Guide to the House Family Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

House Family Papers

Inclusive Dates

1845-1872

Call Number

RG 215

Creator(s)

House family.

Quantity

1.00 cubic foot (2 boxes)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Samuel Reynold House was born in Waterford, NY, in 1817. He received his B.A. from Union College in New York, in 1837, and his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York in 1845. Appointed by the PCUSA as a medical missionary to the Siam Mission in 1846 Samuel House remained in Bangkok until 1856 when he returned to the U.S. for ordination and marriage. He returned the same year and resumed his service as a doctor which included providing care for members of the royal family. In 1876 Samuel House returned to the U.S. where he died in 1899.

Collection Overview

The collection consists of Samuel House's diaries, 1846-1859, and his correspondence, 1846-1872 which are primarily personal. Also included is the correspondence of his wife, Harriett House, 1856-1868, written to her relatives in the U.S. The diaries tend to be narrative accounts of impressions, views and opinions of Siam while the correspondence touches more closely on the progress and problems of the Siam Mission and the Chiengmai Mission.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES I: DIARIES, 1847-1859 (BOX 1-2 FOLDERS 2-13, 1-7)

SERIES II: SERMON, 1845 (BOX 2 FOLDER 8)

SERIES III: CORRESPONDENCE, 1846-1872 (BOX 2 FOLDERS 9-13)

SERIES IV: CORRESPONDENCE OF HARRIETTE HOUSE, 1856-1858 (BOX 2 FOLDER 14)

Related Material

Administrative Information

Processing Information

This collection was formerly cataloged as part of the library collection.

The collection also contains an index and chronology to the diaries which was prepared by someone after House's death.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: 1987
Gretchen Mertz, Intern

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

House, Samuel Reynolds, 1817-1899.

House, Harriet Pettit, 1820-1893.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Siam Mission.

Topical Subject

Missionaries, Medical--Thailand.

Missions--Thailand.

Women missionaries--Thailand.

Presbyterian Church--Missions--Thailand.

Medicine--Practice--Thailand.

Geographic Subject

Thailand--Kings and rulers.

Thailand--Missions.

Genre-form

Diaries. aat

Sermons. aat

Correspondence. aat

Personal Added Name

House, Samuel Reynolds, 1817-1899.

House, Harriet Pettit, 1820-1893.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 215

		SERIES I: Diaries, 1847-1859

1	2	1847 March-May
1	3	1847 June-September
1	4	1847 October-December
1	5	1848 January-June
1	6	1848 June-December
1	7	1849 January-July
1	8	1849 July-1850 January
1	9	1850 January-July
1	10	1850 July-1851 January
1	11	1851 January-July
1	12	1851 July-1852 January
1	13	1852 January-July

2	1	1852 July-1853 January
2	2	1853 January-July
2	3	1853 July-1854 January
2	4	1854 January-July
2	5	1854 July-1855 January
2	6	1855 January-1859
2	7	Index to diaries

		SERIES II: Sermon

2	8	1845

		SERIES III: Correspondence, 1846-1872

2	9	1846-1850
2	10	1851-1871
2	11	1869-1872
2	12	1871-1872

		SERIES IV: Correspondence of Harriette House, 1856-1868

2	13	1856-1868

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