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Cage
28
Cowley, Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas Cowley
Papers
1871-1917
1 container.
.5 linear feet of shelf space.
115 items.
Correspondence with the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions and the United States Office of Indian Affairs,
reminiscences, legal documents, clippings, and other papers concerning
missionary and educational work among the Nez Perce and Spokane Indians,
conflicts with the Lapwai Indian Agency, the purchase (1883) and sale (1887) of
the Spokane Chronicle, and a successful land suit against the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company.
Collection materials are in
English
The photocopies in this collection are from the files of the Office of
Indian Affairs in the National Archives; from the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions on deposit at the Presbyterian Historical Society; as well as some
material from other sources.
1838
Born, October 9, Seneca Falls, New York
1866
Married Lucy Abigail Peet in Russelville, Ohio
1867
Graduated, Antioch College
1871
Graduated, Auburn Theological Seminary. Ordained and appointed Protestant Missionary and Agency Teacher to the Nez Perce Indians with Henry Harmon Spalding
1873
Accepted position as school teacher in Elk City, Idaho, after being suspended from position at Kamiah
1874
Moved to Spokane Falls as missionary and Indian Sub-Agent to the Spokan Indians
1882
Resigned missionary and sub-agent positions
1883
Purchased Spokane Falls Chronicle
1886
Northern Pacific land suit initiated
1887
Sold Spokane Chronicle
1898
Northern Pacific land suit decided in Cowley's favor
1916
Died January 28, San Diego, California
Approximately two-thirds of the collection consists of photocopies of
material by and related to Cowley which Clifford M. Drury had collected for his
biography of Cowley and had turned over to the Cowley family.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage 28, Henry Thomas Cowley
Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The papers of Henry Thomas Cowley, Indian missionary, were given to
the Washington State University Library in 1949 by Mrs. Agnes Cowley Paine,
daughter of H.T. Cowley.
This collection of the papers of Henry Thomas Cowley was used by
Clifford M. Drury in preparation of his
A tepee in his front yard: H.T. Cowley and the founding of
Spokane (Portland, Oregon, Binfords & Mort, 1949). The original
manuscript material in this collection is cited by Drury as the Paine
Collection.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Cowley, H. T. (Henry Thomas), 1837-1917 --Archives
Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-
Paine, Agnes Cowley. waps
Spokane Falls evening chronicle
Spokane Falls chronicle
Spokane evening chronicle
Nez Percé Indians--Missions--History --
Sources
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Spokane Indians--Missions--History -- Sources
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs Lapwai
Agency
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign
Missions
Indians of
North America--Missions--History--Sources
Missionaries
Native Americans
Pioneers
Washington (State)
Missionaries -- Washington (State)--Correspondence
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series 1: Papers of Henry Thomas
Cowley
1
Indian Service Correspondence.
Correspondents: Guy Haines, H. Clay Wood, John B. Allen, Charles D. Warner, H.
Price, G.H. Atkinson, Charles E. Monteith.
1880-1883
9
items.
2
NPRR Land Suit Papers.
Correspondence, circular, summons, affidavits, title abstracts and other legal
papers. Correspondents: Henry Villard, William Tecumseh Sherman, C.B.
Wright.
1880-1900
11
items.
3
Spokane Chronicle Papers. Bills
of sale and inventories of equipment and supplies.
1882-1887
6
items.
4
["Concise review of town, 1874 to
1887."] 9 p. typescript, with envelope. Published, with some changes, by N. W.
Durham in History of the City of Spokane and Spokane country, Washington, from
its earliest settlement to the present time. (Spokane, The S. J. Clarke
Publishing Company, 1912. pp. 369-379)
ca.
1911
1
item.
5
Clippings. Herbert Gaston. "The
Back Trail, #6: Interview with Mrs. J. L. Paine," Spokane Chronicle, June 17,
1914. Henry Thomas Cowley. ["Reminiscences," in nine parts, lacking 2, 6, 7]
Spokane Chronicle, November-December, 1916.
1914-1917
8
items.
5
H.T. Cowley, pioneer, dies,
Spokane Chronicle.
29-Jan-17
6
items.
Series 2: Photocopies and transcriptions
6
Records of the Office of Indian
Affairs, National Archives. Correspondents: John B. Monteith, Charles E.
Monteith, Charles D. Warner, H. T. Cowley.
1871-1883
13
items.
7a-7d
Records of the Presbyterian Board
of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Historical Society. Correspondents: John C.
Lowrie, H.T. Cowley, Edward R. Geary, H.W. Corbett, H.H. Spalding, William J.
Monteith, John B. Monteith, George Ainslie.
1871-1876
48
items.
8
Clippings and other material.
Includes the missing parts of Cowley's published reminiscences; clipping of an
earlier reminiscence as well as a typescript reminiscence; the Elmer E.
Alexander and A. J. Williamson reminiscences, and other papers.
1884-1916
14
items.
9
Cowley letters to H. H. Spalding
1871-1874
Typed transcriptions; bound volume.
Series 3: Donor File
10
Donor file. Includes preliminary
list of the collection.
1949
5
items.