William I. Marshall papers

William I. Marshall papers, 1882-1915

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Marshall, William I. (William Isaac), 1840-1906
Title: William I. Marshall papers
Dates: 1882-1915 (inclusive)
18821915
Quantity: 3.5 cubic feet
Collection Number: 4213
Summary: Chiefly materials that attempt to debunk the theory put forth by Oliver Nixon, Henry Parker and others that Marcus Whitman saved Oregon
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Open to all users.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

William Isaac Marshall was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on June 25, 1840, to parents William and Florina Weeks-Barrus Marshall. He taught school in Massachusetts, Ohio, Ontario, and Pennsylvania before moving to Montana Territory in 1866 to work as a gold miner. While in Montana, he also served as a school principal and county superintendent of schools, and conducted tours and sold photographs of Yellowstone Park. He returned to Fitchburg in 1875 before moving to Chicago in 1887. In addition to working as the principal of Chicago’s Gladstone School, he was also a historian and writer who dedicated much of his work to debunking the “Whitman Myth.” He wrote numerous articles and books about the topic, and lectured throughout the country about the Whitman Myth and Yellowstone Park.

On August 20, 1864, Marshall married Ellen Porter Foster. The couple had a daughter, Nellie. Marshall died in Chicago on October 30, 1906.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Consult the scope and content information for each of the accessions listed below.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 4213-001: William I. Marshall papers, 1882-1915Return to Top

