Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 143
Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874
Henry Harmon Spalding Papers
1836-circa 1968
1.5 Linear feet of shelf space
3 Boxes + oversize
The papers of Henry Harmon Spalding are mostly related
to the Spalding's missionary work among the Nez Percé. Also included are account
books of Henry Hart Spalding, an Almota, Washington, merchant; and photoprints of
the second Mrs. Spalding and Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Griffin.
Collection materials are in English
Henry Harmon Spalding (1803-1874) and Eliza Hart Spalding (1807-1851) were pioneer
missionaries in the Pacific Northwest. Their sons, including Henry Hart Spalding
(1839-1898), and his sons, including Marcus W. Spalding (1897-1975), were actively
engaged in various businesses in Almota, Washington.
The papers of Henry Harmon Spalding are mostly comprised of materials procured by C.
M. Drury from scattered sources for his biographies of Pacific Northwest
missionaries. The materials are mostly related to the Spalding's missionary work
among the Nez Percé. Also included are account books of Henry Hart Spalding, an
Almota, Washington, merchant; and photoprints of the second Mrs. Spalding and Rev.
and Mrs. J. S. Griffin.
The correspondence of Henry Harmon Spalding consists of three letters
written prior to 1842, one by Mrs. Spalding; a letter from Alvin Thompson Smith
at Tualatin Plains in 1843; and eight letters to general O.F. Marshall
(1791-1891) of Wheeler, New York during the 1870's (these letters were
originally collected be Rev. Samuel Wheeler Pratt, an early biographer of
Whitman, whose descendants turned them over to Drury); and a letter to Chief
Spokane Garry which was found by Drury in Garry's Bible which was in the
possession of a grand-daughter in 1935.
There are nineteen photographs in this collection, of which most are
copy negatives or copy photoprints. However, there are three small photographs
taken at the Frank G. Abell studios in Portland, Oregon of the second Mrs.
Spalding, and the Rev. and Mrs. J.S. Griffin, probably circa 1880.
In addition to clippings concerning Spalding and other missionaries
collected by a great grand-daughter, the ledgers and accounts of Spalding's son
Henry Hart Spalding (1839-1898) of Almota, Washington, are included. Among
these is a school composition book of the 1850's which has been used as a
scrapbook for the elder Spalding's newspaper lectures of the 1860's.
Photocopies and transcripts of the Spalding material in this
collection and in the collections of other transcription of Eliza Hart Spalding
material in this collection and in the collections of other institutions are
also present. One item of interest is a transcription of Eliza Hart Spalding's
diary of 1836-1840 which may be considered the original diary in the Whitman
College Museum. Both items apparently are from family sources.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Henry Harmon Spalding Papers, 1836-circa 1968 (Cage 143)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The papers were secured by Dr. Clifford M. Drury from scattered sources, often from
members of the family, as he was preparing biographies of Pacific Northwest
Missionaries in the 1930's. His biography of Spalding appeared as "Henry Harmon
Spalding" (Caldwell, Caxton Printers, 1936).
Some materials were the gift of Spalding's son, Horace H. Spalding, 1959.
This collection probably was first arranged in the 1940's and a container list from
the 1960s has been retained with the collection.
This collection was described by C. M. Drury in the Oregon Historical
Quarterly 42:269 (September, 1941) 269 and reported to the National Union
Catalog of Manuscript Collections (64-1254).
Spalding Family Papers, 1877-circa 1920s (Cage 739)
Horace H. and Belle R. Spalding Interview Transcript, 1960 (Cage 4139)
Spalding Warehouse Account Book, 1902-1905 (Cage 5018)
Spalding Mission, Lapwai Press Collection, circa 1800-2011 (Cage 5020)
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.
Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874 -- Archives
Griffin, Desire C. Smith, -1884
Griffin, John Smith, 1807-1899
Spalding, Rachel Jahonnet Smith, 1808-
Smith, Alvin Thompson, 1802-1888
Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851
Spalding, Henry Hart, 1839-1898
Spokane Garry, 1811?-1892
Almota (Wash.) -- History -- Sources
Missionaries -- Northwest, Pacific -- Correspondence
Nez Percé Indians -- Missions
Indians of North America -- Missions -- Northwest, Pacific
Washington (State)
Missionaries
Businesses and Corporations
Series 1 - Correspondence of H.H.
Spalding
1836-1874
1
1
Spalding, Henry Harmon, Letter, Fort Walla
Walla, to William and Edward Porter, Prattsburgh, New York, with note by
Eliza Spalding. 2 l. holograph signed.
October 2,
1836
1
2
[Spalding, Eliza Hart], letter,
Clearwater, to Mr. and Mrs. Bridges, Prattsburgh, New York. 7 l. ms.
