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Katharine Gibbs School records (Ms.2011.019)

Brown University Library

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Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
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Inventory

Series 1. Administrative and historical documents
NOTE: STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS for alumni of Katharine Gibbs School available from this website: https://www.careered.com/closedschool. Student transcripts are owned by: Perdoceo Education Corporation, 231 Martingale Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173; Phone: (847) 781-3600; Website: https://www.perdoceoed.com/About-Perdoceo-Education/Contact-Us. Email address: inquiries@perdoceoed.com. Brown University does not have student transcripts for the Katharine Gibbs School.

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 4 85th Anniversary Alumni Primer
1996
Box 5, Folder 34 Academic Affairs Review Committee
1988
Box 5, Folder 35 Academic Affairs Review Committee
1988
Box 12 Assembly Resolution from the State of New Jersey
1985
Box 5, Folder 24 Board of Trustees meeting minutes
1991
Box 5, Folder 5 Brochures, flyers, invitations
1973-1992
Box 5, Folder 22 Clippings and advertisements
1984-2000
Box 5, Folder 46 Commencement programs
1983-1994
Box 5, Folder 6 Commencement programs for Montclair
1984-1996
Box 5, Folder 7 Commencement programs for Montclair and Livingston
1997-2007
Box 5, Folder 25 Continuing Education
1973-1979
Box 4, Folder 1 Correspondence regarding artifacts

Names:
Delling, Janice

2008
Box 5, Folder 32 Dean's Message
1999-2000
Box 5, Folder 43 Floor plan of Gibbs School in New York City
Contents Note: Photocopy of the floor plan.
1984
Box 5, Folder 44 History
Contents Note: Documents and articles that provide information about the history of the school
1929-1984
Box 5, Folder 14 Institutional Self-Study
1981
Box 12 Joint Legislative Resolution by the State of New Jersey
Contents Note: 3 copies
1999
Box 5, Folder 47 Katharine Gibbs School Archives - Article Binder
1934-2003
Box 4, Folder 2 KGS Archives - Miscellaneous Binder
2000s
Box 4, Folder 3 KGS Archives - Miscellaneous Binder
2000s
Box 5, Folder 15 Listings of available scholarships for KGS students
n.d.
Box 5, Folder 19 Memoranda
1982-1999
Box 5, Folder 26 Montclair instructional materials
n.d.
Box 5, Folder 27 Montclair Placement office
1974-1984
Box 5, Folder 33 Montclair room numbers
1986
Box 5, Folder 21 Montclair Site Building plans
1948-1952
Box 5, Folder 20 Official documents
Contents Note: Photocopies
1956-1994
Box 5, Folder 16 Organizational report and personnel practices summary
1992-1994
Box 5, Folder 3 Placement and alumnae publications
Contents Note: Includes copies of: Katharine Gibbs School Placement News and The Gibbs Report
1980s
Box 5, Folder 2 Placement and Alumni Services including an Alumni Survey
1981-1994
Box 5, Folder 17 Policy manual for collateral courses, Part One
1975
Box 5, Folder 18 Policy manual for collateral courses, Part Two
1975
Box 5, Folder 23 Press releases
1978, 1981-1983, n.d.
Box 12 Proclamation Congratulating Gibbs College from the Township of Montclair, NJ
1999
Box 12 Proclamation Congratulating Katharine Gibbs School on its Eight-fifth Anniversary from the Township of Montclair, NJ
1996
Box 5, Folder 28 Registration day
1988
Box 3 Secretarial Procedures Project - Scrapbook
1942
Box 5, Folder 1 Selected items from the 75th Anniversay
1986
Box 5, Folder 4 Special Alumni Tour of Italy
Contents Note: Brochure for the Katharine Gibbs sponsored trip through the American Institute For Foreign Study.
1996
Box 5, Folder 29 Student activities guidelines
1984

Series 2. Publications

Subseries 1. Alumni

Container Description Date
Box 4 The Gibbsonian
Contents Note: Number 1
1982
Box 4 The Gibbsonian
Contents Note: Number 1. 11 pages
General Note: wavy from old water damage
1987
Box 4 The Gibbsonian : A Bi-annual Almuni Magazine
Contents Note: Number 1. 9 pages
General Note: wavy from old water damage
1988
Box 4 The Gibbsonian
Contents Note: Number 1. 10 pages. 2 copies
General Note: wavy from old water damage
1989
Box 4 The Gibbsonian
Contents Note: Vol. 3, No.1, January 1996
1996
Box 4 The Gibbsonian
Contents Note: Vol. 1, No.1, November 1999
1999

