Julia and Hubert Herrick letters to family from the ABCFM mission in Gabon
Overview
Letters home from Julia and Hubert Herrick at a Gabon mission
Dates
- Creation: 1853-1857
Creator
- Herrick, Julia Bushnell (Person)
Condition Description
Letters were sleeved within a binder with modern transcriptions; sleeves were removed when feasible, binder discarded, and transcriptions kept.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Collection is open for research.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 box)43 letters from Julia Bushnell Herrick and her husband, Hubert Pierre Herrick, to family at Nengenenge, Gaboon Estuary, Gabon, serving with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Also includes an autobiographical account titled "Reminiscences" by Julia Herrick. The letters are accompanied by typescript transcriptions.
Biographical / Historical
Julia and Hubert Herrick served in Gabon 1853-1855; the bulk of the letters were written from their home in Nengenenge, on the Gaboon Estuary.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged chronologically.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Custodial History
Ownership of the collection prior to this acquisition is unknown; the relationship of the donor to the creators of this collection is unknown.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2022M-41. Gift of Dorothy Congleton, 2021 December 8.
General note
A detailed account of the collection prepared by a dealer or appraiser is available in the curatorial file; consult Public Services staff for access.
Processing Information
This collection was processed to a basic level with minimal rehousing, organization, and preservation. (Melanie Wisner, 2021)
Creator
- Herrick, Julia Bushnell (Person)
- Herrick, Hubert Pierre, 1827-1857 (Person)
- Congleton, Dorothy (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Julia and Hubert Herrick letters to family from the ABCFM mission in Gabon, 1853-1857 (MS Am 3383): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2021 December 10
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03424
Repository Details
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