Reverend E. Paul Hovey Papers

Reverend E. Paul Hovey Papers, c. 1750 - 1950

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Hovey, E. Paul
Title: Reverend E. Paul Hovey Papers
Dates: c. 1750 - 1950 (inclusive)
17401960
Quantity: (Cu. Ft.) .3, (1 box)
Collection Number: PNW Protestantism Collection EPH
Summary: Articles, clippings, and bibliographical lists compiled by Reverend E. Paul Hovey about the history of the Presbyterian Church in the Northwest. Also includes information regarding explorers and non-Presbyterian leaders who paved the way for Presbyterian ministers.
Repository: Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
Telephone: 5097774481
archives@whitworth.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is not restricted.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Reverend E. Paul Hovey served for many years as the minister of Congregational Presbyterian Church in Lewiston, Idaho. During his time there and his retirement years in Portland, Oregon, Hovey collected and compiled information on the history of the Presbyterian church in the Northwest.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains articles, clippings, and bibliographical lists compiled by Reverend E. Paul Hovey about the history of the Presbyterian Church in the Northwest. Also includes information regarding explorers and non-Presbyterian leaders who paved the way for Presbyterian ministers. Materials are arranged alphabetically by person.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Collection is open for use.

Preferred Citation

From the Reverend E. Paul Hovey Papers located in the Whitworth College Archives, Spokane, Washington.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Custodial History

Collected and assembled by E. Paul Hovey and given to William B. Ailes, Executive Presbyter Emeritus for the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest, c. 1985. Mr. Ailes dontaed the materials on 2003 November 16.

Acquisition Information

Donated by William B. Ailes, c. 1985.

Processing Note

Arranged to the file folder level; described to the item level.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Introduction and InventoryReturn to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/1

History of the Presbyterian Church in the NorthwestReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description
Box/Folder
1/2	A - B Abernethy, George Adair, Alexander Adair, John Ainslie, George Applegate, Jesse Arthur, Mark Ashley, William Henry Astor, John Jacob Atkinson, George H. Barlow, Samuel Kimbrough Beard, John Wesley Beaver, Herbert Beers, Alanson Bewley, Lorinda Blain, Wilson L. Blakely, James Blanchet, Augustine Magloire Blanchet, Francois Norbert Boit, John Bonneville, Benjamin L. E. Boyd, Robert Boyd, Thomas M. Bridger, Jim Brouillet, John Baptist Abraham Burnett, Peter H.
1/3	C - D Caffrey, P.S. Cain, A. J. Campbell, Robert Canfield, W.D. Carson, Kit Cataldo, Joseph Catlin, George Cerre, Michael S. Clark, Harvey Clark, William Compo, Charles Condit, Alva Condit, Elbert Neal Condit, Philip Conner, James Cook, James Cornwall, Josephus A. Cowley, Henry T. Cox, Ross Craig, William Crawford, Mary (Mazie) and Elisabeth Crooks, Ramsay Defenbaugh, George Demers, Modeste DeSmet, Pierre Jean Disoway, G. P.
1/4	E - G Edwards, Phillip Leget Eells, Cushing Ellis (Ellice) Ermatinger, Francis (Frank) Fackler, Michael Farnham, Thomas J. Fee, Rev. and Mrs. R. N. Fisher, Ezra Fisk, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Emily (Mrs Jenkins A) Fitzpatrick, Tom (Broken Hand) Fontenelle, Lucien Franchere, Gabriel Fremont, John C. Frost, Joseph H. Garry, Spokan Gary, George Geary, Edward Rachford Geary, George Goodyear, Miles Grant, Richard (Captain Johnny) Gray, Robert Gray, William Henry Green, David Green, Jonathan S. Griffin, John S.
1/5	H - L Hall, Edwin Oscar Hanna, Joseph and Esther Henry, Andrew Harris, Moses (Black) Hayes, James Hill, Tom Hillbrand, Anthony Hillman, John Wesley Hines, Gustavus Hines, James Hines, Harvey K. Hinman, Alanson Howard, Oliver Otis Hunt, Wilson Piece Irvine, Smauel C. Jackson, Sheldon James (Big Thunder) Johnson, Hezekiah Johnson, Neill Joseph (Tuekakas) (Old Joseph) Joseph, Young Chief Kane, Paul Kelley, Hall J. Kendall, Thomas S. Kentuc Lawyer, Archie B. Lawyer, The (Hol-lol-sote-tote) Lee, Daniel Lee, Jason Lenox, David Leslie, David Lewis, Joe Lewis, Meriwether Lindsley, Aaron L. Littlejohn, Philo Lovejoy, Asa L. Lyman, Horace
1/6	M - R Maki, Joseph McBeth, Kate McBeth, Sue McFarland, Amanda and Daniel F. McKay, Thomas McKenzie, Donald McLoughlin, John McNary, Charles Linza Meek, Joseph Miller, James Patterson Meek, Stephen Hall Meek, William Meek, Ezra Monteith, Charles Monteith, William John Moore, Robert Munger, Asahel and wife Newell, Robert “Doc” Ogden, Peter Skene Osborn, Josiah Outhouse, John T. Palmer, Joel Pambrun, Pierre Chrysologue Parker, Samuel Parsons, Robert Perkins, Henry Kirk White Pierce, Ellas D. Powell, Joab Powers, Ira F. Sr. Preston, John B. Pratt, Orville C. Richmond, J. P. Rogers, Andrew Rogers, Cornelius Rose, Robert Ross, Alexander Russell, Osborne
1/7	S - T Sacajawea Sager Family Shepard, Cyrus Silcott, Jane Simpson, Sir George Smith, Alvin T. Smith Asa Bowen and Sarah Smith, Jedediah Strong Snelling, Vincent Spalding, Henry Harmon and Eliza Stevens, Isaac I. Stewart, John Sublette, Milton Sublette, William Thompson, David Thompson, Lewis Timothy Townsend, John Kirk Trask, Elbridge
1/8	W - Y Walker, Elkanah and Mary Walker, William Jr. Waller, Alvin F. Waters, George White, Dr. Elijah Whitman, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, Perrin B. Whitworth, George Wilkes [?], James H. Wilkes, Charles Williams, Billy (Jonathan) Williams, Moses Allen Williams, Robert Wolf, Capt. John H. Work, John Wyeth, Nathaniel J. Yantis, J.L. Young, Ewing Young, William Stewart

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Pacific Northwest History
Presbyterian Church
Protestantism--History
Religion

Personal Names

Hovey, E. Paul--Archives

Geographical Names

Alaska
California
Idaho
Oregon
Washington (State)

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