Guide to the Bigelow Thatcher Sanborn Diaries, 1866-1910
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Bigelow Thatcher Sanborn Diaries, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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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 granddaughter, Margaret Hodgdon, as well as some photographs.
Brief Diary Summaries
Photographs
Diary 1866
Diary 1867
Dairy 1868
Diary 1869
Diary 1870
Diary 1872
Diary 1873
Diary 1874
Diary 1875
Diary 1876
Diary 1877
Diary 1878
Diary 1879
Diary 1880
Diary 1881
Diary 1882
Diary 1883
Diary 1884
Diary 1885
Diary 1886
Diary 1887
Diary 1888
Diary 1889
Diary 1890
Diary 1891
Diary 1892
Diary 1893
Diary 1894
Diary 1895
Diary 1896
Diary 1897
Diary 1898
Diary 1899
Diary 1900
Diary 1901
Diary 1902
Diary 1903
Diary 1904
Diary 1905
Diary 1906
Diary 1907
Diary 1908
Diary 1909
Diary 1910