Kate Thompson photograph collection
Scope and Content
This collection documents the lives of several members of the Thompson, Glover, Meriwether, and Jordan families of Madison, Georgia. Also included are photographs of individuals, probably friends and family members, many of whom are unidentified. The remaining images document buildings and houses in middle Georgia and include a scrapbook documenting land auctions sponsored by the Bowman Land Company, based in Charleston, West Virginia.
Dates
- 1850-1965
- Majority of material found within 1880 - 1920
Creator
- Glover, Eli Seymour (Person)
- Thompson, Will Glover (Person)
- Thompson, Catherine Rebecca (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Administrative/Biographical History
Kate Thompson was born Katherine Rebecca Thompson on 10 February 1878, the third child of Charles Thompson and Sarah Glover. Kate had two older brothers, Will and Charles, and three younger brothers, Thomas, Robert, and Henry. The Thompsons were from Madison, Georgia, and Kate Thompson worked as a schoolteacher in the Atlanta City School system.
Sarah Glover was the first child of Eli Glover and Rebecca Meriwether. Their second daughter, Rebecca Meriwether Glover, married Erasmus Jordan. Eli Glover descended from Captain Eli Glover and his second wife, Lucy Seymour Fish.
Additional biographical information about Kate Thompson has not been determined.
Extent
230 image(s) (227 photographs, one ambrotype, two daguerreotypes)
Language
English
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged in five series: I. Family; II. Individuals and Groups; III. Buildings; IV. Cased Images; V. Bowman Land Company. Series II is further subdivided into two subseries, 1. Individuals and 2. Groups.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1973
- Title
- Kate Thompson photograph collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository