xt7xpn8x9w95 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xpn8x9w95/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7xpn8x9w95/data/61m140.dao.xml unknown 1847-1954 0.45 Cubic Feet 1 box collections 61m140 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Gibson-Humphreys family papers Kindergarten facilities. Plantation life -- Louisiana. Women's rights. Women -- Suffrage -- Kentucky. Gibson-Humphreys family papers text Gibson-Humphreys family papers 1847 1847-1954 2019 true xt7xpn8x9w95 collection false 61m140 Gibson-Humphreys family papers Guide to the Gibson-Humphreys family papers, 1847-1954, bulk 1847-1897  61m140 Ida Sell University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 11 March 2011 Special Collections Research Center University of Kentucky Libraries Margaret I. King Library Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0039 URL:  This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on  2019-10-18 10:51:26 -0400 . Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2019 September 24 EAD and description updated by Megan Mummey 
   
     
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       University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 
     
     Gibson-Humphreys family papers 
     61m140 
     
       0.45 Cubic Feet 
       1 box 
     
     1847-1954 
     1847-1897 
     The Gibson-Humphrey papers (dated 1847-1954, bulk 1847-1897; 0.45 cubic feet; 1 box) primarily consist of family correspondence, documenting the family life of the Gibsons and Humphreys of Woodford County, Kentucky. 
   
   
     Conditions Governing Access 
 Collection is open to researchers by appointment.    
   
     Arrangement 
 Collection is arranged by format.    
   
     Biographical note 
 Tobias Gibson was a wealthy landowner with large holdings in Kentucky and Louisiana. His family lived in the Louisiana during the winters and returned to Woodford County, Kentucky for the summers. Gibson was married to Louisiana Breckinridge Hart and they had nine children. Their six sons attended Harvard or Yale and all traveled and studied in Europe. All served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, Randall Lee attaining the rank of General and Hart, that of Colonel. Randall later became a U.S. Senator from Louisiana, and Hart represented Woodford County in the Kentucky General Assembly and served as a trustee for the State University (now the University of Kentucky). The oldest of the Gibson daughters, Sarah, married Joseph A. Humphreys of Woodford County. She became an author and was active in public affairs, both as a member of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association and as an advocate of the free kindergarten movement.    
   
     Preferred Citation 
 61m140: [Identification of item], Gibson-Humphreys family papers, 1847-1954, bulk 1847-1897, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Scope and Contents 
 The Gibson-Humphrey papers (dated 1847-1954, bulk 1847-1897; 0.45 cubic feet; 1 box) primarily consist of family correspondence, documenting the family life of the Gibsons and Humphreys of Woodford County, Kentucky. The correspondence includes many letters to Sarah and Joseph Humphreys from the Gibsons. Also included are several letters to Joseph from his sister, Mary. These letters describe life in the deep South and in Kentucky and reflect the impact of the Civil War on daily life. Plantations mentioned in the letters include Greenwood, Forest Oak, Live Oak, and Magnolia. Woodford County homes figuring in the correspondence are Sumner's Forest, Waverly, Hartland, Spring Hill, and Sherwood. The papers also reflect Sarah Humphreys' interests in equal rights for women, women's suffrage, and other social reform activities. Correspondants include Mary Cecil Cantrill; Laura Clay; Anthony Day; Mary Humphreys Dey; Reuben T. Durrett; Hart Gibson; Louisiana Breckinridge Hart Gibson; Randall Lee Gibson; Tobias Gibson; Josephine K. Henry; J. Stoddard Johnston; Celia Logan; Donald Grant Mitchell; L.S. Mitchell; and W.W. Voorhies.    
   
     Conditions Governing Use 
 The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Kindergarten facilities. 
     Louisiana  -- History. 
     Plantation life -- Louisiana. 
     United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 
     Women's rights. 
     Women -- Suffrage -- Kentucky. 
     Woodford County (Ky.) -- Social life and customs. 
     Blackburn, Joseph C. S. (Joseph Clay Stiles), 1838-1918 
     Cantrill, Mary Cecil 
     Clay, Laura, 1849-1941 
     Dey, Anthony 
     Dey, Mary Humphreys, 1830-1880 
     Durrett, Reuben T. (Reuben Thomas), 1824-1913 
     Gibson family. 
     Gibson, Hart, 1835-1904 
     Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge Hart, 1803-1851 
     Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892 
     Gibson, Tobias, 1800-1872 
     Henry, Josephine K. 
     Humphrey family 
     Humphreys, Joseph A., 1826-1863 
     Humphreys, Sarah Gibson, 1830-1907 
     Johnston, J. Stoddard (Josiah Stoddard), 1833-1913 
     Kentucky Equal Rights Association 
     Logan, Celia, 1839- 
     Mitchell, Donald Grant, 1822-1908 
     Mitchell, L.S. 
     Versailles Free Kindergarten. 
     Voorhies, W. W. 
   
   Correspondence 1847-1860 1 1 Correspondence 1861-1874 1 2 Correspondence 1875-1899 1 3 Correspondence 1888-1891 1 4 Correspondence 1892-1897 1 5 Correspondence undated 1 6 Church bulletin, receipts, Westchester Racing Association 1889-1954 1 7 Photographs of World War II soldiers and a girl circa 1944 1 8