3.11 cubic feet (7 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, writings, and notes, primarily related to Marshall's work to dispel the "Whitman Myth" that Marcus Whitman saved Oregon.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: From the Clarence B. Bagley Collection; purchased 1919.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Incoming Correspondence
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	4213-001	A. C. McClurg & Co.	1905
1/1	4213-001	Adams, Alva	1895-1898
1/1	4213-001	Ames, C. H.	1903
1/1	4213-001	Applegate, Jesse	1885
1/1	4213-001	Applegate, Lindsay	1888
1/1	4213-001	Andrews, E. Benjamin	1894
1/1	4213-001	Atwood, Rev. A.	1905
1/1	4213-001	Avery, Elroy M.	1904
1/1	4213-001	B. F. Stevens & Brown	1906
1/1	4213-001	Baker, Florence E.	1903
1/2	4213-001	Bagley, Clarence B. Scope and Content: Includes correspondence to Mrs. Marshall	1905-1912
1/3	4213-001	Bancroft, George	1885
1/3	4213-001	Barned, Henry Barrett	1905
1/3	4213-001	Barnett, Jno T.	undated
1/3	4213-001	Barton, E. M.	1901
1/3	4213-001	Barton, James L.	1903
1/3	4213-001	Bell, Charles N.	1889
1/3	4213-001	Berthoud, Edward L.	1898-1905
1/3	4213-001	Blewett, Andrew	1896
1/3	4213-001	Bolton, C. K.	1900
1/3	4213-001	Bosworth, Mrs. L.A.M.	1904
1/3	4213-001	Bourne, H. E.	1911
1/3	4213-001	Boyd, Allen R.	1902
1/3	4213-001	Brett, William H.	1891
1/3	4213-001	Bryce, George	1905
1/3	4213-001	Bunnell, A. D.	1901
1/3	4213-001	Burnett, John M.	1903
1/3	4213-001	Burnett, Peter H.	1884-1888
1/3	4213-001	Butler, Nicholas Murray	1900-1901
1/4	4213-001	Chamberlain, Mellen	1890
1/4	4213-001	Channing, Edward	1899
1/4	4213-001	Chapin, C. N.	1884-1898
1/4	4213-001	Charles Scribner's Sons	1888
1/4	4213-001	Chase, George L.	1896
1/4	4213-001	Clark, William	1889
1/4	4213-001	Clarke, Robert	1888
1/4	4213-001	Colver, Susan E.	1902
1/4	4213-001	Coues. Elliott	1897-1898
1/4	4213-001	Cox, Henry C.	1900
1/4	4213-001	Craighead, Alice	1905
1/4	4213-001	Craighead, J. G.	1887
1/4	4213-001	Craven, E. R.	1898
1/4	4213-001	Crawford, Medorem	1891
1/4	4213-001	Cutter, Charles A.	1891
1/5	4213-001	D. Appleton and Company	1901
1/5	4213-001	Davis, Winfield J.	1901
1/5	4213-001	Dennis, John Bancroft	1898-1900
1/5	4213-001	Dey, John H.	1905
1/5	4213-001	The Dial	undated
1/5	4213-001	Dodge, W. C.	1900
1/5	4213-001	Donnelly, Margaret	1900
1/5	4213-001	Dougherty, W. P.	1885
1/6	4213-001	Eaton & Co.	1901
1/6	4213-001	Eells, M.	1882-1905
1/6	4213-001	Eggleston	1899
1/6	4213-001	Eliot, Samuel A.	1904
1/6	4213-001	Eliot, Rev. T. L.	1904
1/6	4213-001	Eliot, William G., Jr.	1904
1/6	4213-001	Elliott, T. C.	1902
1/6	4213-001	Ellison, Olaf	1898
1/6	4213-001	Emery, J. Q.	1887
1/6	4213-001	Evans, Elwood	1882-1884
1/7	4213-001	Fairbank, J. Wilder Scope and Content: Correspondence to Mr. L. Morris	1901
1/7	4213-001	Fenn, W. W.	1901
1/7	4213-001	Field, Henry M.	1895
1/7	4213-001	Fiske, John	1895
1/8	4213-001	Gatzweiler, Charles	1891
1/8	4213-001	Gordy, Wilbur F.	1897-1903
1/8	4213-001	Gove, W. L.	1887
1/8	4213-001	Gray, W. H.	1882-1883
1/8	4213-001	Green, H. E.	1891
1/8	4213-001	Greenwood, J. M.	1902
1/8	4213-001	Griffis, William Elliot	1904
1/8	4213-001	Grubbs, F. H.	1905
1/8	4213-001	Gunsaulus, F. W.	1896
1/9	4213-001	Hale, E. E.	1906
1/9	4213-001	Hart, Albert Bushnell	1905
1/9	4213-001	Hermann	1902
1/9	4213-001	Hodder, Frank Heywood	1905
1/9	4213-001	Hill, A.	1885
1/9	4213-001	Hillis, Newell Dwight	1905
1/9	4213-001	Hitchcock, Ripley	1901
1/9	4213-001	Himes, George H.	1888-1903
1/9	4213-001	Houghton, Mifflin & Co.	1898
1/9	4213-001	Hull, Charles H.	1905
1/9	4213-001	Hutchins, Fernald	1902
1/10	4213-001	John Lovell and Son Publishers	1901
1/10	4213-001	Lee, George H.	1904
1/10	4213-001	Leonard, A. B.	1903
1/10	4213-001	Libby, Dorville	1890
1/10	4213-001	Libby, Josephine S.	1898
1/10	4213-001	Littler, Daniel	1901
1/11	4213-001	MacBeth, R. G.	1898
1/11	4213-001	MacDonald, William	1905
1/11	4213-001	Mal. E. L.	1891
1/11	4213-001	Mallet, Edmond Jr.	1889-1905
1/11	4213-001	Manchester, D. W.	1891
1/11	4213-001	Marcellus, George E.	1891
1/11	4213-001	Mason, William E.	1891
1/11	4213-001	McAlan, John	1901
1/11	4213-001	McClellan, George	1891
1/11	4213-001	McKean, W. G.	1891
1/11	4213-001	McLaughlin, A. C.	1902
1/11	4213-001	McMaster, John Bock	1900
1/11	4213-001	Michael, William H.	1898
1/11	4213-001	Miller, J. R.	1905
1/11	4213-001	Montgomery, David H.	1897-1900
1/11	4213-001	Monteith, Frankie Whitman	1891
1/11	4213-001	Morris, Charles	1901
1/11	4213-001	Mowry, Arthur May	1899
1/11	4213-001	Mowry, William A.	1887-1899
1/12	4213-001	Nixon, O. N.	1894
1/12	4213-001	Offord, R. M.	1901
1/12	4213-001	Olmstead, H.	1906
1/12	4213-001	Otis, James	1887
1/12	4213-001	Palmer, Arthur H.	1890
1/12	4213-001	Parker, Samuel J.	1891
1/12	4213-001	Parkhurst, C.	1891
1/12	4213-001	Patton, Cornelius H.	1905
1/12	4213-001	Peling, James C.	1887
1/12	4213-001	Perrin, I. B.	1906
1/12	4213-001	Plumb, George R.	1900
1/12	4213-001	Price, G. D.	1891
1/12	4213-001	Pyle, Joseph Gilpin	1901
1/13	4213-001	Ramsey, Alex	1885-1891
1/13	4213-001	Raymond, G.	1891
1/13	4213-001	Raymond, W. H.	1904
1/13	4213-001	Rice, W. H.	1883
1/13	4213-001	Root, Azariah	1890
1/13	4213-001	Schafer, Joseph	1905
1/13	4213-001	Schouler, James	1904-1905
1/13	4213-001	Scott, E. H.	1904
1/13	4213-001	Scudder, H. E.	1900
1/13	4213-001	Sheldon, Henry Davidson	1904
1/13	4213-001	Shephard, Fred J.	1891
1/13	4213-001	Shively, J. M.	1884-1885
1/13	4213-001	Smith, Judson	1900
1/13	4213-001	Sparks, Edwin E.	1901
1/13	4213-001	Stanton, C. E.	1901
1/13	4213-001	Starr, Frederick	1904
1/13	4213-001	Stevens, B. F.	1896
1/13	4213-001	Strong, E. E.	1905
1/14	4213-001	Thompson, Ed Porter	1890
1/14	4213-001	Thorpe, Francis N.	1902
1/14	4213-001	Thwaites, Reuben G.	1904-1906
1/14	4213-001	Tilden, Edward	1906
1/14	4213-001	Tilton, Asa C.	1900
1/14	4213-001	Tuthill, Richard S.	1900
1/14	4213-001	Tyler, Lyn G.	1900
1/14	4213-001	Victor, Frances Fuller Scope and Content: Includes correspondence about Victor's estate	1882-1903
1/14	4213-001	Vincil, John D.	1898
1/15	4213-001	Walcott, Charles D.	1900
1/15	4213-001	Weed, Clarence E.	1905
1/15	4213-001	Welsh, Ira A.	1903
1/15	4213-001	Whelpley, A. W.	1888-1890
1/15	4213-001	Wheeler, O. D.	1899
1/15	4213-001	Whitman, P. B.	1891-1892
1/15	4213-001	Wiley, B. N.	1896
1/15	4213-001	Willard	1897
1/15	4213-001	Winckler, G. W.	1898
1/15	4213-001	Winslow, Horace	1888
1/15	4213-001	Wood, E. L.	1890
1/15	4213-001	Wyeth, John A.	1896
1/15	4213-001	Young, F. G.	1905
		Outgoing Correspondence
Box/Folder	Accession
1/16	4213-001	A. C. McClurg & Co.	1905
1/16	4213-001	Adams, Alva	1898
1/16	4213-001	Advertiser	1901
1/16	4213-001	Allegheny Public Library	1890
1/16	4213-001	American Board Commissions of Foreign Missions	1900-1905
1/16	4213-001	American Historical Society	1888
1/16	4213-001	Andrews, C. S.	1906
1/16	4213-001	Andrews, E. Benjamin	1899
1/16	4213-001	Applegate, Lindsay	1888-1889
1/16	4213-001	Atwood, Rev. A.	1905
1/16	4213-001	Avery, Elroy McKendree	1904
1/17	4213-001	B. F. Stevens & Brown	1905
1/17	4213-001	Bancroft, H. H.	1896
1/17	4213-001	Berthoud, Edward L.	1898-1899
1/17	4213-001	Blaine, James G.	1891
1/17	4213-001	Boston Athenaeum	1890-1900
1/17	4213-001	Bryce, George	1904-1905
1/17	4213-001	Bunnell, A. O.	1901
1/17	4213-001	Burgess, John W.	1898
1/17	4213-001	Burnett, John M.	1903
1/17	4213-001	Burnett, Peter H.	undated
1/17	4213-001	Burnett, Richardson D.	1902
1/17	4213-001	Butler	1900-1901
2/1	4213-001	Chapin, C. N.	1897
2/1	4213-001	Chase, George L.	1896
2/1	4213-001	Cleveland Public Library	1890-1891
2/1	4213-001	Cohn, Susan E.	1902
2/1	4213-001	Coopers, Estill & Lemmon	1901
2/1	4213-001	Coues, Elliott	1897-1898
2/1	4213-001	Cox	1900
2/1	4213-001	Craighead, Alice W.	1905
2/1	4213-001	Crawford, Medorum	1891, undated
2/2	4213-001	Davidson, W. M.	1904
2/2	4213-001	Davis, Winfield J.	1901
2/2	4213-001	de Baca, M. C.	1899
2/2	4213-001	Democrat	1891
2/2	4213-001	The Dial	1898
2/2	4213-001	Eells, M.	1891-1905
2/2	4213-001	Eliot, Samuel A.	1904
2/2	4213-001	Elliott	1907
2/2	4213-001	Ellison, Olaf	1898
2/2	4213-001	Encyclopedia Britannica	undated
2/2	4213-001	Evans, Elwood	undated
2/2	4213-001	Examiner	1902
2/2	4213-001	Express	undated
2/3	4213-001	Fairbank, J. Wilder	1901
2/3	4213-001	Field, H.	1895
2/3	4213-001	Fiske, John	1900
2/3	4213-001	Flohr, Rev. M.	1906
2/3	4213-001	Foster, Alfred E.	1891
2/3	4213-001	Foster, Gen. John W.	c. 1901-1902
2/3	4213-001	Green, H. E.	undated
2/3	4213-001	Gray, James T.	1891-1903
2/3	4213-001	Gordy, Wilbur F.	1897-1898
2/3	4213-001	Guerber	1903
2/3	4213-001	Gunsaulus, F. W.	1896
2/4	4213-001	Hale	1906
2/4	4213-001	Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles	1906
2/4	4213-001	Herbert, H. S.	1896
2/4	4213-001	Hillis, Rev. N. D.	1905
2/4	4213-001	Himes, George H.	1888-1903, undated
2/4	4213-001	Hiram College Library	1890
2/4	4213-001	Hitchcock	1901
2/4	4213-001	Hodder	1904-1905
2/4	4213-001	Houghton, Mifflin & Co.	1898
2/4	4213-001	Howard Co. Advertiser	1891
2/4	4213-001	Howard, Gen. C. H.	undated
2/4	4213-001	Humphrey, Rev. L. J.	1888
2/5	4213-001	Indiana State Library	1889-1890
2/5	4213-001	John Lovell & Sons	1901
2/5	4213-001	The Journal	1891
2/5	4213-001	Judge	1900
2/5	4213-001	Libby	1898
2/5	4213-001	Library of Congress	1898
2/6	4213-001	Mallett, E. I.	1899-1903
2/6	4213-001	Manchester, D. W.	1891, undated
2/6	4213-001	Manitoba Historical Society	1898
2/6	4213-001	McKean, W. G.	undated
2/6	4213-001	McLaughlin, Andrew C.	1901-1906
2/6	4213-001	Methodist Historical Society	1898
2/6	4213-001	Methodist Missionary Society	1903
2/6	4213-001	Montgomery, D. H.	1898-1903
2/6	4213-001	Montreal Public Library	1891
2/6	4213-001	Morse	1897
2/6	4213-001	Mowry	1887-1900
2/7	4213-001	New York Christian Advocate	1891
2/7	4213-001	New York Observer	1898-1900
2/7	4213-001	Noble, Rev. F. A.	1898
2/7	4213-001	O'Leary, H. A.	1905
