Guide to the Ivanoel Gibbins Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Ivanoel Gibbins Papers

Inclusive Dates

1932-1954

Call Number

RG 365

Creator(s)

Gibbins, Ivanoel, 1901-

Quantity

0.75 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Ivanoel Gibbins (1901- ) was born in Wayne, Nebraska. She graduated from Park College in 1922, attended medical school at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1924-1926, 1928-1930, and was appointed in 1932 by the Board of Foreign Missions to the Punjab Mission, India. She served 34 years at Philadelphia Hospital, Ambala, where she became medical superintendent. She retired in 1966.

Collection Overview

The record group consists of a manuscript of an autobiographical memoir by Gibbins, home letters with a few mounted photographs and a report to the Board of Foreign Missions. The original manuscript and a rewritten version by Edith J. Agnew, an editor for the Board of Christian Education. The manuscript is an account of her childhood, college and medical education and her work in India.

Organization and Arrangement

The record group is arranged as followed:

SERIES I: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MANUSCRIPT, n.d.

SERIES II: CORRESPONDENCE, 1932-1936, 1952-1954, n.d.

SERIES III: REPORTS AND EXTRACTS, 1949, n.d.

Related Material

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: February 1993
Glenn Colliver, Assistant Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

Gibbins, Ivanoel, 1901-

Corporate Subject

Philadelphia Hospital (Ambala, India)

Topical Subject

Women missionaries--India.

Presbyterian Church--India--Missions, Medical.

Women physicians--United States.

Missions, Medical--India--20th century.

Geographic Subject

India--Missions, Medical--20th century.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Manuscripts (documents) aat

Personal Added Name

Agnew, Edith J. (Edith Josephine), 1897-1988.

Corporate Added Name

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 365

		SERIES I: Autobiographical Manuscript, n.d.

1	2-3	Original Manuscript, n.d.
1	4-5	Manuscript Rewritten by Edith J. Agnew, n.d.

		SERIES II: Correspondence, 1932-1936, 1952-1954, n.d.

2	1	Home Letters with attached Photographs, 1932-1936, n.d.
2	2	Home Letters, 1952-1954, n.d.

		SERIES III: Reports and Extracts, 1949, n.d.

2	3	Report, 1949, and Extracts, n.d.

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