Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Thomas Family Papers
c.00563
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
- Creator
- Thomas family, (Benjamin H. Thomas Jr.,1815-1887)
- Title
- Thomas family papers
- ID
- c.00563
- Date [inclusive]
- 1906-1931
- Extent
- 0.25 Cubic feet , 4 folders, 4 sleeves
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan".
Scope and Contents note
The photographic materials include photos from Harold P. Thomas consisting of two photos taken in 1918 of cars; Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg, South Carolina circa 1918 including a man in a World War I uniform; St. Andrew’s Parish Church in Charleston, South Carolina; Magnolia Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina; the Rifle River in Michigan; Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina; as well as trees and a flower arrangement.
The Benjamin H. Thomas photographic materials consist of glass negatives. The negatives are a portrait of B. H. Thomas as well as one showing B. H. Thomas reading. Both have negatives in two different sizes. Also included are a glass negative of a portrait of an unidentified man which is labeled “cautaucl”[?] on the original envelope, and a teenaged boy in the woods. There are also film negatives of a boy and a girl in the woods, and an image of a line of children walking in the woods.
The papers are related to Benjamin Hampson Thomas, Jr. They consist of travel voucher issued by the U.S. Secretary of State in 1906, an official document in an Arabic language, the poem “Life’s Galilee,” 1926, watch fob with note, 1931, and a diploma on vellum in Latin.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections March 2003
Conrad Hall888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Legal Status
Copyright: Michigan State University Property Rights: Michigan State University
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.
Custodial History
Gift of Lynn Moody Igoe, 1991-10-10, 1999-12-28, 2002-10-09
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Camp Wadsworth. (Spartanburg, S.C.).
Geographic Name(s)
- Pisgah National Forest (N.C.)
- Rifle River (Mich.)
- Spartanburg (S.C.)
Personal Name(s)
- Igoe, Lynn, 1937-
- Thomas, Benjamin H.
- Thomas, Harold Prescott
Subject(s)
- Gardens
Collection Inventory
MaterialsScope and Contents note |
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Benjamin H. Thomas watch fob |
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B.H. Thomas papers 1906, 1926, Undated |
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Harold P. Thomas photographs, Thomas negatives |
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Glass Negatives |
Drawer Glass Plate Negatives |
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[B.H. Thomas] sitting in chair reading (2) |
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Rev. B.H. Thomas portrait, small |
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B.H. Thomas portrait, large (same as Rev. B.H. Thomas) |
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[Unidentified boy] |
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Cautaucl [?]-portrait of a man |
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Oversized items |
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B.H. Thomas diploma |
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