2/7	4213-001	Oregonian	1898
2/7	4213-001	Otis, James	1888
2/7	4213-001	Parker, Samuel J.	1899, undated
2/7	4213-001	Portland Public Library	1888
2/7	4213-001	Presbyterian Bd. of Pub. & S. S. Work	1898
2/7	4213-001	Ramsey, Alexander	1891
2/7	4213-001	Robert Clarke & Co.	1901
2/7	4213-001	Sacramento Union	1901
2/7	4213-001	San Francisco Chronicle	1896
2/7	4213-001	Scott, Harvey W.	1906
2/7	4213-001	Scudder, H. E.	1900
2/7	4213-001	Shepard, Fred	undated
2/7	4213-001	Smith, Rev. Judson	1900
2/7	4213-001	Strong, E. E.	1905
2/8	4213-001	Talbot	1901
2/8	4213-001	Tennessee State Library	1890
2/8	4213-001	Ter. University	1899
2/8	4213-001	Thorpe, Francis Newton	1901
2/8	4213-001	Thwaites	1904-1906
2/8	4213-001	Tilton General Notes: Page 2 only.	undated
2/9	4213-001	Vincil, John H.	1898
2/9	4213-001	Western University	1890
2/9	4213-001	Wheeler	1898
2/9	4213-001	Whelpley	1888, undated
2/9	4213-001	Whitman, P. B.	1891-1892, undated
2/9	4213-001	Worcester Antiquarian Society	1901
2/9	4213-001	Wyeth, John A.	1896
2/9	4213-001	Unidentified	1895-1906, undated
		Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
2/10	4213-001	"The Authorship and Value of the Account of the Migration of 1843 to Oregon"	1893
2/11	4213-001	"Is the Proper Basis of History 'Atmosphere' and 'Tradition,' or the Study of Contemporaneous Documents?"	1903
3/1	4213-001	"Rev. Myron Eells Finds a Mare's Nest. His 'Seven Mistakes of Marshall' are Shown to be Mostly Blunders of Rev. M. Eells Instead of Marshall"	1906
3/2	4213-001	"Strange Treatment of 'Original Sources.' A Review of 'Marcus Whitman & the Early Days of Oregon' by Dr. W. A. Mowry"	1902
3/3	4213-001	"The Territorial Growth of the U.S."	undated
3/4	4213-001	"The Truth about the Relation of the Hudson's Bay Co. to the American Exploration, Occupation, and Settlement of the Oregon Territory..."	undated
3/5	4213-001	"Fremont and Whitman and the Discovery of the South Pass"	1900
3/6	4213-001	"Fremont and the Discovery of the South Pass"	January 1898
3/7-8	4213-001	"Fremont and the Discovery of the South Pass"	1898
3/9	4213-001	Appendix to "Fremont and the Discovery of the South Pass"	1898
3/10	4213-001	Appendix to "Fremont and the Discovery of the South Pass"	1900
3/11	4213-001	"The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Part I and Appendix I (Criticism of Dr. W. A. Mowry's Advocacy of the Eell's Version)	1899
3/12	4213-001	"The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix II (Criticism of McMasters' School History)	1899-1900
3/13	4213-001	"The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix III (Criticism of 'Letters and Times of the Tylers')	1899
6	4213-001	"The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix III	1899
3/14	4213-001	"The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix IV, Part I (Criticism of H. E. Scudder's Errors)	1899
3/15	4213-001	"The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix IV, Part II (Criticism of H. E. Scudder's Errors)	1899
5/8	4213-001	"The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix IV	1900
4/1	4213-001	"The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix V (Criticism of Penrose & Wilson)	1899-1900
4/2	4213-001	"The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix VI (Criticism of Prof. H. W. Walker's Article)	1899-1900
4/3	4213-001	"The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix VII (Review of "Marcus Whitman & the Early Days of Oregon" by Dr. William A. Mowry"	1899-1900
4/4	4213-001	"The Truth about the Relation of the Hudson's Bay Company to the American Exploration and Occupation of Oregon, as Stated in Contemporary Documents"	1901
4/5	4213-001	Index to "The Truth about the Relation of the Hudson's Bay Company to the American Exploration and Occupation of Oregon"	c. 1901
4/6	4213-001	"Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman," Set I, Part I, pages 1-450 Scope and Content: Includes correspondence from C. B. Bagley, John Fiske, Mrs. W. I. Marshall, Professor John B. McMaster, and H. E. Schudder	1905
5/1	4213-001	"Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman," Set I, Part I, pages 451-731	1905
5/2	4213-001	"Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman," Set I, Part II, pages 1-286	1905
5/3	4213-001	"Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman," Set I, Part II, pages 287-572	1905
5/4	4213-001	Index to "Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman"	1905
		Legal Documents
Box/Folder	Accession
5/5	4213-001	Copyright certificates	1898-1902
5/6	4213-001	David S. Maynard documents Scope and Content: Land claim certificate and Clerk of the District Court confirmation	1853-1888
		Whitman papers
Box/Folder	Accession
5/7	4213-001	Correspondence between others, editorials, lectures, minutes, and loose notes	1843-1905
		Notebooks
Box/Folder	Accession
7	4213-001	Notebooks	c. 1900
4/7	4213-001	Notebooks	c. 1900
4/8	4213-001	Notebook Index	c. 1900

