The John Bigelow Papers consist of the extensive correspondence of Bigelow and his family, his scrapbooks and his writings, records and correspondence detailing his professional activities, diaries and journals belonging to Bigelow and other family members, genealogical documents and records of the Bigelow family, and a variety of photographs.
Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC).
“ … The school was well attended. I there prepared for College . My brother Samuel had entered UnionCollege in 1835. I was ambitious to enter college but … After this … . Jaslyn. The College had something over 200 Students and occupied the old college building in the City … ”
