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William Wilberforce Chapin papers, 1860 -- 1865
This series is open for research.
0.5 linear feet; 0.5 linear feet; 1 box
This series contains a bound diary of day-to-day accounts of Chapin's expedition to Labrador and Greenland; correspondence of the courtship between Chapin and Isabel "Katie-Belle" Hayes, numbered in chronological order and dating from August 12, 1862 to September 22, 1863 (four days before their wedding); a "Voyage to India" journal kept by the Chapins; field notes, containing handwritten drafts and abstracts of longer works by Chapin and correspondence from missionary colleagues; and correspondence sent and received by both missionaries during their time in the field. Material transcribed and annotated by Mabel Hay Barrows Mussey (daughter of Isabel and Samuel Barrows) is indicated by the initials "MM."
This series is arranged chronologically.
Box 1 Folder 1
Labrador journal, 1860
Box 1 Folder 2-8
Courtship correspondence with Isabel Hayes, 1862 -- 1863
Box 1 Folder 9
Voyage to India journal, 1864
Voyage to India journal kept by William Wilberforce Chapin and Isabel Chapin, and transcribed with notes by Mabel Mussey (daughter of Isabel and Samuel Barrows).
Box 1 Folder 10
Field notes, 1864 -- 1865
Box 1 Folder 11
Missionary correspondence, 1864 -- 1865
Transcribed with notes by Mabel Mussey (daughter of Isabel and Samuel Barrows).