Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	Bartlett, Samuel Colcord, Jr.
	Title Remainder:	Papers. 1881-1937
	Dates:	1881-1937
	Identification:	ML-75

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CHRONOLOGY

1865	Born, Chicago, Illinois, September 21
1887	Graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College
1887-1890	First missionary trip to Japan
1891	Awarded degree of Master of Arts by Dartmouth College
1894	Graduated from Andover Theological Seminary
1894	Married Fanny Gordon who had been born in Japan
1894-1904	Second missionary trip to Japan
1905-1912	Third missionary trip to Japan
1914-1915	Pastor, Colraine, Massachusetts, Congregational Church
1915-1922	Pastor, Peacedale, Rhode Island, Congregational Church
1922	Awarded degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology by Andover Theological Seminary
1922-1935	Chaplain and Professor at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan
1927	Awarded degree of Doctor of Divinity by Dartmouth College
1935	Retired as Professor Emeritus from Doshisha University
1937	Died, Norwich, Vermont, February 1

INTRODUCTION

Samuel Colcord Bartlett, Jr., son of the eighth president of Dartmouth College, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 21, 1865. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1887, Bartlett embarked on the first of four extended missionary trips to Japan. During his career, he earned a divinity degree from Andover Theological Seminary and was awarded a number of honorary degrees. Bartlett's work both as a missionary in Japan and as a member of the faculty of Doshisha University in Kyoto placed him in a position to influence higher education in Japan for nearly forty years. As a consequence, this collection is of great interest for researchers studying Japanese social life and customs and Japanese higher education at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Bartlett retired from his teaching posts at Doshisha University in 1935 and died in Norwich, Vermont, on February 1, 1937.

The collection contains diaries, correspondence, photographs and printed material. Of particular interest is the long series of letters between Bartlett and his family and between Bartlett and his students. Also of note are a series of sermons preached by Bartlett while serving as a minister in Rhode Island. The photographs in the collection are an important resource for the study of Japan during this period.

Researchers using this collection should be aware of the materials in the papers of Bartlett's father, President Samuel Colcord Bartlett (DP-8), and his daughter, Agnes Vernon Bartlett (ML-43).

The papers of Samuel Colcord Bartlett, Jr., were acquired as a gift of the Friends of the Library in 1992. The collection is housed in 7 containers and occupies ten linear feet of shelf space.

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BOX 1.

Correspondence

FOLDER : 1.

1881-June 1890

FOLDER : 2.

July 1890-1891

FOLDER : 3.

1891-1893

FOLDER : 4.

1894

FOLDER : 5.

January-July 1895

FOLDER : 6.

August-December 1895

FOLDER : 7.

January-May 1896

FOLDER : 8.

June-September 1896

FOLDER : 9.

October-December 1896 and 1896 letters without month or day

FOLDER : 10.

January-May 1897

FOLDER : 11.

June-October 1897

FOLDER : 12.

November-December 1897 and 1897 letters without month or day

FOLDER : 13.

January-April 1898

FOLDER : 14.

May-September 1898

FOLDER : 15.

October-December 1898 and 1898 letters without month or day

FOLDER : 16.

January-February 1899

FOLDER : 17.

March-August 1899

FOLDER : 18.

September-December 1899 and 1899 letters without month or day

FOLDER : 19.

1900

FOLDER : 20.

1901

FOLDER : 21.

1905-September 1, 1910

FOLDER : 22.

September 4, 1910-1916

FOLDER : 23.

1917

FOLDER : 24.

January-September 1918

FOLDER : 25.

October 1, 1918-October 16, 1918

FOLDER : 26.

October 17, 1918-October 24, 1918

FOLDER : 27.

October 25, 1918-November 21, 1918

FOLDER : 28.

November 22, 1918-December 1918 and 1918 letters without month or day

FOLDER : 29.

January-August 1919

FOLDER : 30.

September-December 1919

FOLDER : 31.

January-May 1920

FOLDER : 32.

June-August 1920

FOLDER : 33.

September-December 1920

FOLDER : 34.

1921

FOLDER : 35.

January-May 1922

FOLDER : 36.

June 1922

FOLDER : 37.

July-September 1992

FOLDER : 38.

October-December 1922

FOLDER : 39.

