Henry Gant Scrapbook
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Scope and Contents
The scrapbook, which covers over fifty years, focuses on the Gant family, particularly on Henry Gant and his sons, Eugene (Gene) and Tim. While photographs make up a major portion of the scrapbook, there are a good number of newspaper clippings and other ephemera included. Many of the people in the photographs and newspaper clippings have been identified, frequently with their connection to Henry Gant.
Dates
- Creation: 1932-1988
Creator
- Gant, Henry (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Henry Gant, son of Myrtle Gant, was born in 1910 or 1911, in Pennsylvania. He married in the early- to mid-1930s; he and his wife Roberta had one son, Gene. Henry served in the U. S. Army during World War II and Gene served in the U. S. Air Force in the mid-1950s.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Scrapbook, which covers over fifty years, focuses on the Gant family of Hiller and Brownsville, Pennsylvania, particularly on Henry Gant and his sons, Gene and Tim.
Provenance
Purchased from Between the Covers Rare Books, 2015
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2016
Subject
- Gant, Gene (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Henry Gant Scrapbook
- Status
- Available
- Date
- February 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository