Personal and Biographical materials, circa 1865-1966

The Papers of Alfred A. Gilman (1878-1964) and Gertrude C. Gilman (1864-1936) consist primarily of personal letters written from China and sent home to parents, relatives, and siblings, and later to their children and grandchildren. Other papers in the collection relate to Alfred’s mission work, mission financial records, letters from friends and family, and personal documents.The collection also contains a number of photographs of the Gilmans, their children and other family members, and people and places in China related to their mission work. One folder of photographs focus on early aviation (1910) and General Joffre (1922). The collection concludes with a set of cassette tapes containing an interview of Louise Gilman Hutchins on Gilman family history, recorded in the early 1990s.