Rev. Frederick B. Bridgman's diary, 1913-1917

The series includes transcripts of letters contained in the 1871 diary of Laura Bridgman (original not included). The series also contains both the transcript and original handwritten copy of Henry Martyn Bridgman’s unpublished autobiography; in the autobiography, Henry chronicles his life from his early childhood days through 1891(the year of the work’s composition). The series contains handwritten reminiscences of Rev. Frederick Brainerd Bridgman’s childhood at the Zulu mission station, written later while living at 33 South Professor St. in Oberlin, OH (c. 1887-93), as well as his diary from 1913-1917. Finally, Series III contains the diaries and reminiscences of Clara S. Davis Bridgman from as early as 1889, while a student at Oberlin, through her years of service at the Bridgman Memorial Hospital (Johannesburg) in the 1930s.