Truman K. Gibson Papers circa 1900-1994 (bulk 1940-1956)

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Truman K. Gibson Papers circa 1900-1994 (bulk 1940-1956)

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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.

900 items; 3 containers; 1.2 linear feet

eng,

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356391

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Gibson family.

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Gibson, Isabelle Carson

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Gibson family.

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United States. War Department

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Marcy served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk, 1845-1849. From the description of William L. Marcy letter : Washington [D.C.], to Col. J.D. Stevenson, New York City, ALS, 1846 June 26. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 43771263 Officer, Second U.S. Cavalry, 1868-1892. From the description of Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, 1870 Dec.15. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 43955079 U.S. gov...

Gibson, Truman K. (Truman Kella), 1912-2005

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Biographical Note 1912, Jan. 22 Born, Atlanta, Ga. 1932 B.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1935 J.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1935 ...

International Boxing Club

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