Harvey Clark correspondence concerning missionaries in Oregon, 1840-1852Clark, Harvey, 1807-1858eng11 manuscript letters, most signed, documenting the work of early missionaries in Oregon. Most of the letters from Harvey Clark are addressed to fellow unaffiliated missionary Alvin T. Smith. Clark describes his overland journey to Oregon Territory, the challenges of establishing and provisioning a mission, land grants in Oregon, his experiences educating Native Americans, and his decision to focus on the education of white children and children of mixed heritage. Includes manuscript letters from trapper Joseph Gale and Methodist missionaries Marcus Whitman and Henry Harmon Spalding. Clark also discusses unaffiliated missionaries P. B. Littlejohn and Asahel Munger. Includes an indenture for a Native American child and a circular seeking donations for Tualatin AcademyHarvey Clark (1807-1858) was a missionary and pioneer in Oregon. Born in Vermont, Clark trained as a stone mason before studying theology at Oberlin College. Clark and his wife Emmeline Caldwell Clark went to Oregon as unaffiliated missionaries in 1840. Clark focused on educating Native Americans in Oregon, but as more pioneers settled in Oregon and more Native Americans left the area, Clark instead focused on educating white children and children of mixed heritage. He founded Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove, Oregon in 1849, which later became Pacific University.In English.Most letters are accompanied by typed transcripts made by an unidentified transcriber.