Whitman College and Northwest Archives
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA 99362
(509) 527-5922
archives@whitman.edu
http://www.whitman.edu/archives



Guide to the Clifford M. Drury Papers, 1922-1984


HTM_WCMss5





Finding aid prepared by Bill Huntington

Finding aid encoded by Bill Huntington and Kim Trinh, 2007


Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

Whitman College and Northwest Archives

345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA 99362
(509) 527-5922
archives@whitman.edu
http://www.whitman.edu/archives

 
Collection Number:
 

HTM_WCMss5

 
Creator:
 

Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-

 
Title:
 

Clifford M. Drury Papers

 
Dates:
 

1922-1984 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

5.5 linear feet
14 boxes

 
Languages:
 

Materials are in English 

 
Summary:
 

Correspondence, research files, newspaper clippings, photographs, and manuscripts of historian Clifford M. Drury.

 

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 (1963-1966), 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

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.

Arrangement

Arranged into series by item.

Administrative Information

Location of Originals 

Acquisition Information 

Donated to Whitman College by Clifford M. Drury between 1936-80, with latter accruals from his family and, in 2006, Point Loma Nazarene University.

Processing Note 

These papers were brought together and processed in August 2007.

Separated Materials 

Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available 

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open to the public.

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.

Related Information

Related Materials 

Subjects

Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897- -- Archives.
Lawyer Chief 1796-1876
Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847

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, 1927-1980

1.5 linear feet2 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
  1935
 
1/4

Hallock to Drury
  1936
 
1/5

M.C. Jacobs to Drury
  1936
 
1/6

Drury to M.C. Jacobs
  1936
 
1/7

H.S. Brode to Drury
  1936
 
1/8

Drury to Dr. H.S. Brode, including excerpts catalog of courses 1825-1826 of New York College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District
  1936
 
1/9

Bolton to Drury, congratulations of success of Spalding book
  1936
 
1/10

War Department to Drury
  1936
 
1/11

Martha Barrett to Drury
  1936
 
1/12

A. G. Hinkle at the Canton, Illinois Kiwanis Club to Drury and A.L. Saunders to Drury
  1936-1937
 
1/13

Treasury Department to Drury
  1937
 
1/14

J. Nielsen Barry to Drury and Drury’s response
  1937
 
1/15

J. Nielsen Barry to Drury pertaining to the Whitman controversy
  1937
 
1/16

Mrs. Willard Hart Chapin to Drury
  1937
 
1/17

Herbert Bolton to Drury
  1937
 
1/18

A.C. Flick to Drury
  1937
 
1/19

A.C. Flick to Drury
  1937
 
1/20

Drury to A.C. Flick
  1937
 
1/21

To Drury
  1937
 
1/22

To Drury
  1937
 
1/23

Two Correspondences between Drury and Trexler
  1937
 
1/24

H.S. Brode to Drury
  1937
 
1/25

H.S. Brode to Drury on the Columbia Maternal Assoc. playwriting contest
  1938
 
1/26

Correspondences between Brode and Drury
  1938
 
1/27

R.C. Clark to Drury on Drury’s work
  1938
 
1/28

Drury to Clark
  1938
 
1/29

Drury to E.E. Eells
  1938
 
1/30

E.E. Eells to Drury
  1938
 
1/31

Drury to E. E. Eells
  1938
 
1/32

E.E. Eells to Drury
  1938
 
1/33

Clark to Drury
  1938
 
1/34

R.C. Clark to Drury
  1938
 
1/35

Drury in reply to Clark of June 21, 1938 about the review of Marcus Whitman
  1938
 
