Howard M. Gibbs papers

Summary
Collection ID:
AAA.gibbhowa
Creators:
Gibbs, Howard Manning, 1904-1970
Dates:
1904-1975
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2.2 Linear feet
(partially microfilmed on 1 reel)
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, sketchbooks, photographs, a scrapbook, and printed material.
Scope and Contents
REEL 1255: A 27 page scrapbook, ca.1930-1969, containing letters and clippings.
Scope and Contents
UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence, 1923-1975, with Erwin S. Barrie, Pietro Pezzati, Vincent L. Price, Thomas Messer, Dorothy Miller, T. Gilbert Brouillette, and others; 27 sketchbooks; 26 sketches; 1 photograph album and ca. 80 photographs of Gibbs, his family and friends, including William Littlefield and the Provincetown Art Association; exhibition announcements, catalogs, press releases, and clippings, ca. 1929-1964.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter; Boston, Massachusetts.
Administration
Existence and Location of Originals
Reel 1255: Originals returned to the lender, Margaret Gibbs, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material on reel 1255 lent for microfilming 1975 by Margaret Gibbs, wife of Howard. Unmicrofilmed material was donated by Margaret Gibbs, 1975, and by their daughter, Katherine Gibbs Tubman La Fleur, 1976-1978.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
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Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Massachusetts -- Boston Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sketchbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Messer, Thomas M. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pezzati, Pietro, 1902-1993 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Price, Vincent, 1911-1993 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Barrie, Erwin S., 1886-1983 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Brouillette, Gilbert, 1906-1970 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Provincetown Art Association Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
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