| Scope and content |
Collection consists of Snow's diary. Most entries begin with an account of the weather and the attendance of evening and teachers' meetings, while Sunday entries include church and singing school attendance. Entries primarily concern the daily events of Snow's stay on Ebon, including the acquisition of food and supplies, trade, tribal interaction, and religious instruction. Early journal entries discuss attempts to purify saltwater for salt, Snow's house construction, hunting and raising of pigs, and book shipments. Entries also discuss the native people of Ebon Atoll, including their leaders, religion, conversion, customs, and the deaths of natives after Snow's arrival. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Benjamin Galen Snow Papers (#740), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Purchased from Elizabeth Price Crockford Missionary and Church Endowment. |
| Biographical note | Benjamin Galen Snow (1817-1880) was born in Brewer, Me., and graduated from Bowdoin College and later Bangor Theological Seminary. Snow was ordained and began missionary work for the American Baptist Council of Foreign Missions (A.B.C.F.M). He was first stationed at Kusaie, Micronesia, and then on Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands. Snow remained in the South Pacific until 1877, with the exception of a three-year hiatus. |
