![]() Among these records are his files for the museum's Hall of African Cultures and other African exhibits his files on the museum's African collections, early donors and collectors of the collections his personnel files documents relating to his committee work department and museum memos meeting minutes and his records as head of the Old World Division and acting chair of the department. Gibson's files as the curator of African ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History also make up a significant portion of the collection. His research on African caps is well-represented in the collection, and includes photos of caps at various museums, source materials, research notes, and textile samples of knots and loop work. He was also interested in African material culture, especially Central African headgear. In the collection is a great deal of photocopies and microfilms of literature on southwestern African ethnic groups, many of which are in Portuguese and German and which he had translated for his files. ![]() While most of his research focused on the Herero and Himba, the collection also contains his research on the Ovambo and Okavango and other southwestern African groups. In addition, the collection contains his research notes, maps, drafts, publications, and papers presented at conferences. This includes his field notes, film scripts, photographs, sound recordings, and grant proposals he wrote in support of his fieldwork in Botswana, Namibia, and Angola. The collection contains his correspondence, field notes, research files, museum records, writings, photographs, sound recordings, and maps.The bulk of the collection consists of Gibson's southwestern Africa research. This collection is comprised of the professional papers of Gordon D.
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