Subseries 2. Books

Container Description Date
Box 5, Folder 42 Boston report: Guide to Stenographic Training
1986
Box 3 Business Communications : Written and spoken
Contents Note: 60 pages. Textbook. Copy 1
1977
Box 3 College Typing by Charles G. Reigner, Walter T. White, and Ray Wall Fisher
Contents Note: College Typing : Secretarial Hickox School. 122 pages. 2nd edition
1950
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs Business Wordbook by Bea Scala and Joan Nicholson
Contents Note: 358 pages. Library copy Gibbs Montclair.
1982
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs Handbook of Business English
Contents Note: 275 pages. Library copy. Gibbs Montclair.

Names:
Quinn, Michelle
The Free Press; Collier Macmillan Pub

1982
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs Handbook of Business English, 3rd edition
Contents Note: 258 pages. Textbook. Copy 1

Names:
Naclerio, Deborah
CEC; Career Education Corp

1988
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs Handbook of Business English, 3rd edition
Contents Note: 258 pages. Textbook. Copy 2

Names:
Naclerio, Deborah
CEC; Career Education Corp

1988
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs Handbook of Business English, 3rd edition
Contents Note: 258 pages. Textbook. Copy 3. Gibbs Livingston Library copy.

Names:
Naclerio, Deborah
CEC; Career Education Corp

1988
Box 3 The Secretary Knows Where To Find Facts
Contents Note: 28 pages. Textbook. Copy 2
1977

Subseries 3. Catalogs

Container Description Date
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School : Secretarial, Executive, Academic
Contents Note: Paper bound course catalog for Boston, New York, Providence.
c1939
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School Official Bulletin 1979-1981
Contents Note: Paper bound course catalog for Boston, New York, Montclair, Providence Melville, Norwalk. 1979-1980 Volume LIV
1979-1981
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School 1980-1981 Catalog
Contents Note: Paper bound course catalog for Boston, Fairfield County -Norwalk, Huntington-Long Island, Montclair, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, 1980-1981, Volume LV
1980-1981
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School 1980-1981 Catalog
Contents Note: Photocopy pages 2-6. Master Copy. Education Office.
1980-1981
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School. One-Year Program in Word Processing
Contents Note: A supplement to the 1980-81 catalog. Course descriptions for new program "premiering Fall 1981".
1981
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School 1981-1982 Catalog : Our 70th Anniversary 1911-1981
Contents Note: Paper bound course catalog with supplement.
1981-1982
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School Catalog 1984
Contents Note: Paper bound course catalog for Boston, Huntington Long Island, Montclair, New York, Norwalk, Philadelphia, Providence, Washington,D.C-Rockville
1983-1984
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School Catalog 1985-1986
Contents Note: Paper bound course catalog with supplement: New York Secretarial Arts Program Elective Courses.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1985-1986
Box 4 Excellence : Katharine Gibbs School 1987-1988 Catalog
Contents Note: Paper bound course catalog; 1987-1988 Volume LXI; for Boston, Huntington Long Island, Montclair, New York, Norwalk, Phildelphia, Piscataway, Providence, Rockville, Tysons Corner, Valley Forge.
General Note: wavy from old water damage
1987-1988
Box 4 Excellence : Katharine Gibbs School 1987-1988 Catalog
Contents Note: Copy 2. Paper bound course catalog; 1987-1988 Volume LXI; for Boston, Huntington Long Island, Montclair, New York, Norwalk, Phildelphia, Piscataway, Providence, Rockville, Tysons Corner, Valley Forge.
1987-1988
Box 4 Stand Above the Crowd : Gibbs For Business Careers : 1988-89 Catalog
Contents Note: Paper bound course catalog for Boston, Huntington Long Island, Montclair, New York, North Bethesda, Norwalk, Philadelphia, Piscataway, Providence, Tysons Corner, Valley Forge.
1988-1989
Box 4 Stand Above the Crowd : Gibbs For Business Careers : 1988-89 Catalog
Contents Note: Copy 2. Paper bound course catalog for Boston, Huntington Long Island, Montclair, New York, North Bethesda, Norwalk, Philadelphia, Piscataway, Providence, Tysons Corner, Valley Forge.
1988-1989
Box 4 Stand Above the Crowd : Gibbs For Business Careers : 1988-89 Catalog
Contents Note: Copy 3. Paper bound course catalog for Boston, Huntington Long Island, Montclair, New York, North Bethesda, Norwalk, Philadelphia, Piscataway, Providence, Tysons Corner, Valley Forge.
1988-1989
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School 1989-1990 Catalog
Contents Note: Paper bound course catalog for Boston, Huntington Long Island, Montclair, New York, Norwalk, Philadelphia, Piscataway, Providence.
1989-1990
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School 1990-1991 Catalog
Contents Note: Paper bound course catalog for Boston, Huntington Long Island, Montclair, New York, Norwalk, Philadelphia, Piscataway, Providence.
1990-1991
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School 1990-1991 Catalog
Contents Note: 3 copies of stapled course catalog with Supplement for New York.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1990-1991
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs : The Gibbs School Course Catalog 1992-1994 : Eighty Years of Excellence
Contents Note: Vol. LXXIII. Paper bound course catalog for New York with Addendum.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1992-1994
Box 4 1995-1996 Course Catalog : Katharine Gibbs School
Contents Note: Bound course catalog for Boston, Melville, Montclair, New York, Norwalk, Piscataway, Providence.
1995-1996
Box 4 Gibbs Course Catalog 1998-2000
Contents Note: Bound course catalog for New York.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1998-2000

