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RG 30/232 - Edith Bunker Davis (1900-1991)
Inventory
An asterisk (*) indicates restricted records.

Series I.  Bunker Family Correspondence, 1857-1950, n.d.  1 l.f.

            Subseries 1.  Calendar to the Correspondence, n.d.

Box 1

                        Calendar (card file) to the correspondence, n.d.

            Subseries 2.  Bunker Family Correspondence, 1857-1950, n.d.

Box 1 (cont.)

                        Correspondence, 1857, 1859-61, 1866, 1870, 1879, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1891, 1893-1916  (26f)

Box 2

                        Correspondence, 1917-37  (18f)

Box 3

                        Correspondence, 1938-50, n.d.  (15f)

            Subseries 3.  Correspondence of Fred R. Bunker, 1891-1914, 1923-26, 1929, 1932

Box 4

                        Circular letters from Africa, 1891-94, 1896, 1897-98, 1900, 1902-03, 1905-07, 1909, 1911, 1913-14  (4f)
                        Circular letters to Bunker children, 1923-26, 1929, 1932
                        Letters (file copies) to Sydney Bunker, 1923, 1925, 1931-32

            Subseries 4.  Correspondence of Alma Asted Bunker, 1932-33

Box 4 (cont.)

                        Correspondence (incoming), 1932-33

Series II.  Diaries, 1887, 1891-95, 1914-91, n.d.  1 l.f.

            Subseries 1.  Diaries and Notes of Fred R. Bunker, 1887, 1891-92, 1895, 1917, n.d.

Box 5

                        Diary (typed transcription), 1887
                        Diary (typed transcription), 1891
                        Diary (carbon transcription), July-October 1892
                        "Journal of a Journey" (edited version of July-October 1892 diary), ca. 1954
                        Diary (photocopy), 1895
                        Diary account (ms.), 1917
                        Ms. notes for lectures and sermons (loose), n.d.

            Subseries 2.  Diaries of Isabel H. Bunker, 1892-94

Box 5 (cont.)

                        Diary (photocopy), 1892-93
                        Diary (photocopy), 1893-94

            Subseries 3.  Diaries of Edith Bunker Davis, 1914-91  11 vols.

Box 6

                        Diary, 1914-15
                        Diary, 1917-20
                        Diary, 1931
                        Diary, 1936
                        Diary, 1949
                        Diary, 1952-54
                        Diary, 1958
                        Diary, 1975
                        Diary, 1965-78
                        Diary, 1984-85
                        Diary, 1990-91

Series III.  Bunker-Davis Family Miscellany, 1887-1991  1.2 l.f.

Box 7

            Address books of Edith Bunker Davis (EBD), 1913, 1951
            Autograph book of EBD (Durban High School), 1915-17
            Diplomas of EBD, 1918, 1922  (Housed separately following Series III)

Box 8

            Genealogical files
                        Bunker Family Association (membership lists), 1978-81
                        Bunker Family Association (correspondence), 1930-72
                        Bunker Family History by Henry L. Bunker, 1984  147 pp.
                        Bunker Genealogy, Vol II, by Edward C. Moran, 1965  302 pp.
                        Bunker Genealogy, Vol III, by Edward C. Moran, 1982  389 pp.

Box 8A

            Genealogical files (cont.)
                        Fred R. Bunker's genalogical papers (charts, ledger, scrapbook (disbound), ms. notes, 1920-46, n.d.
                        Edith Bunker Davis genealogical notebooks, 1950, 1976

Box 9

            Guest books of EBD, 1928-66, 1974  2 vols.
            Legal documents and passports, 1905, 1917, 1950, 1953, 1964
            Maps: "The World", "Africa" (American Map Company), n.d.
            Newspaper clippings re: Bunker family, 1924-64
            Newspaper clippings re: Africa, 1977-88
            Mailing lists of Frederick R. Bunker, 1913-40 (2 vols.)
            “Songs and Tales from the Dark Continent,” 1920

Box 9A

            Oberlin Women's Club of New York (correspondence of EBD), 1958-65
            Obituaries, 1950
            Pamphlets, 1887-1984

Box 10

            Postcards, ca. 1907  (80 items)
            Talladega College (correspondence with archivist), 1973-82
            Talladega College brochures, 1987-89
            Unpublished paper by Talladega librarian, Leon Spencer (n.d.),
                        "Toward an African Church in Mozambique"

Series IV.  Correspondence of Edith Bunker Davis, 1919-90, n.d.

