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Bouton family papers, 1854-1913; bulk, 1899-1913
Author
Bouton family.
Pages:
5
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Bouton family papers, 1854-1913; bulk, 1899-1913
Bouton family.
Control Number:
(OCoLC)944516661
Local call number:
SC23288
Author:
Bouton family.
Title:
Bouton family papers, 1854-1913; bulk, 1899-1913.
Quantity:
5 boxes (1.0 cubict ft.)
Arrangement:
Correspondence arranged chronologically.
Historical/biog note:
Hiram Meeker Bouton (1834-1928), teacher and farmer, resided in Prattsville (Greene County), New York, most of his life. He married Adelaide P. Ball (1844-1906) in 1868, and they had four children: Jennie (1871-1952), Eugene (1873-1938), Eunice Cornelia (1873-1941), and Susan Adelaide (1881-1918).
Review:
The Bouton family papers consist chiefly of correspondence related to the experiences of Eunice Bouton Spriggs and her husband Samuel Spriggs while they were engaged in missionary work among the Inuit people near Point Barrow, Alaska, from 1899 to 1907. The letters detail their daily life and their work with the Inuit. Of particular interest are early letters that provide an in-depth account of the couple's journey across the country, by land and water, to Point Barrow, and the letters detailing Eunice's experiences of teaching Inuit children in the mission school. Complementing the letters is a pair of diaries kept by Eunice from May 10, 1899, to December 31, 1902, which also detail her activities and experiences of mission work in Alaska. The papers also include a series of letters written by Adelaide Bouton of Prattsville, New York, to her daughter in Alaska, from January to September 1905, detailing news about the family and the community; and an attendance record book for the school districts in Prattsville, that was kept by Hiram M. Bouton from 1854 to 1861.
Finding aids:
Unpublished finding aid available in the repository and online.
Corporate subject:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--Missions--Alaska.
Subject:
Eskimos--Missions--Alaska.
Subject:
Eskimos--Alaska--Social life and customs.
Subject:
Inuit.
Subject:
Inupiat--Missions--Alaska--Barrow.
Subject:
Inupiat--Social life and customs.
Subject:
Missionaries--Alaska Correspondence.
Subject:
Missionaries--Alaska Diaries.
Subject:
Schools--New York (State)--Prattsville--History Sources.
Geographic terms:
Barrow (Alaska)--History Sources.
Geographic terms:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)--History Sources.
Geographic terms:
Prattsville (N.Y.)--History Sources.
Geographic terms:
Prattsville (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
Personal author:
Bouton, Hiram M. (Hiram Meeker), 1834-1928.
Personal author:
Bouton, Adelaide, 1844-1906.
Personal author:
Spriggs, Samuel, 1871-1952.
Personal author:
Spriggs, Eunice B. (Eunice Bouton), 1873-1942.
Electronic access:
Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc23288.htm
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