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Clifford M. Drury papers, 1922-1984
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Drury, Clifford Merrill
- Title
- Clifford M. Drury papers
- Dates
- 1922-1984 (inclusive)19221984
- Quantity
- 6.27 linear feet, (12 boxes)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.005
- Summary
- The papers of Clifford M. Drury include correspondence, research files, newspaper clippings, photographs, and manuscripts, from 1922- 1984, specifically regarding his works on Marcus Whitman and other early Pacific Northwest missionaries. Clifford Merrill Drury had a noteworthy career as a pastor, seminary professor, historian, and Navy chaplain.
- Repository
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Clifford Merrill Drury had a noteworthy career as a pastor, seminary professor, historian, and Navy chaplain. Born on November 7, 1897 in Clinton, Iowa, to William Drury and Charity Mae Dell, Drury was a graduate of Buena Vista College and San Francisco Theological Seminary and earned a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. As a pastor, Drury served in Shanghai, China, and Moscow, Idaho. While in Moscow, Drury's proximity to the Nez Perce Indians sparked an interest in the history of early missionaries in the Pacific Northwest. This interest launched a writing career that culminated in twenty-five books and numerous magazine articles. In 1938, Drury began a twenty-five-year career of teaching church history at San Francisco Theological Seminary, taking leave to serve as a Navy chaplain during World War II. Drury's major publications include Henry Harmon Spalding, Pioneer of Old Oregon (1936), Marcus Whitman, M.D., Pioneer and Martyr (1937), Elkanah and Mary Walker, Pioneers among the Spokanes (1940), Diaries and letters of Henry H. Spalding and Asa Bowen Smith (1958), First White Women over the Rockies (1963-1966), and Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon (1976). Drury received honorary degrees from Buena Vista, Azusa, Whitworth, and Whitman colleges. He was also honored by the Presbyterian Historical Society, the United States Navy, and the Washington State Historical Society.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection includes correspondence, research files, newspaper clippings, photographs, and manuscripts, from 1922 to 1984, specifically regarding Drury's works on Marcus Whitman and other early Pacific Northwest missionaries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
1: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, research notes and slides, 1927-1980Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Mrs. Genevieve Vollner Bonner to Drury |
Undated |
1 | 2 | Mrs. Harry Hindren Bockius to Drury |
Undated |
1 | 3 | Drury to S.B.L. Penrose |
1935 |
1 | 4 | Hallock to Drury |
1936 |
1 | 5 | M.C. Jacobs to Drury |
1936 |
1 | 6 | Drury to M.C. Jacobs |
1936 |
1 | 7 | H.S. Brode to Drury |
1936 |
1 | 8 | Drury to Dr. H.S. Brode, including excerpts catalog of courses 1825-1826 of New York College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District |
1936 |
1 | 9 | Bolton to Drury, congratulations of success of Spalding book |
1936 |
1 | 10 | War Department to Drury |
1936 |
1 | 11 | Martha Barrett to Drury |
1936 |
1 | 12 | A. G. Hinkle at the Canton, Illinois Kiwanis Club to Drury and A.L. Saunders to Drury |
1936-1937 |
1 | 13 | Treasury Department to Drury |
1937 |
1 | 14 | J. Nielsen Barry to Drury and Drury's response |
