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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 4213 Marshall, William I. (William Isaac), 1840-1906 William I. Marshall papers 1882-1915 3.5 cubic feet Collection materials are in English. Chiefly materials that attempt to debunk the theory put forth by Oliver Nixon, Henry Parker and others that Marcus Whitman saved Oregon

William Isaac Marshall was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on June 25, 1840, to parents William and Florina Weeks-Barrus Marshall. He taught school in Massachusetts, Ohio, Ontario, and Pennsylvania before moving to Montana Territory in 1866 to work as a gold miner. While in Montana, he also served as a school principal and county superintendent of schools, and conducted tours and sold photographs of Yellowstone Park. He returned to Fitchburg in 1875 before moving to Chicago in 1887. In addition to working as the principal of Chicago’s Gladstone School, he was also a historian and writer who dedicated much of his work to debunking the “Whitman Myth.” He wrote numerous articles and books about the topic, and lectured throughout the country about the Whitman Myth and Yellowstone Park.

On August 20, 1864, Marshall married Ellen Porter Foster. The couple had a daughter, Nellie. Marshall died in Chicago on October 30, 1906.

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Marshall, William I. (William Isaac), 1840-1906 Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847 Oregon Territory--History Oregon Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Diaries

Accession No. 4213-001: William I. Marshall papers, 1882-1915 3.11 cubic feet (7 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, writings, and notes, primarily related to Marshall's work to dispel the "Whitman Myth" that Marcus Whitman saved Oregon.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: From the Clarence B. Bagley Collection; purchased 1919.

Incoming Correspondence 1/1 4213-001 A. C. McClurg & Co. 1905 1/1 4213-001 Adams, Alva 1895-1898 1/1 4213-001 Ames, C. H. 1903 1/1 4213-001 Applegate, Jesse 1885 1/1 4213-001 Applegate, Lindsay 1888 1/1 4213-001 Andrews, E. Benjamin 1894 1/1 4213-001 Atwood, Rev. A. 1905 1/1 4213-001 Avery, Elroy M. 1904 1/1 4213-001 B. F. Stevens & Brown 1906 1/1 4213-001 Baker, Florence E. 1903 1/2 4213-001 Bagley, Clarence B. 1905-1912

Scope and Content: Includes correspondence to Mrs. Marshall

1/3 4213-001 Bancroft, George 1885 1/3 4213-001 Barned, Henry Barrett 1905 1/3 4213-001 Barnett, Jno T. undated 1/3 4213-001 Barton, E. M. 1901 1/3 4213-001 Barton, James L. 1903 1/3 4213-001 Bell, Charles N. 1889 1/3 4213-001 Berthoud, Edward L. 1898-1905 1/3 4213-001 Blewett, Andrew 1896 1/3 4213-001 Bolton, C. K. 1900 1/3 4213-001 Bosworth, Mrs. L.A.M. 1904 1/3 4213-001 Bourne, H. E. 1911 1/3 4213-001 Boyd, Allen R. 1902 1/3 4213-001 Brett, William H. 1891 1/3 4213-001 Bryce, George 1905 1/3 4213-001 Bunnell, A. D. 1901 1/3 4213-001 Burnett, John M. 1903 1/3 4213-001 Burnett, Peter H. 1884-1888 1/3 4213-001 Butler, Nicholas Murray 1900-1901 1/4 4213-001 Chamberlain, Mellen 1890 1/4 4213-001 Channing, Edward 1899 1/4 4213-001 Chapin, C. N. 1884-1898 1/4 4213-001 Charles Scribner's Sons 1888 1/4 4213-001 Chase, George L. 1896 1/4 4213-001 Clark, William 1889 1/4 4213-001 Clarke, Robert 1888 1/4 4213-001 Colver, Susan E. 1902 1/4 4213-001 Coues. Elliott 1897-1898 1/4 4213-001 Cox, Henry C. 1900 1/4 4213-001 Craighead, Alice 1905 1/4 4213-001 Craighead, J. G. 1887 1/4 4213-001 Craven, E. R. 1898 1/4 4213-001 Crawford, Medorem 1891 1/4 4213-001 Cutter, Charles A. 1891 1/5 4213-001 D. Appleton and Company 1901 1/5 4213-001 Davis, Winfield J. 1901 1/5 4213-001 Dennis, John Bancroft 1898-1900 1/5 4213-001 Dey, John H. 1905 1/5 4213-001 The Dial undated 1/5 4213-001 Dodge, W. C. 1900 1/5 4213-001 Donnelly, Margaret 1900 1/5 4213-001 Dougherty, W. P. 1885 1/6 4213-001 Eaton & Co. 1901 1/6 4213-001 Eells, M. 1882-1905 1/6 4213-001 Eggleston 1899 1/6 4213-001 Eliot, Samuel A. 1904 1/6 4213-001 Eliot, Rev. T. L. 1904 1/6 4213-001 Eliot, William G., Jr. 1904 1/6 4213-001 Elliott, T. C. 1902 1/6 4213-001 Ellison, Olaf 1898 1/6 4213-001 Emery, J. Q. 1887 1/6 4213-001 Evans, Elwood 1882-1884 1/7 4213-001 Fairbank, J. Wilder 1901

