Edwin Eells papers

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Edwin Eells papers

1962-1947

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Correspondence (1864-1916), diaries (1862-1892), autobiography and reminiscences, ledgers, Indian agency records, scrapbooks, photographs, articles, and other papers. Also includes two ms. letters, one each written by Edwin Eells and his wife Abbie Eells at the time of President Rutherford B. Hayes's visit to Washington Territory, reflecting their introduction to Hayes and the request for help in finalizing the title to patented lands on behalf of the Indians under Eells's jurisdiction; correspondence, enrollment ledger, and lists compiled by Eells in 1864 of all men in the Walla Walla area subject to possible military duty in the Union Army during the Civil War relating to his service as Enrolling Officer; addresses and articles relating to early Washington history, including history of the Walla Walla First Congregational Church; Eells family records, photographs, scrapbooks, and clippings; and photocopies of ms. By Rev. Myron Eells entitled "The Indians of Puget Sound" and paper on Skokomish religious beliefs, containing first hand observations on some of the tribes of western Washington. Includes addendums to his autobiography concerning his early involvement in the formation of Washington State Historical Society, the development and construction of First Congregational Church of Tacoma, history of the Cushman Indian School; and typescript articles by Ida Eells reflecting Eells family history in early Washington.

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