Descriptive Summary
Title
Richard George Gibson Papers
Inclusive Dates
1925-2007
Call Number
RG 494
Creator(s)
Gibson, Richard George, 1929-2007
Quantity
5.66 cubic feet (6 boxes)
Language
Materials in English and Arabic
Restrictions on Access
Collection open for research.
Digital Content
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Repository
Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA
Biographical Note / Administrative History
Biographical Note
In 1950, the United Presbyterian Church of North America appointed Richard G. Gibson to a three-year term in Egypt to teach English at Assiut College. In 1953, he returned to the United States and attended Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary. Following his graduation and ordination in 1956, he was reappointed to Egypt by the Board of Foreign Missions of the UPCNA. From 1957 to 1959, he served on the faculty of Assiut College. In 1959, he was assigned to the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, and at the same time began work as assistant treasurer of the American Mission. In 1966, he set up an office for property records. From 1971 to 1986, he was the director of the Christian Center for Audio-Visual Services in Cairo. From 1986 until his retirement in 1994, he was assigned to the Communication Department of the Middle East Council of Churches in Limassol, Cyprus. From 1994 to 1995, he was a mission volunteer for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) at the St. George Computer Language Center, Coptic Orthodox Church, Shobra El-Khema, Egypt.
Collection Overview
Collection consists of extensive correspondence from Gibson to his parents and friends, and a large body of audio-visual material created during his tenure in the Middle East Council of Churches Communication Department.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Received 2007 from Douglas Whiting, Lancaster PA; accession no. 10-0920
Processing Information
Processed by Niki LaGrone and David Staniunas, 2017.
Preferred Citation
Richard George Gibson Papers, RG 494, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Catalog Headings
The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.
Corporate Subject
United Presbyterian Church of North America. Board of Foreign Missions. Egypt Mission.
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations. Egypt Mission.
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Program Agency. Liaison with the Middle East.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Program Agency. Liaison with the Middle East/Sudan.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Global Mission Ministry Unit. Partnership in Mission. Middle East/South Asia Mission.
Christian Center for Audio-Visual Services (Cairo, Egypt)
Middle East Council of Churches.
Assiut College (Asyut, Egypt)
Schutz American School (Alexandria, Egypt)
Topical Subject
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Egypt.
Missionaries--Egypt.
Missionaries--Cyprus.
Genre-form
Correspondence. aat
Postcards. aat
CD-ROMs. aat
Videotapes. aat
Audiocassettes. aat
Photographs. aat
Negatives (photographs) aat
Photograph albums. aat
Slides (photographs) aat
Filmstrips. aat
Sermons. aat
Manuscripts (documents) aat
Diaries. aat
Clippings (information artifacts) aat
Works of art. aat
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | Description | Alternative Formats |
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence, 1950 | |
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence, 1951 | |
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence, 1952 | |
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence, 1950-1952 | |
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence, 1953 | |
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence, 1957 | |
| 1 | 7 | Correspondence, 1958 | |
| 1 | 8 | Correspondence, 1959 | |
| 1 | 9 | Correspondence, 1960 | |
| 1 | 10 | Correspondence, 1961 | |
| 1 | 11 | Correspondence, 1962 | |
| 1 | 12 | Correspondence, 1963 | |
| 1 | 13 | Correspondence, 1964 | |
| 1 | 14 | Correspondence, 1965 | |
| 1 | 15 | Correspondence, 1966 | |
| 1 | 16 | Correspondence, 1967 | |
| 1 | 17 | Correspondence, 1968 | |
| 1 | 18 | Correspondence, 1969 | |
| 1 | 19 | Correspondence, 1970 | |
| 1 | 20 | Correspondence, 1971 | |
| 1 | 21 | Correspondence, 1972 | |
| 1 | 22 | Correspondence, 1973 | |
| 1 | 23 | Correspondence, 1974 | |
| 1 | 24 | Correspondence, 1975 | |
| 1 | 25 | Correspondence, 1976 | |
| 2 | 1 | Correspondence, 1977 | |
| 2 | 2 | Correspondence, 1978 | |
| 2 | 3 | Correspondence, 1979 | |
| 2 | 4 | Correspondence, 1980 | |
| 2 | 5 | Correspondence, 1981 | |
| 2 | 6 | Correspondence, 1982 | |
| 2 | 7 | Correspondence, 1983 | |
| 2 | 8 | Correspondence, 1984 | |
| 2 | 9 | Correspondence, 1985 | |
| 2 | 10 | Correspondence, 1986 | |
| 2 | 11 | Correspondence, 1987 | |