Scope and Content: Correspondence to Mr. L. Morris

1/7 4213-001 Fenn, W. W. 1901 1/7 4213-001 Field, Henry M. 1895 1/7 4213-001 Fiske, John 1895 1/8 4213-001 Gatzweiler, Charles 1891 1/8 4213-001 Gordy, Wilbur F. 1897-1903 1/8 4213-001 Gove, W. L. 1887 1/8 4213-001 Gray, W. H. 1882-1883 1/8 4213-001 Green, H. E. 1891 1/8 4213-001 Greenwood, J. M. 1902 1/8 4213-001 Griffis, William Elliot 1904 1/8 4213-001 Grubbs, F. H. 1905 1/8 4213-001 Gunsaulus, F. W. 1896 1/9 4213-001 Hale, E. E. 1906 1/9 4213-001 Hart, Albert Bushnell 1905 1/9 4213-001 Hermann 1902 1/9 4213-001 Hodder, Frank Heywood 1905 1/9 4213-001 Hill, A. 1885 1/9 4213-001 Hillis, Newell Dwight 1905 1/9 4213-001 Hitchcock, Ripley 1901 1/9 4213-001 Himes, George H. 1888-1903 1/9 4213-001 Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1898 1/9 4213-001 Hull, Charles H. 1905 1/9 4213-001 Hutchins, Fernald 1902 1/10 4213-001 John Lovell and Son Publishers 1901 1/10 4213-001 Lee, George H. 1904 1/10 4213-001 Leonard, A. B. 1903 1/10 4213-001 Libby, Dorville 1890 1/10 4213-001 Libby, Josephine S. 1898 1/10 4213-001 Littler, Daniel 1901 1/11 4213-001 MacBeth, R. G. 1898 1/11 4213-001 MacDonald, William 1905 1/11 4213-001 Mal. E. L. 1891 1/11 4213-001 Mallet, Edmond Jr. 1889-1905 1/11 4213-001 Manchester, D. W. 1891 1/11 4213-001 Marcellus, George E. 1891 1/11 4213-001 Mason, William E. 1891 1/11 4213-001 McAlan, John 1901 1/11 4213-001 McClellan, George 1891 1/11 4213-001 McKean, W. G. 1891 1/11 4213-001 McLaughlin, A. C. 1902 1/11 4213-001 McMaster, John Bock 1900 1/11 4213-001 Michael, William H. 1898 1/11 4213-001 Miller, J. R. 1905 1/11 4213-001 Montgomery, David H. 1897-1900 1/11 4213-001 Monteith, Frankie Whitman 1891 1/11 4213-001 Morris, Charles 1901 1/11 4213-001 Mowry, Arthur May 1899 1/11 4213-001 Mowry, William A. 1887-1899 1/12 4213-001 Nixon, O. N. 1894 1/12 4213-001 Offord, R. M. 1901 1/12 4213-001 Olmstead, H. 1906 1/12 4213-001 Otis, James 1887 1/12 4213-001 Palmer, Arthur H. 1890 1/12 4213-001 Parker, Samuel J. 1891 1/12 4213-001 Parkhurst, C. 1891 1/12 4213-001 Patton, Cornelius H. 1905 1/12 4213-001 Peling, James C. 1887 1/12 4213-001 Perrin, I. B. 1906 1/12 4213-001 Plumb, George R. 1900 1/12 4213-001 Price, G. D. 1891 1/12 4213-001 Pyle, Joseph Gilpin 1901 1/13 4213-001 Ramsey, Alex 1885-1891 1/13 4213-001 Raymond, G. 1891 1/13 4213-001 Raymond, W. H. 1904 1/13 4213-001 Rice, W. H. 1883 1/13 4213-001 Root, Azariah 1890 1/13 4213-001 Schafer, Joseph 1905 1/13 4213-001 Schouler, James 1904-1905 1/13 4213-001 Scott, E. H. 1904 1/13 4213-001 Scudder, H. E. 1900 1/13 4213-001 Sheldon, Henry Davidson 1904 1/13 4213-001 Shephard, Fred J. 1891 1/13 4213-001 Shively, J. M. 1884-1885 1/13 4213-001 Smith, Judson 1900 1/13 4213-001 Sparks, Edwin E. 1901 1/13 4213-001 Stanton, C. E. 1901 1/13 4213-001 Starr, Frederick 1904 1/13 4213-001 Stevens, B. F. 1896 1/13 4213-001 Strong, E. E. 1905 1/14 4213-001 Thompson, Ed Porter 1890 1/14 4213-001 Thorpe, Francis N. 1902 1/14 4213-001 Thwaites, Reuben G. 1904-1906 1/14 4213-001 Tilden, Edward 1906 1/14 4213-001 Tilton, Asa C. 1900 1/14 4213-001 Tuthill, Richard S. 1900 1/14 4213-001 Tyler, Lyn G. 1900 1/14 4213-001 Victor, Frances Fuller 1882-1903

