Gertrude S. Bigelow papers, circa 1887 -- 1976, bulk 1887 -- 1926
Collection context
- Creator:
- Bigelow, Gertrude S., 1860-1941
- Abstract:
- Gertrude S. Bigelow was a Presbyterian missionary teacher in Japan. The collection contains correspondence, news clippings, commencement programs, and provenance notes.
- Extent:
- 0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
- Language:
- English .
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains the correspondence of Gertrude Bigelow, including letters sent to Cora Harrington of Watertown, New York. This collection also contains provenance notes, news clippings, and commencement programs of the Graham Seminary in Tsukiji, Tokyo.
- Biographical / historical:
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Gertrude S. Bigelow was a Presbyterian missionary teacher in Japan. She was born circa 1860-1863 in Batavia, New York. She graduated from the Ladies Seminary in Hamilton, NY in 1883, and went to Japan to do mission work for the Presbyterian Church in Japan in 1886. Initially she worked at the Graham Seminary (新栄女学校, later known as Joshi gakuin 女子学院) in Tsukiji 築地, Tokyo 東京. From about 1890, she spent 20 years working in Yamaguchi 山口. In 1894 she attended the Second International Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions held in Detroit. In 1907 she was joined by her sister, Florence Julia Bigelow, who married Thomas C. Winn in 1917 and died in 1934. In 1909 Gertrude published an article in The Assembly Herald entitled "Japan's Daughters and the Missionary Teacher." From around 1913 to around 1929 she worked in Shimonoseki 下関, in a girls' school called Baiko Jogakuin (梅光女学院). She was active in the church as late as 1935.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
Onsite storage.
- Terms of access:
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- Preferred citation:
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Item description, MRL7: Gertrude S. Bigelow papers, 1887-1976, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
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