Series I. Neil E. Gordon and The Gibson Island Conferences, 1870-1981, undated

Arranged in its original order, this series contains the GRC’s Neil E. Gordon and Gibson Island Conferences files. This series contains files pertaining to the life and career of the GRC’s founder Neil E. Gordon. It also contains files documenting the early activities of the GRC, dating back to when the conferences were known as the Gibson Island Research Conferences.

Files concerning Neil E. Gordon and the GRC itself make up the largest components of this series. A handful of files regarding the Kresge-Hooker Library, which document its purchase from Samuel C. Hooker and its residence at Central College in Fayette, Missouri, then Wayne University in Detroit, Michigan, are also present in this series. Two files regarding Neil E. Gordon’s involvement with the National Fellowship Plan are also preserved here.

The contents of the Neil E. Gordon and The Gibson Island Conferences files consist of a variety of materials. Correspondence and publications are the most common materials found in these files. Smaller, but noticeable, amounts of article and paper manuscripts and articles are also present in these files. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, minutes, legal documents, and periodicals are preserved here as wel

Note - Some of the earlier materials in this series were water damaged at some point and now suffer from dormant mold.