Gibson and Humphreys family papers, 1846-1919.

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Gibson and Humphreys family papers, 1846-1919.

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Chiefly correspondence relating to Gibson and Humphreys family members. Letters document the period before the Civil War when the Gibson children were in school at the Phillips Academy and Yale College, and while traveling in Europe, and include a discussion about slavery. Post-war letters chiefly document the lives of Humphreys family members and their efforts to improve their financial situation. Among the subjects discussed are Sarah Humphreys's writing efforts and her support of women's causes, particularly suffrage; Joseph Humphreys's efforts to run a sheep ranch near Miles City, Mont.; and the experiences of two female family members who worked at the Post Office and the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. There are also a number of letters written by Randall Lee Gibson on family and business affairs and a small amount of financial and miscellaneous material relating to both families.

About 350 items (1.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7125556

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Humphreys, Sarah Gibson, fl. 1846-1885.

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Phillips Academy

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Yale College (1718-1887)

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The Linonian Literary Society was founded in 1753. All undergraduates were allowed to be members of the Linonian Society. The club provided students with a forum to debate, stage plays, and deliver poems, essays, and orations. The society disbanded in 1868. From the guide to the Linonian Society, Yale College, records, 1753-1870, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Yale University.

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Gibson family.

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Gibson, Tobias, d. ca. 1870.

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Humphreys, Joseph A., fl. 1870-1898.

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Humphrey family.

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Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892

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Randall Lee Gibson, Confederate States Army general and New Orleans lawyer, was a United States representative and senator from Louisiana. He graduated from Yale University in 1853 and from the law department of the University of Louisiana in 1855. His father, Tobias Gibson, was a planter of Oak Forest Plantation, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. From the description of Randall Lee Gibson papers, 1848-1891. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 298858456 United Stat...