Inventory of the George Nicholas Thompson Diary and Notebook, 1851, 1876, 1878

Collection Number 2367-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
block Descriptive Summary
block Administrative Information
block Online Catalog Headings
block Biographical Note
block Collection Overview
plus Detailed Description of the Collection
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Thompson, George Nicholas, 1832-1891.
Title
George Nicholas Thompson Diary and Notebook, 1851, 1876, 1878
Call Number
2367-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 2
Abstract
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.
The collection consists of 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 Luly (b. ca. 1859), which she made while she attended summer normal school classes at the University, 1876 and 1878.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Alternate Form of Material
Typed transcription of diary/notebook is included.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Bessie Thompson of Leasburg, N.C,. in September 1941.
Processing Information
Processed by: Staff, 1992
Encoded by: Peter Hymas, December 2004
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the George Nicholas Thompson Diary and Notebook #2367-z, Southern Historical Collection, 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.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

College students--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Diaries.
Thompson, George Nicholas, 1832-1891.
Thompson, Luly, b. ca. 1859.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social life and customs.
University of North Carolina. Summer School--Students--History--19th century.
Women--North Carolina--Diaries.
Women college students--North Carolina--History--19th century.
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Biographical Note

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.

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Collection Overview

The 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 Luly Thompson(b. ca. 1859), which she made while she attended summer normal school classes at the University, 1876 and 1878. In addition, the collection contains a bound, typed transcription of the diary (101 pages).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Diary and Notebook, 1851, 1876, 1878.
2 items.
Folder 1
Diary/notebook

Digital version: Excerpts from the Diary of George N. Thompson, 26 January, 14 February, and 15 February 1851
Folder 2
Typed transcription

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