Nona Thompson papers
Overview
Nona Brown Thompson taught in Centralia, Nemaha County, Kansas for several years before working in Salina as a bank teller and retiring to Lawrence, Kansas. This collection includes photographs and records related to her teaching as well as letters and writings by Thompson from later in her life.
Dates
- Creation: 1909 - 1996
Creator
- Thompson, Nona, 1909-1996 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Nona Brown Thompson
Nona Brown was born December 9, 1909 in Centralia, Kansas, the daughter of Clyde and Lila Riley Brown. From 1927-1931 she taught at Globe School, a rural school in Nemaha County. In 1931 she married Glenn L. Thompson, with whom she had a son named Gary.
The family moved to Herrington and Salina, Kansas, where Mrs. Thompson worked as bookkeeper for the family's lumber yard and hardware store in Herrington and also as a bank teller. In 1975 the Thompsons retired to Lawrence, Kansas where she remained active in the First United Methodist Church, Chapter FZ of the PEO Sisterhood, Kansas Authors Club, and volunteered as an audio reader. Mrs. Thompson wrote poetry and was interested in researching Kansas history.
Glenn Thompson died in 1984. Nona Brown Thompson died in 1996.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet (2 document cases + 1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS 773
Physical Location
RH MS P421
Physical Location
RH PH 37
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts, Nona Thompson, 1981-1982; Katie Armitage, 1996.
Subject
- Thompson, Nona, 1909-1996 (Person)
- Globe School (Nemaha County, Kan.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Nona Thompson Collection
- Subtitle
- Nona Thompson papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by lt, 1982 and skt, 2006; revised by cl, 2010. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006 and rw, 2008; revised by cl, 2010 and mwh, 2017.
- Date
- 2006
- 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/10407/0648464177
- Preferred citation
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Nona Thompson papers, Kansas Collection, RH MS 773, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository