Truman K. Gibson
A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Joseph Sullivan with the assistance of Paul Colton
and Susie Moody
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2007
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007119
Title: Papers of Truman K.
Gibson
Span Dates: circa 1900-1994
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1940-1956)
ID No.: MSS83215
Creator:
Gibson, Truman K. (Truman
Kella), 1912-2005
Extent: 900 items;
3 containers;
1.2 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: 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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Gibson
family.
Gibson,
Isabelle Carson--Correspondence.
Gibson,
Truman K. (Truman Kella), 1912-2005.
Organizations
International Boxing Club.
United
States. War Dept.
Subjects
African
Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs.
African Americans--Military
service.
African
Americans--Segregation.
Boxing.
Racism.
World War,
1939-1945--Participation, African American.
World War,
1939-1945--Washington (D.C.)
Occupations
Executives.
Lawyers.
Sports
promoters.
Provenance:The papers of Truman K. Gibson, lawyer, businessman, civilian aid to
the War Department, and boxing promoter, were given to the Library of Congress
by Gibson in 1995.
Processing History:The papers of Truman K. Gibson were arranged and described in 1996.
The finding aid was revised in 2007.
Transfers:Photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs
Division where they are identified as part of the Truman K. Gibson Papers.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Truman K.
Gibson Papers is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Truman K. Gibson Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
| Date |
Event |
| 1912, Jan. 22 |
Born, Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1932 |
B.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1935 |
J.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1935-1940 |
Law practice, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1939 |
Married Isabelle Carson |
| 1940 |
Executive director, American Negro Exposition, Chicago,
Ill.
|
| 1940-1943 |
Assistant to the civilian aide to the secretary of war
regarding Negro affairs
|
| 1943 |
Acting civilian aide to the secretary of war regarding Negro
affairs
|
| 1943-1945 |
Civilian aid to the secretary of war regarding Negro
affairs
|
| 1945 |
Awarded Legion of Merit |
| 1946 |
Consultant to the secretary of war
Member, President's Advisory Committee on Universal Military
Training
Member, President's Committee on Morals, Character
Development and Religion in the Armed Services
Reentered private legal practice, Chicago, Ill.
|
| 1949-1959 |
Secretary and later president (1958), International Boxing
Club
|
| 1956 |
Appointed to the advisory board of the National Citizens for
Eisenhower
|
| 2005, Dec. 23 |
Died, Chicago, Ill. |
The papers of Truman Kella Gibson, Jr. (1912-2005), span the years
circa 1900-1994, with the bulk of the items from the period 1940-1956. The
papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed
matter, and miscellaneous material. They reflect the social life and activities
of the Gibson family in Chicago and feature Gibson's correspondence to his wife
when he was with the War Department in Washington, D.C., during World War II.
Other topics include discrimination and segregation confronting African
Americans in the military; relations with friends and associates in Washington;
political and civic events in which Gibson participated; and the International
Boxing Club, an organization he helped found to promote boxing matches.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
| Container |
Contents |
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| BOX 1
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Family papers |
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| BOX 1
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Correspondence,
1939-1964, n.d.
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(8
folders)
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| BOX 1
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Education,
1929-1958
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| BOX 1
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Gibson, Karen |
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| BOX 1
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Gibson, Truman K. |
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| BOX 2
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Miscellany,
1939-1961
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| BOX 2
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Scrapbook,
1937-1943
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| BOX 2
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Social |
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| BOX 2
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Miscellaneous,
1939, 1955-1958
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| BOX 2
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Newspaper clippings,
1943-1961
|
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| BOX 2
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Supreme Liberty Life Insurance
Co.,
1943-1959
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| BOX 2
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General correspondence,
1941-1946, 1955-1958, 1989-1994
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| BOX 2
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Miscellany,
1935-1981, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Subject file |
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| BOX 2
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American Negro Exposition,
Chicago, Ill.
|
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| BOX 2
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Miscellaneous,
1940
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| BOX 2
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Newspaper clippings,
1940, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Cayton, Irma,
1941
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| BOX 2
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DuBois, W. E. B.,
1948, 1963
|
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| BOX 2
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International Boxing
Club
|
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| BOX 2
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Correspondence,
1951-1958, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Miscellaneous,
1955-1962, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Newspaper clippings,
1943-1960, n.d.
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| BOX 3
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Politics,
1940-1943, 1957, 1965
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| BOX 3
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War Department |
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| BOX 3
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Correspondence and related
material,
1940-1963, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 3
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Newspaper clippings,
1940-1943, n.d.
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