Scope and Content: Includes correspondence about Victor's estate

1/14 4213-001 Vincil, John D. 1898 1/15 4213-001 Walcott, Charles D. 1900 1/15 4213-001 Weed, Clarence E. 1905 1/15 4213-001 Welsh, Ira A. 1903 1/15 4213-001 Whelpley, A. W. 1888-1890 1/15 4213-001 Wheeler, O. D. 1899 1/15 4213-001 Whitman, P. B. 1891-1892 1/15 4213-001 Wiley, B. N. 1896 1/15 4213-001 Willard 1897 1/15 4213-001 Winckler, G. W. 1898 1/15 4213-001 Winslow, Horace 1888 1/15 4213-001 Wood, E. L. 1890 1/15 4213-001 Wyeth, John A. 1896 1/15 4213-001 Young, F. G. 1905 Outgoing Correspondence 1/16 4213-001 A. C. McClurg & Co. 1905 1/16 4213-001 Adams, Alva 1898 1/16 4213-001 Advertiser 1901 1/16 4213-001 Allegheny Public Library 1890 1/16 4213-001 American Board Commissions of Foreign Missions 1900-1905 1/16 4213-001 American Historical Society 1888 1/16 4213-001 Andrews, C. S. 1906 1/16 4213-001 Andrews, E. Benjamin 1899 1/16 4213-001 Applegate, Lindsay 1888-1889 1/16 4213-001 Atwood, Rev. A. 1905 1/16 4213-001 Avery, Elroy McKendree 1904 1/17 4213-001 B. F. Stevens & Brown 1905 1/17 4213-001 Bancroft, H. H. 1896 1/17 4213-001 Berthoud, Edward L. 1898-1899 1/17 4213-001 Blaine, James G. 1891 1/17 4213-001 Boston Athenaeum 1890-1900 1/17 4213-001 Bryce, George 1904-1905 1/17 4213-001 Bunnell, A. O. 1901 1/17 4213-001 Burgess, John W. 1898 1/17 4213-001 Burnett, John M. 1903 1/17 4213-001 Burnett, Peter H. undated 1/17 4213-001 Burnett, Richardson D. 1902 1/17 4213-001 Butler 1900-1901 2/1 4213-001 Chapin, C. N. 1897 2/1 4213-001 Chase, George L. 1896 2/1 4213-001 Cleveland Public Library 1890-1891 2/1 4213-001 Cohn, Susan E. 1902 2/1 4213-001 Coopers, Estill & Lemmon 1901 2/1 4213-001 Coues, Elliott 1897-1898 2/1 4213-001 Cox 1900 2/1 4213-001 Craighead, Alice W. 1905 2/1 4213-001 Crawford, Medorum 1891, undated 2/2 4213-001 Davidson, W. M. 1904 2/2 4213-001 Davis, Winfield J. 1901 2/2 4213-001 de Baca, M. C. 1899 2/2 4213-001 Democrat 1891 2/2 4213-001 The Dial 1898 2/2 4213-001 Eells, M. 1891-1905 2/2 4213-001 Eliot, Samuel A. 1904 2/2 4213-001 Elliott 1907 2/2 4213-001 Ellison, Olaf 1898 2/2 4213-001 Encyclopedia Britannica undated 2/2 4213-001 Evans, Elwood undated 2/2 4213-001 Examiner 1902 2/2 4213-001 Express undated 2/3 4213-001 Fairbank, J. Wilder 1901 2/3 4213-001 Field, H. 1895 2/3 4213-001 Fiske, John 1900 2/3 