Subseries 4. Newsletters and magazines

Container Description Date
Box 4 200 Park Avenue
Contents Note: Vol. 1, No. 1 of school magazine. 80 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1983
Box 4 Gibbs Gazette
1999
Box 4 Gibbs Gazette
2000
Box 4 Gibbs Gazette
Contents Note: Copy 1
2001
Box 4 Gibbs Gazette
Contents Note: Copy 2
2001
Box 4 Gigi: Gibbs Info Gazette Issues
Contents Note: February
2005
Box 5, Folder 9 Katharine Gibbs School, Montclair (Newsletter)
1974-1977
Box 5, Folder 31 Katharine Gibbs School, Montclair (Newsletter)
1999
Box 4 KGS - News
Summer 2006
Box 4 KGS - News
Winter 2006
Box 4 KGS - News
Fall 2006 / Winter 2007
Box 5, Folder 45 Placement newsletters
1983-1996
Box 5, Folder 30 Success! : The Newsletter of Gibbs Collebe Placement Office
1999-2000

Subseries 5. Promotional

Container Description Date
Box 5, Folder 36 Brochures and flyers
1970s-1980s
Box 4 Choose Your Position : Practical Suggestions for Secretaries
Contents Note: 31 pages. Promotional pamphlet
n.d.
Box 4 Gibbs Girls at Work
Contents Note: 24 pages. Promotional pamphlet with information from the Placement Department.
n.d.
Box 4 Gibbs Girls at Work
Contents Note: 15 pages. Annual summary of the Placement Department for March 1951-March 1952.
1951-1952
Box 4 Gibbs Girls at Work
Contents Note: Unpaged. Promotional pamphlet with placement information.
1970
Box 4 Gibbs Graduates on the Job
Contents Note: 31 pages. Promotional pamphlet with placement information.
1976
Box 5, Folder 38 Gibbs Inside Edition
2001
Box 5, Folder 8 Gibbs Matters
1978, 1979, 1982
Box 4 Gibbs Through the Decades 1911-1996 : 85 Years of Excellence
Contents Note: Commemorative booklet.
circa 1996
Box 5, Folder 40 Huntington Flyers and Invitations
1970s
Box 5, Folder 39 New York flyers
1970s
Box 4 Phillips Colleges, Inc. : Tradition, Knowledge and Excellence
Contents Note: Promotional flyer. Phillips Colleges owned K. Gibbs schools in early 1990s.
circa 1989
Box 4 Stand Above the Crowd : Gibbs For Business Careers
Contents Note: Unpaged promotional pamphlet with Application for Admission.
1987, c1988-1989
Box 4 Success : Katharine Gibbs School : More Than an Education - A Tradition
Contents Note: Undated, unpaged promotional pamphlet with Application for Admission
circa 1985?
Box 4 The Private Secretary : Her Qualifications and Requirements
Contents Note: 16 pages. Promotional pamphlet
1959
To Succeed In Business, Forget the Ladder
Contents Note: Promotional flyer for continuing education
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
2000
Box 4 Which one is the college graduate? They all are.
Contents Note: Unpaged promotional pamphlet with Application for Admission.
1984?