            Subseries 1.  Correspondence, 1919-89, n.d.

Box 11

                        Correspondence, 1919, 1922-24, 1929-58, 1960  (15f)

Box 12

                        Correspondence, 1961-77, 1981-89, n.d.  (10f)

            Subseries 2.  Christmas Letters (Outgoing), 1957-90

Box 12 (cont.)

                        Christmas letters, 1957-90

Series V.  Writings of Edith Bunker Davis, 1913, 1949-88, n.d.  .4 l.f.

Box 13

            Correspondence with editors, 1954
            Ms. writings, 1954, 1961, n.d.
                        "A Day in the Life of My Missionary Mother", n.d.
                        "A History of Fred R. Bunker in the Rhodesia Mission", 1961
                        "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains" (original typescript), 1954
                        "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains" (carbon copy), 1954
                        "Making the Home Christian", n.d.
            Meditations, 1980-81, n.d.
                        Miscellaneous meditations, 1980-81
                        [Daily Prayer Book for Women], n.d.
            Miscellaneous short writings (talks, reviews), 1913, 1949-88, n.d.
            Research Materials, 1965-73, n.d.
                        "Daybook" (notebook) 1965-73
                        "History of South Africa" (notebook), n.d.
                        "Facts and Customs, Natal and Gazaland" (notebook), n.d.
                        Notes (loose) on lives of Fred and Isabel Bunker, n.d.

Box 13a

            Miscellaneous Writings, 1986-87

Series VI.  Photographs, ca. 1892-1982, n.d.  3.1 l.f.

            Subseries 1.  Glass plate negatives, 1898-1917, n.d.

Box 14

                        Adams mission station, 1898-1900
                        Furlough, 1900
                        Bunker family at Umvoti (Groutville), ca. 1901-05
                                    (33 plates in Box 14)

Box 15

                        Bunker family at Beira, 1904-07
                        Bunker garrison, Durham, New Hampshire, n.d.
                        Fred R. Bunker at Wilton, Connecticut, n.d.
                        Kamba Simango in U.S.A., n.d.
                        Missionaries and family (Durban, S.A.), 1914-17
                        "Mt. Silinda", n.d.
                        Duplicates, n.d.
                                    (46 plates in Box 15)

            Subseries 2.  Film Negatives, ca. 1892, ca. 1930-40

Box 16

                        Negatives, ca. 1892, ca. 1930-40 

            Subseries 3.  Loose Photographs 1886-1982, n.d.

Box 16 (cont.)

                        Bunker family photographs, 1886-1982, n.d.  (14f)

Box 17

                        Africa photographs, 1891-ca. 1940, n.d.  (10f)

            Subseries 4.  Photograph albums, 1900-25  7 vols.

Box 18

                        Album (disbound), 1900  (2f)
                        Album, 1900-17 

Box 19

                        Album (disbound), 1913-17
                        Album, 1917-21
                        Album, 1917-22

Box 20

                        Album (disbound), 1920-23
                        Album, ca. 1920-25

Box 21

                        Album (disbound), "Grandmother Stories," n.d.
                                    (with accompanying ms. text)
                                    (photocopy and CD-ROM available for reference use – in box 21)

Series VII.  Zulu Artifacts, ca. 1910, n.d.

Box 22

                        Woven basket, ca. 1910
                        Zulu beads, ca. 1910  (loose beads and necklaces)

 
 
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