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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: William Henry Weinland papers
Creator:
Weinland, William
H.
Identifier/Call Number: mssWeinland
Physical Description:
29 Linear Feet
(26 boxes, 43 volumes, 2 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1853-1946
Abstract: A collection of material related to the
professional and personal lives of Moravian missionaries William Henry Weinland and Caroline
Yost Weinland.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. William Henry Weinland papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William H. Weinland, June 1946. Gifts of Clarence E. Weinland, June 1951 and
January 1960. Gift of Jean W. Weinland and Maria H. Hunt, July 1970.
William Henry Weinland (1861-1930) was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In 1884 he
graduated from the Moravian College and Theological Seminary in Bethlehem and in March 1885
he married Caroline Yost. The same year the couple went to Bethel, Alaska to serve as
missionaries to the Alaskan Natives. When ill-health in the family forced them to return to
the United States, Weinland became pastor of the Moravian Church at Gracehill, Ohio from
1887 to 1889, until he was assigned to work among the Native Americans of Southern
California. The Weinlands devoted nearly forty years to missionary work among the Native
Americans, especially at the Morongo Indian Reservation near Banning, California.
A collection of approximately 2,100 items from 1853 to 1946, which contains letters,
manuscripts, 39 diaries, documents, and drawings related to the life and activities of
William Henry Weinland, Caroline Yost Weinland, and the extended Weinland family. The
materials focus on their missionary work for the Moravian Church in Alaska and on the
Morongo Indian Reservation near Banning, California. Correspondents represented in the
collection include Samuel M. Brosius (writing on behalf of the Indian Rights Association),
Paul De Schweinitz, and Amelia Stone Quinton. Two separate series in the collection include
the Rock family letters from 1911 to 1916, which were written from an Alaskan mission, and
the Gilman family papers from 1853 to 1946, which include correspondence, land papers, and
historical notes on the Banning area. The collection also includes two boxes of uncataloged
addenda.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, approximately 1950 to 1975. In 2020, Gayle
Richardson created the finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.
Arranged by format and subject.
Former call number: mssWeinland papers.
Photographs which were originally a part of this collection were transferred to the Photo
Archives (photCL 039); two scrapbooks were transferred to the California Scrapbook
Collection (ephCSC 8 and ephCSC 59).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indians of North America -- California -- Morongo Indian
Reservation
Indians of North America -- California, Southern
Missionaries -- Alaska
Missionaries -- California, Southern
Alaska -- History --
1867-1959
Banning (Calif.) -- History
Morongo Indian Reservation
(Calif.)
Diaries -- Alaska
Diaries -- California, Southern
Family papers -- Alaska
Family papers -- California, Southern
Letters (correspondence) -- Alaska
Letters (correspondence) -- California, Southern
Brosius, Samuel M.,
1851-1936
De Schweinitz, Paul,
1853-1942
Quinton, Amelia S. (Amelia
Stone), 1835?-1926
Weinland, Caroline Yost
Indian Rights
Association
Moravian Church in
America