1937 |
1 | 15 | J. Nielsen Barry to Drury pertaining to the Whitman controversy |
1937 |
1 | 16 | Mrs. Willard Hart Chapin to Drury |
1937 |
1 | 17 | Herbert Bolton to Drury |
1937 |
1 | 18 | A.C. Flick to Drury |
1937 |
1 | 19 | A.C. Flick to Drury |
1937 |
1 | 20 | Drury to A.C. Flick |
1937 |
1 | 21 | To Drury |
1937 |
1 | 22 | To Drury |
1937 |
1 | 23 | Two Correspondences between Drury and Trexler |
1937 |
1 | 24 | H.S. Brode to Drury |
1937 |
1 | 25 | H.S. Brode to Drury on the Columbia Maternal Assoc. playwriting contest |
1938 |
1 | 26 | Correspondences between Brode and Drury |
1938 |
1 | 27 | R.C. Clark to Drury on Drury's work |
1938 |
1 | 28 | Drury to Clark |
1938 |
1 | 29 | Drury to E.E. Eells |
1938 |
1 | 30 | E.E. Eells to Drury |
1938 |
1 | 31 | Drury to E. E. Eells |
1938 |
1 | 32 | E.E. Eells to Drury |
1938 |
1 | 33 | Clark to Drury |
1938 |
1 | 34 | R.C. Clark to Drury |
1938 |
1 | 35 | Drury in reply to Clark of June 21, 1938 about the review of Marcus Whitman |
1938 |
1 | 36 | Walter B. Beals to Drury on the copy of "Marcus Whitman" |
1938 |
1 | 37 | Bernice Judd to Drury |
1950 |
1 | 38 | Drury to Bernice Judd (also of Aug. 15, 1950) |
1950 |
1 | 39 | Judd to Drury |
1950 |
1 | 40 | Drury to Judd |
1951 |
1 | 41 | Judd to Drury |
1951 |
1 | 42 | Drury to Judd |
1951 |
1 | 43 | Mulholland to Drury |
1951 |
1 | 44 | Drury to Mulholland |
1951 |
1 | 45 | Drury to Judd |
1951 |
1 | 46 | Judd to Drury |
1951 |
1 | 47 | Drury to Judd |
1951 |
1 | 48 | Goldie Rehberg to Drury |
1953 |
1 | 49 | Judd to Drury |
1959 |
1 | 50 | Drury to Judd |
1959 |
1 | 51 | Emily Wariner to Drury |
1959 |
1 | 52 | Drury to Warinner |
1959 |
1 | 53 | Sophie Cluff to Drury |
1959 |
1 | 54 | Drury to Cluff |
1959 |
1 | 55 | Cluff to Drury |
1959 |
1 | 56 | Warinner to Drury |
1959 |
1 | 57 | Drury to Warinner |
1959 |
1 | 58 | Cluff to Drury |
1959 |
1 | 59 | Judd to Drury |
1959 |
1 | 60 | Drury to Cluff |
1959 |
1 | 61 | Cluff to Drury |
1960 |
1 | 62 | Drury to Cluff |
1960 |
1 | 63 | Cluff to Drury |
1960 |
1 | 64 | Drury to Judd |
1960 |
1 | 65 | Cluff to Drury permission to quote material |
1960 |
1 | 66 | Drury to Cluff |
1960 |
1 | 67 | Cluff to Drury |
1960 |
1 | 68 | Drury correspondence w/ Mrs. Cluff |
1960 |
1 | 69 | Drury to Thomas Vaughn |
1963 |
1 | 70 | Drury correspondence w/ Louis B. Perry |
1964 |
1 | 71 | Drury to Miss Judd and Mrs. Cluff re: "First White Women over the Rockies" |
1964 |
1 | 72 | Sophie Cluff to Drury |
1965 |
1 | 73 | Drury to Cluff re: History of Hawaii Mission |
1965 |
1 | 74 | Cluff to Drury |
1965 |
1 | 75 | Drury to Cluff |
1965 |
1 | 76 | Jane F. Smith (General Services Administration) to Drury |
1965 |
1 | 77 | Drury to Cluff |
1965 |
1 | 78 | Cluff to Drury |
1965 |
1 | 79 | Cluff to Drury |
1965 |
1 | 80 | Drury to Cluff |
1965 |
1 | 81 | Cluff to Drury |
1965 |
1 | 82 | Cluff to Drury |
1965 |
1 | 83 | Edna Reinbach to Drury |
1965 |
1 | 84 | Drury and Eastern Washington Historical Society |
1965 |
1 | 85 | Cluff to Drury |
1966 |
1 | 86 | Drury to Robert W. Olsen |
1968 |
1 | 87 | Drury from Mrs. Charles Gildes |
1968 |
1 | 88 | Drury from Thomas T. Packard |
1968 |
1 | 89 | Drury to Packard |
1968 |
1 | 90 | Packard to Drury |
1968 |
1 | 91 | Olsen to Drury |
1968 |
1 | 92 | Drury to Cluff |
1969 |
1 | 93 | Woodbridge to Drury |
1969 |
1 | 94 | Drury to Jane F. Smith |
1969 |
1 | 95 | Drury from Maxwell |
1969 |
1 | 96 | Woodbridge to Drury |
1969 |
1 | 97 | Stickler to Drury |
1969 |
1 | 98 | Drury to Stickler |
