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Samuel J. Parker Papers
Parker, Samuel J.
WCMss.426
1.3 linear feet
1 flat box
1834-1910
The Samuel J. Parker Papers primarily include a manuscript and articles Parker wrote about his father's work. This collection dates from 1834 through 1910.
Collection is open for research.
Materials found in the collection; provenance is unknown.
Samuel J. Parker was the son of Reverend Samuel Parker, a missionary who travelled throughout the Pacific Northwest in the 1830s, including Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. He trained at Union Theological Seminary, and served as a physician during the Civil War. He was an avid writer, and wrote articles for national journals of various topics, as well as a manuscript about the journey begun in 1835 by his father from Ithaca to the Oregon Territory.
The Samuel J. Parker Papers include "Oregon Mission Period," a handwritten account of the early history of the missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, as well as several published articles by Samuel J. Parker. This collection, which spans from 1834 through 1910, also includes letters to and from Samuel J. Parker, primarily concerning the missionary work of his father, newspaper clippings about Reverend Samuel J. Parker, and notes about Parker's manuscript "The History of Oregon and the Pacific Coast and Its Especial Connection with Ithaca, New York."
Letter from Samuel J. Parker to Myron Eells
January 31, 1890
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Letter from Samuel J. Parker to Reverend John L. Maile
February 23, 1897
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Letter to Reverend Samuel Parker
May 17, 1834
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Letter from Theodore White to Doctor Griffs
July 28, 1902
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Manuscript by Samuel J. Parker on the early history of the missions to Oregon and Washington Territory
September 7, 1882
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Manuscript of "Notes on the Life of Reverend Samuel Parker," by Henry Parker
1902
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Manuscript of "Oregon Mission Period," by Samuel J. Parker
August 1, 1882
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Missionary Herald
September, 1837
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Newspaper clippings about Reverend Samuel J. Parker
1901, undated
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Notes from Samuel J. Parker
undated
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Notes on Samuel J. Parker's manuscript "The History of Oregon and the Pacific Coast and Its Especial Connection with Ithaca, New York," housed in Cornell University
circa 1900
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Published copy of "Reverend Samuel J. Parker, Missionary to Oregon," by Samuel J. Parker
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