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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries in domestic fields. Featured image: Missionary Kate McBeth with the first Women's Missionary Society organized in Lapwai (present-day Idaho).

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Title:
Marcus Whitman.
Description:
[Portrait of Marcus Whitman.]
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions--Archives., Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:9924
Title:
The Story of Marcus Whitman.
Description:
The Story of Marcus Whitman\u2026Medical Missionary an Outstanding Pioneer of the Pacific Northwest.
Subject names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)
Topics:
Missions--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missions--Oregon Territory., Missionaries--Oregon Territory.
Geographic subjects:
Northwest, Pacific--Missions--19th century., Oregon Territory--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8153
Title:
Marcus Whitman pleading for Oregon.
Description:
Marcus Whitman pleading for Oregon before President Tyler and Secretary Webster. [Plate from How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon by Oliver W. Nixon, p. 128a.]
Subject names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847.
Topics:
Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missionaries--Oregon Territory., Missions--Oregon Territory., Missions--Northwest, Pacific--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Oregon Territory--Missions., Northwest, Pacific--Missions--19th century., Oregon--History--19th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8119
Title:
Marcus Whitman on the Great Divide.
Description:
Marcus Whitman on the Great Divide, July 4, 1836. "They raised the flag, read a chapter from God's Word and took possession of the land for Christ and for the Church" [Illusration of Marcus Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, Henry Harmon Spalding, Eliza Hart Spalding, and William H. Gray on their journey west.]
Subject names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Gray, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1889., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Oregon Mission., Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)
Topics:
Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missions--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missionaries--Oregon Territory., Missions--Oregon Territory.
Geographic subjects:
Northwest, Pacific--Missions--19th century., Oregon Territory--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8094
Title:
Marcus Whitman on his winter ride.
Description:
Marcus Whitman leaving home on his winter ride to save Oregon. [Plate from How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon, by Oliver W. Nixon.]
Subject names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847.
Topics:
Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missionaries--Oregon Territory., Missions--Oregon Territory., Missions--Northwest, Pacific--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Oregon--History--19th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8049
Title:
Waiilatpu Mission Site.
Description:
Waiilatpu Mission Site where the Whitmans labored.
Subject names:
Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.), Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847.
Topics:
Missions--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missions--Oregon Territory.
Geographic subjects:
Northwest, Pacific--Missions--19th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7873
Title:
Marcus Whitman Memorial Plaque.
Description:
[Postcard of Marcus Whitman Memorial Plaque in Walla Walla, Washington.]
Subject names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)
Topics:
Memorials--Washington (State)--Walla Walla., Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missionaries--Oregon Territory.
Geographic subjects:
Walla Walla (Wash.)--Memorials.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7750
Title:
Marcus Whitman on the Great Divide.
Description:
Marcus Whitman on the Great Divide July 4, 1836. "They raised the flag, read a chapter from God's Word and took possession of the land for Christ and for the Church" [Illusration of Marcus Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, Henry Harmon Spalding, Eliza Hart Spalding, and William H. Gray on their journey west.]
Subject names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Gray, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1889., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Oregon Mission., Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)
Topics:
Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missions--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missionaries--Oregon Territory., Missions--Oregon Territory.
Geographic subjects:
Northwest, Pacific--Missions--19th century., Oregon Territory--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7735
Title:
Map of Marcus Whitman's journey west.
Description:
[Map of Marcus Whitman's journey west.]
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)
Topics:
Overland journeys to the Pacific., Missions--Northwest, Pacific--19th century--Maps., Missions--Oregon Territory--Maps.
Geographic subjects:
Northwest, Pacific--Maps., Oregon Territory--Maps.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7709
Title:
Marcus Whitman on the Great Divide.
Description:
Marcus Whitman on the Great Divide July 4, 1836. "They raised the flag, read a chapter from God's Word and took possession of the land for Christ and for the Church" [Illustration of Marcus Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, Henry Harmon Spalding, Eliza Hart Spalding, and William H. Gray on their journey west.]
Subject names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Gray, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1889., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Oregon Mission., Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)
Topics:
Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missions--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missionaries--Oregon Territory.
Geographic subjects:
Northwest, Pacific--Missions--19th century., Oregon Territory--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7649
Title:
Marcus Whitman's missionary commission certificate.
Description:
This is to certify that Doct. Marcus Whitman is an assistant missionary to Indian tribes West of the State of Missouri under the direction of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. [Signed] R. Anderson and David Green. [Replica of John P. Hartman's pen and ink drawing of Marcus Whitman's missionary commission certificate from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Feb. 17, 1835.]
Subject names:
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions., Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847.
Topics:
Missions--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Northwest, Pacific--Missions--19th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7580
Title:
Letter from Eliza H. Spalding to Lorene Hart, August 5, 1850.
Description:
Letter from Mrs. Spalding, dated August 5, 1850 to her sister, Miss Lorene Hart at Holland Patent. Written from Calapooya, Oregon. Mrs. Spalding makes mention of the massacre; how they got out; the "guilty biogoted Catholic"; cost of living in Oregon; her own poor health, etc. [Caption from Clifford M. Drury's notes.]
Creator:
Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851. (author)
Subject names:
Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Hart, Lorene., Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984.
Topics:
Indians of North America--Missions., Whitman Massacre, 1847.
Geographic subjects:
Holland Patent (N.Y.), Calapooya Mountains (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2161
Title:
Letter from Eliza H. Spalding to her family, April 28, 1843.
Description:
From Clearwater, April 28, 1843 - Mrs. Spalding to her family. Speaks of Dr. White's visit and especially of Dr. Whitman's leaving for the states. She writes: "Dr. W's object is to either get the mission reinforced or to obtain settlers to come and establish a colony." [Caption transcribed from Clifford M. Drury's notes.]
Creator:
Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851. (author)
Subject names:
Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984.
Topics:
Indians of North America--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2149

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