Guide to the Henry Harmon Spalding Papers 1836-1936
Cage 143

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Spalding, Henry H.
Title
Henry Harmon Spalding Papers
ID
Cage 143
Date [inclusive]
1836-1936
Extent
3 containers., 1.5 linear feet of shelf space., 175 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, clippings, photographs, transcripts, photocopies, and other papers related to the Spalding's missionary work among the Nez Percé; account books of Henry Hart Spalding, an Almota, Washington, merchant; photoprints of the second Mrs. Spalding and Rev. and Mrs. J.S. Griffin; correspondence of the Spaldings with A.T. Smith, General O.F. Marshall, and Chief Spokane Garry. Much of this material was procured by C.M. Drury from scattered sources for his biographies of Pacific Northwest missionaries.

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Scope and Content

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.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) © 1940s

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Acquisition Information

The papers of Henry Harmon Spalding, pioneer missionary, his wife Eliza Hart Spalding, and son, Henry Hart Spalding, 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). Parts were the gift of Horace H. Spalding, 1959.

Processing Information

This collection probably was first arranged in the 1940's and a container list from the 1960s has been retained with the collection.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Nez Percé Indians--Missions

Geographic Name(s)

  • Almota (Wash.)--History--Sources

Occupation(s)

  • Missionaries -- Northwest, Pacific--Correspondence.

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874 --Archives
Subject(s) :
  • Griffin, Desire C. Smith, d. 1884
  • Griffin, John Smith
  • Spalding, Rachel Jahonnet Smith, 1808-
  • Marshall, O. F., 1791-1891
  • Smith, Alvin Thompson, 1802-1888
  • Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851
  • Spalding, Henry Hart, 1839-1898
  • Spokane Garry, 1811?-1892

Subject(s)

  • Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Missions
  • Photographs
  • Missionaries
  • Pioneers
  • Pacific Northwest History
  • Washington (State)

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Bibliography

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).

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1 - Correspondence of H.H. Spalding 1836-1874 
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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 1

[Spalding, Eliza Hart], letter, Clearwater, to Mr. and Mrs. Bridges, Prattsburgh, New York. 7 l. ms. (incomplete) May 5, 1840 

 1 2

[Spalding, Henry Harmon] letter, Colvile, to [Elkanah Walker?] 1 l. ms. (incomplete) September 11, 1841 

 1 3

Smith, Alvin Thompson, letter, Tualatin Plains to Henry Harmon Spalding, Clearwater. 2 l. holograph signed. March 9, 1843 

 1 4

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 5

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 6

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 7

Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter, Troy, Pennsylvania, to O.F. Marshall, Wheeler, New York. 1 l. holograph signed with envelope. March 16, 1871 

 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, Athens, Pennsylvania, to O.F. Marshall, Wheeler, New York. 1 l. holograph signed, with envelope. April 22, 1871 

 1 10

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 11

Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter,Kamiah, Idaho, to O.F. Marshall, Wheeler, New York. 1 l. holograph signed, with envelope.  January 22, 1874 

 1 12

Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter, Kamiah, Idaho, to Garry, Chief of Spokanes, Spokane Falls, Idaho Territory. 1 l. holograph signed, with envelope. March 28, 1874 

 1 13

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Series 2 - Photographs 

Henry Harmon Spalding portraits 
box folder

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

D. Allured, Steve. Sketch of Spalding. 1 film negative 12.5 x 10 cm. 1 photoprint 25.5 x 20.5 cm. ca. 1968 

 1 14

Spalding Children 
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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 

 1 15

Other Photographs 
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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. ca. 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. ca. 1936 

 1 16

I. A.T. Lacey, Spokane, Washington Plaque in Spalding Presbyterian Church, Spalding, Idaho. 1 photoprint 20 x 25 cm. undated 

 1 16

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Series 3 - Clippings, collected by Mrs. J.F. Blakemore. approx 100 items ca. 1919-1936 

 box
1		 folder
17

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Series 4 - Papers of Henry Hart Spalding 1855-1888 
box folder

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 18

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 19

Wheat warehouse ledger, Almota, Washington. 1 v. 1887-1888 

 1 20

General merchandise ledger, Almota, Washington. 1 v. 1885-1888 

 1 21

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Series 5 - Photocopies 
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Spalding, Henry Harmon, letter, Fort Vancouver, to David Green, Boston. 18 p. ms. (photocopy) September 20, 1836 

 1 22

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 

 1 23

Letters of H.H. and E.H. Spalding. 5 items ms. (photocopy) 1840-1850 

 2 24

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 25

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 25a

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 26

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 27

[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 

 2 28

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Series 6 - Transcriptions 
box folder

Correspondence and papers of H.H. Spalding, copied by C.M. Drury. Approx 375 l. typescript. 1934 

 2 29

Letters and papers of Reverend Henry Harmon Spalding. Copied at the State College of Washington, 1942. 489 p. typescript bound. 1833-1874 

 2 30

Spalding, Eliza Hart. Diary. 94 l. ms. transcription (in her own hand?) February 1, 1836-June 8, 1840 

 2 31

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 

 2 32

Miscellany 
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A. Wheeler, W.L., letter, to C.M. Drury about Spalding in New York. 4 l. holograph signed. ca. 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. ca. 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 

 2 33
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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 

 3
box

Portrait of Henry Harmon Spalding. 1 charcoal drawing, 51 x 41 cm. undated 

 Box O.S.

Allured, Steve Portrait of Henry Harmon Spalding, ca. 1968. 1 ink drawing 36 x 28 cm. (photocopy) 1968 

 Box O.S.

Christian Observer, Philadelphia  October 28, 1848 

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Prattsburgh Advertiser, Prattsburgh, New York. Front page only (photocopy)  March 26, 1869 

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Prattsburgh Advertiser, Prattsburgh, New York. Front page only (photocopy)  May 28, 1869 

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Prattsburgh News, Prattsburgh, New York.  January 31, 1895 

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