Skip to main content

Overland Journeys to the Northwestern United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Ann Stahl collection of Jared Fox travel diary materials

 Collection
Identifier: Coll845
Abstract

A handwritten transcript of a portion of the travel diary that Jared Fox kept while emigrating to and living in the Oregon Territory, and documentation concerning the transcript's authorship. Jared Fox (1805-1865) emigrated to Oregon in 1852, but left the following year. It is believed that Fox's grandson-in-law, C. C. Bennett (1856-1935), wrote the transcript of Fox's account over a period of time from the late 1870s to the 1920s.

Dates: circa 1878-2019; Majority of material found within circa 1878-1925
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Robert M. Wade collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2826
Abstract Robert M. Wade (1835-1915) was born in Missouri and came to Oregon with his parents in 1850. He founded R. M. Wade & Co., dealers in agricultural implements, in 1865, serving as manager until 1913. Collection includes a photocopy obituary; a eulogy delivered by Emmet B. Williams; a booklet, "From Missouri to Oregon," with reminiscences of Wade's overland journey; and a photocopy letter from Wade Newbegin to Thomas Vaughan, 1989, containing historical information about R. M. Wade &...
Dates: 1915-1989
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Wagon train photograph by the Aune Studio, Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1140
Abstract

Cabinet photograph depicting four covered wagons, with horses, livestock, and people. Background appears to be Mt. Hood. The mark and address of the Aune studio in Portland are printed on the card below the photograph.

Dates: circa 1890-circa 1905
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

The life story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 925
Abstract

Photocopy typescript of "The Life Story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as Told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson," about her family's journey from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest, and about life in Oregon.

Dates: circa 1933
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Thomas Alexander Wood recollections

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 37
Abstract

Collection consists of typescript and manuscript correspondence and reminiscences recorded by T. A. Wood from approximately 1890-1902. Topics include his experiences as a Methodist minister, chaplain for the Union Army during the Civil War, his involvement in conflicts with Native peoples, and the integration of Black students into Portland public schools.

Dates: 1890-1902
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Staff Interface | Visit ArchivesSpace.org | v3.5.1 | Send Feedback or Report a Problem