Subseries 6. Student handbook

Container Description Date
Box 5, Folder 37 New York Student Handbook
1969-1972
Box 5, Folder 41 Norwalk Student Handbook; Invitations
1975-1980
Box 5, Folder 12 Student Dress and Grooming Code
1990
Box 5, Folder 10 Student's Handbook
1965-1972
Box 5, Folder 11 Student's Handbook
1972-1978
Box 5, Folder 13 Student's Handbook
1981-1997 2001

Subseries 7. Students

Container Description Date
Box 4 The Crest
Contents Note: Literary publication of student writing. 50 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1937
Box 4 The Crest
Contents Note: Literary publication of student writing. 44 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1937-1938
Box 4 The Crest
Contents Note: Literary publication of student writing. 35 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1943
Box 4 The Crest
Contents Note: Literary publication of student writing. 29 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1944

Subseries 8. Yearbooks

Container Description Date
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound, yearbook, tan cover with red stripes, title and year. 95 pages, some loose.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1937
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound, yearbook. Red cloth cover. Title and year in gold. 90 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1938
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Black cloth cover. Title and year in red. 80 pages. Spiral binding.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1939
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Tan cloth cover. Title and year in dark brown. 79 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1940
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Blue cloth cover. Title and year in white. 92 pages. Loose pages
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1941
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Cover: tan cloth and maroon leather? Year in red. 81 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1942
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Tan cloth cover. Title and year in greeen. 56 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1943
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Green cloth cover. Title and year in gold. 64 pages. Loose binding.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1944
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Green cloth cover. Title and year in gold. 64 pages. Loose binding. Pictures have been cut out.
General Note: Pictures cut outGibbs School: New York
1944
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Black cloth cover. Title and year in gold. 86 pages. Loose binding. Copy 2
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1945
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Green cloth cover. Title and year in blue. 64 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1946
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Blue cover. Title and year in gold. 64 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1947
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Light green cover. Title in gold; year on spine. 72 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1949
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Light orange cloth cover. Title, year and drawing of woman in gold. 72 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1950
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Light blue cloth cover. Tilte in gold; year on spine. 70 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1951
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Red cloth cover. Title in gold; year on spine. 72 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1952
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Green cloth cover. Title in gold; year on spine. 75 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1953
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Light blue cloth cover. Tilte in gold; year on spine. Illustrated end pages. 72 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1954
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Blue cover. Title in silver; year on spine. 76 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1955
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Green cloth cover. Title in silver; year on spine. 72 page.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1956
Box 1 The Platen
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Green cloth cover. Title in silver; year on spine. 72 page. Pictures have been cut out. Missing pages.
General Note: Pictures cut outGibbs School: New York
1956
Box 1 The Executive
Contents Note: Bound yearbook. Green leather cover. Dark green title, crest.
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1967
Box 1 Katharine Gibbs School '76
Contents Note: Paper cover with blue lettering. 36 handnumbered pages.
General Note: unknown
1976
Box 1 Changes
Contents Note: Green leather cover; gold lettering; waterfall picture on cover. 40 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1979
Box 1 Katharine Gibbs School 1980
Contents Note: Black leather cover; tan lettering. 40 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1980
Box 1 Second to none in '81
Contents Note: Cover: Gold with black lettering. Colored photos of NY on end papers. 86 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1981
Box 1 Katharine Gibbs School Eighty two
Contents Note: Red leather cover with gold lettering and crest. 60 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York?
1982
Box 1 Katharine Gibbs School 1983
Contents Note: Blue leather cover with dark blue lettering; cloud photo. 64 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1983
Box 1 Katharine Gibbs School 1984
Contents Note: Blue cover with gold lettering and crest. 88 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: New York
1984
Box 1 Beacon Light '84
Contents Note: Brown leather cover with silver lettering and picture of building. 88 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Boston
1984
Box 1 Katharine Gibbs School Montclair 1985
Contents Note: Cream cover with dark blue lettering for title and crest. 77 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1985
Box 1 Eighty five : Excellence in All You Do
Contents Note: Dark blue leather cover with light blue lettering & crest. 38 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1985
Box 1 Eighty five : Excellence in All You Do
Contents Note: Dark blue leather cover with light blue lettering &crest. 38 pages. Copy 2
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1985
Box 2 Eighty five : Katharine Gibbs School
Contents Note: Cream cover with dark blue lettering for title and crest. Sketch of KG school on end papers. 92 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Boston
1985
Box 2 1986 Katharine Gibbs 75th Anniversary
Contents Note: Dark blue cover with silver lettering and diamond symbol. 80 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Norwalk, CT
1986
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School 1986
Contents Note: Cream cover with dark blue lettering for title and crest. 39 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1986
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School 1986
Contents Note: Dark blue cover with gold lettering and crest. 60 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Philadelphia, PA
1986
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School Diamond Jubilee
