Thomas family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Thomas family papers
Creator: Thomas family
Inclusive Dates: 1889-1923
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 Linear Feet 4 document box
Collection Number: ms3324
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Several of the Thomas family attended Old Oglthorpe University in Atlanta. C.D. Thomas lived in Selma, Alabama in the late 1890s up until 1913, when he was transferred to Atlanta. C.D. Thomas worked for the Southern Railway Company in the 1910s as an executive clerk at the General Freight Department in Atlanta, Georgia. He served in various clerical and official capacities in Atlanta, Chicago, and Cincinnati. In 1935, he was made the general freight agent at Atlanta and then the Assistant Freight Traffic Manager in 1938. In 1941, C.D. Thomas was appointed as freight traffic manager (Freight Head of Southern) at Atlanta. He was married and had two daughters.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, printed material, scrapbooks, account books, cookbooks, and clippings related to the Thomas family.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Thomas family papers, ms3324, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Correspondence

 

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Correspondence - George Thomas to W.M. Thomas

 

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Correspondence

 

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Correspondence to C.D. Thomas, 1921

 

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Cards , Telegrams

 

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Correspondence - Service Pin, Insurance - C.D. Thomas

 

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Correspondence

 

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Jane Sibley

 

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Receipts, Certificates, Time Ticket Booklet

 

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Stationary, Poetry (from unlabeled bag)

 

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Southern Railway Company - Christmas Cards

 

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Printed Material

 

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Photographs

 

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Metal Ashtrays Engraved with "The Southern Serves the South - Southern Railway System" (5)

 

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Pack of Cigarettes

 

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Greeting Cards (from folder labeled "History Center")

 

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Student Apprentice Course Class - C.D. Thomas, 1961

 

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The Home Queen Cook Book

 

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Fine Old Dixie Recipes

 

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History of Some Sewell Families in America by Worley Levi Sewell

 

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Clippings

 

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Maps, Photographs, and Printed Material