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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries. See the following related collections: Foreign missions; Domestic missions. Featured image: Missionary to China Aimee Boddy Millican (1884-1974) and radio broadcasting staff.

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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:
Whitman Centennial seal.
Description:
[Whitman Centennial seal, from title page of A Brief Requesting Assistance in the Restoration of the Grounds and Reconstruction of the Buildings of the Waiilatpu Mission on the Centenary of its Founding, 1836-1936.]
Subject names:
Whitman Centennial Celebration (1936 : Walla Walla, Wash.), Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)
Topics:
Missions--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missions--Oregon Territory.
Geographic subjects:
Northwest, Pacific--Missions--19th century., Oregon Territory--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8058
Title:
Murder of Dr. Marcus Whitman.
Description:
Massacre of Rev. Dr. Whitman of the Presbyterian Mission. An Artist's Conception of the Murder of Dr. Marcus Whitman. Illustration from Clifford M. Drury's Marcus Whitman, M.D. [Original plate from a wood-engraving by N. Orr & Co. Plate originally published in Frances Fuller Victor's (1826-1902) biography of Joe Meek, The River of the West, published ca. 1870. Reprinted in Clifford Merrill Drury's (1897-1984) Marcus Whitman, M.D.]
Subject names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847--Death and burial., Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)
Topics:
Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missionaries--Oregon Territory., Whitman Massacre, 1847.
Geographic subjects:
Northwest, Pacific--Missions--19th century., Oregon Territory--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8052
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:
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

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