Guide to the Frank Patrick Gilman Papers
Title
Frank Patrick Gilman Papers
Inclusive Dates
1884-1919
Call Number
RG 56
Creator(s)
Creator100
Gilman, Frank Patrick, 1853-1918.
Quantity
2.00 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Language
Materials in English and Chinese
Restrictions on Access
Open for research.
Repository
Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA
Biographical Note
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.
Personal Name Subject
Gilman, Mary White.
Gilman, Frank Patrick, 1853-1918.
Corporate Subject
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hainan Mission.
Topical Subject
Missionaries--China.
Presbyterian Church--Missions--China.
Missions--China.
Geographic Subject
China--Missions.
India--Description and travel.
Genre-form
Correspondence. aat
Diaries. aat
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 56 | |
| SERIES 1: DIARIES/CORRESPONDENCE, 1884-1919 | |||
| 1 | 2 | Photograph of Reverend Gilman, n.d. | |
| 3 | Correspondence regarding Mary White Gilman, 1908 | ||
| 4 | Correspondence regarding travels in India, n.d. | ||
| Box I | Diaries, 1885-95 | ||
| Box II | Diaries, 1896-98 | ||
| Box III | Diaries, 1900-06 | ||
| Box IV | Diaries, 1907-15 | ||
| Box V | Miscellaneous items, 1884-1919 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Diary/notebook regarding Hainan Mission, 1885-97 | |
| 2 | Chinese language lesson book, n.d. |