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Bingham (Ursula G.) Papers
BANC MSS 2000/42 cz
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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Ursula Griswold Bingham papers
Creator:
Bingham, Ursula Griswold, 1908-1996
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2000/42 cz
Physical Description:
23.5 linear feet
(6 boxes, 17 cartons, 1 oversize box, and 3 volumes)
Date (inclusive): 1882-1998
Abstract: The Ursula Griswold Bingham Papers, 1882-1998, chronicles a woman's life from her beginnings in New England society in 1908
through her death in California in 1998. Spanning almost the whole of the 20th Century, the papers include correspondence
with family and friends, diaries, travel files covering trips to China and Japan in the turbulent 1930's, and files relating
to her volunteer work with the Pacific School of Religion and the Young Women's Christian Associations (YWCA).
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
The Ursula Griswold Bingham Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Evelyn Bingham Goodman on April 25, 2000.
Ursula Griswold Bingham, born June 28 1908 in Greenwich, Connecticut, was the descendent of three governors of Connecticut.
In 1928, she married Woodbridge Bingham, son of Hiram Bingham, a Governor and Senator from Connecticut. The couple settled
in Berkeley, California where her husband became a Professor of Far Eastern History and the founder of the East Asiatic Institute
at the University of California. Ursula accompanied Woodbridge on a number of trips to the Far and Middle East, living for
two years in China and Japan before World War II.
Mrs. Bingham served on the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations (YWCA) for two decades and for 35 years
as a Trustee for the Pacific School of Religion.
Ursula Griswold Bingham papers. BANC MSS 2000/42 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Title: Ursula Griswold Bingham pictorial collection,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2000.071.
Title: A lady's life : New England, Berkeley, China an oral history,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 89/84 c.
Title: Woodbridge Bingham papers,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 87/114 cz
Title: Woodbridge Bingham photograph collections,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1991.048--PIC, BANC PIC 1987.054--B, BANC PIC 1988.045
The Ursula Griswold Bingham Papers, 1882-1998, chronicles a woman's life from her beginnings in New England society in 1908
through her death in California in 1998. Spanning almost the whole of the 20th Century, the papers include correspondence
with Ursula's daughters Anne, Clarissa, Evelyn and Marian, other family members and friends. Also included are diaries, travel
files covering trips to China and Japan in the turbulent 1930's, and files relating to her volunteer work with the Pacific
School of Religion and the Young Women's Christian Associations (YWCA).
Materials Cataloged Separately
- Photographs have been transferred to Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
- Maps have been transferred to the Map Room.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Travelers -- Asia
Travelers -- Iran
Family -- History -- 20th century.
Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956
Bingham family
Bingham, Ursula Griswold, 1908-1996
Bingham, Woodbridge
Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, Calif.)
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. National Board.
Griswold family