Inventory of the M. Jeff Thompson Papers, 1860-1940

Collection Number 1566


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
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
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Thompson, M. Jeff, 1826-1876.
Title
M. Jeff Thompson Papers, 1860-1940.
Call Number
1566
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
143 items (1.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Meriwether Jeff Thompson, Confederate officer and mayor of St. Joseph, Mo. Papers of Meriwether Jeff Thompson include about 70 Confederate rosters and muster rolls, chiefly of the Army of the Northern Sub-District of Arkansas; Thompson's manuscript autobiography and reminiscences of the Civil War years; correspondence while in active service and as a federal prisoner at Johnsons Island; a Confederate cipher invented by Thompson; and an autograph book. Other papers include correspondence while Thompson was living in New Orleans; accounts, 1866-1867, of the Southern Hospital Association of New Orleans; two speeches during the secession crisis while he was mayor of St. Joseph, Mo.; and other items, including newspaper articles on the Pony Express.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm of selected items available.
Acquisitions Information
Deposit 1949
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the M. Jeff Thompson Papers, #1566, Southern Historical Collection, 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.
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Online Catalog Headings

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

Autograph albums--Confederate States of America.
Ciphers.
Confederate States of America. Army of the Northern Sub- District of Arkansas--Records and correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Biography.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Hospitals--Southern States--History--19th century.
Johnson Island Prison.
New Orleans (La.)--Economic conditions.
Pony express.
Saint Louis (Mo.)--Politics and government.
Secession.
Southern Hospital Association of New Orleans.
Thompson, M. Jeff, 1826-1876.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.
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Biographical Note

Meriwether Jeff Thompson, Confederate officer and mayor of St. Joseph, Mo.

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Collection Overview

Papers of Meriwether Jeff Thompson include about 70 Confederate rosters and muster rolls, chiefly of the Army of the Northern Sub-District of Arkansas; Thompson's manuscript autobiography and reminiscences of the Civil War years; correspondence while in active service and as a federal prisoner at Johnsons Island; a Confederate cipher invented by Thompson; and an autograph book. Other papers include correspondence while Thompson was living in New Orleans; accounts, 1866-1867, of the Southern Hospital Association of New Orleans; two speeches during the secession crisis while he was mayor of St. Joseph, Mo.; and other items, including newspaper articles on the Pony Express.