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David Matthew Thompson

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By David Matthew Thompson

David Matthew Thompson papers, 1863-1938

Thompson, David Matthew, 1844-1925 · 1863

Papers of David Matthew Thompson (1844-1925) covering 1863 to 1938, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3957-z. Topics range from Confederate army life and soldiers' correspondence at one end and early football at the University of North Carolina and Trinity College at the other, with the 'North Carolina University magazine', Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Samuel F. Phillips and university president Edward Kidder Graham named.

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Background context: Thompson, David Matthew NCpedia
Read contemporary evidence: State Archives catalog: 45 collections naming David Thompson State Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for David Matthew Thompson NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form

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