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John Smith Griffin Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-103
Summary
Reverend John Smith Griffin was a missionary who emigrated to Oregon with the Whitman-Spalding group in 1839. In the 1840s, he participated in the Champoeg Meetings, founded the Congregationalist Church of Tualatin Plains, and published a newspaper. This collection of original letters and documents includes material related to the early settlement of Oregon, to the Whitman Massacre, to the Griffin Family, to the Congregationalist Church in Tualatin Plains, and to his newspaper, The Oregon...
Dates:
1839-1890
Found in:
Pacific University Archives
Lyman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-31
Summary
The Lymans were a family of early Oregon settlers who were active in missionary, educational and literary activities. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence between member of the Lyman family and their friends between the years of 1846 to 1883.
Dates:
1846-1883
Found in:
Pacific University Archives
Sidney H. Marsh Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-1
Summary
This collection documents the activities of Sidney H. Marsh while at
Tualatin Academy and later as President of Pacific University in Forest
Grove, Oregon from 1853 until his death in 1879. The majority of
the correspondence and documents record his efforts in obtaining
monies for the college through subscriptions, the financial records for
the school, writings promoting and defending education in Oregon,
relationships between business partners, early founders, students, and
faculty...
Dates:
1817-1943
Found in:
Pacific University Archives
Marcus Whitman letters to Alanson Hinman
Collection — Folder: MS File Box 2
Identifier: MS-69
Summary
Marcus Whitman was a missionary in the Oregon Territory who was killed by Cayuse Indians in 1847. These letters, sent to his friend Alanson Hinman, shed light on conditions at the mission in the weeks before his death.
Dates:
1847
Found in:
Pacific University Archives
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