Accession No. 4213-002: William I. Marshall papers, 1899-1903Return to Top

2 microfilm reels (negative only)

Scope and Content: Selected articles: 1. "Is the Proper Basis of History 'Atmosphere' and 'Tradition' or the Study of Contemporaneous Documents?" Chicago-Typescript. 1903. 2. "Reverend Myron Eels Finds a 'Mare's Nest." His 'Seven Mistakes of Marshall' Are Shown To Be Mostly Blunders of Reverend M. Eells Instead of Marshall." 1906. 3. "Strange Treatment of 'Original' Sources." A Review of "Marcus Whitman and the Early Days of Oregon" by William A. Mowry. Chicago- typescript. 1902. 4. Appendix #1 to the "Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug" - Criticism of Dr. W.A. Mowry's Advocacy of the Eell's Version. 1899. 5. Appendix #2 Criticism of McMaster's School History. 1899. 6. Appendix #3 Criticism of "Letters and Times of the Tylers." 7. Appendix #4 Criticism of H.E. Scudder's Errors. 8. Appendix #5 Criticism of Penrose and Wilson. 9. Criticism of Professor H.W. Parker's article.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Filmed from the originals at UW MSS Div. No date given

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847

Geographical Names

Oregon Territory--History

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Marshall, William I. (William Isaac), 1840-1906 (creator)

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Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

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