Zulu Files, 1835 - 1986, undated

Subseries 4 consists of eight folders of printed matter relating to the Bridgman’s social work among the native Zulu tribe of South Africa. The subseries contains a copy of “Zulu Mission: A Condensed Sketch 1835-1898,” which is a detailed history of the Zulu people, the Natal region, and the missionary work in the area, compiled and issued by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The subseries includes an unpublished history of the Bridgman family’s missionary work with the Zulu nation written in 1986, as well as a published work (n.d.) entitled, “The Story of Laura Bridgman of Umzumbe,” that chronicles the work of the late Mrs. Henry Martyn Bridgman in Natal, South Africa. The subseries includes a South African song book (n.d.), as well as an English-Zulu dictionary (1880) and an elementary Zulu language text-book (1921). Also found in the Zulu tribe files are original typed and handwritten mission reports (n.d.) from the Umzumbe station.