Inventory
Series I. Correspondence and Memoranda
.5 box(es)
Series I, Correspondence, 1973-2000, consists of letters and memoranda sent
and received. Some of the major correspondents were President Gerald Ford,
Paul McCloskey Jr., General M. R. Thurman, and the University of Wales and
the U.S. Naval Institute. Topics discussed include sea power, maritime and
shipping initiatives, maritime policy, merchant marine policy, and the
Panama Canal treaties
Series II. Writings
1 box(es)
Series II, Writings, 1972-1995, includes published and unpublished articles
by Gibson on the energy crisis, the United Nations, Desert Shield and
strategic sealift, commercial ships, American shipping, rebuilding the
merchant marine, and writings by others on the merchant marine, the American
flag liner industry, a maritime strategy for the 80s, ship building, and
ship building management.
Sub-Series II. Writings by others
.5 box(es)
Series III. Speeches
1.5 box(es)
Series III, Speeches, 1969-1986, contain the speeches given by Gibson when he
was Maritime Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Maritime Affairs,
1969-1972, and speeches on maritime topics given in the 1980s. President
Ronald Reagan’s speech to the National Maritime Union in 1980 is located
here.
Series IV. Subject Files
4.5 box(es)
Series IV, Subject Files, 1965-2000, contains correspondence and supporting
material on the maritime academies, the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977, the
Panamanian Election of 1989, military sealift, national airlift policy, ship
financing, and shipping.
Series V. Reports
4.25 box(es)
Reports, 1964-1991 contains the annual reports of the Maritime Administration
from 1964 to 1991, as well as reports on combined carriers, the committee on
American Shipbuilding, maritime policy, the international maritime powers,
strategic sealift program, the liner trade, and U.S. trade.
Series VI. Special Studies
.25 box(es)
Materials regarding Soviet Merchant Marine and Panama Canal Transfer and
their impact on trade and Marine Shipping.
Series VII. Books
.25 box(es)
Contains one book.
Container | Description | Date | ||
Box 10, Folder 1 | Seaway: The Untold Story of North
America's Fourth Seacoast, by Jacques Lesstrang |
1976 |
Series VIII. Publications
.25 box(es)
Copies of magazines
Container | Description | Date | ||
Box 10, Folder 1 | Navy |
1969 | ||
Box 10, Folder 2 | Saturday Review |
1975 |
Series IX. Proposals
.1 box(es)
Series IX, Proposals, consists of proposal regarding the Merchant Marine and
the Smithsonian Institution
Series X. Presentations
.05 box(es)
Series X, Presentations, contains the Army Stratigic Mobility Plan and a
presentation on the administration’s maritime policy, 1992
Container | Description | Date | ||
Box 11, Folder 1 | The Army Strategic Mobility
Plan |
undated | ||
Box 11, Folder 2 | Administrative Maritime Policy |
1992 |
Series XI. Critiques
.05 box(es)
Contains Staff review of Maritime Programs and Policy
Container | Description | Date | ||
Box 11, Folder 1 | OMB Staff Review of Maritime Programs and
Policy |
1982 |
Series XII. Statements
.05 box(es)
Contains statements on American shipping.
Container | Description | Date | ||
Box 11, Folder 1 | American Controlled Shipping by Philip
Loree |
1992, 1994 | ||
Box 11, Folder 2 | Congressional Record, House of
Representatives, message |
1979-1982 |
Series XIII. Legal Opinions
.05 box(es)
This file contains a case brought before the U.S. Court of Appeals: States
Marine International Inc., vs. Peter G. Peterson, Secretary of Commerce,
1975.
Container | Description | Date | ||
Box 11, Folder 1 | U.S. Court of Appeals, States Marine
International Inc., vs. Peter G. Peterson, Secretary of
Commerce |
1975 |
Series XIV. Legislative Acts
.15 box(es)
This series contains the Gibbons Bill, 1992, the Shipbuilding Trade Reform
Act of 1991, and the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.
Series XV. Pamphlets
.25 box(es)
This series has information on the maritime industry, trade policies, and the
Maritime Administration.
Series XVI. Testimony and Messages
.1 box(es)
Testimony and Messages, contains hearings on the merchant marine.
Series XVII. Miscellany
.1 box(es)
This series contains a Maritime Conference Program, a cartoon, a 1970
announcment, and a flyer for the Abandoned Ocean that is dated 2000.
Series XVIII. Charts
.1 box(es)
Contains work reference chart from the Dept. of Commerce and a comparison of
proposed legistation regarding ship construction.
Container | Description | Date | ||
Box 11, Folder 1 | Work Reference Chart, Department of
Commerce |
1970 | ||
Box 11, Folder 2 | Comparison of Proposed Legislation
Regarding Ship Construction |
undated |
Series XIX. Newspaper Clippings
2 box(es)
Newspaper Clippings contains clippings regarding Gibson’s tenure with the
Department of Commerce as well as on merchant marine and maritime topics.
There is also a Folio of International Intermodal Expo of 2000.
Series XX. Deck Logs
2 box(es)
This series contains the deck logs of SS Leonidas Merritt.
Container | Description | Date | ||
Box 14 | Deck Log of SS Leonidas
Merritt |
1945-1946 | ||
Box 15 | Deck Logs of SS Leonidas
Merritt |
1945-1946 |
Series XXI. Photographs
1 box(es)
This series consists of career photographs of Gibson during his tenure with
the Department of Commerce, other career photos, and of Operation Just
Cause, Panama, 1989.
Series XXII. Videotapes, Viewgraphs, and National Security Decision Making
Curriculum Materials
3 box(es)
This series has viewgraphs for Gibson’s Naval War College courses and video
tapes on the merchant marine and American sea power.
Arrangement: Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and
chronologically by date.