Curatorial Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gibson, Gordon D. (Gordon Davis), 1915-2007
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content: Gordon Davis Gibson papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.3 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936 - 1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1984-13, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series documents the activities of Gibson as curator of African ethnology in the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology. The series contains his files on the museum's African ethnographic collections; his files as acting chairman of the department and head of the Old World Division; his work on several committees, including the Senate of Scientists, for which he served as first chairman; and materials relating to his associated activities as curator, such as talks that he gave. The series also contains his plans of operations; annual reports; documentation that he kept for his performance evaluations; his curriculum vitae; and his employment files. There are also some materials relating to the use of his films and photographs.

Also in the series are departmental staff photos; materials relating to the restructuring of the department; department, museum, and institution memos and meeting minutes; and materials relating to the creation of the Museum of African Art and the department's relationship with the museum.

Please see Series 13. Daily Log for his records of his daily appointments and activities as curator at the Smithsonian. His files on Smithsonian exhibits and specimens can be found in Series 5. General Research Files, Series 6. Exhibits, and Series 16. Photographs. His files on collectors of the Smithsonian's African collections are in Series 4. Nineteeth Century Collectors. Other series relating to the Smithsonian are Series 8. National Anthropological Film Center, Series 9. Museum of Man, and Series 10. Center for the Study of Man.