Dorothy Thompson (1896-1994) Papers (0822kc)

Mrs. Thompson was a poet and genealogist. The first section of her collection consists of personal and professional materials, including poetry manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and ephemera. This section also includes materials of her husband, Dale Moore Thompson, and son, William Brown Thompson. The second section is concerned chiefly with her extensive genealogical research. The materials include files and binders of specific family lines, correspondence, and historical publications. Other, personal and professional records, including scrapbooks and correspondence, are mixed with the genealogical materials, and vice versa. ca. 1900-1994.

55 cubic feet.

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