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[Identification of item], Alvin F. Waller letter, CA 1850 Sept 11, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Alvin F. Waller (1808–1875) was a missionary and early leader of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon Territory. In 1840, he helped to establish the Willamette Falls Methodist Mission on the Willamette River. In 1843, Waller helped found the first Protestant church west of the Rockies in Oregon City. By 1847, Waller moved to Salem where he served as a pastor until 1857.
The collection consists of a letter from Waller to the "Rev. Roberts" giving "some account of my labors on the Mary's River Circuit" during the previous year. Waller recounts stories from the circuit trail and describes his generally positive treatment by the people he encountered.
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