Leo E. Fitzgibbon papers, 1909/1969

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Preferred citation:

Leo E. Fitzgibbon papers, C0516, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries

Summary

Extent:
.25 Linear Feet 1 box
Creator:
Fitzgibbon, Leo E., 1903-1968
Language:
English
Abstract:
Correspondence, photographs, and short writings collected and created by Leo E. Fitzgibbon.
Preferred citation:

Leo E. Fitzgibbon papers, C0516, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of correspondence, photographs, and short writings created and owned by Leo E. Fitzgibbon. Correspondence consists primarily of letters sent by Fitzgibbon in 1930 regarding contributions for The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography in his role as Associate Editor for James T. White Co., with a single personal letter possibly sent by Leo's son or grandson in 1969. One of the poems titled "Morte d'Amour" appears to be the poem attributed to actor Milton Sills for his wife Doris Kenyon and published in Photoplay magazine upon his death in 1930.

Biographical / historical:

Leo Edward Fitzgibbon was born on July 17, 1903. His wife, Anne Fitzgibbon, was likely Anne B. Glodowski from Stockton, Wisconsin. He was an Associate Editor for James T. White Co., a New York City based publishing company, and worked on the 1930 edition of The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. He passed away on June 19, 1968 at the age of 64 and is buried in Pinelawn Memorial Park and Arboretum in East Farmingdale, New York.

James T. White Co. was founded by James Terry White (1885-1920) in 1869 in San Francisco. In 1886 his son, George Derby White, moved the company's headquarters to New York City where they would go on to publish the first edition of The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography in 1891. A multi-volume collection of biographies and articles focusing specifically on Americans, this "Cyclopaedia" (also spelled "Encyclopedia") included entries based on information obtained in questionnaires sent directly to the publications' subjects or their relatives.

Vivian Fridell (1912- 1998) was an American radio actress who was best known for her role as Mary Noble in the radio soap opera Backstage Wife from 1935-1945, when production of the program moved from Chicago to New York City.

Acquisition information:
Donor is unknown.
Processing information:

Processing and finding aid completed by Meghan Glasbrenner in May 2024.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by material type or function and then chronologically.

Physical location:
R 71, C 1, S 6
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard