Guide to the Esther Belle Hanna Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Esther Belle Hanna Papers

Inclusive Dates

1852

Call Number

RG 384

Creator(s)

Hanna, Esther Belle.

Quantity

0.02 cubic feet (1 box)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Esther McMillan was born in Canonsburg, PA. In 1852, she married Joseph A. Hanna, a Presbyterian minister. A month after their marriage, they embarked for Oregon, traveling by steamer as far as St. Joseph and then overland to Marysville (later Corvallis), Oregon. The Hannas established the Presbyterian Church of Corvallis, only the second Presbyterian congregation organized in Oregon.

Collection Overview

Record Group 384 consists of the journal Esther Hanna kept en route to Oregon. The journal is a typed copy of the original manuscript, which is in the collection of the State College of Washington. The last few pages include typed copies of newspaper articles relating to the Hannas and to the early Presbyterian missions in Oregon.

Related Material

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: December 1993
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

Hanna, Esther Belle.

Topical Subject

Women missionaries--Oregon Territory.

Women missionaries--Oregon.

Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon Territory.

Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon.

Women pioneers.

Genre-form

Diaries. aat.

Transcripts. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 384

1	2	Journal (transcript), 1852

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