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Size | .5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 35 items) |
Abstract | The collection of white lawyer George Nicholas Thompson (1832-1891) of Leasburg, N.C., contains a daily diary, 1851, kept by Thompson while he was a student at the University of North Carolina, and brief diary entries and lecture notes of his daughter Lucretia (Luly) Thompson (1861-1880), which she made while she attended summer normal school classes at the University from 1876 to 1878. Additions to this collection contain genealogical materials and family papers including letters, albums, notebooks, photographs, and financial and legal documents related to the Thompson family and Graves family of Caswell County, N.C. |
Creator | Thompson, George Nicholas, 1832-1891. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
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George Nicholas Thompson of Leasburg, N.C., was a lawyer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1853 and was a UNC trustee, 1889-1891.
Back to TopThe collection consists of a daily diary, 1851, kept by George Nicholas Thompson while he was a student at the University of North Carolina, and brief diary entries and lecture notes of his daughter Lucretia (Luly) Thompson (1861-1880), which she made while she attended summer normal school classes at the University from 1876 to 1878. In addition, the collection contains a bound, typed transcription of the diary (101 pages).
Additions to this collection contain genealogical materials and family papers including letters, albums, notebooks, photographs, and financial and legal documents related to the Thompson family and Graves family of Caswell County, N.C.
Back to TopAdditions to George Nicholas Thompson Papers are composed chiefly of genealogical materials and family papers including letters, albums, notebooks, photographs, and financial and legal documents related to the Thompson family and Graves family of Caswell County, N.C.
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 101510.
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Autograph book of Luly Thompson, 1878 #02367, Subseries: "2.1. Family Papers, circa 1850s-1918 (Addition of October 2011)" Box 1, Folder 3With messages sent from summer school at UNC. |
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Volumes, undated #02367, Subseries: "2.1. Family Papers, circa 1850s-1918 (Addition of October 2011)" Box 1, Folder 4Ella Graves's book of poems and commonplace book of H.J. Phillips[?]. |
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World War I "war map," circa 1918 #02367, Subseries: "2.1. Family Papers, circa 1850s-1918 (Addition of October 2011)" Box 1, Folder 5 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-2367/1 |
Diplomas of George Nicholas Thompson, 1850s #02367, Subseries: "2.1. Family Papers, circa 1850s-1918 (Addition of October 2011)" OPF-2367/1 |
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 101557 and 101558.
Oversize Volume SV-2367/1 |
Thompson-Graves, 1839-1884 #02367, Subseries: "2.2. Family Albums, 1839-1899 (Additions of February 2012)" SV-2367/1 |
Oversize Volume SV-2367/2 |
Thompson-Graves, 1885-1887 #02367, Subseries: "2.2. Family Albums, 1839-1899 (Additions of February 2012)" SV-2367/2 |
Oversize Volume SV-2367/3 |
Thompson-Graves, 1888-1899 #02367, Subseries: "2.2. Family Albums, 1839-1899 (Additions of February 2012)" SV-2367/3 |
Framed Item FR-2367/1 |
Framed pressed-flower picture #02367, Subseries: "2.2. Family Albums, 1839-1899 (Additions of February 2012)" FR-2367/1This item is housed in the North Carolina Collection Gallery. |
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Original notes about the pressed flower picture #02367, Subseries: "2.2. Family Albums, 1839-1899 (Additions of February 2012)" Box 1, Folder 6 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 102001.
Framed Item: FR-2367/1 was housed by the NCC Gallery.
Image Folders: PF-2367/1-5
Oversize Volumes: SV-2367/1-8
Photograph Albums: PA-2367/1-2
Back to TopProcessed by: Staff, 1992
Encoded by: Peter Hymas, December 2004
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
Updated: November 2018 and May 2019
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