Gilbert Oscar Erickson was a college football player, photographer, and one of the founders of the National Literary Society of the Deaf as well as its first secretary.
Early years
Gilbert Oscar Erickson was born on February 10, 1878, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. ==College football==
The National Literary Society of the Deaf was founded on February 6, 1907, in Washington, D. C. by Erickson and five other men by the names of John B. Hotchkiss, Rev. Herbert C. Merrill, Albert F. Adams, Rev. Arthur D. Bryant, and Roy J. Stewart. Erickson became deaf due to scarlet fever. ==Photographer==
Photographer
He was the cameraman for the Wallace Press for thirteen straight years. ==References==