1/36

Walter B. Beals to Drury on the copy of "Marcus Whitman"
  1938
 
1/37

Bernice Judd to Drury
  1950
 
1/38

Drury to Bernice Judd (also of Aug. 15, 1950)
  1950
 
1/39

Judd to Drury
  1950
 
1/40

Drury to Judd
  1951
 
1/41

Judd to Drury
  1951
 
1/42

Drury to Judd
  1951
 
1/43

Mulholland to Drury
  1951
 
1/44

Drury to Mulholland
  1951
 
1/45

Drury to Judd
  1951
 
1/46

Judd to Drury
  1951
 
1/47

Drury to Judd
  1951
 
1/48

Goldie Rehberg to Drury
  1953
 
1/49

Judd to Drury
  1959
 
1/50

Drury to Judd
  1959
 
1/51

Emily Wariner to Drury
  1959
 
1/52

Drury to Warinner
  1959
 
1/53

Sophie Cluff to Drury
  1959
 
1/54

Drury to Cluff
  1959
 
1/55

Cluff to Drury
  1959
 
1/56

Warinner to Drury
  1959
 
1/57

Drury to Warinner
  1959
 
1/58

Cluff to Drury
  1959
 
1/59

Judd to Drury
  1959
 
1/60

Drury to Cluff
  1959
 
1/61

Cluff to Drury
  1960
 
1/62

Drury to Cluff
  1960
 
1/63

Cluff to Drury
  1960
 
1/64

Drury to Judd
  1960
 
1/65

Cluff to Drury permission to quote material
  1960
 
1/66

Drury to Cluff
  1960
 
1/67

Cluff to Drury
  1960
 
1/68

Drury correspondence w/ Mrs. Cluff
  1960
 
1/69

Drury to Thomas Vaughn
  1963
 
1/70

Drury correspondence w/ Louis B. Perry
  1964
 
1/71

Drury to Miss Judd and Mrs. Cluff re: "First White Women over the Rockies"
  1964
 
1/72

Sophie Cluff to Drury
  1965
 
1/73

Drury to Cluff re: History of Hawaii Mission
  1965
 
1/74

Cluff to Drury
  1965
 
1/75

Drury to Cluff
  1965
 
1/76

Jane F. Smith (General Services Administration) to Drury
  1965
 
1/77

Drury to Cluff
  1965
 
1/78

Cluff to Drury
  1965
 
1/79

Cluff to Drury
  1965
 
1/80

Drury to Cluff
  1965
 
1/81

Cluff to Drury
  1965
 
1/82

Cluff to Drury
  1965
 
1/83

Edna Reinbach to Drury
  1965
 
1/84

Drury and Eastern Washington Historical Society
  1965
 
1/85

Cluff to Drury
  1966
 
1/86

Drury to Robert W. Olsen
  1968
 
1/87

Drury from Mrs. Charles Gildes
  1968
 
1/88

Drury from Thomas T. Packard
  1968
 
1/89

Drury to Packard
  1968
 
1/90

Packard to Drury
  1968
 
1/91

Olsen to Drury
  1968
 
1/92

Drury to Cluff
  1969
 
1/93

Woodbridge to Drury
  1969
 
1/94

Drury to Jane F. Smith
  1969
 
1/95

Drury from Maxwell
  1969
 
1/96

Woodbridge to Drury
  1969
 
1/97

Stickler to Drury
  1969
 
1/98

Drury to Stickler
  1969
 
1/99

Drury to Stickler
  1969
 
1/100

Marilyn Sparks to Drury
  1969
 
1/101

Drury to Sparks
  1969
 
1/102

Drury to Sparks
  1969
 
1/103

Stickler to Drury
  1969
 
1/104

Drury to Stickler
  1969
 
1/105

Drury to Olsen
  1969
 
1/106

Drury to Olsen
  1969
 
1/107

Drury to Olsen
  1969
 
1/108

Merle at Idaho State Hist. Society to Drury
  1969
 
1/109

Olsen to Drury
  1969
 
1/110

Drury to Olsen
  1969
 
1/111

Drury to Olsen
  1969
 
1/112

Drury to Stickler
  1969
 
1/113

Drury to Olsen
  1969
 
1/114

Drury to Olsen
  1970
 
1/115

Drury to Olsen
  1970
 
1/116

Stickler to Drury
  1970
 
1/117

Drury to Stickler
  1970
 
1/118

Stickler to Drury
  1970
 
1/119

Drury to Stickler
  1970
 
1/120

Drury to Stickler
  1970
 
1/121

Drury to Stickler
  1970
 
1/122

Stickler to Drury
  1970
 
1/123

Drury to Stickler
  1970
 
1/124

Reply from Drury to Dr. Ruby
  1970
 
1/125

Robert E. Moody to Drury
  1970
 
1/126

Vance Orchard to Drury
  1970
 
1/127

Drury to Stickler
  1970
 
1/128

Olsen to Woodbridge
  1970
 
1/129

Drury to Olsen
  1970
 
1/130

Drury to Stickler
  1970
 
1/131

Drury to Stickler
  1970
 
1/132

Stickler to Drury
  1970
 
1/133

Drury to Stickler
  1970
 
1/134

Drury to Stickler
  1970
 
1/135

Drury to Stickler
  1971
 
1/136

Drury to Stickler
  1972
 
1/137

Stickler to Drury
  1971
 
1/138

Drury to Stickler
  1971