Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926

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Bigelow (Harvard M.D. 1874) was briefly an instructor in surgery at the Harvard Medical School. From 1881 to 1888 he studied art in Japan, and later donated his collections of Oriental art to the Boston Museum of Fine Art.

From the description of Buddhist notes : typescript, 1922 January-February. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612790985

Bigelow (Harvard, M.D. 1874) was briefly an instructor in surgery at the Harvard Medical School. From 1881 to 1888 he studied art in Japan, and later donated his collections of Oriental art to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

From the description of Papers of William Sturgis Bigelow, ca. 1870. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281438766

Surgeon and collector of Oriental art, of Massachusetts.

From the description of Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow papers, 1908-1975. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 70953320

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referencedIn John Chipman Gray correspondence Houghton Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. Houghton Library
creatorOf Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926. Papers of William Sturgis Bigelow, ca. 1870. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Winslow, Frederick Bradlee, Mrs. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1922-1959. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D Houghton Library
creatorOf Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926. Buddhist notes : typescript, 1922 January-February. Houghton Library
creatorOf Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926. Lectures on the arts : [list of subscribers]. New England Conservatory of Music, Harriet M. Spaulding Library
referencedIn William Woodville Rockhill papers Houghton Library
referencedIn William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Phillips Brooks papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Sturgis Library (Barnstable, Mass.). Sturgis Library records, 1803-1991 1862-1991. Sturgis Library (Barnstable, Mass.)
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Harvard College Library. Early Catalogs and Shelflists of the Harvard College Library, 1723-1822. Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Robert Grant papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Parkman family papers, 1793-1896 Houghton Library
referencedIn Letters to William James from various correspondents and photograph album, 1865-1929. Houghton Library
referencedIn Whitney, William F. Papers of William Fiske Whitney, ca.1870-1921 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn John Hay papers, Hay (John) papers, 1829-1916 John Hay Library, Special Collections
creatorOf Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Bickford" to "Brassey". Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Isabella Stewart Gardner papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Ernest Francisco Fenollosa papers, 1881-1952 (inclusive), 1881-1909 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926. William Stugis Bigelow papers, 1861-1925. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Theodore Roosevelt Papers, 1759-1993, (bulk 1878-1919) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926. Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow papers, 1908-1975. Nantucket Hist Association
referencedIn Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890. Papers of Henry Jacob Bigelow, 1840-1889 (inclusive), 1881-1889 (bulk). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Caroline Sturgis Tappan papers, 1838-1921. Houghton Library
referencedIn Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Pforzheimer, Walter L. (Walter Lionel), 1914-2003. Walter Lionel Pforzheimer collection, 1487-1997 (inclusive), 1487-1982 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Wendell family papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Walter Lionel Pforzheimer collection, 1487-1997 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Correspondence and compositions, 1718-1946 (inclusive) 1873-1919 (bulk). Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926. William Sturgis Bigelow correspondence, 1908-1910. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Oliver Wendell Holmes letters from various correspondents, 1820-1894 Houghton Library
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associatedWith Agassiz, Mabel. person
associatedWith Ajari, Sakurai. person
associatedWith Bigelow family family
associatedWith Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890. person
correspondedWith Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893 person
associatedWith Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926. person
correspondedWith Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908 person
associatedWith Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. person
correspondedWith Grant, Robert, 1852-1940 person
associatedWith Gray, John Chipman, 1839-1915 person
associatedWith Harvard College Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Hay, John, 1838-1905. person
associatedWith Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 person
associatedWith Houghton Library. corporateBody
correspondedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
correspondedWith Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 person
correspondedWith James, William, 1842-1910 person
associatedWith Lowell, A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence), 1856-1943. person
associatedWith Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. corporateBody
associatedWith Parkman family. family
associatedWith Pforzheimer, Walter L. (Walter Lionel), 1914-2003. person
correspondedWith Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914 person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Kermit person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 person
associatedWith Shattuck, Frederick Cheever, 1847-1929. person
associatedWith Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869. person
associatedWith Sturgis Library (Barnstable, Mass.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Tappan, Caroline Sturgis, 1819-1888 person
associatedWith Tavern Club (Boston, Mass.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923 person
correspondedWith Wendell family. family
associatedWith Whitney, William F. person
associatedWith Winslow, Frederick Bradlee, Mrs. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Japan
Japan
Boston (Mass.)
United States
United States
United States
Massachusetts
United States
Subject
Art, Japanese
Buddhism
Japanologists
Medals
Titles of honor and nobility
Occupation
Surgeons
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Birth 1850

Death 1926

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