1969 |
1 | 99 | Drury to Stickler |
1969 |
1 | 100 | Marilyn Sparks to Drury |
1969 |
1 | 101 | Drury to Sparks |
1969 |
1 | 102 | Drury to Sparks |
1969 |
1 | 103 | Stickler to Drury |
1969 |
1 | 104 | Drury to Stickler |
1969 |
1 | 105 | Drury to Olsen |
1969 |
1 | 106 | Drury to Olsen |
1969 |
1 | 107 | Drury to Olsen |
1969 |
1 | 108 | Merle at Idaho State Hist. Society to Drury |
1969 |
1 | 109 | Olsen to Drury |
1969 |
1 | 110 | Drury to Olsen |
1969 |
1 | 111 | Drury to Olsen |
1969 |
1 | 112 | Drury to Stickler |
1969 |
1 | 113 | Drury to Olsen |
1969 |
1 | 114 | Drury to Olsen |
1970 |
1 | 115 | Drury to Olsen |
1970 |
1 | 116 | Stickler to Drury |
1970 |
1 | 117 | Drury to Stickler |
1970 |
1 | 118 | Stickler to Drury |
1970 |
1 | 119 | Drury to Stickler |
1970 |
1 | 120 | Drury to Stickler |
1970 |
1 | 121 | Drury to Stickler |
1970 |
1 | 122 | Stickler to Drury |
1970 |
1 | 123 | Drury to Stickler |
1970 |
1 | 124 | Reply from Drury to Dr. Ruby |
1970 |
1 | 125 | Robert E. Moody to Drury |
1970 |
1 | 126 | Vance Orchard to Drury |
1970 |
1 | 127 | Drury to Stickler |
1970 |
1 | 128 | Olsen to Woodbridge |
1970 |
1 | 129 | Drury to Olsen |
1970 |
1 | 130 | Drury to Stickler |
1970 |
1 | 131 | Drury to Stickler |
1970 |
1 | 132 | Stickler to Drury |
1970 |
1 | 133 | Drury to Stickler |
1970 |
1 | 134 | Drury to Stickler |
1970 |
1 | 135 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 136 | Drury to Stickler |
1972 |
1 | 137 | Stickler to Drury |
1971 |
1 | 138 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 139 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 140 | Stickler to William B. Miller |
1971 |
1 | 141 | Stickler to Drury |
1971 |
1 | 142 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 143 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 144 | Stickler to Drury |
1971 |
1 | 145 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 146 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 147 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 148 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 149 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 150 | Stickler to Miller |
1971 |
1 | 151 | Stickler to Drury |
1971 |
1 | 152 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 153 | Stickler to Drury |
1971 |
1 | 154 | Stickler to Drury |
1971 |
1 | 155 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 156 | Stickler to Miller |
1971 |
1 | 157 | Drury to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 158 | Stickler to Bruce Leroy |
1971 |
1 | 159 | Bruce LeRoy to Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 160 | Drury to Mrs. Stickler |
1971 |
1 | 161 | Mrs. Stickler to Drury |
1971 |
1 | 162 | Drury's Correspondence with Donald Sheehan |
1971 |
1 | 163 | Drury to Cluff |
1972 |
1 | 164 | Sophie Cluff to Drury |
1972 |
1 | 165 | Goodell to Drury |
1972 |
1 | 166 | Correspondence w/ Drury in trying to get a picture of the "Majestic" |
1972 |
1 | 167 | Drury to Lawrence Dodd |
1972 |
1 | 168 | Mrs. Larsen to Drury |
1972 |
1 | 169 | Drury to Mrs. Larsen |
1972 |
1 | 170 | Mrs. Stickler to Drury |
1973 |
1 | 171 | Drury to Sparks |
1973 |
1 | 172 | Drury to Goodell |
1973 |
1 | 173 | Goodell to Drury |
1973 |
1 | 174 | Drury to Goodell |
1973 |
1 | 175 | Goodell to Drury |
1973 |
1 | 176 | John A. Hussey to Drury |
1973 |
1 | 177 | Drury to Goodell |
1973 |
1 | 178 | Goodell to Drury |
1973 |
1 | 179 | Drury to Goodell |
1973 |
1 | 180 | Goodell to Drury |
1974 |
