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Finding aid for the Hopson Collection

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MUM00234

Finding Aid for the Hopson Collection
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Finding Aid for the Hopson Collection


Descriptive Summary

PURL: http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00234/
Title: Hopson Collection
Dates: undated
Physical Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Repository: University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification: MUM00234
Location: General Special Collections

Language of Material: English
Abstract: The collection contains information on the Thompson family and the Nicholas Thompson
home of Leasburg, North Carolina.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded
by Kathryn Michaelis, March 2012.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.


Subject Terms

Thompson family
Caswell County (N.C.) — History — Pictorial works
Historic buildings — North Carolina


Formats

photographs
architectural drawings (visual works)
photocopies


Historical Note

The Nicholas Thompson home in Leasburg, N.C. was built in the early 1800s. The Thompson
family included Jacob Thompson, who represented Mississippi in the United States House
of Representatives from 1839-1850 and served as Secretary of the Interior from 1857-1861.


Scope and Content Note

The collection contains photographs and architectural plans of the Nicholas Thompson
home in Leasburg, N.C. Also included is information about various members of the Thompson
family.


User Information

Preferred Citation

Hopson Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The Hopson Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research.” If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,”
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.


Related Material

Resources at Other Repositories

George Nicholas Thompson Diary and Notebook #2367-z, Southern Historical Collection,
Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Finding aid: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/t/Thompson,George_Nicholas.html


Container List

1.1

Architectural plans of the Nicholas Thompson home (hand-drawn copies)
1.2

Eighteen photographs of the Nicholas Thompson house, Leasburg, N.C.
1.3

Photocopy of information on Thompson Family and Nicholas Thompson
1.4

Laser scans of images taken of Leasburg home
1.5

“Hopson’s Research Roots”
1.6

Information on Frederick Ingate Thompson
1.7

Information on the Ingate Family at the time of the Civil War.- Capt. Frederick Ingate

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