Walker Family papers, 1839-1854.

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Walker Family papers, 1839-1854.

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The collection documents the history of the missions in Oregon Territory initiated by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. There is correspondence between Elkanah and Mary Walker and the mission board, colleagues, newspapers, employees of the Hudson's Bay Company, and family. The collection also contains notes on sermons and early missionaries, accounts, mission records, records of the Columbia Maternal Association, Indian dictionaries and texts, and other papers.

576 p.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8012027

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. In the 19th century it was the largest and most important of American missionary organizations and consisted of participants from Protestant Reformed traditions such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches. Before 1870, the ABCFM consisted of Protestants of several denominati...

Walker, Mary Richardson, 1811-1897

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Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker, pioneer missionaries, were sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Oregon Mission. The Walkers and one other couple, Cushing and Myra Eells, established the mission at Tshimakain in 1838, to work with the Spokane Indians. Mary was born and educated in Maine, and married Elkanah because the Board wanted to send married couples. The Board closed the mission in 1848 after the Whitmans were killed. The Walkers eventually settled nea...

Greene, David

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Walker, Elkanah, 1805-1877

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Missionaries to the Spokane Indians for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Papers of Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker, 1821-1938. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852997 Reverend Elkanah Walker, pioneer Congregational missionary, was born on August 7, 1805 in North Yarmouth, Maine. Following his ordination in 1838, Walker and his new bride, Mary Richardson, journeyed overland to the Oregon Country in order ...

Hudson's Bay Company

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The Hudson's Bay Company began in 1670, and by the 1820s it had expanded to the Pacific Northwest. John McLoughlin served as the head of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia district. In this position, which McLoughlin held for twenty-one years, he oversaw the company's operations throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Researching the role Dr. McLoughlin played in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company were Robert C. Clark and Burt B. Barker. Both were historians at the University of Oregon wh...