Clifford M. Drury Papers,

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1 Overview of the Collection Creator Drury, Clifford Merrill, Title Clifford M. Drury Papers Dates (inclusive) Quantity 5.5 linear feet, (14 boxes) Collection Number HTM_WCMss5 Summary Correspondence, research files, newspaper clippings, photographs, and manuscripts of historian Clifford M. Drury. Repository Whitman College and Northwest Archives Whitman College and Northwest Archives Penrose Library, Room Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA Telephone: Fax: Access Restrictions Collection is open to the public. Languages English Biographical Note Clifford Merrill Drury had a noteworthy career as a pastor, seminary professor, historian, and Navy chaplain. Born in 1897 in Early, Iowa, Drury was a graduate of Buena Vista College and San Francisco Theological Seminary and earned a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. As a pastor, Drury served in Shanghai, China, and Moscow, Idaho. While in Moscow, Drury s proximity to the Nez Perce Indians sparked an interest in the history of early missionaries in the Pacific Northwest. This interest launched a writing career that culminated in twenty-two books and numerous magazine articles. In 1938, Drury began a twenty-five-year career of teaching church history at San Francisco Theological Seminary, taking leave to serve as a Navy chaplain during World War II. Drury s major publications include Henry Harmon Spalding, Pioneer of Old Oregon (1936), Marcus Whitman, M.D., Pioneer and Martyr (1937), Elkanah and Mary Walker, Pioneers among the Spokanes (1940), Diaries and letters of Henry H. Spalding and Asa Bowen Smith (1958), First White Women over the Rockies ( ), and Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon (1976). Drury received honorary degrees from Buena Vista, Azusa, Whitworth, and Whitman colleges. He was also honored by the Presbyterian Historical Society, the United States Navy, and the Washington State Historical Society. Content Description 1

2 The papers of Clifford M. Drury include correspondence, research files, newspaper clippings, photographs, and manuscripts, specifically regarding his works on Marcus Whitman and other early Pacific Northwest missionaries. Use of the Collection Alternative Forms Available Restrictions on Use Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. for copyright not held by Whitman College. Preferred Citation Clifford M. Drury Papers, Whitman College and Northwest Archives. Administrative Information Arrangement Arranged into series by item. Location of Originals Acquisition Information Donated to Whitman College by Clifford M. Drury between , with latter accruals from his family and, in 2006, Point Loma Nazarene University. Processing Note These papers were brought together and processed in August Separated Materials Related Materials Detailed Description of the Collection The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection. Series 1: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, research notes and slides,

3 1.5 linear feet : 2 boxes Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 1/1 Mrs. Genevieve Vollner Bonner to Drury Undated 1/2 Mrs. Harry Hindren Bockius to Drury Undated 1/3 Drury to S.B.L. Penrose /4 Hallock to Drury /5 M.C. Jacobs to Drury /6 Drury to M.C. Jacobs /7 H.S. Brode to Drury /8 Drury to Dr. H.S. Brode, including excerpts catalog of courses of New York College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District /9 Bolton to Drury, congratulations of success of Spalding book /10 War Department to Drury /11 Martha Barrett to Drury /12 A. G. Hinkle at the Canton, Illinois Kiwanis Club to Drury and A.L. Saunders to Drury /13 Treasury Department to Drury /14 J. Nielsen Barry to Drury and Drury s response /15 J. Nielsen Barry to Drury pertaining to the Whitman controversy /16 Mrs. Willard Hart Chapin to Drury /17 Herbert Bolton to Drury /18 A.C. Flick to Drury

4 1/19 A.C. Flick to Drury /20 Drury to A.C. Flick /21 To Drury /22 To Drury /23 Two Correspondences between Drury and Trexler /24 H.S. Brode to Drury /25 H.S. Brode to Drury on the Columbia Maternal Assoc. playwriting contest /26 Correspondences between Brode and Drury /27 R.C. Clark to Drury on Drury s work /28 Drury to Clark /29 Drury to E.E. Eells /30 E.E. Eells to Drury /31 Drury to E. E. Eells /32 E.E. Eells to Drury /33 Clark to Drury /34 R.C. Clark to Drury /35 Drury in reply to Clark of June 21, 1938 about the review of Marcus Whitman /36 Walter B. Beals to Drury on the copy of "Marcus Whitman" /37 Bernice Judd to Drury /38 Drury to Bernice Judd (also of Aug. 15, 1950)

5 1/39 Judd to Drury /40 Drury to Judd /41 Judd to Drury /42 Drury to Judd /43 Mulholland to Drury /44 Drury to Mulholland /45 Drury to Judd /46 Judd to Drury /47 Drury to Judd /48 Goldie Rehberg to Drury /49 Judd to Drury /50 Drury to Judd /51 Emily Wariner to Drury /52 Drury to Warinner /53 Sophie Cluff to Drury /54 Drury to Cluff /55 Cluff to Drury /56 Warinner to Drury /57 Drury to Warinner /58 Cluff to Drury /59 Judd to Drury

6 1/60 Drury to Cluff /61 Cluff to Drury /62 Drury to Cluff /63 Cluff to Drury /64 Drury to Judd /65 Cluff to Drury permission to quote material /66 Drury to Cluff /67 Cluff to Drury /68 Drury correspondence w/ Mrs. Cluff /69 Drury to Thomas Vaughn /70 Drury correspondence w/ Louis B. Perry /71 Drury to Miss Judd and Mrs. Cluff re: "First White Women over the Rockies" /72 Sophie Cluff to Drury /73 Drury to Cluff re: History of Hawaii Mission /74 Cluff to Drury /75 Drury to Cluff /76 Jane F. Smith (General Services Administration) to Drury /77 Drury to Cluff /78 Cluff to Drury /79 Cluff to Drury /80 Drury to Cluff

7 1/81 Cluff to Drury /82 Cluff to Drury /83 Edna Reinbach to Drury /84 Drury and Eastern Washington Historical Society /85 Cluff to Drury /86 Drury to Robert W. Olsen /87 Drury from Mrs. Charles Gildes /88 Drury from Thomas T. Packard /89 Drury to Packard /90 Packard to Drury /91 Olsen to Drury /92 Drury to Cluff /93 Woodbridge to Drury /94 Drury to Jane F. Smith /95 Drury from Maxwell /96 Woodbridge to Drury /97 Stickler to Drury /98 Drury to Stickler /99 Drury to Stickler /100 Marilyn Sparks to Drury /101 Drury to Sparks

8 1/102 Drury to Sparks /103 Stickler to Drury /104 Drury to Stickler /105 Drury to Olsen /106 Drury to Olsen /107 Drury to Olsen /108 Merle at Idaho State Hist. Society to Drury /109 Olsen to Drury /110 Drury to Olsen /111 Drury to Olsen /112 Drury to Stickler /113 Drury to Olsen /114 Drury to Olsen /115 Drury to Olsen /116 Stickler to Drury /117 Drury to Stickler /118 Stickler to Drury /119 Drury to Stickler /120 Drury to Stickler /121 Drury to Stickler /122 Stickler to Drury

9 1/123 Drury to Stickler /124 Reply from Drury to Dr. Ruby /125 Robert E. Moody to Drury /126 Vance Orchard to Drury /127 Drury to Stickler /128 Olsen to Woodbridge /129 Drury to Olsen /130 Drury to Stickler /131 Drury to Stickler /132 Stickler to Drury /133 Drury to Stickler /134 Drury to Stickler /135 Drury to Stickler /136 Drury to Stickler /137 Stickler to Drury /138 Drury to Stickler /139 Drury to Stickler /140 Stickler to William B. Miller /141 Stickler to Drury /142 Drury to Stickler /143 Drury to Stickler

10 1/144 Stickler to Drury /145 Drury to Stickler /146 Drury to Stickler /147 Drury to Stickler /148 Drury to Stickler /149 Drury to Stickler /150 Stickler to Miller /151 Stickler to Drury /152 Drury to Stickler /153 Stickler to Drury /154 Stickler to Drury /155 Drury to Stickler /156 Stickler to Miller /157 Drury to Stickler /158 Stickler to Bruce Leroy /159 Bruce LeRoy to Stickler /160 Drury to Mrs. Stickler /161 Mrs. Stickler to Drury /162 Drury's Correspondence with Donald Sheehan /163 Drury to Cluff /164 Sophie Cluff to Drury

11 1/165 Goodell to Drury /166 Correspondence w/ Drury in trying to get a picture of the Majestic /167 Drury to Lawrence Dodd /168 Mrs. Larsen to Drury /169 Drury to Mrs. Larsen /170 Mrs. Stickler to Drury /171 Drury to Sparks /172 Drury to Goodell /173 Goodell to Drury /174 Drury to Goodell /175 Goodell to Drury /176 John A. Hussey to Drury /177 Drury to Goodell /178 Goodell to Drury /179 Drury to Goodell /180 Goodell to Drury /181 Drury to Goodell /182 Theodore Stern to Drury /183 Robert E. Moody to Drury /184 Drury to Goodell /185 Goodell to Drury

12 1/186 Drury to Goodell /187 Letter to Drury about Sarah Ipnatsolatalkt who was living at time of massacre /188 Robert A. Rowe to Drury on Whitman pictures /189 Drury to Bill G. Fendall /190 Drury to Judith Austin /191 Drury to Goodell /192 Goodell to Drury /193 Drury to Goodell /194 Goodell to Drury /195 Christmas Greetings from Drury /196 Mrs. Beverlee Koutny to Drury /197 Richard Dankleff to Drury w/ 3 poems about Whitman /198 Correspondence re: Drury s death /199 Correspondence file between Drury and Whitman College NW Archives /1 Random collection of newspaper clippings about Drury c /2 Community church program showing the Drury Farewll Reception (Shanghai, China) /3 Death notice from San Francisco Theological Seminary /4 Newspaper notice about Drury speech at WSU on Whitman + U-B article /5 Various articles on WW visit