Contents Note: Cream cover with dark blue lettering and diamond symbol. 76 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Boston
1986
Box 2 1987 Katharine Gibbs School Philadelphia
Contents Note: Dark blue cover with gold lettering and crest. 60 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Philadelphia, PA
1987
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School 1987 : Excellence in all you do
Contents Note: Dark blue leather cover with white lettering and crest. 60 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Piscataway, NJ
1987
Box 2 Montclair Katharine Gibbs Schools 1987
Contents Note: Dark blue leather cover with white lettering and crest. 49 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1987
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School Tysons Corner 1987
Contents Note: White cover with blue lettering and crest. 39 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Tysons Corner, VA
1987
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs 87
Contents Note: Cream cover with dark blue lettering. 88 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Boston
1987
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School 1987
Contents Note: Gray cover with red lettering; sketch of steno pad. 80 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Norwalk, CT
1987
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School North Bethesda 1987
Contents Note: Dark blue cover with white lettering and crest. 40 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: North Bethesda, MD
1987
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School 88
Contents Note: Dark blue cover with white lettering. 59 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1988
Box 2 Nineteen eighty eight Katharine Gibbs School.
Contents Note: Cream cover with dark blue lettering. 64 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Piscataway, NJ
1988
Box 2 Nineteen eighty eight Katharine Gibbs School.
Contents Note: Cream cover with dark blue lettering. 64 pages. Copy 2
General Note: Gibbs School: Piscataway, NJ
1988
Box 2 Stand Above the Crowd
Contents Note: Dark blue cover with gold lettering and crest. 60 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1988
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School 1988
Contents Note: Dark blue cover with white lettering and crest. 79 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Boston
1988
Box 2 Nineteen eighty eight Katharine Gibbs School.
Contents Note: Cream cover with dark blue lettering and silhouette. 64 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Norwalk, CT
1988
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School Montclair, New Jersey
Contents Note: Cream cover with blue lettering. 79 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1989
Box 2 Nineteen 91 Katharine Gibbs
Contents Note: Light blue leather cover with red lettering. 40 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1991
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School 1976
Contents Note: Light green paper cover with crest. 32 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1976
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School 1981
Contents Note: White leather cover with black lettering. 43 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1981
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School 1982
Contents Note: 2 copies. Tan paper bound cover with red rose. Inside title 1981-1982. 44 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1982
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School 1983 : The Doors to Success : Beginnings
Contents Note: 2 copies. White paper cover with black lettering. 75 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1983
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School Montclair New Jersey 1984 : Passages in Time
Contents Note: Blue cover with tan lettering. 70 page.
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1984
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School Montclair 1985
Contents Note: Cream cover with blue lettering. 77 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1985
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School Montclair 1986
Contents Note: Black cover with silver lettering. 49
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1986
Box 2 Montclair Katharine Gibbs Schools 1987
Contents Note: Blue leather cover with white lettering;. 49 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1987
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs 88
Contents Note: Blue leather cover with white lettering;. 59 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1988
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs School Montclair, New Jersey
Contents Note: White leather cover with blue lettering.79 pages. Copy 2
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1989
Box 2 Katharine Gibbs Nineteen Ninety
Contents Note: Blue cover with silver lettering. 96 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1990
Box 3 Ninety one Katharine Gibbs
Contents Note: 2 copies. Blue cover with gray lettering. 68 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1991
Box 3 Eighty-five Katharine Gibbs School
Contents Note: Cream cover with blue lettering. 92 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Boston
1985
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs School 1986 Diamond Jubilee
Contents Note: Cream cover with blue lettering. 76 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Boston
1986
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs School Rockville 1986
Contents Note: Blue cover with white lettering. 38 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Rockville, MD
1986
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs Eighty-seven
Contents Note: Cream cover with blue lettering. 87 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Boston
1987
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs 88
Contents Note: "Front Desk" copy. Cover damaged. Blue leather cover with white lettering;. 59 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Boston
1988
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs School Tysons Corner 1987
Contents Note: White cover with blue lettering and crest. 39 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Tysons Corner, VA
1987
Box 3 Diamond Jubilee Katharine Gibbs School 1986
Contents Note: Blue cover with silver lettering. 60 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Piscataway, NJ
1986
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs School 1987 : Excellence in all you do
Contents Note: Blue cover wth white lettering. 60 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Piscataway, NJ
1987
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs School : Road to Success 89
Contents Note: Red cover with gray lettering. 64 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Piscataway, NJ
1989
Box 3 Nineteen eighty eight Katharine Gibbs School.
Contents Note: Cream cover with blue lettering. 64 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Piscataway, NJ
1988
Box 3 Katharine Gibbs 1990 : The Year
Contents Note: Blue cover with gold lettering. Pictures cut out. 59 pages.
General Note: Gibbs School: Piscataway, NJ
1990
Box 3 1991 Excellence in All You Do : Katharine Gibbs
Contents Note: Blue cover with gray lettering. 64 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Piscataway, NJ
1991
Box 3 Nineteen Ninety Three Katharine Gibbs
Contents Note: 2 copies. Light green cover with dark greeen lettering. 48 pages
General Note: Gibbs School: Piscataway, NJ
1993

