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Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926 print view role Collector dates 1850-1926 city Boston state MA other cities Paris, France; Tokyo, Japan; sex M historical notes William Sturgis Bigelow was an Asian art collector and instructor of surgery at Harvard University. Bigelow’s collection included Japanese prints, drawings, paintings, Buddhist sculpture, Noh robes and sword fittings. He was a trustee of the Museum of Fine arts, Boston, where his Japanese paintings were exhibited in 1893. Bigelow gave the bulk of his art collection to the Museum of Fine Arts in 1911. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 updated 02/14/2025 10:12:23 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Center for the History of Medicine Countway Library of Medicine Papers of Henry Jacob Bigelow, 1840-1889 (inclusive), 1881-1889 (bulk). see details... Center for the History of Medicine Countway Library of Medicine Papers of William Sturgis Bigelow, ca. 1870. see details... Houghton Library Harvard Yard, Harvard University Buddhist notes : typescript, 1922 January-February. see details... Center for the History of Medicine Countway Library of Medicine Papers of William Fiske Whitney, ca.1870-1921 (inclusive). see details... Library of Congress Manuscript Division Theodore Roosevelt papers, 1759-1993 see details... Sturgis Library Archives Sturgis Library Sturgis Library records, 1803-1991 1862-1991. see details... «  back