Gebhart Presidential Reception Invitation

Collection

Identifier: MUSDP G1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A single document - a formal invitation to a reception hosted by the city of Louisville, Kentucky, in honor of President and Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes during a presidential tour of the southern states in September 1877. It is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Gebhart of New Albany, Indiana. New Albany is a small city directly across the Ohio River from Louisville.

Dates

1877

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Biographical Note

John Frederick Gebhart (1831-1907) was owner of the New Albany Woolen and Cotton Mills and was one of his city's civic leaders as well as long-time choir director of his home church. Some of his civic activities included projects that were joint efforts of the two cities, thus his invitation to the reception. He and his wife, Rosalinda Biddle (Ridgway) Gebhart (1844-1933), were the parents of two sons, John Reuben Gebhart (1875-1934) and David Ridgway Gebhart (1876-1948). David Gebhart was Professor of Music at the First District Normal School (now Truman State University) at the time he donated his parents' invitation to the school's history museum. He was with the First District Normal School for eleven years, 1905-1916.