A. M. Thompson Collection

Collection — Box: T-1

Identifier: WHC-M-609

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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Merchant. Correspondence (1902-1948) rergarding the death of Thompson's son in France during World War I, and the controversy regarding a new townsite for Walters, Oklahoma; publications (1913-1919) regarding Oklahoma's role in the American war effort during World War I; programs (1936) of the Wichita Mountains Easter Pageant; certificates (1885-1920); and a scrapbook (n.d.) and a typescript of a speech (n.d.) by Thompson regarding the origin and early years of Walters, Oklahoma. Alfred M. Thompson Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates

1885-1948

Restrictions on Access

Open for public research.

Extent

.45 ft. (.45 ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Mrs. Alfred Thompson.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Thompson, Mrs. Alfred. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1949.

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Subjects

Certificates Subject Source: Ftamc
Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Homestead law -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Oklahoma State Council of Defense
Programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scrapbooks Subject Source: Ftamc
Speeches, addresses, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Taxation -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Thompson, Alfred M., 1859-1948
Thompson, Delwin A.
Walters (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties -- Statistics, etc. -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1914-1918 -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings