Copies of photographs including colored copies identified by Edith Renfrow
- US US-IaGG MS/MS 01.04-1-11-2
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Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
Copies of photographs including colored copies identified by Edith Renfrow
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
Edward Lawrence Tibbs – Letters and other papers
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
-11 letters to Edward (most from his mother)
-Doctor’s statement, 1949
-Savings book from Grinnell State Bank, 1945-1947
-Driver’s license, 1954
-Selective Service registration, 1951
-“Our Family Record,” (no date)
Envelope of negatives and original photographs
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
-11 letters to Harold Tibbs; cards (includes letters from Albert Tibbs)
Harold Tibbs – Letters and other papers
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
-23 letters to Harold; cards
-Grinnell High School grades, 1937-1938
-24 student note receipts from William Penn College, 1941-1942
-4 receipts from William Penn College, 1941-1942
-Repair order from Van Wechel Motor Sales, Grinnell, 1944
-2 Boy Scouts of America membership cards, 1936, 1937
Janet Tibbs – Letters and other papers
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
-12 letters to Janet; cards, 1943-1945 (2 undated)
-Graduation announcement, Grinnell High School, 1946
-Janet’s wedding invitation, March 16, 19??
Janet Tibbs – Letters from Charles Harrison
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
-14 letters, April 1945-January 1946
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
-Pictures, unidentified
-Gospel of St. Matthew
-Pocket dictionary
-Allison’s credit coupon book, 1958
-Advertisement from Public Loan Corp., Newton, Iowa
-Earnings statement for Shirley Tibbs Whitner from Daily Maid Service, 1961
-Birth certificate for Sylvester Albert Tibbs and accompanying note, 1943
-The Talladega Student, June 1947
-Christmas card, 1946
-Group Little Bible Lesson pictures, August 24, 1930
Mrs. Mamie Tibbs – Letters and other papers
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
-10 letters to Mrs. Tibbs; cards
-2 cashier receipts from Iowa Southern Utilities, 1956, 1960
-Receipt from Grinnell City Water and Sewer Rental, 1960
-Real estate assessment, 1961
-Envelope from Iowa Department of Social Welfare, 1960
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
-Correspondence between Prof. David Jordan and Albert Tibbs, 1974
-Obituary of Mamie Tibbs
-Obituary of James Tibbs
Roberta Tibbs – Correspondence with Keith L. Brown
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
-16 letters, January-May
-Letter from Roberta to Keith
-Picture of Keith
Roberta Tibbs – Letters from Pvt. Jesse Sanders and others
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
-9 letters to Roberta from Jesse, November 1949-May 1950
-2 other letters
The bulk of the collection consists of letters to Mrs. Mamie Tibbs and four of her children from family and friends, the majority written from 1939-1945. Letters from one family member to another are filed in the folder of the recipient; letters in each folder are arranged chronologically. There are no letters to or from James or Shirley. There are a number of letters from Albert to various family members filed in the recipients’ folders. Other papers include a variety of personal and family cards, announcements, invitations, etc.
The papers were left in the family’s house at 712 Elm Street when they moved and were retrieved by Grinnell College students when some letters blew out of the abandoned house into the neighborhood. This is not a complete family record and does not give a complete accounting of the family history. The letters do give some insight into the everyday life and concerns of a black family living in a white community during the 1940s and 1950s and of blacks in the armed forces during and after World War II.
Tibbs Family photos and copies of
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962
Part of Tibbs Family Papers 1936-1962