Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847

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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman served as missionaries to the Cayuse Indians at Waiilatpu (near Walla Walla, Washington) from 1836 until they were murdered in 1847. They operated under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

From the description of Letters, 1835-1847. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31911964

On title page: "(The copy from which this was made is in Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington.)" On last leaf: "Copied from original journal of Mrs. Narcissa Prentis [sic] Whitman, by her niece, Miss Cornelia Narcissa Whitman Jackson, of: Oberlin, Ohio." Transciption by Mona Nelsen.

From the guide to the Journal of Mrs. Narcissa Prentiss Whitman : Vancouver Oct. 20th 1836, transcription, [n.d.], undated, (Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)
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referencedIn Hovey, E. Paul,. Whitman Mission research scrapbook [manuscript], circa 1836-1966. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Elkanah and Mary Walker papers, 1828-1885 Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Pacific Slope collection, 1832-1953. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Marcus and Narcissa Whitman Papers, 1823-1961 Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
referencedIn Parker, Samuel, 1779-1866. Correspondence (transcripts), 1835-1838. Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch
referencedIn Hartman, John P. John P. Hartman speech [manuscript], 1936 June 14. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Sager, Catherine, 1835-1910. Sager account, ca. 1860. Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State
creatorOf Journal of Mrs. Narcissa Prentiss Whitman : Vancouver Oct. 20th 1836, transcription, [n.d.], undated Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
referencedIn Smith, Joelle, 1958-2005,. Joelle Smith portraits of Oregon pioneers [manuscript], 1976. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Jeffrey, Julie Roy. Converting the West : a biography of Narcissa Whitman, 1991. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Brewer, Henry Bridgman, 1813-1886. Letters, 1839-1847. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Sager, Elizabeth, 1837-1925. Elizabeth Sager letter and clippings, 1913, 1931. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Annick Smith Papers, R 9. 1., 1940-2000 and undated Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University
referencedIn Statement of Rev. A.M.A. Blanchette's Interpreter Concerning the Whitman Massacre [manuscript], circa 1847-1900. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Parker, Samuel J. Samuel J. Parker papers, [ca. 1892]-1895. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Shively, Frances Clark. The Frances Clark Shively papers, 1965. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
creatorOf Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847. Letters, 1835-1847. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
creatorOf Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847. Journal of Mrs. Narcissa Prentiss Whitman : Vancouver Oct. 20th 1836, transcription, [n.d.] Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries
referencedIn Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847. Whitman family papers, 1838-1847. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Woodbridge, Thomas Ross, 1913-. A Prentice-Whitman folio, 1970. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Marcus and Narcissa Whitman Papers, 1834-1897, 1834-1847 Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Ewing, Bettie Boone. Narcissa Prentiss Whitman : the memoirs of one of the first white women to cross the Rockies and who eleven years later was to become a missionary martyr / Bettie Boone Ewing. Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS
referencedIn Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, pioneers of Oregon : production material 1953. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Smith, Annick, 1936-. Annick Smith papers, 1940-2000and undated. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Samuel J. Parker papers, [ca. 1892]-1895. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman papers, 1825-1847. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847. Papers of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 1823-1961. Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries
referencedIn Wakeman, Joel, 1809-1898. Wakeman articles, 1898. Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch
referencedIn Brink, Carol Ryrie, 1895-1981. Narcissa Whitman : pioneer to the Oregon country : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847. Papers, 1834-1850. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847. Letters, 1834-1847. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
creatorOf Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847. Narcisca Prentiss Whitman's Diary /by Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, 1836. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Walker, Elkanah, 1805-1877. Elkanah Walker papers, 1828-1885. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
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associatedWith American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions corporateBody
correspondedWith Brewer, Henry Bridgman, 1813-1886. person
associatedWith Brink, Carol Ryrie, 1895-1981. person
associatedWith Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974. person
associatedWith Ewing, Bettie Boone. person
associatedWith Hartman, John P. person
associatedWith Hovey, E. Paul, person
associatedWith Jeffrey, Julie Roy. person
associatedWith Parker, Samuel, 1779-1866. person
associatedWith Parker, Samuel J. person
correspondedWith Prentice family family
associatedWith Sager, Catherine, 1835-1910. person
associatedWith Sager, Elizabeth, 1837-1925. person
associatedWith Shively, Frances Clark. person
associatedWith Smith, Annick, 1936- person
associatedWith Smith, Joelle, 1958-2005, person
associatedWith Wakeman, Joel, 1809-1898. person
correspondedWith Walker, Elkanah, 1805-1877. person
correspondedWith Walker, Mary Richardson, 1811-1897 person
associatedWith Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847. person
associatedWith Woodbridge, Thomas Ross, 1913- person
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Birth 1808-03-14

Death 1847-11-29

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