1 | 181 | Drury to Goodell |
1974 |
1 | 182 | Theodore Stern to Drury |
1974 |
1 | 183 | Robert E. Moody to Drury |
1974 |
1 | 184 | Drury to Goodell |
1976 |
1 | 185 | Goodell to Drury |
1976 |
1 | 186 | Drury to Goodell |
1976 |
1 | 187 | Letter to Drury about Sarah Ipnatsolatalkt who was living at time of massacre |
1977 |
1 | 188 | Robert A. Rowe to Drury on Whitman pictures |
1977 |
1 | 189 | Drury to Bill G. Fendall |
1978 |
1 | 190 | Drury to Judith Austin |
1979 |
1 | 191 | Drury to Goodell |
1979 |
1 | 192 | Goodell to Drury |
1979 |
1 | 193 | Drury to Goodell |
1979 |
1 | 194 | Goodell to Drury |
1979 |
1 | 195 | Christmas Greetings from Drury |
1979 |
1 | 196 | Mrs. Beverlee Koutny to Drury |
1980 |
1 | 197 | Richard Dankleff to Drury w/ 3 poems about Whitman |
1981 |
1 | 198 | Correspondence re: Drury's death |
1984 |
1 | 199 | Correspondence file between Drury and Whitman College NW Archives |
1968-1969 |
1 | 200 | Random collection of newspaper clippings about Drury |
c. 1920- 1984 |
1 | 201 | Community church program showing the Drury Farewll Reception (Shanghai, China) |
1927 |
1 | 202 | Death notice from San Francisco Theological Seminary |
1984 |
1 | 203 | Newspaper notice about Drury speech at WSU on Whitman + U-B article |
1969 |
1 | 204 | Various articles on WW visit |
1969 |
1 | 205 | "The Beginnings of Talmaks" – The Introduction of the Fourth of July Address at Talmaks Camp Meeting |
1958 |
1 | 206 | Drury article in Lewiston Morning Tribune |
1969 |
1 | 207 | Newspaper clip – "Writers Degraded Spaulding to Show Contrast" |
1969 |
1 | 208 | Oregonian article on Drury by Malcolm Bauer |
1973 |
1 | 209 | Article in L.A. Times on Drury book "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman…" |
1973 |
1 | 210 | "Historian's Art Carefully Gleaned" by Rolland Barnes, San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune |
1974 |
1 | 211 | WW Union-Bulletin article by Vance Orchard |
1979 |
1 | 212 | Lawyer book review by Orchard |
1979 |
1 | 213 | Tribute to Drury in The Iron Horse Flyer (Huntington Westerners) |
1980 |
1 | 214 | Article by Orchard on Drury's death |
1984 |
1 | 215 | Drury notes – Chamberlain House; 2 letters to Chamberlain |
1932 |
1 | 216 | Drury notes on Hawaiian missionaries |
Undated |
1 | 217 | Outline of lectures at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Long Beach, CA |
1978 |
1 | 218 | Summary of lectures on Whitman-Spaulding story |
1978 |
1 | 219 | Announcement of Drury's retirement from San Francisco Theological Seminary and Inaugural Program from 1939 |
1963 |
1 | 220 | Box of slides (unidentified) |
Undated |
1 | 221 | Article in San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune on tribute luncheon at Azusa Pacific |
1976 |
1 | 222 | Various newspaper clippings and Christmas poem from Mrs. Drury |
1982 |
1 | 223 | Miscellaneous photos of Drury |
Undated |
12 | 1-114 | Alvin M. Josephy and Clifford M. Drury correspondence June 30, 1959 to December 27, 1979 |
June 30, 1959 - December 27, 1979 |
2: Articles by and about Drury; speeches; book promotional material, 1936-1980Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 224 | "The First Women over the Rockies" – The Presbyterian |
1936 May 7 |
1 | 225 | "The Story of Whitman" – The Presbyterian Tribune |
1936 May 14 |
1 | 226 | "Reminiscences of a Historian" – pamphlet |
1972 |
1 | 227 | "The Columbia Maternal Association" – reprinted from the Oregon Historical Quarterly |
1938 June |
