This collection contains the papers of Hawaiian Presbyterian missionary and scientist Sereno Edwards Bishop (1827-1909) and three generations of the Bishop family, chiefly dating from 1852 to 1884.

Sereno Edwards Bishop (1827-1909), son of Presbyterian missionary Artemas Bishop (1795-1872), was born in Kaawaloa, Hawaii, educated at Amherst College, Massachusetts, and returned to Hawaii as a teacher at Lahainaluna Seminary and as a missionary. He wrote widely on native and public affairs, and married Cornelia Ann Sessions Bishop (1826-1920) in 1852. Sereno and Cornelia Bishop had five children: Edward Bishop (1853-1875), Charles Bishop (1855-1857), George Bishop (1856-1859), John Sessions Bishop (1859-1951), and Elizabeth Delia Bishop Shaw (1862-1937). Bishop's father Artemas Bishop was 27 years old and had been married only about 10 days when he and his wife Elizabeth Edwards Bishop (1796-1828) sailed on the Thames in November 1822 from New Haven, Connecticut, to Hawaii with the second missionary company. 158 days later they reached Honolulu. Elizabeth lived only six years after leaving her home, and left two children, Jane Elizabeth (1825-1904) and Sereno Edwards. After Elizabeth's death, Artemas married Delia Stone (1800-1875), who had arrived as an unmarried member of the third missionary company. Delia aided her husband and was a teacher in the missionary school.

7 Linear Feet (10 boxes)

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