William Stugis Bigelow papers, 1861-1925.

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William Stugis Bigelow papers, 1861-1925.

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Papers of Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow of Boston, Mass., 1861-1925, include his report card from the Boston Latin School, acceptance letter to Harvard, lists of gifts of art collected in Japan and given to the Museum of Fine Arts, letters from his cousin Mabel Agassiz, and letters from colleagues and friends Frederick Shattuck, A. Lawrence Lowell, and Charles W. Eliot regarding friendship, writing, social life of Boston, Ingersoll lectures at Harvard, and Bigelow's honor of receiving the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class from the Emperor of Japan. Collection also includes papers related to the Tavern Club in Boston; legal documents related to the estate of William's father, Dr. Henry Bigelow; a report written by Henry to Edwin M. Stanton during the Civil War discussing medical care of soldiers, and letters received by Henry from soldiers discussing medical care, 1861-62; and Bigelow family genealogical charts, ca. 1888.

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