| 2 | 12 | Correspondence, 1988 | |
| 2 | 13 | Correspondence, 1989 | |
| 2 | 14 | Correspondence, 1990 | |
| 2 | 15 | Correspondence, 1991 | |
| 2 | 16 | Correspondence and clippings, 1992-2007 | |
| 2 | 17 | Correspondence, 1950-1967 | |
| 2 | 18 | Rachel and Robert Neff correspondence, 1989-1990 | |
| 3 | 1 | Rachel and Robert Neff correspondence, 1987-1988 | |
| 3 | 2 | Rachel and Robert Neff correspondence, 1987-1992 | |
| 3 | 3 | Rachel and Robert Neff correspondence, 1990-1995 | |
| 3 | 4 | Correspondence, 1990-1992 | |
| 3 | 5 | Correspondence, 1991-1992 | |
| 3 | 6 | Correspondence, 1994 | |
| 3 | 7 | Correspondence, 1994-1996 | |
| 3 | 8 | Correspondence, 1993-2006 | |
| 3 | 9 | Correspondence, 1993-2006 | |
| 3 | 10 | Cairo and Shubra journal and financial records, 1994-1995 | |
| 3 | 11 | Shubra notes, 1994-1995 | |
| 3 | 12 | Middle East overview, 2006 | |
| 3 | 13 | Brian Frost poems, 1975 | |
| 3 | 14 | Christmas and birthday cards, 1986-2004 | |
| 3 | 15 | Letters from Assiut, 1957-1997 | |
| 3 | 16 | Assiut scrapbook, including photographs, 1950-1997 | |
| 4 | 1 | Christian Center for Audio Visual Services filmstrip, after 1982 | |
| 4 | 2 | NECC audio visual center Cyprus photographs, 1990s | |
| 4 | 3 | Christian Center for Audio Visual Services publications and photographs, 1950s-1990s | |
| 4 | 4 | Scripts -- Tentwork, Six Homes Cairo, Synod, schools, 1996-2007 | |
| 4 | 5 | Bonclarken reunion photographs and audio cassette, 2007 | |
| 4 | 6 | Assiut source material, poems, 1925-1975 | |
| 4 | 7 | Address book and notebook, 1988 | |
| 4 | 8 | Cairo journal and photographs, 1994-1995 | |
| 4 | 9 | Doctrinal and exegetical essays, 1956 | |
| 4 | 10 | Sermons, 1955-1959 | |
| 4 | 11 | Cairo missionary memoirs, 1979-2001 | |
| 4 | 12 | Schutz American School 75th anniversary, 1999 | |
| 4 | 13 | Passports and travel documents, 1957-2002 | |
| 4 | 14 | Shoubra Xhaina bishopric photographs, 1995-1996 | |
| 5 | 1 | Certificates and plaques, 1973-2006 | |
| 5 | 2 | Colorado and Illinois slides, 1970-1974 | |
| 5 | 3 | Egypt slides, 1964-1996 | |
| 5 | 4 | Introduction to Egypt audio cassette | |
| 5 | 5 | Assiut College for Boys slides, originals and reprints, 1950s-1990s | |
| 5 | 6 | Ramses and Assiut College slides, 1956-1981 | |
| 5 | 7 | Photographs, commemorative notes on currency, 1950s-1990s, including Ben and Carol Weir | |
| 5 | 8 | Assiut schools, VHS | Digital |
| 5 | 9 | An Egyptian meal, VHS | Digital |
| 5 | 10 | Enter to Learn, 1997, VHS | Digital |
| 5 | 11 | November 1997 in Egypt, VHS | Digital |
| 5 | 12 | Schutz 75th anniversary, 1999, VHS | Digital |
| 5 | 13 | Schutz School, 1999, VHS | Digital |
| 5 | 14 | Simon and Annie, 2002, VHS | Digital |
| 5 | 15 | Stultz Egypt, 1990-1998, VHS | Digital |
| 5 | 16 | Haq and Khaled, Ihab and family, tentwork panel, Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 17 | Cairo, St. Anthony's, Father Biskaj, November-December 1997, Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 18 | Egyptian meal in Arabic without music, Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 19 | Ramses College for Girls, Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 20 | Ramses College for Girls, Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 21 | As Salam School (Abbassia, Egypt), Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 22 | Ramses College for Girls, 10 November 1999, Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 23 | Ramses College for Girls, 10 November 1999, Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 24 | As Salam School (Abbassia, Egypt), Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 25 | Village landlady, 25 August 1989; Ayia Paulos studio site, 26 August 1989; Ayia Paulos studio site, American orphans, Famagusta Nautical Club (Cyprus), 30 August 1989; Ayia Paulos with Linos, 3 September 1989; Pantalia fir trees, 8 September 1989, Hi 8 | Digital |
| 5 | 26 | Swimming, Limassol, Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 27 | Justin, Mary, Zainab, Damiano, Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 28 | Cyprus, Hi8 | Digital |
| 5 | 29 | Kindergarten, church exteriors, musical performance recording studio, Hi8 | DIgital |
| 5 | 30 | Schutz 75, one and two, master, miniDV | Digital |
| 5 | 31 | Schutz #1, miniDV | playback failed |
| 5 | 32 | Schutz #2, miniDV | Digital |
| 5 | 33 | Schutz #3, miniDV | playback failed |
| 5 | 34 | Schutz #4, miniDV | playback failed |
| 5 | 35 | Schutz, 1999, miniDV | Digital |
| 5 | 36 | Cairo, 1999, miniDV | Digital |
| 5 | 37 | Mohammed, Cairo, 2006, miniDV | Digital |
| 5 | 38 | "Cairo, the City Victorious," August 2001, miniDV | Digital |
| 5 | 39 | Six Homes Cairo, photos and slides, 2006, miniDV | Digital |
| 5 | 40 | The play, master, miniDV | Digital |
| 6 | 1 | Ramses Habib paintings | |
| 6 | 2 | Haret el Madrastein street sign, enamelled steel, before 1970 |