Family papers, 1857-1990, 1916-1950.

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Family papers, 1857-1990, 1916-1950.

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This collection contains correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs, miscellaneous printed materials, and artifacts collected and created by Edith Bunker Davis to document the work in Africa (1891-1917) of her missionary parents, the Rev. Fred Robert Bunker (1859-1946) and Isabel Richards Bunker (1865-1950). Papers also provide details about the lives of Edith B. Davis' four brothers, Paul, Wilfrid, Kenneth, and Sydney, who established successful careers in education, diplomacy, international business, and the Congregational ministry. Unfortunately, apart from her diaries, little information is available pertaining to the personal life of Edith Davis.

7.6 linear ft.

Oberlin College Library

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Oberlin College Library

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. In the 19th century it was the largest and most important of American missionary organizations and consisted of participants from Protestant Reformed traditions such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches. Before 1870, the ABCFM consisted of Protestants of several denominati...

Bunker, Kenneth Chandler, 1899-1980

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Bunker, Isabel Helen, 1865-1950

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Bunker, Paul Richard, 1895-1960

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Bunker, Sydney Kittridge, 1904-1969

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Bunker, Fred Robert, 1849-1946

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Davis, Edith Bunker, 1900-1991

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Edith Bunker Davis was born in 1900 in Amanziontoti, Natal, South Africa to Congregational missionaries Fred and Isabel Bunker, then serving the Zulu Mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Edith graduated from Oberlin High School in 1917 and from Oberlin College in 1922, taking the A.B. in English. In 1924, she married Paul Ernest Davis (d. 1986) and settled in East Williston, Long Island, New York. There, she raised three children, Virginia (b. 1926), Alison (b. 19...

Bunker, Wilfrid Herrick, 1896-1981

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