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Title: Gibbons (Stuart C.) Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1955-1964
Collection number: Ms28
Creator:
Stuart C. Gibbons
Extent: 0.5 linear ft.
Repository:
San Joaquin County Museum.
Lodi, CA 95241
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research by appointment only.
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
[Identification of item], Gibbons (Stuart C.) Papers, Ms28, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum.
Gibbons, Stuart C.
Weber, Charles David Maria (1814-1881)
San Joaquin County. Board of Supervisors
Courthouses - California - Stockton - History
Politicians - California - Stockton - Correspondence
Recreation - Law and legislation - California - Stockton
Historic sites - California - Stockton
Stockton (Calif.) - History - Sources
Stuart C. Gibbons, Stockton (Calif.) realtor, was particularly active in local politics during the years framed by World War
II and the national Bicentennial celebration. In 1948 he helped form the Stockton Recreation Committee to oversee the development
of parks in the city. He was, for many years, an active member of the Stockton Chamber of Commerce, and, as a member of the
Chamber's Civic Affairs Committee and the Stockton Improvement Committee, Gibbons led a
protracted but successful fight for a new county courthouse (1955-1964). Gibbons was also interested in local history and
sought to preserve historic buildings whenever this seemed viable. From 1958 through 1960 he held a seat on the Stockton City
Council and was subsequently a
member of the Cultural Heritage Board (1969-1985). Gibbons was honored as "Mr. Stockton"
for his community activities (1976).
Most of the material in this collection of Stuart Gibbons' papers relate to his fight for a new San Joaquin County Courthouse
(1955-1964). These materials include: Supervisor's Minutes; Stockton Chamber of Commerce correspondence; architects' and other
reports; clippings; and,
ephemera. Also present in the collection is are small bodies of materials relating to a proposed memorial to Stockton's founder,
Charles M. Weber (1956) and to Stockton recreation issues (1959). A larger collection of Stuart Gibbons' papers (Mss225) exists
at the Holt Atherton Department of Special Collections of the University of the Pacific Library in Stockton.