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Preferred Citation

Edwin A. Gibbs papers. Manuscript # 0273, Virginia Military Institute Archives

Biographical / Historical

Edwin Augustus Gibbs was born in 1857 in Lexington, Virginia. He graduated from VMI in 1877 and went on to become a physician. Gibbs died in 1898 in Washington, D.C.

Contents Note

This collection consists of 10 items pertaining to the medical career of Edwin A. Gibbs. The papers include student's tickets for admission to classes held at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland, tickets for post-graduate classes, and a resolution of sympathy from colleagues following Gibbs' death in 1898.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of Physicians and Surgeons (Baltimore, MD.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
• Medical students -- Maryland -- 19th century
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1877