Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Conditions Governing Access

Boxes 1-9 contain nitrate negatives and may not be accessed at this time.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Scott Gibson, Photographer, Prints and Nitrate Negatives, A&M 4000, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transfer from WVU. Libraries. West Virginia and Regional History Center, 2014 April 04.

Gift from LePera, Ruby, 1966 October 11.

Biographical / Historical

Scott Gibson (1883-1965) was a local photographer in the early twentieth century in Morgantown and Monongalia and Preston Counties. He is regarded as one of the best photographers in the area in this era, in addition to his brother, O.Z. Gibson, in Valley Point, Preston County.

Scope and Contents

Prints and nitrate negatives of photographs taken by Scott Gibson. The first nine boxes contain nitrate negatives, which are numbered and have been organized by subject. Nitrate negative subjects include West Virginia University Athletics, Buildings, Military, etc.; highway markers; historical houses; Monongalia County views; local organizations and businesses; Morgantown buildings and other features; and portraits. Boxes 10-20 include prints, which are not in numerical order or organized by subject. The prints have the same variety of subjects as the nitrate negatives. Over 500 images have been digitized.

Related Material

4000, 4023

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Monongalia County, W. Va. -- Buildings
• Morgantown (W. Va.)
• West Virginia University