4213-001 Flohr, Rev. M. 1906 2/3 4213-001 Foster, Alfred E. 1891 2/3 4213-001 Foster, Gen. John W. c. 1901-1902 2/3 4213-001 Green, H. E. undated 2/3 4213-001 Gray, James T. 1891-1903 2/3 4213-001 Gordy, Wilbur F. 1897-1898 2/3 4213-001 Guerber 1903 2/3 4213-001 Gunsaulus, F. W. 1896 2/4 4213-001 Hale 1906 2/4 4213-001 Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles 1906 2/4 4213-001 Herbert, H. S. 1896 2/4 4213-001 Hillis, Rev. N. D. 1905 2/4 4213-001 Himes, George H. 1888-1903, undated 2/4 4213-001 Hiram College Library 1890 2/4 4213-001 Hitchcock 1901 2/4 4213-001 Hodder 1904-1905 2/4 4213-001 Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1898 2/4 4213-001 Howard Co. Advertiser 1891 2/4 4213-001 Howard, Gen. C. H. undated 2/4 4213-001 Humphrey, Rev. L. J. 1888 2/5 4213-001 Indiana State Library 1889-1890 2/5 4213-001 John Lovell & Sons 1901 2/5 4213-001 The Journal 1891 2/5 4213-001 Judge 1900 2/5 4213-001 Libby 1898 2/5 4213-001 Library of Congress 1898 2/6 4213-001 Mallett, E. I. 1899-1903 2/6 4213-001 Manchester, D. W. 1891, undated 2/6 4213-001 Manitoba Historical Society 1898 2/6 4213-001 McKean, W. G. undated 2/6 4213-001 McLaughlin, Andrew C. 1901-1906 2/6 4213-001 Methodist Historical Society 1898 2/6 4213-001 Methodist Missionary Society 1903 2/6 4213-001 Montgomery, D. H. 1898-1903 2/6 4213-001 Montreal Public Library 1891 2/6 4213-001 Morse 1897 2/6 4213-001 Mowry 1887-1900 2/7 4213-001 New York Christian Advocate 1891 2/7 4213-001 New York Observer 1898-1900 2/7 4213-001 Noble, Rev. F. A. 1898 2/7 4213-001 O'Leary, H. A. 1905 2/7 4213-001 Oregonian 1898 2/7 4213-001 Otis, James 1888 2/7 4213-001 Parker, Samuel J. 1899, undated 2/7 4213-001 Portland Public Library 1888 2/7 4213-001 Presbyterian Bd. of Pub. & S. S. Work 1898 2/7 4213-001 Ramsey, Alexander 1891 2/7 4213-001 Robert Clarke & Co. 1901 2/7 4213-001 Sacramento Union 1901 2/7 4213-001 San Francisco Chronicle 1896 2/7 4213-001 Scott, Harvey W. 1906 2/7 4213-001 Scudder, H. E. 1900 2/7 4213-001 Shepard, Fred undated 2/7 4213-001 Smith, Rev. Judson 1900 2/7 4213-001 Strong, E. E. 1905 2/8 4213-001 Talbot 1901 2/8 4213-001 Tennessee State Library 1890 2/8 4213-001 Ter. University 1899 2/8 4213-001 Thorpe, Francis Newton 1901 2/8 4213-001 Thwaites 1904-1906 2/8 4213-001 Tilton undated

General Notes: Page 2 only.

