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A. C. Gilbert papers, 1901-1978

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Additional Material, 1907-1914

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Correspondence from A. C. Gilbert to Mary Thompson, 1901-1978 Box 1

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Original accession

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Scrapbooks

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Volume I: clippings, letters, and endorsements tracing Gilbert's athletic career, culminating in his participation in the 1908 Olympic Games as a pole vaulter winning the Gold Medal with Ernie Cook; accounts of his interest in magic arts and his performances as an amateur magician. Box 1

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Volume II: clippings, letters, and photographs which chronicle Gilbert's career as a manufacturer, first as President of the Mysto Manufacturing Company of New Haven and later as founder and President of the A. C. Gilbert Company, producer of Erector sets and American Flyer scale-model electric trains; additional topics are the development of Yale athletics and Gilbert's interest in the professional breeding of shepherd dogs. Box 2

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Volume III: clippings, letters, and photographs relating to the A. C. Gilbert Company, Yale athletics, Gilbert's hunting expeditions and leisure activities; the levelling of Erector Tower, a local New Haven landmark; obituaries of Gilbert and his son. Box 3

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