Finding Aid for the Tyrus C. Gibbs, Sr. Collection (MUM01748)
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Descriptive Summary |
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Administrative Information |
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Biographical Note |
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Scope and Content Note |
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User Information |
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Separated Material |
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Arrangement |
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Container List |
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Received from Tyrus C. Gibbs, Sr. in 2009
Processing Information
Collection processed by Stephanie McKnight, June 2009. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, October 2011.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
Formats
Biographical Note
Tyrus C. Gibbs, Sr. served in the United States Air Force as a pilot during World War II. While flying over Belgium, his plane was shot down and he was taken by the German military as a prisoner of war.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains copies of photographs, a copy of a POW record and other ephemera.
User Information
Preferred Citation
Tyrus C. Gibbs, Sr. Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Tyrus C. Gibbs, Sr. Collection is open for research. Photographs from this collection are stored at an off-site facility. Researchers interested in using these photographs must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Separated Material
The following title has been removed from the collection and cataloged:
Chronicles of Tyrus C. Gibbs, Sr.: The War Years, World War II, by Tyrus C. Gibbs, Sr.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in chronologically and by subject.
Container List
| Folder 1.1 | Copy of Tyrus C. Gibbs’s German POW record, 2 February 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 1.2 | Copy of photograph (unidentified serviceman) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 1.3 | Copy of escape picture, taken in England, August 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 1.4 | Contrails and Propwash: The Eighth Air Force Historical Society-MS Chapter, Vol. 18 No. 1; March 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 1.5 | Newspaper article, “Spiegeltje als aandenken aan oorlogsjaren” | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 1.6 | Copy of photo album with description of pictures | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 1.7 | Photographs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions: Photographs transferred to cold storage | ||||||||||||||||||||