Father White and His Blue Tent

Name/Title

Father White and His Blue Tent

Entry/Object ID

2008.220.17

Scope and Content

A history of Father Asa White's journey from Vermont to California as a Methodist missionary, and the establishment of the "Blue Tent" in San Francisco.

Collection

Manuscripts

Acquisition

Accession

2008.220

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Manuscript

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Gold mining, Missions, People, Pioneers, Religion, Gold miners, Preachers

Search Terms

Churches & Temples, Cultural Activities, Gold Mining, Ministers, Missions, Native Americans, People, Pioneers, Religion, Methodist, Methodist Church, Missionary Work, Indians, Indians - Miscellaneous, Native Americans, Pioneers, Gold miners, San Francisco, Blue Tent, Kelseyville, White, Henry, Churches in Napa, Preachers, White, Asa, Brown, Catherine, Whitman, Marcus, Trubody, John, Roberts, William, Taylor, William, Churches & Temples, Cultural Activities, Ministers

Archive Details

Creator

Roberts, Effie White and Hutchinson, Mattie White

Archive Size/Extent

8 pages

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

White, Asa

Person or Organization

Brown, Catherine

Person or Organization

Whitman, Marcus

Person or Organization

Trubody, John

Person or Organization

Roberts, William

Person or Organization

Taylor, William

Person or Organization

White, Henry

Create Date

June 20, 2021

Update Date

July 16, 2026