Ephraim Peter Roberts papers, circa 1775-1968.

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Ephraim Peter Roberts papers, circa 1775-1968.

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Papers of Ephraim Peter Roberts and his wife Myra Farrington Roberts, missionaries from Vermont and Maine who served in Panape (Pohnpei Island), Caroline Islands, Micronesia, in the mid-19th century, and later settled in The Dalles, Oregon. The collection consists of correspondence, journals, and genealogical notes on the Roberts and Farrington families. The journals (1857-1961) of Ephraim and Myra Roberts relate to the voyage to Micronesia on the packet Morning Star and to their stay in Ponape. Included are early Farrington family letters, letters received by Ephraim Roberts while at Williams College and Bangor Theological Seminary, letters to the Roberts' from their families in Maine and Vermont, and letters from fellow missionaries in the Pacific. Correspondents include: Hiram Bingham, Jr., Elias Bond, Titus Coan, Samuel C. Damon, Edward P. and Sarah Doane, Charlotte C. Dole, Daniel Farrington (Myra's brother in California), Jonathan S. Green, Louisa L. Gulick, Luther Halsey, David B. and Sarah Lyman, George and Nancy A. Pierson, Benjamin G. Snow, A.A. Sturges, Booker T. Washington, and Charles H. Wetmore.

1.5 cubic feet (3 document cases, 1 oversize folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8035035

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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...

Coan, Titus, 1801-1882

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Presbyterian missionary to Hawaii. Born in Killington, Connecticut, studied at the Auburn Theological Seminary, N.Y., and ordained in 1833. Sent to Patagonia as a missionary from 1833-34. Married Fidelia Church (1810-1872) upon his return to the United States in 1834. Went to Hawaii in 1835 where he lived and worked the rest of his life. From the description of Papers, 1830-1872. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660720 Presbyterian clergyman and ...

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Bond, Elias A., 1873-

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Gulick, L. L. (Louisa Lewis), 1830-1894

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Green, Jonathan S. (Jonathan Smith), 1796-1878

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Dole, Charlotte Close Knapp, 1813-1874

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Roberts, Ephraim Peter, 1825-1893.

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Ephraim Peter Roberts was born at Danbury, Vermont, October 23, 1825. After completing studies at Williams College in 1854, he entered Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine, and was ordained by the Congregational Church at Bangor on July 28, 1857. On Septermber 8, 1857, he married Myra Holman Farrington of Holden, Maine, born there September 22, 1835. Both having been certified as missionaries by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, they sailed from Boston on Oct...

Lyman, David Belden, 1803-1884

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Pierson, Nancy A.

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Doane, Sarah Wilbur

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Snow, B. G. (Benjamin G.)

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Benjamin Galen Snow (1817-1880) was born in Brewer, Me., and graduated from Bowdoin College and later Bangor Theological Seminary. Snow was ordained and began missionary work for the American Baptist Council of Foreign Missions (A.B.C.F.M). He was first stationed at Kusaie, Micronesia, and then on Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands. Snow remained in the South Pacific until 1877, with the exception of a three-year hiatus. From the description of Benjamin Galen Snow papers, 1866 [manuscript]...

Roberts family.

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Farrington, Daniel, fl. 1856

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Doane, Edward P.

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Damon, Samuel Chenery, 1815-1885

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Samuel Chenery Domon was editor of "The Friend," a serial devoted to temperance and mariners, from 1845 to 1884. From the guide to the Excerpt from our log-book, circa 1848-1849, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Samuel Chenery Damon (1815-1885) graduated from Amherst College in 1836 and Princeton Seminary in 1838. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1841 and served as a missionary to Hawaii for the American Seamen's Friend Society from 1841 until hi...

Sturges, A. A.

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Lyman, Sarah Joiner, 1805-1885

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Halsey, Luther, 1794-1880

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Farrington family.

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Roberts, Myra Farrington, 1835-1912

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Bingham, Hiram, 1789-1869

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Wetmore, C. H. (Charles Hinckley), 1820-1898

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