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Tibbs love letters
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Tibbs Family
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African Americans
Post title: Love Letters in the Tibbs Family Archive
NOTE: Included in Grinnell Stories: African Americans of Early Grinnell by Kaiser, Daniel H., 1945- https://stewlib.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=grinnell+stories+early+african+americans&te=#
Date published: February 29, 2016
Link to blog post: N/A, see note
Drake Library Archive Digital File Name: Grinnell Stories/2016-02-29 Tibbs Love Letters
Summary: Kaiser explores the numerous love letters received by Harold, Janet, and Roberta Tibbs, three members of the small African American community in Grinnell in the middle of the twentieth century.
712 Elm Street, Grinnell, IA, USA
Balden, Louise
Brooks, Curtis
Brown, Keith
Clark, Raleigh
Gilmore, Lois
Harrison, Charles (Chuck)
Kelly, Dennis
Longus, Yvonne
Sanders, Jesse
Tibbs, Alberta
Tibbs, Amanda
Tibbs, Edward
Tibbs, Harold Daniel
Tibbs, James Oscar (Jim)
Tibbs, Janet Winona (Jeanette)
Tibbs, Mary Redrick (Mamie)
Tibbs, Roberta
Tibbs, Shirley
Tibbs, Sylvester Alfred (Albert)
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The great-granddaughter of James (Jim) Oscar Tibbs visited Grinnell March 12, 2024. Photographs of Michelle Troxclair's visit can be viewed in Digital Archives - Dan Kaiser Blogs - 2015 - Tibbs Shoe Shine - Kaiser Research - Albert Tibbs - Larry Tibbs. Additional photographs of the Tibbs family acquired during her visit have been digitized and will be added to Digital Grinnell.