Guide to the Richard George Gibson Papers
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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 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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Materials marked "Digital" in the Collection Inventory may not have been digitized in their entirety.
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Received 2007 from Douglas Whiting, Lancaster PA; accession no. 10-0920
Processed by Niki LaGrone and David Staniunas, 2017.
Richard George Gibson Papers, RG 494, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
| 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 |