Series 3. Audiovisual

Subseries 1. Photographs
Arranged chronologically.

Container Description Date
Box 6, Folder 1 Montclair Building interiors
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
c.1950 - c.1970
Box 6, Folder 3 Montclair Building exteriors
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
c.1950 - c.1970
Box 6, Folder 8 Montclair Events
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
c.1960-1994
Box 6, Folder 14 Montclair Graduation
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1954-c.1995
Box 6, Folder 4 Montclair Bus
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1966
Box 6, Folder 23 School trips
1966-c.1985
Box 6, Folder 9 Montclair Events
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
c.1970
Box 6, Folder 17 Portrait - Gibbs, Gordon
c.1970
Box 6, Folder 7 Montclair classes
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
c.1970, c.1990
Box 6, Folder 2 Montclair Building interiors - rooms
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
c.1970-c.1980
Box 6, Folder 20 Montclair Staff
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
c.1970-c.1980
Box 6, Folder 26 Gibbs Faculty, staff and students unidentified
c.1970-c.1980
Box 6, Folder 25 Montclair students
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
c.1970-c.1990
Box 4 Montclair, NJ Open House; Norwalk Fashion Show; Placement Service
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1970s
Box 4 Tracking Down a Job; Unidentified
1970-1980s
Box 4 Trips to Europe and Bermuda
1971-1976
Box 4 Fashion Show; Open House
1972-1977
Box 4 Unidentified slides
1972-1982
Box 6, Folder 15 Gibbs Portraits: A-Z
1973-c31985
Box 6, Folder 19 Faculty
1974-c.1990
Box 6, Folder 13 Trip to Bermuda
1975
Box 6, Folder 11 Montclair open house
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1978, 1992
Box 6, Folder 6 Montclair Candlelight Fiesta
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1979
Box 6, Folder 12 Montclair prom
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1979
Box 6, Folder 24 Montclair Class of 1979 scrapbook photos
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1979
Box 6, Folder 16 Portrait - Gibbs, Blanche
c.1980
Box 4 Slideshow of Gibbs Locations
1980s
Box 6, Folder 5 Montclair Blood Bank
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
1983
Box 6, Folder 10 Montclair fashion show
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
c.1985
Box 6, Folder 21 Montclair students, staff and faculty
General Note: Gibbs School: Montclair, NJ
c.1985
Box 6, Folder 18 Portrait - Vreeland, Eleanor and Tarrant, Doris
c.1990
Box 6, Folder 22 Politicians - Kean, Tom and Whitman, Christine Todd
1996

Subseries 2. Audio

Container Description Date
Box 5 Typewriting Rhythm Records
Contents Note: Vinyl records
n.d.
Box 4 Katharine Gibbs School 75th Anniversary
Contents Note: Magnetic video tape
1986
Box 4 Association of Independent Colleges and Schools; Member of the Year; Eleanor Vreeland; 75th Anniversary
Contents Note: Magnetic video tape
1986

Series 4. Artifacts
Arranged chronologically.

