Amy Gilbert papers

Collection

Identifier: BUA-0021

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Amy Gilbert papers document the social life of Gilbert, including her social circles, her family, and events she attended. The majority of the collection is made up of correspondence from 1959, mostly incoming. Letters are from friends, old collegues, other female educators, and family. Events Gilbert attended are documented through programs and invitations. She attended events for female faculty, talks on education, local weddings and graduations, and garden tours.

Gilberrt's PhD thesis is also included in the collection.

Dates

1922 - 1971

Creator

Gilbert, Amy M. (Amy Margaret), 1895-1980 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection has been reviewed for restrictions and is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Amy Gilbert (1895–1980) was an American historian, professor, and chair of the History Department at Binghamton University.

Gilbert was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on 23 February 1895. She graduated from Wilson College in 1915. She taught high school for a year before she was appointed as an instructor at Elmira College. Gilbert was awarded her M.A. in 1919 and her Ph.D in 1922 from the University of Pennsylvania. She began her teaching career as a professor of history at Wilson College (2 years) before moving on to Elmira College (1922-36). She was academic dean at Milwaukee-Downer College (1936-41), dean of women at Rhode Island State College (1941-45), visiting professor at Temple University (1945-46), and head of history and political science department at Associated Colleges of Upper New York (1946-50). Gilbert was then appointed dean of academic administration at Champlain College of State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 1950–52 and then became head of the college from 1952 to 1953. She taught at Harpur college from 1953 until she retired in 1965.

She died on 27 February 1980.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Amy Gilbert papers document the social life of Amy Gilbert, American historian, professor, and chair of the History Department at Binghamton University. The collection documents her social circles, her family, and events she attended. The majority of the collection is made up of correspondence from 1959, mostly incoming.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Related Materials

In 1969, Amy Gilbert donated a collection of 11 Russian posters to the Binghamton University Special Collections.

Processing Information

The collection was processed in 2023 by Madison White (Archival Processing Manager). The collection was unfoldered and loose in a box, so she organized material into new folders. Correspondence was removed from its envelopes, and any dates and names on envelopes were copied onto the letters in pencil. Some unrelated ephemera was weeded. The collection was then described to reflect the new arrangement.