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Bigelow Thatcher Sanborn diaries (M160)

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Title:
Bigelow Thatcher Sanborn diaries
Creator:
Sanborn, Bigelow Thatcher, 1839-1910
ID:
M160
Date [inclusive]:
1866-1910
Extent:
0.67 linear feet
Language:
English
Repository:
George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011
Abstract:
Diaries written by Bigelow Thatcher Sanborn from the year that he graduated from Bowdoin through to the year of his death in 1910.
Access Restrictions:

No restrictions.

Preferred Citation:

Bigelow Thatcher Sanborn Diaries, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.

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.

Brief Diary Summaries

Box 1 Folder 1

Photographs

Box 1 Folder 2

Diary 1866

Box 2 Folder 1

Diary 1867

Box 2 Folder 2

Dairy 1868

Box 2 Folder 3

Diary 1869

Box 2 Folder 4

Diary 1870

Box 2 Folder 5

Diary 1872

Box 2 Folder 6

Diary 1873

Box 2 Folder 7

Diary 1874

Box 2 Folder 8

Diary 1875

Box 2 Folder 9

Diary 1876

Box 2 Folder 10

Diary 1877

Box 2 Folder 11

Diary 1878

Box 2 Folder 12

Diary 1879

Box 2 Folder 13

Diary 1880

Box 2 Folder 14

Diary 1881

Box 2 Folder 15

Diary 1882

Box 2 Folder 16

Diary 1883

Box 2 Folder 17

Diary 1884

Box 2 Folder 18

Diary 1885

Box 2 Folder 19

Diary 1886

Box 2 Folder 20

Diary 1887

Box 2 Folder 21

Diary 1888

Box 2 Folder 22

Diary 1889

Box 2 Folder 23

Diary 1890

Box 2 Folder 24

Diary 1891

Box 3 Folder 1

Diary 1892

Box 3 Folder 2

Diary 1893

Box 3 Folder 3

Diary 1894

Box 3 Folder 4

Diary 1895

Box 3 Folder 5

Diary 1896

Box 3 Folder 6

Diary 1897

Box 3 Folder 7

Diary 1898

Box 3 Folder 8

Diary 1899

Box 3 Folder 9

Diary 1900

Box 3 Folder 10

Diary 1901

Box 3 Folder 11

Diary 1902

Box 3 Folder 12

Diary 1903

Box 3 Folder 13

Diary 1904

Box 3 Folder 14

Diary 1905

Box 3 Folder 15

Diary 1906

Box 3 Folder 16

Diary 1907

Box 3 Folder 17

Diary 1908

Box 3 Folder 18

Diary 1909

Box 3 Folder 19

Diary 1910

Box 3 Folder 20
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