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Note: Taken from Catalogue of Offices and Students of Middlebury College in Middlebury
Joel Fisk Whitney, Son of John Russell and Elmina Eliza (Fisk) Whitney. Born in Wadhams, NY., March 30, 1843. Prepared for college in Barre VT Academy. Entered, 1864, Andover Theological Seminary, 1871. Ordained, 1871. Missionary A. B. C. F. M., Micronesia, 1871-1881. Pastor Congregational Church, Wadhams NY., 1881-1883; Wolcott, VT 1883-1886; St Johnsbury East, 1886-1888; Jamaica, 1888-1890; Marshfield, 1890-1892, Coventryville, NY 1893-1896; Eldred, Barryville, and Glen Spey, 1896-1900; Tallman, 1900-1901; Royalton, Vt 1902-1905. Translator of certain portion of the Bible and Hymns into Ebon, Mashell Island Language. Married Louisa Maretta Bailey, May 3, 1871. Children *John Russell; Edward Fisk; Mary Etta. B.K.-- A.B., 1868; A. M., 1871; B. D., Andover Theological Seminary, 1871. Address Royalton, VT.
Wrote:
The Micronesian Elm. By Rev. P. B. Fisk
by Whitney, Joel Fisk, Printer
Date Published: ca. 1873-74]
Description: A single leaf of blue paper approx. 8" x 5" (200 x 125mm. ) printed on both sides; a proselytizing poem; fine. The Mission at the Marshall Islands was established by Hiram Bingham after an 1857 visit there on the famed Hawaiian mission ship, The Morning Star. Whitney was appointed missionary at Ebon Island from 1871-1880, and established a printing press there. The Marshall Islands include the famous Bikini Atoll.
Whitney, Joel F.
Missionary
Papers, 1871-1878. 0.5 lin. feet.
The Whitney Papers contain the highly incomplete records of a life spent in missionary service in Micronesia. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Rev. Whitney's in-coming correspondence, his diaries (1876-1877), missions accounts, manuscripts of articles, printed items, and a tintype photograph of a white man (probably of Rev. Whitney) with by a Micronesian girl.
The few printed items in the collection are of significant interest. Included are several copies of a poem, "the Micronesian Elm," written by P. B. Fisk, a missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and several imprints typical of the sort produced at American missions in Oceania: a primer printed on the mission press at Ebon (the first printing in the Mortlok language), the Lord's Prayer in Ponape, a questionnaire soliciting statistical information from missions, and a later (1904) periodical in Ponape.
Acquired, 1999. MS Coll 98
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