Eli Whitney Museum

David E. E. Sloane introduces the A. C. Gilbert Symposium from Essays in Arts in Sciences, Volume 25.

An introduction to A. C. Gilbert.

An A. C. Gilbert Chronology.

The story of Bill Sewell, who built the first artificial heart pump from pieces of a child's Erector set, laboratory odds and ends, and dime store goods.

Each of Gilbert's properties had a slightly different role in augmenting his business, personal, and community life, and all give insight into American town planning between 1920 and 1960.

A. C. Gilbert built the largest toy company in the world, and he did it for the satisfaction of competition and to accomplish his goal more than he did it for money.