Container Description Date
Box 14 Corona typewriter
Contents Note: Corona 3, manual typerwriter with 2 color ribbon; 28 keys; folding model. Model patented 1917; sold by Model Typewriter Company, 181 Devonshire St., Boston
General Note: Gibbs School: Boston
circa 1900
Box 11 Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter
Contents Note: 3 bank - 28 keys; black ribbon
General Note: Gibbs School: unknown
circa 1900
Box 8 The Katharine Gibbs Interschool Typewriting Trophy Amateur Championship
Contents Note: Sterling Silver loving cup; 13 1/2" tall; names engraved on back. Silver mark on bottom; A11974.
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1929 (?)
Box 5 Business Value of Culture
Contents Note: Framed 1 page article written by Katharine Gibbs.
General Note: Glass of frame broken.unknown

Names:
Gibbs, Katharine
Redbook

1933
Box Map case, Drawer 14 Katharine Gibbs Portrait
Contents Note: Original oil painting; signed and dated by artist; 36" x 27.5"
General Note: Hole torn in upper left corner; paint missing on ear lobe; significant staining due to light exposure and probably cigarette smoke.

Names:
Noyes, Wilbur Fisk

1934
Box Map case, Drawer 14 Katharine Gibbs Portrait
Contents Note: Original oil painting; signed and dated by artist; 42" x 30"

