The Marcus Whitman Foundation Collection houses business records and historical documents from the Marcus Whitman Foundation. This collection, which dates from 1935 to 2001, consists of correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, meeting minutes and notices, as well as news clippings and other records pertaining to the Marcus Whitman Foundation and organizations tied to it. The documents in this collection evidence the many changes within the foundation, and follow both its financial history as well as the foundation’s shift from an educational to a charitable focus within its lifetime. There are also some documents from the Whitman Centennial in 1935.