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Family Letters, 1911
Family Letters, 1912
Family Letters, 1913
Family Letters, 1914
Family Letters, 1915
Family Letters, 1916
Family Letters, 1917
Family Letters, 1918
Family Letters, 1919
Family Letters, 1920
Family Letters, 1921
Family Letters, 1922
Family Letters, 1923
Family Letters, 1924
Family Letters, 1925
Family Letters, 1926
Family Letters, 1927
Family Letters, 1928
Family Letters, 1929
Gipson Family Genealogy, 1929
Family Letters, 1930
Family Letters, 1931
Family Letters, 1932
Family Letters, 1933
Family Letters, 1934
Family Letters, 1935
Family Letters, 1936
Family Letters, 1937
Family Letters, 1938
Family Letters, 1939
Family Letters, 1940
Family Letters, 1941
Family Letters, 1942
Family Letters, 1943
Family Letters, 1944
Family Letters, 1945
Family Letters, 1946
Family Letters, 1947
Family Letters, 1948
Family Letters, 1949
Family Letters, 1950
Family Letters, 1951
Family Letters, 1952
Family Letters, 1953
Family Letters, 1954
Family Letters, 1955
Family Letters, 1956
Family Letters, 1957
Family Letters, 1958
Family Letters, 1959
Family Letters, 1960
Family Letters, 1961
Family Letters, 1962
Family Letters, 1963
Family Letters, 1964
Family Letters, 1965
Family Letters, 1966
Family Letters, 1967
Family Letters, 1968
Family Letters, 1969
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondence written by members of the Gipson family of Caldwell, Idaho, as contributions to a family chain letter. The collection contains letters by Lina West Gipson (1852-1950) and Albert Eugene Gipson (1848-1937) and their eight children: Mary Gipson Stalker (b. 1874), Albert West Gipson (1876-1970), Ruth Gipson Plowhead (1877-1868), a magazine writer and editor, Lawrence Henry Gipson (1880-1971), professor of history at Lehigh University, Alice Edna Gipson (b. 1882), professor of English and college administrator, James Herrick Gipson (1885-1965), publisher, The Caxton Printers, Ltd., Margaret Gipson (1888-1983), and Edgar Varney Gipson (1891-1949). In addition, there is a copy of The Gipson Family History and Genealogy with biographical notes by members of the family and a Gipson family tree.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory prepared by Alicia Corona '2013 in 2011.
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Gipson Family Correspondence; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/70795770d
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-7
