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Papers from Apostolic Faith Mission, Portland, Oregon, 1919-1967 Fuller Theological Seminary Digital Commons @ Fuller List of Archival Collections Archives and Special Collections 7-2018 COLLECTION 0007: Papers from Apostolic Faith Mission, Portland, Oregon, 1919-1967 Fuller Seminary Archives and Special Collections Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/findingaids Part of the Missions and World Christianity Commons Recommended Citation Fuller Seminary Archives and Special Collections, "COLLECTION 0007: Papers from Apostolic Faith Mission, Portland, Oregon, 1919-1967" (2018). List of Archival Collections. 23. https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/findingaids/23 This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at Digital Commons @ Fuller. It has been accepted for inclusion in List of Archival Collections by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Fuller. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections David Allan Hubbard Library Fuller Theological Seminary COLLECTION 07: Papers from Apostolic Faith Mission, Portland, Oregon, 1919-1967 Administrative Information Title: Papers from Apostolic Faith Mission, Portland, Oregon, 1919-1967 Collection Identifier: CFT00007 Creators: Crawford, Raymond Robert (1891-1965) Crawford, Florence (1872-1936) Size: 1 Box, 0.5 linear feet Repository: David Allan Hubbard Library Fuller Theological Seminary 135 N Oakland Ave Pasadena, CA 91182 [email protected] Provenance: Donated by the archivist of the Graduate Theological Union. The material was dropped into the GTU Library book drop without identification circa 1996 and sent on to an "appropriate home," the Fuller Theological Seminary’s David du Plessis archives, by the archivist, Lucinda Rand. Conditions Governing Access/Restrictions: Supervised use only Scholarly use with parameters of copyright law Language: English Processing: Nancy Sanders Gower, 2012 Finding Aid Revisions: Andrew Wong, July 2018 1 Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections David Allan Hubbard Library Fuller Theological Seminary Historical Background The Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland was founded by Florence L Crawford (1872-1936) in Portland, Oregon in 1906. Crawford was one of the early affiliates of William J. Seymour (1870-1922) and the Azusa Street Revival (1906-1915) in Los Angeles, California. Seymour appointed Crawford as the state director of the Pacific Coast Apostolic Faith movement some time between 1906 and their separation in 1911. Crawford’s primary goal with the Portland mission was to assist local missions and church organizations to join the Apostolic Faith movement. After Crawford’s separation from Seymour, most of the organizations she worked with continued under her leadership. The mission also gained Clara Lum, editor of the Los Angeles-based publication The Apostolic Faith, in 1908. Scope and Content The Papers from Apostolic Faith Mission is a small collection of manuscripts of sermons given by Florence Crawford (1872-1936) and her son Raymond R. Crawford (1891-1965). Prepared sermons were given at the Rose City and Woodstock Campground meetings, tent meetings and church services at 6th and Burnside, from 1919 through 1961. Also included are manuscripts, clippings and documents related to the founding, history and ministries of the Apostolic Faith Mission, Portland, Oregon. Subjects: Apostolic Faith Mission (Portland, Or.) Pentecostalism Arrangement This collection is organized into 1 box consisting of 3 series as follows: Series I: Sermons of Florence Crawford, 1919-1933 Folders 1-29 Series II: Apostolic Faith Documents Folders 30-37 Series III: Sermons of R.R. Crawford Folders 38-45 2 Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections David Allan Hubbard Library Fuller Theological Seminary Box Inventory Box 1 Folder Item Place Date 1 What it Means to be the Bride of Christ Rose City Campground August 4, 1919 2 Christian Standard & Sanctification Front & Burnside 1921 3 Principles and Doctrines 6th & Burnside 1922 4 Baptism of the Holy Ghost 6th & Burnside 1922 5 Baptism of the Holy Ghost Woodstock Campground 1922 6 Baptism of the Holy Ghost Woodstock Campground 1923 7 Baptism of the Holy Ghost Woodstock Campground 1926 8 Baptism of the Holy Ghost Woodstock Campground 1933 9 Teaching Front & Burnside 1922 10 Consecration Woodstock Campground 1925 11 Consecration Woodstock Campground 1932 12 Consecration Woodstock Campground 1933 13 The Bride of Christ Woodstock Campground 1930 14 Sermon: Acts 1:1-8, Isaiah 35:2-6 6th & Burnside 1930 15 Sermon: Neh. 1:3-9,11... 6th & Burnside 1930 16 Sermon: 1 John 1:1-4 6th & Burnside 1930 17 The Rapture, the Coming of Jesus Woodstock Campground 1930 18 The Word of God Woodstock Campground 1930 19 Ordinance Service 6th & Burnside 1931 20 Sermon, tent meeting Union & Killingsworth 1931 21 The Seven Churches 6th & Burnside 1931 22 Power for Service 6th & Burnside 1931 23 Faith Woodstock Campground 1932 24 Jesus' Coming Woodstock Campground 1932 25 The Trial of Faith Woodstock Campground 1933 26 Faith in God S.E. 52nd Ave at Duke 1933 27 Sound Doctrine Woodstock Campground 1933 28 Mother Crawford's Sermon 6th & Burnside 1935 29 Photocopied sermons 1919-1933 30 Apostolic Faith – its Origin, Functions and 6th & Burnside n.d. Doctrines, Headquarters: N.W. A Souvenir from ... The Evangel, Rev. Frost, drive-in Church 31 Manuscript: The Apostolic Faith Church : San Francisco 1906-1967 Review 32 Apostolic Faith, clippings & reprints 33 Raymond Robert Crawford, Testimony & 1935-1962 sermons 34 Raymond Robert Crawford, Eulogies, memorial 1965 3 Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections David Allan Hubbard Library Fuller Theological Seminary 35 Apostolic Faith Church, Portland, non-Crawford 1948-1949 manuscripts 36 Photocopied photos 37 Raymond Crawford speech, transcribed, Edna 1958 Crawford 38 Bring Us Not Over Jordan 6th & Burnside 1935 39 Let Me Die the Death of the Righteous Campground, Portland 1941 40 David's Inheritance in God Klamath Falls 1942 41 I Am God & there is None Else San Francisco 1950 42 The Foundation Stones 1956 43 Laying up Treasures in Heaven Eureka, CA 1961 44 Keep One's Self Unspotted from the World, 1961 Eueka, taken in shorthand by Edna Crawford 45 Letters of donation & acknowledgment, 1996 Lucinda Rand/Kate McGinn 4 .
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