MS 7173 George J. Gibbs Letterbook
odd: label: Local Note
content: Date of birth determined by extrapolation from text: on page 286, 1878, Gibbs says that for 42 years he knew no illness, but "three years ago" [1875] he became ill from exposure on a hunting trip and has ever since been an invalid. [1875 - 42 years = 1833, hypothetical birth date.]
label: Other Title
content: "A correspondence relative to Ancient Stone Implements etc., etc. between George J. Gibbs of Grand Turk and Caicos Islands, W.I. and John Evans Esquire F.R.S. & F.S.A., Honorary Secretary of the Geological and Numismatic Societies of London etc., etc. (the author of a work established in London in the year 1872 entitled ʻAncient Stone Implements, etc. of Great Britainʼ) also with Joseph Henry Esquire Secretary and Diretor of the Smithsonian Intitute and of the National Museum of the United States of America at Washington, D.C. and with other partners on various subjects."
name: label: Creator
content: Gibbs, George J. (George Judson), approximately 1833-
label: Correspondent
content: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
label: Correspondent
content: Evans, John
label: Correspondent
content: Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
label: Correspondent
content: Hutchings
label: Correspondent
content: Inglis, W.R.
label: Correspondent
content: Lefroy, J.H.
label: Correspondent
content: Musgrave, Anthony, Sir
label: Names
content: Smithsonian Institution
label: Depicted
content: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
label: Depicted
content: Evans, John
label: Depicted
content: Hutchings, Joseph F.
label: Depicted
content: Inglis, W.R.
label: Depicted
content: Lefroy, J.H.
label: Depicted
content: Musgrave, Anthony, Sir
label: Names
content: Smithson, James, 1765-1829
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology -- Stone tools -- West Indies
label: Topic
content: Anthropology -- Indians -- Americas -- West Indies
label: Topic
content: Natural history -- Ornithology -- West Indies
label: Topic
content: Social history -- geneology -- Bermuda -- West Indies -- England
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: B.G.E. St.Aubyn, Windsor House, Cayman Islands, British West Indies gift July, 1973 74-1
creator: label: Creator
content: Gibbs, George J. (George Judson), approximately 1833-
label: Correspondent
content: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
label: Correspondent
content: Evans, John
label: Correspondent
content: Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
label: Correspondent
content: Hutchings
label: Correspondent
content: Inglis, W.R.
label: Correspondent
content: Lefroy, J.H.
label: Correspondent
content: Musgrave, Anthony, Sir
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Virtually no biographical information is available. From the text, a birthdate for George J. Gibbs of ca. 1833 has been deduced. In the manuscript, Gibbs states that his father was the Honorable George Gibbs "of these islands" and that his uncle was William H. Gibbs who died ca. 1876. G.J. Gibbs lived on Grand Turk Island of the British West Indies, at that time a Jamaican dependency, was married, and had children (number unknown). According to the text, he became an invalid due to an illness ca. 1875.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Book
label: Extent
content: 300 Pages
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: 8.5"x13" bound
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1874-1878
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7173
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Books
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Letters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: chronological
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Letters
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Copies of correspondence between George J. Gibbs and others on a variety of topics, especially anthropological, ornithological, and geneological. Included is corresponsence with Spencer Baird and Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institution; John Evans; Joseph Hutchings; W.R. Inglis, "late" president of the Turks and Caicos Islands; J.H. Lefroy, "fomer" governor of Bermuda; Sir Anthony Musgrage, governor of Jamaica; and Joseph Hutchings. Also included are photographs of Baird, Evans, Hutchings, Inglis, Lefroy, and Musgrave; a copy of James Smithson's will; sketches of artifacts; geneological information regarding the original colonists of the Bermudas, and excerpts from other sources.