Scott Gibson, Photographer, Prints and Nitrate Negatives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4000
Prints and nitrate negatives of photographs taken by Scott Gibson. The first nine boxes contain nitrate negatives, which are numbered and have been organized by subject. Nitrate negative subjects include West Virginia University Athletics, Buildings, Military, etc.; highway markers; historical houses; Monongalia County views; local organizations and businesses; Morgantown buildings and other features; and portraits. Boxes 10-20 include prints, which are not in numerical order or organized by subject. The prints have the same variety of subjects as the nitrate negatives. Over 500 images have been digitized.
Boxes 1-9 contain nitrate negatives and may not be accessed at this time.
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Scott Gibson (1883-1965) was a local photographer in the early twentieth century in Morgantown and Monongalia and Preston Counties. He is regarded as one of the best photographers in the area in this era, in addition to his brother, O.Z. Gibson, in Valley Point, Preston County.
8.33 Linear Feet (20 document cases, 5 in. each)
English
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Transfer from WVU. Libraries. West Virginia and Regional History Center, 2014 April 04.
Gift from LePera, Ruby, 1966 October 11.
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository