Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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.

Alternate Form of Material

Typed transcription of diary/notebook is included.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Bessie Thompson of Leasburg, N.C,. in September 1941.

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• College students--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Diaries.
• Thompson, George Nicholas, 1832-1891.
• Thompson, Lucretia, 1861-1880.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social life and customs.
• University of North Carolina. Summer School--Students--History--19th century.
• Women college students--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Women--North Carolina--Diaries.

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 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, 1876 and 1878. In addition, the collection contains a bound, typed transcription of the diary (101 pages).