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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

• College students--Virginia--History--19th century--Photographs.
• College students--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Fire fighters--North Carolina--Wilmington--Photographs.
• German literature--Study and teaching (Higher)--History--19th century.
• Logic--Study and teaching (Higher)--History--19th century.
• Thomas, Jordan S. (Jordan Sumner), 1853-1921.
• University of Virginia--Students--History--19th century--Photographs.
• University of Virginia--Students--History--19th century.
• Wilmington (N.C.)--Photographs.

Jordan S. Thomas was born in 1853 and lived in Wilmington, N.C. He attended the University of Virginia in the mid-1870s and was a member of the Delta Psi fraternity. Later, he appears to have served as in the Volunteer Fire Brigade of Wilmington. He died in 1921.

The papers of Jordan S. Thomas include two notebooks, 1874-1875, containing lecture notes on logic and German literature kept by Thomas while he was a student at the University of Virginia. The volumes also contain miscellaneous jottings, poems, and drawings. Also included are photographs, ca. 1873 and undated (probably all late 19th century), of Thomas's friends, some of his Delta Psi fraternity brothers from the University of Virginia, and members of the volunteer fire brigade of Wilmington, N.C., in uniform.

Separated items include photographs (P-2146) and a tintype (SF-P-2146).