Guide to the Frank Patrick Gilman Papers
Open for research.
Frank Patrick Gilman was educated at Princeton University (1879) and Princeton Theological Seminary (1885). He was ordained from the Presbytery of Rochester and appointed to the Hainan Mission in China by the Board of Foreign Missions in 1885. He died there in service in 1918.
Reverend Gilman's papers consist almost exclusively of his diaries, 1885-1918.
SERIES 1: DIARIES/CORRESPONDENCE, 1884-1918
Contained in this series are Reverend Gilman's diaries, 1884-1918, correspondence about his trip to India, correspondence regarding Mary White Gilman, a photograph of Reverend Gilman and miscellaneous notebooks.
The Presbyterian Historical Society holds additional resources related to this collection:
Unprocessed accessions:
Frank P. Gilman Papers, 1870-1921 (1.20 cubic feet; accession 92 1109)
Frank Patrick Gilman Papers, 1885-1918 (0.50 cubic feet; accession 93 0823a)
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 56 | |
| SERIES 1: DIARIES/CORRESPONDENCE, 1884-1919 | |||
| 1 | 2 | Photograph of Reverend Gilman, undated | |
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence regarding Mary White Gilman, 1908 | |
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence regarding travels in India, undated | |
| 1 | Box I | Diaries, 1885-1895 | |
| 1 | Box II | Diaries, 1896-1898 | |
| 1 | Box III | Diaries, 1900-1906 | |
| 1 | Box IV | Diaries, 1907-1915 | |
| 1 | Box V | Miscellaneous items, 1884-1919 | |
| 2 | 1 | Diary/notebook regarding Hainan Mission, 1885-1897 | |
| 2 | 2 | Chinese language lesson book, undated |