Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
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Mss
1500
Wilbur, James Harvey,1811-1887.
James H. Wilbur
letters
1847-1868
.02 cubic feet (1
folder)
Collection includes: James H. Wilbur
letter to his brother, 8 pp, 8 April 1847, regarding his trip from New York to
San Francisco on the bark Whiton; James H. Wilbur, Salem, Oregon, letter to
Richard Hoyt, 1 p, 6 October 1847; James H. Wilbur, Fort Simcoe, Yakima Indian
Agency, letter to Frank T. Dodge, 1 p, 23 March 1868, regarding payment of
freight shipped from Portland to the Dalles. James Harvey Wilbur (1811-1887)
was a pioneer Methodist missionary and educator. In 1846 he was appointed a
missionary to Oregon and sailed from New York to Oregon where he arrived in
Oregon City in 1847. He worked in Portland for some time as preacher and in
1851 he established the Portland Academy and Female Seminary. In 1853 he moved
Umpqua County where he founded the Umpqua Academy in 1854. He was appointed the
superintendent of Education on the Yakima Indian Reservation in 1860. He was an
Indian Agent at Fort Simcoe from 1860 to 1880.
English
James Harvey Wilbur (1811-1887) was a pioneer Methodist missionary and
educator. In 1846 he was appointed a missionary to Oregon and sailed from New
York to Oregon where he arrived in Oregon City in 1847. He worked in Portland
for some time as preacher and in 1851 he established the Portland Academy and
Female Seminary. In 1853 he moved Umpqua County where he founded the Umpqua
Academy in 1854. He was appointed the superintendent of Education on the Yakima
Indian Reservation in 1860. He was an Indian Agent at Fort Simcoe from 1860 to
1880.
Collection includes: James H. Wilbur letter to his brother, 8 pp, 8
April 1847, regarding his trip from New York to San Francisco on the bark
Whiton; James H. Wilbur, Salem, Oregon, letter to Richard Hoyt, 1 p, 6 October
1847; James H. Wilbur, Fort Simcoe, Yakima Indian Agency, letter to Frank T.
Dodge, 1 p, 23 March 1868, regarding payment of freight shipped from Portland
to the Dalles.
James H. Wilbur letter to Richard Hoyt,gift of Mrs. David B. Charlton,
August 1976.
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James H. Wilbur letters, Mss 1500, Oregon Historical Society Research
Library.
Dodge, Frank T. -- Correspondence.
Hoyt, Richard, -- 1816-1862 -- Correspondence.
Wilbur, James Harvey, -- 1811-1887 -- Correspondence.
Whiton (Bark)
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel -- 19th
century.
Indian agents
-- Washington (State) -- Fort Simcoe.
Missionaries --
Northwest, Pacific.
Voyages to the
Pacific coast.
Letters (correpondence)
-- aat
Oregon
Pioneers