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Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Les origines et la fondation de la Mission d'Oregon City [The origins and foundation of the Oregon City Mission]

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2031
Abstract

Typescript photocopy of master's thesis by Pierre Leduc, 30 pages, for the University of Montreal, Quebec, February 1965. The thesis is written in French and regards the history and founding of the Oregon City Mission at Oregon City, Oregon.

Dates: 1965 February

Mary Packard reminiscences of Reverend Jason Lee

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2240
Abstract

Manuscript reminiscences of Mary Packard, circa 1900, describing her memories of Reverend Jason Lee when she met him in Stanstead, Canada, circa 1835.

Dates: circa 1900

The physical appearances section of a Prentiss/Whitman folio

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2413
Abstract

Photocopy proposal, 1970, regarding sketches possibly of Narcissa and Marcus Whitman, drawn by Paul Kane in 1847.

Dates: 1970

The Protestant Ladder; a history and description of the Ladder as given before the National Society of the Colonial Dames in Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2283
Abstract

Typescript, June 26, 1951, with corrections, regarding the Protestant Ladder as a method of teaching religion to Native Americans by early Protestant missionaries.

Dates: 1951 June 26

Gilbert Schneider and Mildred Schneider family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll570
Abstract

Papers and photographs relating to the Schneider family. Gilbert Schneider and Mildred Schneider were Oregonians who worked as missionaries in Cameroon from 1945 to 1961.

Dates: 1911-2016; Majority of material found within 1938-2016

Henry Harmon Spalding family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1201
Abstract Papers of Henry H. Spalding, a Presbyterian missionary to the Oregon Territory; his first wife, Eliza Hart Spalding; and his second wife, Rachel Spalding. Primarily contains typescript and photostatic copies of correspondence, diaries, and other papers relating to Henry H. Spalding's missionary work. Subjects include: the overland journey, the Nimiipuu (Nez Percé) people, conditions in the Oregon Country, and the Whitman killings of 1847. Some original letters are included. Also includes...
Dates: 1778-1874; Majority of material found within 1835-1874

William Alfred Tenney papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 284
Abstract

Typescript copies of materials relating to Oregon missionary William Alfred Tenney. Includes letters from Tenney to the American Home Missionary Society and to the magazine The Pacific. Also includes letters written by Tenney describing his missionary experiences.

Dates: 1856-1915

Verboort, or Catholic settlement

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 942
Abstract

Manuscript, possibly written for a class, titled "Verboort, or Catholic Settlement" by Theo. H. Bernards, regarding the history of Verboort, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1900-1950

Elkanah Walker and Mary Richardson Walker papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1204
Abstract Diaries, correspondence, and other papers of Elkanah Walker and his wife, Mary Richardson Walker, missionaries in the Oregon Territory in the mid-19th century. The diaries describe their overland journey and efforts to establish a mission among the Spokane Indigenous people. Correspondents in the collection include other missionaries such as Henry H. Spalding, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, Marcus Whitman, and John Lee Lewes. Most of the materials are typescript or photostatic copies, except the...
Dates: 1828-1931; Majority of material found within 1838-1868

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1203
Abstract Papers of and relating to Presbyterian missionaries Marcus Whitman (1802-1847) and Narcissa Whitman (1808-1847), including their correspondence, documents and recollections relating to their murder and the aftermath, and ephemera related to their memorialization. The Whitmans established a mission in 1836 at Waiilatpu near Walla Walla in the part of the Oregon Territory that would later become Washington state, with the goal of converting the local Cayuse people. The Whitmans' relations with...
Dates: 1834-1947; Majority of material found within 1834-1850