Call Number:

WC013

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 7 boxes
• 2.8 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Gipson Family Correspondence, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1911-1970 (inclusive) and 1911-1947 (bulk)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections

Form:

Correspondence., Family papers -- Idaho -- Caldwell., and Genealogies.

Abstract:

Consists primarily of correspondence written by members of the Gipson family of Caldwell, Idaho, as contributions to a family chain letter.

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.