Clifford M. Drury Papers 1922-1984

Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874

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Reverend Henry Harmon Spalding, pioneer Presbyterian missionary in the Oregon Territory, was born on November 26, 1803 in New York. In 1836, after successfully applying for an appointment under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Spalding traveled overland to Oregon with his first wife, Eliza Hart Spalding, and Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. Later that year he founded the Nez Percé Indian mission at Lapwai, where he remained until the Whitman Massacre in 1847...

Lawyer, Chief, 1796-1876

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Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984

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Historian and biographer of the Protestant missionaries to Oregon. From the description of Papers, 1932-1958. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852284 Historian, Presbyterian minister. Ph. D. University of Edinburgh (1932). Professor Church History at San Francisco Theological Seminary (1938-1964). Published many works on church history, including: "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon"; "Diary of Elkanah Walker" (1976); and "Chief Law...

Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847

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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, 1834-1847. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31911271 Marcus Whitman was born on September 4, 1802 in Rushville, New York. His father's early death necessitate...