Rose Thompson papers, 1940-1984

Summary

Creator:

Thompson, Rose

Date:

1940-1984

Extent:

0.5 Linear Feet 1 document box

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Rose Thompson papers, ms2208, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of correspondence, typescripts of stories of folklore used in Foxfire magazine; typescript of Hush Child! Can't You Hear the Music?, a book containing stories she collected, and photographs, mostly of African Americans in middle Georgia.

Biographical / historical:

Rose Thompson (1930- ), teacher and author, born in Greene County, Georgia. Worked in middle Georgia for the Farm Security Administration as a home supervisor in the 1930s and 1940s. Collected stories told to her by African American families she visited and published some in "Foxfire" magazine. In 1982, a collection of her works were published in Hush child! Can't You Hear the Music?

Related

Other descriptive data:

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Manuscripts.
Folklorists -- Georgia.
African Americans -- Folklore

Preferred citation:

Rose Thompson papers, ms2208, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.