Collection is open for research.
Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by Jerry Jesseph in 1964. The accession number associated with this donation is retro-0745.
Joseph Stubblefield was born on September 7, 1823 in Missouri. Him and his wife, Annie Stubblefield, were among the first pioneers to move to the Blue Mountain region in Umatilla County, Oregon in the 1860s. Fourteen years after moving west, Annie died. Joseph died on November 16, 1902, leaving behind a large sum of money to establish a trust, the purpose of which was to erect the Stubblefield Home for orphans and widows. This project was a lifelong hope of his. The orphanage officially opened in November 16, 1904, was later rehoused as the Residential Agricultural Project in 1939, and then later became an orphanage again. The Stubblefield Home was demolished in 1963.
The Joseph L. Stubblefield Papers spans from 1902 through 1930. These papers consists of financial records and legal documents from the estate of Joseph Stubblefield of Umatilla County, Oregon. It includes his financial records relative to the operation of the Stubblefield Home orphanage, located in Walla Walla.