Gilmore Crawford Papers

File

Identifier: MP-083

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1829-1956

Language of Materials

English and Burmese

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical / Historical

Born in Boston, Joseph Gilmore received a BA and an MA from Brown University, and he attended Newton Theological Institution in 1861. After being ordained in the Baptist minister in 1862, he became pastor of a church in Fisherville, New Hampshire. Later he was private secretary for his father, who was governor of New Hampshire. He was also editor of the Daily Monitor in Concord, New Hampshire, pastor in Rochester until 1867, and then professor of Hebrew at Rochester Theological Seminary. In 1868 he became a professor at the University of Rochester, a position he held until 1908. He authored the hymn “He Leadeth Me’ in 1862.

David Chandler Gilmore was born in Rochester, New York. He was a graduate of the University of Rochester. In 1887, he entered the School of Library Economy of Columbia University, and the following year he became librarian of the Railroad Branch of the YMCA, New York. He then decided to become a missionary and was appointed in July 1890. He sailed for Rangoon, Burma in October. He married Gertrude P. Clinton in 1891. She had been appointed to the Rangoon Baptist College, now Judson College, by the Woman’s Missionary Society. When the Normal Department of the college was opened, he taught the first Normal classes. When the College was affiliated with the university of Calcutta he was the first occupant of the Chair of Pali. In addition to those duties, he started the Sgaw Karen Sunday school paper and brought out the first book of Gospel songs in Sgaw Karen. Gilmore also published a Sgaw Karen grammar book. In 1899 the Gilmores took charge of the Henzada station where work was done in reorganizing the mission school. In 1906 the Gilmores returned to Judson College where, in 1909, he was appointed Vice-President, and he was elevated to President in 1917. Dr. and Mrs. Gilmore returned to the U.S. in 1921. In recognition of service in the field of education in India, the British government awarded Dr. Gilmore with the Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal in 1922. Gilmore also served the Karen Theological Seminary and accepted the presidency of Bishop College, in Marshall, Texas.

Jean Crawford received a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1940.

Extent

6 Linear Feet (13 boxes)

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also American Baptist Foreign Mission Society: Missionary Correspondence

File Plan

Box 1: Folder 1: David Chandler Gilmore – Ordination Papers Folder 2: Rev. David C. Gilmore – 1919 Folder 3: D.C. and Gertrude Gilmore Photographs Folder 4: Rev. David C. Gilmore – Correspondence, 1920s-1930s Folder 5: Gilmore/Crawford Collection Photographs – David and Gertrude Gilmore Folder 6: Helen Gilmore – Early Years. 1903-1905. (Also has a copy of her birth record). Folder 7: Helen Gilmore Crawford – 1917-1929. Folder 8: Rev. Raymond Crawford – 1915-1927 Folder 9: Raymond and Helen Crawford – Miscellaneous Correspondence. 1915-1956 Folder 10: Rev. Raymond Crawford – Notes. 1921 David Gilmore’s Diary. 1890-1899

Box 2: Folder 1: Photographs – 1914-1919. Raymond Crawford’s first visit to Burma. Folder 2: Photographs – 1920-1924. Folder 3: Photographs – 1924-1929. Folder 4: Photographs – 1930’s. Folder 5: Photographs – 1940’s-1950’s. Folder 6: Photographs – 1959 Folder 7: Iowa City - Friends Folder 8: Photographs – Miscellaneous Family and Friends

Box 3: Folder 1: Professor Joseph Gilmore Folder 2: Original hand copy of “He Leadeth Me.” Folder 3: Letter from Professor Joseph Gilmore to his granddaughter Helen Gilmore (Crawford). Extempore Club, Minutes 1859-1860

Box 4: Folder 1: Jean Crawford b. 1918 (Pictures). Folder 2: Jean Crawford, 1925-1927 Taungyyi, Burma Folder 3: Jean Crawford, 1930-1931 Doane Camp, Ohio Folder 4: Jean Crawford, 1940-1941 Iowa City Folder 5: Jean Crawford, 1943-1944 Folder 6: Jean Crawford, 1950s Folder 7: Pages from the Judson 1840 Burmese Bible – found at the Judson Rangoon Press sent to the Bapt. For Miss. Society, NY, recovered by Jean Crawford in 1940.

Box 5: Folder 1: Jean Crawford – Letters to her parents, 1959-1961 (1 of 2). Folder 2: Jean Crawford – Letters to her parents, 1959-1961 (2 of 2). Folder 3: Jean Crawford – Letters to her parents, 1964 (1 of 2). Folder 4: Jean Crawford – Letters to her parents, 1964 (2 of 2). Folder 5: Jean Crawford – Memorabilia Folder 6: Jean Crawford’s Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from The Art Institute of Chicago 1940

Box 6: Folder 1: Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, 1829-1892 Folder 2: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Compositions by Gilmore; articles by Frank Damon. 1936-1937 Folder 3: Gilmore’s Bandbook by Jean Henrehan – early draft. 1848 Folder 4: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Draft #1. 1855-1876 Folder 5: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Draft #2. 1861-1872 Folder 6: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Draft Folder 7: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Final Manuscript and Copy. 1878 Folder 8: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Final Copy

Box 7: Folder 1: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Calendar 1849-1892 Programs Folder 2: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Background, Bibliography; Music composed by Gilmore; Misc. 1875-1892 Folder 3: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Bibliography. 1870-1892 Folder 4: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Random notes by Jean Henrehan. Folder 5: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Correspondence. 1954-1957

Box 8: Books: D.C. Gilmore’s Rangoon Bible (1921). Gertrude Gilmore Hymn Book (1928). David Gilmore Bible (1877). D. Gilmore Rangoon Hymn Book (1909).

Box 9: Folder 1: Letter from Walter Rauschenbusch 1912, Rauschenbusch materials, book of prayers. Folder 2: English 102 B: Queen Victoria. Books: Pastor’s Handbook (1887); Love Songs of Childhood (1899); The Meaning of Prayer (1915); Outlines of English and American Literature (1905); Outlines of Rhetoric, Boston, Leach, Shewell, and Sanborn (1891); Outline Studies in Literature (1893); A Grammar of the Burmese Language (1888); Judson’s School Dictionary: Burmese and English (1910); American Baptist Mission Press, Rangoon (1816-1916); An Anglo-Saxon Reader (1908); Hindustani As It Ought to Be Spoken (1909); A Dictionary of the Sgau Karen Language (1896).

Box 10: Folder 1: Gilmore’s Bandbook – Compositions by Gilmore; articles by Frank Damon Folder 2: The Gilmore Genealogy, 1719-; DAR application and family chart Folder 3: Rev. and Mrs. Raymond Crawford (Helen Gilmore) - Memorabilia Folder 4: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Henry Gilmore Folder 5: Raymond and Helen (Gilmore) Crawford Folder 6: Burma – Poetry 1916, silk dealers catalog, calendar Folder 7: Gilmore Miscellaneous prints from Burma. 1877-1899 Folder 8: Wanless/Walker Bros/Hurlburt property in Wyoming (Newspaper clippings).

Box 11: Card Catalogue: Index to Patrick Galore’s Papers – Bands Not Gilmore-Books with Little Matbbal

Box 12: Card Catalogue: Index to Patrick Galore’s Papers – 1829-1858

Box 13: Folder 1: Gilmore/Crawford Collection Photographs – General-Burma Folder 2: Burma – Maps, etc. Folder 3: Burmese Photo Books (Mrs. R. N. Crawford) Folder 4: Burma – Miscellaneous photographs Folder 5: Burma – Miscellaneous photographs Folder 6: D.C. Gilmore - Miscellaneous photographs