1923

FOLDER : 40.

January-August 1924

FOLDER : 41.

September-December 1924

BOX 2.

FOLDER : 1.

January-February 1925

FOLDER : 2.

March-June 1925

FOLDER : 3.

July-December 1926

FOLDER : 4.

January 1926

FOLDER : 5.

February-August 1926

FOLDER : 6.

September-December 1926

FOLDER : 7.

January-March 1927

FOLDER : 8.

April-May 1927

FOLDER : 9.

June-July 1927

FOLDER : 10.

August-December 1927

FOLDER : 11.

January-March 1928

FOLDER : 12.

April-August 27, 1928

FOLDER : 13.

August 28, 1928-October 1928

FOLDER : 14.

November-December 1928

FOLDER : 15.

January-February 1929

FOLDER : 16.

March-June 1929

FOLDER : 17.

July-December 1929

FOLDER : 18.

January-May 1930

FOLDER : 19.

June-October 1930

FOLDER : 20.

November-December 1930

FOLDER : 21.

January-February 1931

FOLDER : 22.

March-April 1931

FOLDER : 23.

May-June 1931

FOLDER : 24.

July 1931

FOLDER : 25.

August-October 1931

FOLDER : 26.

November-December 1931 and letters from 1931 without month or day

FOLDER : 27.

January-February 1932

FOLDER : 28.

March 1932

FOLDER : 29.

April 1932

FOLDER : 30.

May 1932

FOLDER : 31.

June-August 1932

FOLDER : 32.

September-November 1932

FOLDER : 33.

December 1, 1932-December 18, 1932

FOLDER : 34.

December 24, 1932-December 25, 1932

FOLDER : 36.

December 26, 1932-December 31, 1932

FOLDER : 37-42

January 1, 1933

BOX 3.

FOLDER : 1.

January 2, 1933-January 31, 1933

FOLDER : 2.

February 1933

FOLDER : 3.

March 1933

FOLDER : 4.

April-May 1933

FOLDER : 5.

June-August 1933

FOLDER : 6.

September-December 1933

FOLDER : 7.

January-April 1934

FOLDER : 8.

May-June 1934

FOLDER : 9.

July-September 8, 1934

FOLDER : 10.

September 9, 1934-December 1934

FOLDER : 11-16

January 1, 1935

FOLDER : 17.

January 2, 1935-August 1935

FOLDER : 18-19

September 1935 and September letters without day

FOLDER : 20.

September 1935 and September letters without day (scrolls)

FOLDER : 21.

October-December 1935

FOLDER : 22.

1936-February 1937

FOLDER : 23.

March 1937-1941

FOLDER : 24.

1942

FOLDER : 25.

1943-1947

FOLDER : 26.

1948-1952

FOLDER : 27.

1953-1957

FOLDER : 28.

From Agnes to her mother, Mrs. Bartlett (1932-1939

FOLDER : 29.

From Agnes to her mother, Mrs. Bartlett (1940-1950)

FOLDER : 30.

From Agnes to her mother, Mrs. Bartlett (1951-1968)

FOLDER : 31.

To Dr. & Mrs. Bartlett (undated)

FOLDER : 32.

To Samuel Bartlett (undated)

FOLDER : 33-37

General correspondence to Mrs. Bartlett (undated)

FOLDER : 38.

To Mrs. Bartlett from Martha Alford (undated)

FOLDER : 39.

To Mrs. Bartlett from Anita Ward (undated)

FOLDER : 40.

From Donald Bartlett mostly to his parents (undated)

FOLDER : 41.

Donald Bartlett's school materials

FOLDER : 42.

To Mrs. Gordon (undated)

FOLDER : 43.

To Agnes & Eeyore and also from D. Bartlett's wife, Henrietta (undated)

FOLDER : 44-45

Incomplete correspondence (undated)

FOLDER : 46-48

Correspondence in Japanese (undated)

FOLDER : 49.

Miscellaneous correspondence (undated)

FOLDER : 50-58

Miscellaneous (undated)

BOX 4.

Correspondence, Articles, Miscellaneous Documents and Memorabilia

Correspondence (cont.)

FOLDER : 1-7

Mostly Christmas and New Year's postcards (undated)

FOLDER : 8.

Correspondent “Meeshi” and business cards (undated

FOLDER : 9.