Names:
Noyes, Wilbur Fisk

1934
Box 8 The Katharine Gibbs Interschool Typewriting Trophy Novice Championship
Contents Note: Silver/silverplate loving cup trophy; 10 1/2" tall; engraved with names of award recipients. Unidentified silver mark: .M. Anchor Lion Passant L.
General Note: Large dent on the side with list of winners.Gibbs School: Boston
1937-1944
Box 7 The Mary M. Ryan Typewriting Trophy
Contents Note: Sterling Silver footed tea server (?) with handles and lid; 14" tall; engraved with names of award recipients. Silver mark on back; according to attached sign, Mary Ryan was Katharine Gibbs' sister.
General Note: Lid has several dents.Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1938-1944
Object Artifact 7 Katharine Gibbs School 1911-1961; Presented by The Providence Alumnae, October 23, 1961
Contents Note: Silver Paul Revere style bowl; footed; engraved; 15" diameter. Silver mark on bottom; number 502.
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1961
Box 10 KGS Activity Award
Contents Note: Sliverplate tray engraved with names of award recipients, 11 1/2" on wooden plate holder. Label on back damaged; marks visible but only part of name.
General Note: Gibbs School: Boston
1980-1983
Box 8 Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, Katharine Gibbs, Inducted 1983
Contents Note: Pewter (?) statute of man mounted on wood platform; 8" tall. No identifying marks.
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
1983
Box 15 Sony Dictator/Transcriber
Contents Note: Sony model BM-75 Dictator/Transcriber with foot control
circa 1985
Box 12 White gloves : Katharine Gibbs Diamond Jubilee
Contents Note: 5 white cotton gloves with blue lettering; 1 glove has "diamond"; 4 left-hand, 1 right-hand
General Note: unknown
1986
Box 4 Exhibit panels
Contents Note: 54 panels regarding the history of the school. Some panels have original documents and photographs.
1990s?
Box 5, Folder 50 Class of July 2000 Picture
Contents Note: Framed and signed picture of students in the class of July 2000.
General Note: Glass of frame broken.unknown
2000
Box 5, Folder 48 Rhode Island Monthly : Special Collector's Issue
Contents Note: Framed cover; Special Collector's Issue: The Good, The Bad, and Everything In Between: 1,000 Years of Heroes, Scoundrels, Rocks, Jocks, and Katharine Gibbs
General Note: Glass of frame broken.Gibbs School: Providence, RI
Jan-00
Box 13XXX Katherine Gibbs School Placque
Contents Note: News story from Providence Business News about Katherine Gibbs School president; Mounted on wood
General Note: Gibbs School: Providence, RI
2001
Box 5, Folder 49 ACICS Certificate of Accreditation as a Business School
Contents Note: Framed certificate signed by Executive Director of ACICS
General Note: Glass of frame broken.Gibbs School: Providence, RI
2003 December 31
Box 5, Folder 51 Certificate of Approval to Operate granted by the Office of Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Contents Note: Framed certificate: renwal approval for Sept. 1, 2003-Aug. 31, 2004.
General Note: Glass of frame broken.Gibbs School: Providence, RI
2003/2004
Box 12 Outstanding Achievement Award given to the Human Resources Team by Career Education Corporation
Contents Note: Wood placque presented to Gibbs College Cranston "for exemplary performance in serving students and achieving the 2005 management goals.
General Note: Gibbs School: Cranston, RI
2005
Box 12 Outstanding Achievement Award given to Compliance Team by Career Education Corporation
Contents Note: Wood placque presented to Gibbs College Cranston "for exemplary performance in serving students and achieving the 2005 management goals.
General Note: Gibbs School: Cranston, RI
2006
Box 12 Silver flatware in Silver Chest
Contents Note: Silverplate A1+ overlay; International Silver; Same Victor S. Co. pattern: 14 knives, 14 forks, 15 teaspoons, 33 demitasse spoons. R.W. & S.A. silver: 21 demitasse spoons. 2 gravy ladles, 1 odd silver knife. patterns unidentified.
General Note: Two of the wooden divider posts inside the chest are broken.
n.d.
Box 13XXX Silver tray
Contents Note: Silver rectangular tray with handles; 24 1/2" x 17 1/2". "P" in diamond mark on bottom; numbered; M. Mounts.
General Note: unknown
n.d.
Box 12 Silver tea set : teapot
Contents Note: Set includes: tea pot, sugar bowl, 2 cream pitchers, numbered 3690.
General Note: Large dent in left side and small dent in right side toward top.unknown
n.d.
Box 12 Silver tea set : creamer
Contents Note: Set includes: tea pot, sugar bowl, 2 cream pitchers, numbered 3690.
General Note: unknown
n.d.
Box 12 Silver tea set : creamer
Contents Note: Set includes: tea pot, sugar bowl, 2 cream pitchers, numbered 3690.
General Note: unknown
n.d.
Box 8 Silver tea set : sugar bowl
Contents Note: Set includes: tea pot, sugar bowl, 2 cream pitchers, numbered 3690.
General Note: Small dent in corner along top if sugar bowl.unknown
n.d.
Box 10 Silver tray
Contents Note: Round silver tray; 12", no marks.
General Note: unknown
n.d.
Box 10 Silver teapot (electric)
Contents Note: Silver tea/coffer server on stand; 13" tall with stand; electric; cord missing, numbered 2129.
General Note: Both prongs on left side bent inward which also caused a large dent in the side of the pot. Tip of spout bent down severely.unknown
n.d.
Box 12 Sugar tongs
Contents Note: Stainless (?) sugar tongs, no marks.
General Note: unknown
n.d.
Box 12 Silver Ladle
Contents Note: Silver ladle for punch bowl, no marks
General Note: Decorative top of handle broken detached from main stem of handle and handle bent.unknown
n.d.
Box 9 Glass punch bowl, pressed glass
Contents Note: Pressed glass punch bowl with 17 matching pressed glass cups and plastic cup hangers; 11 1/2" diameter, no marks. 2 cups shattered in transit to Brown University.
General Note: 2 cups shattered
n.d.
Box 9 9 pressed glass cups that match the glass punch bowl
Contents Note: Originally 17 glass cups but 2 shattered in transit to Brown University
General Note: 2 cups shattered
n.d.
Box 10 6 pressed glass cups that match the glass punch bowl
Contents Note: Originally 17 glass cups but 2 shattered in transit to Brown University
General Note: 2 cups shattered
n.d.
Box 12 Merit Certificate stamp
Contents Note: Metal engraved plate for stamping certificates
General Note: unknown
n.d.
Box 12 Gibbs College Sign
Contents Note: Metal sign for door or building: brass (?) 10" x 8"; with 3 rosettes and toggle bolts for fastening, missing 1
n.d.
Box 12 Katharine Gibbs College banner
Contents Note: Dark blue nylon cloth with gold fringe and coat of arms logo on white background; 62" x 36"; gold rope tassel for hanging
General Note: Gibbs School: Norristown, PA (?)
n.d.
Box 13XXX Katharine Gibbs Portrait
Contents Note: Original oil painting; unsigned and undated; 25" x 21.75"
n.d.
Box 8 Katharine Gibbs School. Excellence in all you do
Contents Note: Blue felt pennant with white text.
n.d.
Box 4 Secretary's Notebook
Contents Note: Blank notebook with blue cover embossed with KGS logo on front
n.d.
Box 4 [Secretary's Notebook] Stand Above the Crowd, Gibbs for Business Careers
Contents Note: Blank notebook with red cover
n.d.

Series 5. Library records

Container Description Date
Box 16 Library book lists and check-out cards
Contents Note: When the Katharine Gibbs School closed, the staff disbursed the books that were in the library to other educational institutions around the country. This box contains lists of the books, the check-out cards from the books, and correspondence with the institutions that took them.
2008-2009