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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1,000 items) |
Abstract | Cyrus Thompson was a physician of Onslow County, N.C., and a leader of the Populist Party, serving in the General Assembly in 1883 and 1885 and as North Carolina Secretary of State, 1897-1901. The collection, chiefly from 1876, consists of letters received by Cyrus Thompson about state and national politics, family matters, and the medical profession and public health (from prominent men over the southeast). Among the family correspondence are letters received while he was at the University of Virginia and studying medicine in Louisiana in the 1870s, and letters from his son with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Also included are papers pertaining to the military draft of doctors in North Carolina in World War I. |
Creator | Thompson, Cyrus, 1855-1930. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Cyrus Thompson (1855-1930) was a physician of Onslow County, N.C., and a leader of the Populist Party, serving in the General Assembly in 1883 and 1885 and as North Carolina Secretary of State, 1897-1901. He also served as the Onslow County Superintendent of Health, 1907-1913.
Back to TopThe collection, chiefly from 1876, consist of letters received by Cyrus Thompson about state and national politics, family matters, and the medical profession and public health (from prominent men over the southeast). Political correspondence relates to state elections and the Populist Party. Among the family correspondence are letters received while he was at the University of Virginia and studying medicine in Louisiana in the 1870s, and letters from his son with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Also included are papers pertaining to the military draft of doctors in North Carolina in World War I. Some correspondents include Daniel L. Russell, Charles B. Aycock, J. Bryan Grimes, J. C. Pritchard, Thomas J. Jarvis, Marion Butler, O. Max Gardner, John B. Elliot, Enoch H. Crowder, Angus W. McLean, and Kemp P. Battle. There are also a few early Thompson family letters, 1830-1838.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Introductory material |
1830-1869 |
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Folder 2 |
1872-1876 |
Folder 3 |
1877-1879 |
Folder 4 |
1880-1889 |
Folder 5 |
1890-1895 |
Folder 6-8
Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8 |
1896 |
Folder 8 |
1897-1898 |
Folder 9 |
1900-1908 |
Folder 10 |
1910-1917 |
Folder 11 |
1918-1919 |
Folder 12 |
1920-1926 |
Folder 13 |
1927-1929 |
Folder 14 |
1930-1931 |
Folder 15 |
Undated |
Folder 16 |
Printed material |
Folder 17-18
Folder 17Folder 18 |
Clippings |
Folder 19-20
Folder 19Folder 20 |
Speeches and poetry |