other administrators of the college and its board of trustees is included.

This collection consists of the historic, administrative, and congregational records of Pullman Presbyterian Church.

The file contains mostly the early records of Salem Lutheran Church, nee Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Salem Church of Spokane Falls, Washington Territory. Many of the records in the file are in the Swedish language. It is a genealogist’s cornucopia of names of Nordic families who migrated to the Pacific Northwest and settled in Spokane, Washington.

Records of Spokane Friends Church including especially the minutes of the Monthly Meeting. There are oral interviews of church members in the file. Establishment of the Spokane congregation, and the construction of its present worship center are especially interesting.

History, administration and congregational activities of First Presbyterian Church of Sumner, Washington with special attention to the role of George F. Whitworth in its founding (Whitworth and this church were instrumental in the establishment of Whitworth College).

This collection consists of recorded faculty recitals of Dr. Thomas Tavener and other music faculty.

The file contains correspondence of Dr. Orrin E. Tiffany, acting president of Whitworth College, and his wife as registrar of the College. Most folders deal with the recruitment of faculty and students during some rather tumultuous times in the history of the College.

The bulk of the collection consists of folders of Frank Furniss Warren’s addresses and sermons during his tenure as president of Whitworth College. Also included are sections on his death and memorialization. Warren’s interactions with the college programs and members of his board of trustees are scattered throughout the collection.

History and operation of the Harriet Cheney Cowles Memorial Library at Whitworth College.

The pre-nursing program operated jointly by Whitworth College and the Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing is described. In addition the transition to a cooperative program conducted by the Spokane Center for Nursing Education is covered.