Pacific Northwest Mennonite Historical Society

05/06/2026

Thanks to the efforts of a student at North Clackamas Christian High School, a number of our archived cassette tapes have been digitized and are now available through this link.

04/24/2026

The Spring 2026 issue of the PNMHS Newsletter "Our Heritage" has been released. It can be accessed below.

This issue draws heavily on historical material found in our archival holdings. In it you will find:
1. A summary of our February 21 annual meeting featuring a history told by former Pastor Jeryl Hollinger of the Mountain View Mennonite Church in Creston, MT.
2. A continuation from our fall newsletter of the interesting communications between the PCC Mission Board and Allan Good, Pastor of Portland Menonite Gospel Mission from 1922 to 1932.
3. A story from a 1994 edition of the Societies newsletter about Zion Mennonite burial practices in 1911.
4. A collection of letters to the Words of Cheer publication from Oregon writers seeking pen pals.
5. A letter to the Weekly Budget in 1895 by an Oregon writer who shared about her three-day trip to get to the Oregon coast.

03/26/2026

Our annual meeting program speaker, Jeryl Hollinger, shared a very interesting history of The Mountain View Mennonite Church near Kalispell, MT. If you missed the program, a link to a video of his presentation can be found here.

The 2026 Annual Meeting featured a presentation by retired pastor, Jeryl Hollinger, titled Montana Bound - The History of Mt. View Mennonite Church in Kalisp...