Edgar Leroy Gilson Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
The Edgar Leroy Gilson Scrapbook contains the personal scrapbooks of Edgar Leroy “Roy” Gilson. These scrapbooks. dating from aroun 1950, consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, and other ephemera, spanning from This collection uments life at Whitman College.
Dates
- circa 1950
Creator
- Gilson, Roy (Edgar Leroy) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Edgar Leroy Gilson was born on April 29, 1891, in Ritzville, Washington. He graduated from Whitman College, in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1913, going on to work as a dentist in Modesto, California for 37 years. He remained involved with the college, frequently visiting the campus for alumni events. He was a self-professed prolific scrapbooker, and created scrapbooks documenting Whitman College and other organizations. He died on December 27, 1985, at the age of 94.
Extent
2.7 Linear Feet (2 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Edgar Leroy Gilson Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs and other ephemera about Whitman College around the 1950s.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives in 1983 by Edgar Leroy "Doc" Gilson.
Creator
- Gilson, Roy (Edgar Leroy) (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Edgar Leroy Gilson Scrapbook
- Author
- Henry Adams
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Repository