Guide to the Bigelow Thatcher Sanborn Diaries, 1866-1910

Bigelow Thatcher Sanborn was born on July 11, 1839 to Capt. Warren and Jane Sanborn. Before attending and graduating from The Medical School of Maine in 1866, Sanborn began his early studies in his hometown of Standish, Maine. Upon graduation, he was appointed assistant physician at the State Hospital for the Insane in Augusta. In 1883, he became the superintendent. He was also a member of the Maine Medical Association where he served as president in 1900. On July 11, 1872, Sandorn married Emma F. Together, they had three sons: Dr. Warren B. Sanborn, Walter M. Sanborn, and Ray F. Sanborn.

Diaries written by Bigelow Thatcher Sanborn from the year that he graduated from Bowdoin through to the year of his death in 1910. Collection includes a summary of the diaries compiled by Sanborn's grandaughter, Margaret Hodgdon, as well as some photographs.