Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Truman K. Gibson papers, circa 1900-1994 |
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Span Dates | circa 1900-1994 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1940-1956) |
ID No. | MSS83215 |
Creator | Gibson, Truman K. (Truman Kella), 1912-2005 |
Extent | 900 items |
Extent | 3 containers |
Extent | 1.2 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007119 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm95083215 |
Summary | Lawyer, business executive, and boxing promoter. Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers reflecting the social life of the Gibson family in Chicago, Illinois. Also included in the papers is Gibson's correspondence with his wife, Isabelle Carson Gibson, written while he served as an adviser on African-American affairs to the United States War Department in Washington, D.C., during World War II. |