1 | 228 | "The Beginnings of the Presbyterian Church on the Pacific Coast" – reprinted from The Pacific Historical Review, vol.IX, no.2 |
1940 June |
1 | 229 | "Marcus Whitman, Pioneer Missionary" – Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society, vol.XXXI, no.4 |
1953 December |
1 | 230 | "He marched on Washington" – The Christian Advocate, v.118, no.11 |
1943 March 18 |
1 | 231 | St. Andrews Presbyterian Church pamphlet commemorating 100th anniversary |
1966 |
1 | 232 | Southern California Presbyterian magazine |
1967 |
1 | 233 | 75 years Presbyterian Camp Meetings of the Nez Perce Indians |
1972 |
1 | 234 | "The Unfolding Story of Marcus Whitman" – Address by Dr. Drury at the Marcus Whitman School, Rushville, NY |
1972 |
1 | 235 | Taped lecture on Whitman book given in the First Presbyterian Church, Portland, OR |
1973 |
1 | 236 | "Is this Marcus Whitman?" – Concerning Paul Kane sketches [from American West] |
1974 November |
2 | 1 | "The Spokane Indian Mission of Tshimakain, 1838-1848" – Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol.67, no.1 |
1976 January |
2 | 2 | The Clifford M. Drury Collection on the Protestant Missionary in the Far West – pamphlet |
1976 |
2 | 3 | "Trailing the Whitmans Through 45 years" – lecture given at Whitman Mission |
1979 |
2 | 4 | Leaflet for Drury book, "Chief Lawyer of the Nez Perce Indians" |
Undated |
2 | 5 | Flyers for Drury book, "Marcus Whitman, M.D." |
1956 |
2 | 6 | Leaflet for "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon" |
Undated |
2 | 7 | "Massachusetts Imprint on the Life of Dr. Marcus Whitman" – unpublished manuscript |
Undated |
2 | 8 | Two Hawaiian pamphlets |
Undated |
2 | 9 | Communications/Newspaper Articles about Whitman/Spaulding |
Various dates |
2 | 10 | "Charles Compo" in Hafen, Mountain Men VIII |
1971 |
3: Typed manuscripts and photographs from Drury's autobiography and other publications, circa 1936-1976Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 11-13 | Manuscript of "My Road From Yesterday" Drury's autobiography, chapter 11-18 |
Undated |
Box | |||
Manuscript of "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the opening of Old Oregon," a revision of the earlier effort, "Marcus Whitman, M.D., Pioneer and Martyr," c.1937 |
Undated | ||
Folder | |||
6 | 1-4 | Manuscript of "Henry Harmon Spalding" |
Undated |
6 | 5-6 | Photographs for Manuscript "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon" |
Undated |
8 | Galley proofs from "Marcus Whitman M.D., Pioneer and Martyr" |
Undated | |
Folder | |||
7 | 1-6 | Manuscript of "Marcus Whitman M.D., Pioneer and Martyr" |
1949-11-21 |
9 | Manuscript of "Chief Lawyer of the Nez Perce Indians 1796-1876" |
Undated | |
10 | Manuscript, Author's Proof of "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon" |
Undated | |
11 | Manuscript of "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon", volume I-2, undated |
1947-1948 | |
11 | Manuscript of "Nine Years with the Spokane Indians: the diary of Elkanah Walker, 1838-1848" draft, undated |
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11 | Manuscript of "Nine Year with the Spokane Indians: the diary of Elkanah Walker, 1838-1848", undated early draft with author's research notes. |
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11 | Manuscript of "Nine Years with the Spokane Indians: the diary of Elkanah Walker, 1838-1848", final draft, undated. |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Lawyer, Chief, 1796-1876
- Spalding, Henry Harmon
- Whitman, Marcus