13 2/6 "The Beginnings of Talmaks" The Introduction of the Fourth of July Address at Talmaks Camp Meeting /7 Drury article in Lewiston Morning Tribune /8 Newspaper clip "Writers Degraded Spaulding to Show Contrast" /9 Oregonian article on Drury by Malcolm Bauer /10 Article in L.A. Times on Drury book "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman " 2/11 "Historian's Art Carefully Gleaned" by Rolland Barnes, San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune /12 WW Union-Bulletin article by Vance Orchard /13 Lawyer book review by Orchard /14 Tribute to Drury in The Iron Horse Flyer (Huntington Westerners) /15 Article by Orchard on Drury s death /16 Drury notes Chamberlain House; 2 letters to Chamberlain /17 Drury notes on Hawaiian missionaries Undated 2/18 Outline of lectures at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Long Beach, CA /19 Summary of lectures on Whitman-Spaulding story /20 Announcement of Drury's retirement from San Francisco Theological Seminary and Inaugural Program from /21 Box of slides (unidentified) Undated 2/22 Article in San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune on tribute luncheon at Azusa Pacific

14 2/23 Various newspaper clippings and Christmas poem from Mrs. Drury /24 Miscellaneous photos of Drury Undated Series 2: Articles by and about Drury; speeches; book promotional material, linear foot : 1 box Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 3/1 "The First Women over the Rockies" The Presbyterian 1936 May 7 3/2 "The Story of Whitman" The Presbyterian Tribune 1936 May 14 3/3 "Reminiscences of a Historian" pamphlet /4 "The Columbia Maternal Association" reprinted from the Oregon Historical Quarterly 3/5 "The Beginnings of the Presbyterian Church on the Pacific Coast" reprinted from The Pacific Historical Review, vol.ix, no.2 3/6 "Marcus Whitman, Pioneer Missionary" Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society, vol.xxxi, no.4 3/7 "He marched on Washington" The Christian Advocate, v.118, no.11 3/8 St. Andrews Presbyterian Church pamphlet commemorating 100th anniversary 1938 June 1940 June 1953 December 1943 March /9 Southern California Presbyterian magazine /10 75 years Presbyterian Camp Meetings of the Nez Perce Indians /11 "The Unfolding Story of Marcus Whitman" Address by Dr. Drury at the Marcus Whitman School, Rushville, NY

15 3/12 Taped lecture on Whitman book given in the First Presbyterian Church, Portland, OR 3/13 "Is this Marcus Whitman?" Concerning Paul Kane sketches [from American West] 3/14 "The Spokane Indian Mission of Tshimakain, " Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol.67, no.1 3/15 The Clifford M. Drury Collection on the Protestant Missionary in the Far West pamphlet 3/16 "Trailing the Whitmans Through 45 years" lecture given at Whitman Mission November 1976 January /17 Leaflet for Drury book, "Chief Lawyer of the Nez Perce Indians" Undated 3/18 Flyers for Drury book, "Marcus Whitman, M.D." /19 Leaflet for "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon" 3/20 "Massachusetts Imprint on the Life of Dr. Marcus Whitman" unpublished manuscript Undated Undated 3/21 Two Hawaiian pamphlets Undated 3/22 Communications/Newspaper Articles about Whitman/Spaulding Various dates 3/23 "Charles Compo" in Hafen, Mountain MenVIII 1971 Series 3: Typed manuscripts and photographs from Drury s autobiography and other publications, circa linear feet : 12 boxes Container(s) Description Dates Box 4 Manuscript of "My Road From Yesterday" Drury s autobiography, chapters Undated 15

16 5-8 Manuscript of "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the opening of Old Oregon," a revision of the earlier effort, "Marcus Whitman, M.D., Pioneer and Martyr," c.1937 Undated 9 Manuscript of "Henry Harmon Spalding" Undated 10 Photographs for Manuscript "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon" Undated 11 Galley proofs from "Marcus Whitman M.D., Pioneer and Martyr" Undated 12 Manuscript of "Marcus Whitman M.D., Pioneer and Martyr" 13 Manuscript of "Chief Lawyer of the Nez Perce Indians " 14 Manuscript, Author's Proof of "Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon" Undated Undated Names and Subjects Personal Names : Drury, Clifford Merrill, Archives. Lawyer Chief Spalding, Henry Harmon, Whitman, Marcus, Names and Subjects Finding aid prepared by Bill Huntington 2007 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: