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Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Alvin Thompson Smith Diaries Transcript

 Collection
Identifier: MS-36
Summary

A.T. (Alvin Thompson) Smith was an early Oregon pioneer who participated in the formation of the government of the Oregon Territory, and who also helped to found Pacific University. This collection contains transcripts of his diary, written from 1840 to 1853.

Dates: 1840-1853

Congregational Association of Oregon Records

 Collection — Box MS File Box 2
Identifier: MS-79
Summary

The Congregational Association of Oregon was an organization representing the Congregationalist churches within Oregon and Washington Territory. This collection includes the Association's constitution, by-laws, minutes from 1857-1869, a list of members and associated churches, and a table of all meetings held between 1848-1886.

Dates: 1848-1886

James Gerrish Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MS-56
Summary

James Gerrish was an Oregon pioneer of 1844, and a Methodist circuit preacher who worked in Oregon and Washington in the 1850s-1860s. His diaries, dated 1854-1863, record his daily life travelling and preaching to communities on the frontier.

Dates: 1854-1863

Harvey Clark Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-87
Summary

Harvey Clark was an Oregon pioneer of 1840 who helped to found Pacific University, and who owned much of the land where the town of Forest Grove now lies. The collection includes one original letter by Harvey Clark dated 1843; a facsimile and transcription of a 1844 letter; a transcription of his 1837 "memory book," a book of verses and notes written by friends; and typed biographical notes about Harvey Clark.

Dates: 1843-1920

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

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

Henry Harmon Spalding Notebook

 Collection — Folder MS File Box 2
Identifier: MS-77
Summary

Henry H. Spalding was a Presbyterian missionary who arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1836. This notebook, which he compiled during the 1850s-1860s, contains writings relating to his daily life as a missionary, farmer and Indian agent.

Dates: 1850-1870

Walker Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-102
Dates: 1845-1930

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