(incomplete)
May 5, 1840
1
3
[Spalding, Henry Harmon] letter, Colvile,
to [Elkanah Walker?] 1 l. ms. (incomplete)
September 11,
1841
1
4
Smith, Alvin Thompson, letter, Tualatin
Plains to Henry Harmon Spalding, Clearwater. 2 l. holograph
signed.
March 9,
1843
1
5
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter,
Brownsville, Oregon, to O.F. Marshall, Wheeler, New York. 2 l. ms.
[signature removed] with envelope. 1 l. ms. copy.
May 2, 1870
1
6
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter,
Brownsville, Oregon, to O.F. Marshall Wheeler, New York. 1 l. holograph
signed, with envelope. 1 l. ms. copy.
August 4,
1870
1
7
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to O.F. Marshall [Wheeler, New York] 2 l.
holograph signed, with envelope. 1 l. ms. copy
December 30,
1870
1
8
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter, Troy,
Pennsylvania, to O.F. Marshall, Wheeler, New York. 1 l. holograph signed
with envelope.
March 16,
1871
1
9
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter, Troy,
Pennsylvania, to O.F. Marshall, Wheeler, New York. 1 l. holograph signed
with envelope.
March 16,
1871
1
10
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter, Athens,
Pennsylvania, to O.F. Marshall, Wheeler, New York. 1 l. holograph
signed, with envelope.
April 22,
1871
1
11
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter, Kamiah,
Idaho Territory, to O.F. Marshall, Wheeler, New York. 2 l. holograph
signed. 1 l. ms. copy.
November 13,
1873
1
12
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter,Kamiah,
Idaho, to O.F. Marshall, Wheeler, New York. 1 l. holograph signed, with
envelope.
January 22, 1874
1
13
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter, Kamiah,
Idaho, to Garry, Chief of Spokanes, Spokane Falls, Idaho Territory. 1 l.
holograph signed, with envelope.
March 28,
1874
Series 2 -
Photographs
Henry Harmon Spalding
portraits
1
14
A. Sketch of Spalding. 1 copy negative
17.5 x 12.5 cm. (contact print from nitrate 12-80) 1 copy photoprint
18 x 12 cm.
undated
1
14
B. Erichson, Moscow, Idaho H.H.
Spalding. 1 copy negative 17.5 x 12.5 cm. (contact print from
nitrate 12-80)
undated
1
14
C. Spalding. 1 glass copy negative
12.5 x 10 cm.
undated
1
14
Steve D. Allured. Sketch of Spalding.
1 film negative 12.5 x 10 cm. 1 photoprint 25.5 x 20.5
cm.
circa 1968
Spalding Children
1
15
A. Amelia Lorene Spalding Brown. 1
copy photoprint 18 x 13 cm.
undated
1
15
B. Amelia Lorene Spalding Brown. 1
copy photoprint 18 x 13 cm.
undated
1
15
C. Henry Hart Spalding. 1 copy
photoprint 18 x 13 cm.
undated
1
15
D. Eliza Spalding Warren. 1 copy
photoprint 18 x 13 cm.
undated
1
15
E. Martha Jane Spalding Wigle. 1 copy
photoprint 18 x 13 cm.
undated
Other Photographs
1
16
A. Frank G. Abell, Portland, Oregon
Rachel J. Spalding. 1 photoprint 10.5 x 6 cm.
undated
1
16
B. Frank G. Abell, Portland, Oregon
Desire C. Griffin. 1 photoprint 10.5 x 6 cm.
undated
1
16
C. Frank G. Abell, Portland, Oregon
John Smith Griffin. 1 photoprint 10.5 x 6 cm.
undated
1
16
D. Joanne Spalding and the first
printing press in the Northwest. 1 copy negative 12.5 x 10 cm.
(Note: Missing, 6/7/2004)
1936
1
16
E. [Mary Catherine Warren Spalding]? 1
photoprint 17 x 12 cm.
circa 1935
1
16
F. Anniversary ceremonies of the
arrival of Spalding. Old Spalding Indian Mission, Spalding, Idaho. 1
photoprint 13 x 18 cm.
29-Nov-36
1
16
G. Illustration of the Spalding
mission cabin in Memoirs of the West, p. 16. 1 film negative 12.5 x
10 cm. (Note: Missing, 6/7/2004)
undated
1
16
H. Tombstones and monuments of Henry
and Eliza Spalding, 4 photoprints 9 x 14.5 cm.
circa 1936
1
16
I. A.T. Lacey, Spokane, Washington
Plaque in Spalding Presbyterian Church, Spalding, Idaho. 1
photoprint 20 x 25 cm.
undated
1
17
Series 3 - Clippings, collected by Mrs. J.F.
Blakemore. approx 100 items
circa
1919-1936
Series 4 - Papers of Henry Hart
Spalding
1855-1888
1
18
John J. Larwood, letter, Colfax,
Washington, to H.H. Spalding, Almota, Washington, re: land claim notices
and road plats. 1 l. ms. signed, with envelope, and 1 l. ms. map of
Spalding Road near Almota.