2/9 4213-001 Vincil, John H. 1898 2/9 4213-001 Western University 1890 2/9 4213-001 Wheeler 1898 2/9 4213-001 Whelpley 1888, undated 2/9 4213-001 Whitman, P. B. 1891-1892, undated 2/9 4213-001 Worcester Antiquarian Society 1901 2/9 4213-001 Wyeth, John A. 1896 2/9 4213-001 Unidentified 1895-1906, undated Speeches and Writings 2/10 4213-001 "The Authorship and Value of the Account of the Migration of 1843 to Oregon" 1893 2/11 4213-001 "Is the Proper Basis of History 'Atmosphere' and 'Tradition,' or the Study of Contemporaneous Documents?" 1903 3/1 4213-001 "Rev. Myron Eells Finds a Mare's Nest. His 'Seven Mistakes of Marshall' are Shown to be Mostly Blunders of Rev. M. Eells Instead of Marshall" 1906 3/2 4213-001 "Strange Treatment of 'Original Sources.' A Review of 'Marcus Whitman & the Early Days of Oregon' by Dr. W. A. Mowry" 1902 3/3 4213-001 "The Territorial Growth of the U.S." undated 3/4 4213-001 "The Truth about the Relation of the Hudson's Bay Co. to the American Exploration, Occupation, and Settlement of the Oregon Territory..." undated 3/5 4213-001 "Fremont and Whitman and the Discovery of the South Pass" 1900 3/6 4213-001 "Fremont and the Discovery of the South Pass" January 1898 3/7-8 4213-001 "Fremont and the Discovery of the South Pass" 1898 3/9 4213-001 Appendix to "Fremont and the Discovery of the South Pass" 1898 3/10 4213-001 Appendix to "Fremont and the Discovery of the South Pass" 1900 3/11 4213-001 "The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Part I and Appendix I (Criticism of Dr. W. A. Mowry's Advocacy of the Eell's Version) 1899 3/12 4213-001 "The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix II (Criticism of McMasters' School History) 1899-1900 3/13 4213-001 "The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix III (Criticism of 'Letters and Times of the Tylers') 1899 6 4213-001 "The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix III 1899 3/14 4213-001 "The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix IV, Part I (Criticism of H. E. Scudder's Errors) 1899 3/15 4213-001 "The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix IV, Part II (Criticism of H. E. Scudder's Errors) 1899 5/8 4213-001 "The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix IV 1900 4/1 4213-001 "The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix V (Criticism of Penrose & Wilson) 1899-1900 4/2 4213-001 "The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix VI (Criticism of Prof. H. W. Walker's Article) 1899-1900 4/3 4213-001 "The Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug," Appendix VII (Review of "Marcus Whitman & the Early Days of Oregon" by Dr. William A. Mowry" 1899-1900 4/4 4213-001 "The Truth about the Relation of the Hudson's Bay Company to the American Exploration and Occupation of Oregon, as Stated in Contemporary Documents" 1901 4/5 4213-001 Index to "The Truth about the Relation of the Hudson's Bay Company to the American Exploration and Occupation of Oregon" c. 1901 4/6 4213-001 "Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman," Set I, Part I, pages 1-450 1905

Scope and Content: Includes correspondence from C. B. Bagley, John Fiske, Mrs. W. I. Marshall, Professor John B. McMaster, and H. E. Schudder

5/1 4213-001 "Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman," Set I, Part I, pages 451-731 1905 5/2 4213-001 "Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman," Set I, Part II, pages 1-286 1905 5/3 4213-001 "Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman," Set I, Part II, pages 287-572 1905 5/4 4213-001 Index to "Acquisition of Oregon and the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman" 1905 Legal Documents 5/5 4213-001 Copyright certificates 1898-1902 5/6 4213-001 David S. Maynard documents 1853-1888

Scope and Content: Land claim certificate and Clerk of the District Court confirmation

Whitman papers 5/7 4213-001 Correspondence between others, editorials, lectures, minutes, and loose notes 1843-1905 Notebooks 7 4213-001 Notebooks c. 1900 4/7 4213-001 Notebooks c. 1900 4/8 4213-001 Notebook Index c. 1900 Accession No. 4213-002: William I. Marshall papers, 1899-1903 2 microfilm reels (negative only)

Scope and Content: Selected articles: 1. "Is the Proper Basis of History 'Atmosphere' and 'Tradition' or the Study of Contemporaneous Documents?" Chicago-Typescript. 1903. 2. "Reverend Myron Eels Finds a 'Mare's Nest." His 'Seven Mistakes of Marshall' Are Shown To Be Mostly Blunders of Reverend M. Eells Instead of Marshall." 1906. 3. "Strange Treatment of 'Original' Sources." A Review of "Marcus Whitman and the Early Days of Oregon" by William A. Mowry. Chicago- typescript. 1902. 4. Appendix #1 to the "Whitman Saved Oregon Humbug" - Criticism of Dr. W.A. Mowry's Advocacy of the Eell's Version. 1899. 5. Appendix #2 Criticism of McMaster's School History. 1899. 6. Appendix #3 Criticism of "Letters and Times of the Tylers." 7. Appendix #4 Criticism of H.E. Scudder's Errors. 8. Appendix #5 Criticism of Penrose and Wilson. 9. Criticism of Professor H.W. Parker's article.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Filmed from the originals at UW MSS Div. No date given