Guide to the Papers of Quentin Gibson, 1931-1993

Summary

Collection number:

MS 6937

Creator:

Quentin Boyce Gibson

Extent:

1.26 metres and (9 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Quentin Gibson, National Library of Australia, MS 6937, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The collection comprises undergraduate essays, unpublished papers, drafts of published work, lecture notes and correspondence. The papers range through all of Gibson's academic career in the University of Western Australia, Canberra University College and the Australian National University. The correspondence, of which most is either administrative or university related, includes letters from his father W.R. Boyce Gibson, his brother Alexander (Sandy) Boyce Gibson and fellow philosophers including David Armstrong and Peter Davson-Galle.

Biographical / Historical:

Quentin Boyce Gibson was born 31 August 1913, the son of William Ralph Boyce Gibson, (1869-1935) and Lucy Judge Peacock, (1872-1953). Coming from a distinguished family of Australian philosophers, his father was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne as was later his elder brother Alexander (Sandy) Boyce Gibson.

Gibson was educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School. He graduated from the University of Melbourne with an Honours degree in Philosophy in 1934 before moving to Oxford University where he gained a further Honours degree in Philosophy and Economics in 1937 and a Masters degree in 1940.

Gibson held the post of Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Western Australia from 1937 to 1944. In 1945, Gibson took a Lectureship in Philosophy at Canberra University College. Becoming Senior Lecturer in 1961. Following the transfer of the College to the Australian National University, Gibson held the position of Associate Professor of Philosophy until his retirement in 1978.

During his career, Gibson undertook study leave in India, England and Germany and held a Visiting Professorship at New York University. His principal publications were Facing philosophical problems (1948, 1961) and The logic of social enquiry (1960).

Gibson married Joyce Manton in 1938.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The papers were donated to the National Library of Australia in two lots, the first in 1984 by Quentin Boyce Gibson and the second, in 2002 after his death, by his wife.

Arrangement:

The arrangement of the papers is in the order created by Gibson.

Indexed terms

Names:

Quentin Boyce Gibson

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2592146).

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Quentin Gibson, National Library of Australia, MS 6937, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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