Back to TopDescriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. General Manuscripts.
- Creator
- Thomas, Augustus, 1857-1934.
- Title
- Augustus Thomas Papers, circa 1880-circa 1930.
- Call Number
- 12000
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 3,000 items (24.5 linear feet).
Abstract Playwright. After early years as a journalist, Thomas wrote popular plays, such as "Alabama" and "Arizona," during the 1890s
and the first fifteen years of the twentieth century. In all, he wrote or adapted more than one hundred plays. In addition,
Thomas was a leader in dramatic organizations, was active in the Democratic Party, and participated in debates about political
questions of his day. He was married to Lisle Colby, sister of Bainbridge Colby, United States secretary of state, 1920-1921.
Manuscript versions of 75 of Thomas's plays, only some of which were published. Also included are miscellaneous writings,
speeches, eulogies, essays, letters, clippings of Thomas's cartoons, articles about his career, numerous reviews of his plays,
telegrams sent to Lisle Thomas on her husband's death, a typescript copy of Lisle Thomas's A Well-known Playwright's Wife, and An Annotated Calendar of the Augustus Thomas Collection in the University of North Carolina Library, by Jim Gayle Lewis. Correspondence consists mainly of letters from Augustus Thomas to his son Luke, September 1910-June 1914,
chiefly concerning daily activities and the health of family members. Also included are a sketch book, including at least
two sketches by Frederic Remington; the program from a 1909 Lambs Club fund-raising event; and a copy of the privately published honeymoon diary of Thomas's daughter, Glory Thomas Elliott, describing
her trip to England and France in 1924.
Back to TopAdministrative Information
- Acquisitions Information
- Purchase and gifts 1949-1979
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Manuscripts Department Staff
- Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Wilson Library.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Augustus Thomas Papers, #12000, General Manuscripts, The Wilson Library, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright
law.
Back to TopOnline Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Authors' spouses--United States--Biography.
- Authors, American--Social conditions.
- Autobiography--Women authors.
- Dramatists, American--Manuscripts.
- Elliott, Glory Thomas.
- Europe--Description and travel.
- Honeymoons--Europe--History--20th century.
- Lewis, Jim Gayle.
- Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909.
- Thomas, Augustus, 1857-1934.
- Thomas, Lisle.
- Thomas, Lisle.
- Thomas, Luke.
- Travelers--Europe--Diaries.
- Voyages and travels--History--20th century.
Back to TopBiographical Note
Playwright. After early years as a journalist, Thomas wrote popular plays, such as Alabama and Arizona, during the 1890s and the first fifteen years of the twentieth century. In all, he wrote or adapted more than one hundred
plays. In addition, Thomas was a leader in dramatic organizations, was active in the Democratic Party, and participated in
debates about political questions of his day. He was married to Lisle Colby, sister of Bainbridge Colby, United States secretary
of state, 1920-1921.
Back to TopCollection Overview
Manuscript versions of 75 of Thomas's plays, only some of which were published. Also included are miscellaneous writings,
speeches, eulogies, essays, letters, clippings of Thomas's cartoons, articles about his career, numerous reviews of his plays,
telegrams sent to Lisle Thomas on her husband's death, a typescript copy of Lisle Thomas's A Well-known Playwright's Wife, and An Annotated Calendar of the Augustus Thomas Collection in the University of North Carolina Library, by Jim Gayle Lewis. Correspondence consists mainly of letters from Augustus Thomas to his son Luke, September 1910-June 1914,
chiefly concerning daily activities and the health of family members. Also included are a sketch book, including at least
two sketches by Frederic Remington; the program from a 1909 "Lambs Club" fund-raising event; and a copy of the privately published honeymoon diary of Thomas's daughter, Glory Thomas Elliott, describing
her trip to England and France in 1924.
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