Creator: Whipple, Henry Benjamin, 1822-1901, Dates: 1833-1934. Quantity: 19.25 lin. ft. (46 boxes, including 78 volumes); 6 items in Reserve.
Language: Materials in English and German.
Abstract: Personal and semi-official papers, including correspondence, diaries, sermons, reminiscences, and other materials, of Henry Benjamin Whipple, the first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota (1859-1901) and a reformer of the United States Indian service. The papers provide information on ecclesiastical policy, Diocese of Minnesota matters, Indian missions, government relations with the Indians, and the Indian rights movement of the latter 19th century.
