Fairbank Family Papers, 1837-1971 (bulk 1905-1940) | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Chiefly correspondence between members of the Fairbank family. Several were Protestant missionaries for the American Board of commissioners for Foreign Missions (A.B.C.F.M.) that later became the United Church Board for World Ministries, primarily in West Central India. Correspondents and missionaries represented in the collection are Samuel Bacon Fairbank and his children and their spouses, including his sons Henry and wife, Mary; Edward and wife Mary Caskey; and his daughters Katie Fairbank Hume; Emily and husband Thomas Snell Smith; and Rose and husband Lester Beals. Also includes a few letters from Edward's son, Robert, who was also a missionary in India