1913 - Article on work in Hokkaido by Fanny Bartlett

FOLDER : 10.

1915 - Program for the Gordon Clan reunion

FOLDER : 11-22

1916 - Sermons by S.C. Bartlett, Rhode Island

FOLDER : 23.

1917-1918 - Bartletts' son, Gordon's, letters from France where he fought and was killed

FOLDER : 24.

1920 - D. Bartlett's account of a trip from Mesa to Flagstaff with a pack outfit, incomplete

FOLDER : 25.

1932 (August 8-September 19) - journal fragment of S. C. Bartlett

FOLDER : 26.

1935 (September 15) sermon by S. C. Bartlett, Osaka

FOLDER : 27.

1939 - Mrs. Bartlett's family tree since 1839

FOLDER : 28.

Undated - anecdote from missionary travel; draft of 7pp lecture/article by S.C.B.

FOLDER : 29.

Undated - talk/lecture by S.C.B. on period spent in Hokkaido

FOLDER : 30-34

Undated - miscellaneous text

FOLDER : 35.

The Bartlett's passports

FOLDER : 36.

Mrs. Bartlett's memos/notebooks

FOLDER : 37.

Mrs. Bartlett's signature book from a party at the American Cultural Center

FOLDER : 38.

S.C.B.'s daily notes (1880's?)

FOLDER : 39.

S.C.B.'s memos/notebooks

FOLDER : 40.

S.C.B.'s address books

FOLDER : 41.

S.C.B.'s Japanese hymnal, No. 1

FOLDER : 42.

S.C.B.'s Japanese hymnal, No. 2

FOLDER : 43.

S.C.B.'s Bible

FOLDER : 44.

S.C.B.'s Japanese version of the Psalms; top: March 1933; Bottom: July 1938

BOX 5.

Books/Literature

Christian/Religious Literature

FOLDER : 1.

Book: Exchanging Ideas, 1909

FOLDER : 2.

The Christian Believer by Paul Kanamori, August 1916?

FOLDER : 3.

The Way to Faith by Paul Kanamori, October 1921?

FOLDER : 4.

The Gospel According to Luke, October 1925?

FOLDER : 5.

Books regarding the Kyoto church, 1930

FOLDER : 6.

Summary of Re-Chinking Missions, March 1933

FOLDER : 7.

Report of the (1930-1932) Campaigns for a Christian Nation, July 1933

FOLDER : 8.

Religious Education, October 1933

FOLDER : 9.

JNCC - Some Outstanding Facts Related to the Christian Movement, 1935

Doshisha University

FOLDER : 10.

Listing and publications from Class of 1928

FOLDER : 11.

Graduating class of 1929

FOLDER : 12.

Listing and publications from Class of 1931

FOLDER : 13.

List of Class of 1933

FOLDER : 14.

List of Class of 1937

FOLDER : 15.

Catalogue (1949-50) given to Mrs. Bartlett

FOLDER : 16.

Japanese Kanji practice book

FOLDER : 17.

Japanese Labor Union: books from 1912 and 1936

Japanese Magazine/Literature

FOLDER : 18.

1909

FOLDER : 19.

1922

FOLDER : 20.

1925

FOLDER : 21.

1932

FOLDER : 22.

1933

FOLDER : 23-24

Japanese miscellaneous literature

FOLDER : 25.

Japanese transit timetable?, 1931

FOLDER : 26.

Japanese transit timetable (S.C.B.'s) undated

FOLDER : 27.

Four notebooks containing dialogue: Corbena; Aunt Hetty; Orvie; Mrs. Stone

BOX 6.

Photographs

FOLDER : 1.

Album entitled “Gordon”, 1916-1919

FOLDER : 2.

Album, 1923?

FOLDER : 3.

Album of Bartletts and Japanese friends and colleagues, 1920-1930

FOLDER : 4.

Album, 1935

FOLDER : 5.

Album, mostly from 1937; also some from 1920's and 1930's

FOLDER : 6.

Loose (undated)

BOX 7.

Photographs/Doshisha

FOLDER : 1.

60th Anniversary of Doshisha University, 1935

FOLDER : 2.

Framed photo of Mrs. Neesima and 2 smaller framed photos

FOLDER : 3.

Album, undated