December 22,
[?]
1
19
Notebook of Henry Hart Spalding, Tualatin
Academy which has been used as a scrapbook for clippings of lectures of
Henry Harmon Spalding, 1866-1869. 1 v.
November 5,
1855
1
20
Wheat warehouse ledger, Almota,
Washington. 1 v.
1887-1888
1
21
General merchandise ledger, Almota,
Washington. 1 v.
1885-1888
Series 5 - Photocopies
1
22
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter, Fort
Vancouver, to David Green, Boston. 18 p. ms. (photocopy)
September 20,
1836
1
23
H.H. Spalding's journal while travelling
from Fort Vancouver to the Nez Pierce country and back - extracts. 7 l.
ms. (photocopy)
September 21, 1836-October
31, 1836
2
24
Letters of H.H. and E.H. Spalding. 5 items
ms. (photocopy)
1840-1850
2
25
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter, Clear
Water, to Dudley Allen, Kinsman, Ohio, as published in the Ohio Observer
of November 17, 1847. 4 l. photocopy and typescript
transcription.
September 26,
1846
2
25a
Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter,
Rendezvous, Headquarters of the Colorado, as published in the National
Intelligencer, Washington, D.C., October 26, 1836. 2 l.
photocopy.
July 11, 1836
2
26
A sequence of letters between H.H.
Spalding and Peter H. Burnett concerning the Whitman Massacre as
published in the Oregon American and Evangelical Unionist. 21 l.
(photocopy)
1848-1849
2
27
Lectures by Rev. H.H. Spalding, early
Oregon Missions--their importance in securing the country to Americans.
[Number one published in the Walla Walla Statesman, February 9, 1866] 38
p. typescript transcript (photocopy of Mss 1201, Oregon Historical
Society)
undated
2
28
[Spalding, Henry Harmon] History of Indian
Affairs among the Nez Perces, no. 6. The Pacific (San Francisco). 1 item
clipping (photocopy)
June 22, 1865
2
28
Spalding, Henry Harmon. Lectures by Rev.
H.H. Spalding, early Oregon Missions, number 37. States Rights Democrat
(Albany, Oregon. 1 item clipping (photocopy)
January 11, 1868
Series 6 - Transcriptions
2
29
Correspondence and papers of H.H.
Spalding, copied by C.M. Drury. Approx 375 l. typescript.
1934
2
30
Letters and papers of Reverend Henry
Harmon Spalding. Copied at the State College of Washington, 1942. 489 p.
typescript bound.
1833-1874
2
31
Spalding, Eliza Hart. Diary. 94 l. ms.
transcription (in her own hand?)
February 1, 1836-June 8,
1840
2
32
Diary of Mrs. H.H. Spalding. "The
following is a copy of the diary kept by Mrs. H.H. Spalding which was
presented to the Whitman College by her daughter, Mrs. Eliza Spalding
Warren, Aug. 3, 1916, Whitman Museum no. 5796." 22 l. typescript
(carbon)
1836-1840
Miscellany
2
33
A. Wheeler, W.L., letter, to C.M.
Drury about Spalding in New York. 4 l. holograph signed.
circa March 3, 1936
2
33
B. Howes, W.W., First Assistant
Postmaster General, letter, to C.M. Drury re; postmasters of
Brownsville, Oregon, Lapwai and Spalding, Idaho. 1 l.
typescript
November 22,
1934
2
33
C. St. John, Emily Porter. Chart of
the Bridges, Van Valkenburgh and St. John families illustrationg
provenance of the Spalding letter of 1840 to the Bridges. 1 l.
ms.
circa 1935
2
33
D. Drury, C.M. Statements of
Provenance. 4 items, typescript signed.
1936
2
33
E. Spalding Collection container list.
5 l. typescript.
1960s
3
F. The first church service of the
Whitmans and the Spaldings at South Pass. Used as an illustration in
Eliza Spalding Warren's book Memoirs of the West (Portland, Oregon,
Marsh Publishing Company, [1916} opp. p. 64. Subsequently owned by
Marcus Whitman Spalding. 1 oil painting on canvas 26 x 36
cm.
circa 1910
Box Oversize
Portrait of Henry Harmon Spalding. 1
charcoal drawing, 51 x 41 cm.
undated
Box O.S.
Allured, Steve Portrait of Henry Harmon
Spalding. 1 ink drawing 36 x 28 cm. (photocopy)
circa 1968
Oversize
Christian Observer, Philadelphia
October 28, 1848
Oversize
Prattsburgh Advertiser, Prattsburgh, New
York. Front page only (photocopy)
March 26, 1869
Oversize
Prattsburgh Advertiser, Prattsburgh, New
York. Front page only (photocopy)
May 28, 1869
Oversize
Prattsburgh News, Prattsburgh, New York.
January 31, 1895