Merritt E. Thompson papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 970
Overview
Merritt E. Thompson was a Works Progress Administration Workers' Education teacher from Independence, Kansas. This collection consists of numerous handwritten essays and other writings by Thompson, many with a socialist theme, including several chapters to a manuscript entitled "Labor History and Labor Economics." Many of these essays were written on the back of W.P.A. related materials (press releases, etc.).
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1930-1939
Creator
- Thompson, Merritt E. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS 970
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Tim Miller, 1983
Processing Information
Previously shelved at: RH MS 379
- Title
- Guide to the Merritt E. Thompson Collection
- Subtitle
- Merritt E. Thompson papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by aw, 2007; Finding aid encoded by aw, 2007
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1945392511
- Preferred citation
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Merritt E. Thompson Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS 970, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository