Scope and Content Note
The papers of George Sabin Gibbs (1875-1947) span the years 1896-1947. They consist of correspondence, a field notebook, telegrams, reports, memoranda, military records, clippings, and printed matter.
The bulk of the material concerns Gibbs's career leading up to his appointment as chief signal officer of the United States Army in 1928. Included are papers relating to his service in the Philippines during the Philippine American War and his service as chief signal officer for the Cuban Army of Pacification, 1907-1909. The collection reflects the evolution of Signal Corps policy, although there is little material in the collection reflecting Gibbs’s service as chief signal officer. Gaps in the collection also occur during the World War I period, and there is no material related to Gibbs’s career subsequent to his retirement in 1939. The papers include correspondence relating to his vice presidency of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation and his presidency of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company in 1931.
Correspondents include Sosthenes Behn, Dwight F. Davis, Adolphus W. Greely, William Mitchell, Edgar Russel, and Jonathan M. Wainwright.