Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Guide to the Henry Thomas Cowley
Papers
1871-1917
Cage
28
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Cowley, Henry Thomas
- Title
- Henry Thomas Cowley Papers
- ID
- Cage 28
- Date [inclusive]
- 1871-1917
- Extent
- 1 container., .5 linear feet of shelf space., 115 items.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Correspondence with the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions and the United States Office of Indian Affairs, reminiscences, legal documents, clippings, and other papers concerning missionary and educational work among the Nez Perce and Spokane Indians, conflicts with the Lapwai Indian Agency, the purchase (1883) and sale (1887) of the Spokane Chronicle, and a successful land suit against the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 28, Henry Thomas Cowley Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
1838 | Born, October 9, Seneca Falls, New York |
1866 | Married Lucy Abigail Peet in Russelville, Ohio |
1867 | Graduated, Antioch College |
1871 | Graduated, Auburn Theological Seminary. Ordained and appointed Protestant Missionary and Agency Teacher to the Nez Perce Indians with Henry Harmon Spalding |
1873 | Accepted position as school teacher in Elk City, Idaho, after being suspended from position at Kamiah |
1874 | Moved to Spokane Falls as missionary and Indian Sub-Agent to the Spokan Indians |
1882 | Resigned missionary and sub-agent positions |
1883 | Purchased Spokane Falls Chronicle |
1886 | Northern Pacific land suit initiated |
1887 | Sold Spokane Chronicle |
1898 | Northern Pacific land suit decided in Cowley's favor |
1916 | Died January 28, San Diego, California |
Scope and Content
Approximately two-thirds of the collection consists of photocopies of material by and related to Cowley which Clifford M. Drury had collected for his biography of Cowley and had turned over to the Cowley family.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) © 1972
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Acquisition Information
The papers of Henry Thomas Cowley, Indian missionary, were given to the Washington State University Library in 1949 by Mrs. Agnes Cowley Paine, daughter of H.T. Cowley.
Original Location
The photocopies in this collection are from the files of the Office of Indian Affairs in the National Archives; from the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions on deposit at the Presbyterian Historical Society; as well as some material from other sources.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Spokane Falls evening chronicle
- Spokane Falls chronicle
- Spokane evening chronicle
- Nez Percé Indians--Missions--History -- Sources
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company
- Spokane Indians--Missions--History -- Sources
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs Lapwai Agency
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions
Occupation(s)
- Missionaries -- Washington (State)--Correspondence
Personal Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Cowley, H. T. (Henry Thomas), 1837-1917 --Archives
Subject(s) :
- Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-
Donor(s) :
- Paine, Agnes Cowley. waps
Subject(s)
- Indians of North America--Missions--History--Sources
- Missionaries
- Native Americans
- Pioneers
- Washington (State)
Bibliography
This collection of the papers of Henry Thomas Cowley was used by Clifford M. Drury in preparation of his A tepee in his front yard: H.T. Cowley and the founding of Spokane (Portland, Oregon, Binfords & Mort, 1949). The original manuscript material in this collection is cited by Drury as the Paine Collection.
Detailed Description of Collection
Series 1: Papers of Henry Thomas Cowley |
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Indian Service Correspondence. Correspondents: Guy Haines, H. Clay Wood, John B. Allen, Charles D. Warner, H. Price, G.H. Atkinson, Charles E. Monteith. 1880-1883 9 items. |
folder 1 |
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NPRR Land Suit Papers. Correspondence, circular, summons, affidavits, title abstracts and other legal papers. Correspondents: Henry Villard, William Tecumseh Sherman, C.B. Wright. 1880-1900 11 items. |
folder 2 |
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Spokane Chronicle Papers. Bills of sale and inventories of equipment and supplies. 1882-1887 6 items. |
folder 3 |
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["Concise review of town, 1874 to 1887."] 9 p. typescript, with envelope. Published, with some changes, by N. W. Durham in History of the City of Spokane and Spokane country, Washington, from its earliest settlement to the present time. (Spokane, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912. pp. 369-379) ca. 1911 1 item. |
folder 4 |
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Clippings. Herbert Gaston. "The Back Trail, #6: Interview with Mrs. J. L. Paine," Spokane Chronicle, June 17, 1914. Henry Thomas Cowley. ["Reminiscences," in nine parts, lacking 2, 6, 7] Spokane Chronicle, November-December, 1916. 1914-1917 8 items. |
folder 5 |
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H.T. Cowley, pioneer, dies, Spokane Chronicle. 29-Jan-17 6 items. |
folder 5 |
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Series 2: Photocopies and transcriptions |
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Records of the Office of Indian Affairs, National Archives. Correspondents: John B. Monteith, Charles E. Monteith, Charles D. Warner, H. T. Cowley. 1871-1883 13 items. |
folder 6 |
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Records of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Historical Society. Correspondents: John C. Lowrie, H.T. Cowley, Edward R. Geary, H.W. Corbett, H.H. Spalding, William J. Monteith, John B. Monteith, George Ainslie. 1871-1876 48 items. |
folder 7a-7d |
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Clippings and other material. Includes the missing parts of Cowley's published reminiscences; clipping of an earlier reminiscence as well as a typescript reminiscence; the Elmer E. Alexander and A. J. Williamson reminiscences, and other papers. 1884-1916 14 items. |
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Cowley letters to H. H. Spalding 1871-1874 Typed transcriptions; bound volume. |
folder 9 |
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Series 3: Donor File |
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Donor file. Includes preliminary list of the collection. 1949 5 items. |
folder 10 |
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