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318 Elmer L.
Andersen Library, University of Minnesota, 222 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis,
MN 55455
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HARPER SIBLEY:
An Inventory of His Papers
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Creator:
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Sibley,
Harper, 1885-1959. |
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Title:
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Harper Sibley
papers. |
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Date:
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1939-1980 (bulk 1958-1959). |
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Collection Number:
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Y.USA.26 |
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Abstract:
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Mostly personal materials on Harper Sibley
and his wife, Georgiana's 50th anniversary and letters of condolence sent to
Georgiana on Harper's death. Also included is correspondence concerning
Harper's work with the YMCA. |
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Quantity:
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1.0 cu. ft. (3
boxes) |
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Location:
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See Detailed Description section for box
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Fletcher Harper Sibley (known as Harper Sibley) was born in New York
City on April 5, 1885. His grandfather, Hiram, was an associate of Samuel Morse
and helped organize the Western Union Telegraph Company.
Harper graduated from Harvard University in 1907, where he was a
classmate of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He studied law at the New York Law School
and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1909. Later in life, in 1936, he
received a LL.D. from Hobart College. In 1908 he married Georgina Farr, with
whom he had six children.
Sibley practiced law in New York City until 1912, when the family
moved to Rochester, New York, where he entered the office of his father, Hiram
Sibley and became identified with the business interests of the family. These
included the McKinley-Darragh-Savage mines in Ontario, where he was treasurer;
the Provident Loan Society of Rochester, where he was president; and the
Rochester Homeopathic Hospital, where he was treasurer.
Sibley identified himself as an agriculturalist because of his
extensive farm and ranch operations in Illinois, California, New York state and
Alberta, Canada. He pursued a business career that peaked as president of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United States in 1935 and 1937. After his two terms
with the organization, he remained on its senior council. During his career, he
was a director on many corporate boards, including Security Trust Company of
Rochester, the New York Life Insurance Company, the Western Union Telegraph
Company, the Hollister Lumber Company and the Leckie Smokeless Coal
Company.
Sibley was involved heavily with the YMCA in Rochester, as well as on
a national level. He was a member of the YMCA International Committee from 1917
to 1950. He served on the National Council from 1924 to 1927 and from 1941 to
1959; he was its president in 1951 and 1952. He served on the National Board
from 1948 to 1959; he was its president in 1949 and 1950 and was on its Board
of Trustees from 1939 to 1959. He served as the general chairman of the
Centennial International Convention in Cleveland in 1951 and was president of
the USO. Also a member of the World Council and its executive committee, he
chaired the Committee on Work with Refugees and Migrants after World War
II.
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The collection contains primarily materials collected by Sibley's
wife, Georgiana, including congratulatory letters on the Sibleys' 50th
anniversary, as well as condolence letters on Harper's death. Also included is
YMCA correspondence, which covers, in part, Harper's work with the
International Committee.
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Use of Materials:
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This collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States
(Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright,
ownership, and to obtain all the necessary permissions prior to the
reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. |
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Preferred Citation:
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[Indicate the cited item and/or series
here]. Harper Sibley Papers. Kautz Family YMCA Archives. University of
Minnesota. |
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See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
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Processing Information:
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Processed by: Chan Harries, February 2005. |
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Catalog Record ID number: 4510969 |
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Material in this collection was formerly cataloged as part of the YMCA
Biographical Files. |
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The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the
collection. To request materials, please note the corresponding box number.
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Biographical information, undated. |
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Georgiana Sibley materials, 1958-1980. |
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Family correspondence, 1959. |
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YMCA correspondence, 1939-1963. 7 folders. |
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50th anniversary project, 1958. |
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50th anniversary letters, 1958. |
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50th anniversary letters, 1958. 7 folders. |
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Letters of condolence, 1959. 4 folders. |
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Box
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Letters of condolence, 1959. 2 folders. |
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Return to the Organization of the Collection Section
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings. |
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Topics:
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Young Men's
Christian associations -- Employees. |
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Persons:
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Sibley, Harper, 1885-1959. |
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Sibley, Georgiana Farr. |
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Organizations:
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Young Men's Christian Associations of North America.
International Committee. |
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