Whitman controversy : collection, 1895-1903.

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...

Fiske, John, 1842-1901

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Historian, philosopher, and librarian. Name originally Edmund Fiske Green; at age thirteen, took name of maternal great-grandfather, John Fiske. From the description of John Fiske papers, 1867-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 163614392 Philosopher, historian, librarian. From the description of Papers of John Fiske [manuscript], 1872-1900. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805107 John Fiske was a American author, best known for popular ...

Marshall, William I. (William Isaac), 1840-1906

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William Isaac Marshall was born on June 25, 1840 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He moved to Montana Territory in 1866 and lived there until 1875. During his time in Montana, he became interested in Yellowstone and sold photographs of and conducted tours of the park. In 1875 he moved back to Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Marshall moved to Chicago in 1887 and became the principal of Gladstone School. He was an amateur historian, and, later, lecturer, who took a particular interest in debunking the "Whit...

Mowry, William A. (William Augustus), 1829-1917

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Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of William Mowry : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122441332 ...

Day, Jerome, 1876-1941

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Jerome James Day, the youngest son of Henry and Ellen Day, was born in Truckee, California in 1876, and was working as a union miner when his wealth from the Hercules thrust him into business and politics. He studied at Gonzaga College and the University of Idaho, taking an accelerated program in mining when the Hercules began to turn a profit. He married Lucy Mix of Moscow, Idaho, in 1902 and fathered one son, Jerome James, Jr., b. 1911, and one daughter, Bernice Eugenia, b. 1904. ...

Penrose, Stephen Beasley Linnard, 1864-1947

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On October 2, 1894, Stephen B. L. Penrose (1864-1947) arrived in Walla Walla, Washington, and began a 40-year tenure as the third president of Whitman College. Penrose had first come to Washington state straight out of Yale Divinity School, under the auspices of the Congregational American Home Mission Society. After revitalizing a Congregational church in Dayton, Penrose was called to the presidency of Whitman College. As a trustee, Penrose was aware of the college's financial problems; but he ...

Parker, Henry W. (Henry Webster), 1822-1903

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