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Myron Eells collection, 1848-1998
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Eells, Myron
- Title
- Myron Eells collection
- Dates
- 1848-1998 (inclusive)18481998
- Quantity
- 31.4 linear feet, (2 flat boxes, 13 record cartons, 48 manuscript boxes)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.137
- Summary
- The Myrons Eells collection contains articles, books, manuscripts, and correspondence. This extensive collection, which spans from 1848 to 1998, also consists of speeches, sermons, scrapbooks and other ephemera created or collected by Myron Eells.
- 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
Born in Spokane County, in 1843, Reverend Eells lived in the Willamette Valley, graduated from Pacific University and Hartford Theological Seminary and became ordained in the Congregational Church. He returned to the northwest and spent most of his years in the Puget Sound region as a missionary to the tribes and white settlers until his death in 1907.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Myron Eells Collection contains articles, books, and manuscripts. This collection, which dates from 1848 through 1998, also consists of correspondence, speeches and sermons. There is also a series of six scrapbooks, "The Indians of Puget Sound," which contain drawings, photographs and detailed descriptions of Eells' version of the life and culture of those with whom he worked and lived. This collection also includes travel journals, census reports, books and pamphlets in Pacific Northwest Indian languages, and the Eells family Bible.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific
