Eugene H. Thompson, Jr. papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Eugene H. Thompson, Jr. papers
- Date
- 1868-1965 (inclusive)
- 1910-1965 (bulk)
- Creator
- Thompson, Eugene H., Jr.
- Extent
- 10.24 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Esperantists
- Education, Higher -- United States
- Pacifism
- Peace movements
- United States -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject and format in 8 series: Biographical, Correspondence, Civilian Public Service, American Friends Service Committee, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Publications, Subject Files, and Photographic Materials.
- Preferred Citation
- 1997ms327: [identification of item], Eugene H. Thompson, Jr. papers, 1868-1965, bulk 1910-1965, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Eugene Hester Thompson, Jr. (1914-1998), was the son of Eugene H. Thompson (1882-1962) and Louise Robinson Thompson both of Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky. The Thompson family originally came to Kentucky in the early 1800s from Virginia. Eugene Thompson, Jr. attended Henry Clay High School and the University of Kentucky graduating from the latter with a graduate degree in French in 1939. During the early 1930s he developed a lifelong interest in Esperanto--an international language created with the intention of providing a second language which would defeat world-wide communication barriers. As late as 1991 he was instrumental in helping host the national Esperanto convention at Meredith College, North Carolina. Employed (1939-1941) as an instructor of French and Spanish at Kentucky Wesleyan College in Winchester, Kentucky, Thompson declared himself a conscientious objector in 1941 after the institution of the pre-World War II draft. As a result he lived and worked in several Civilian Public Service Camps which were established in 1941 as a means of providing alternative public service for conscientious objectors (classification 4-E). The camps were run and operated by several civilian religious organizations. The men worked six day weeks, nine hours a day at hard labor. The government paid for their laundry, room, and board, and they were given a monthly allowance of $2.50. There was no allotments for dependents. The American Friends Service Committee, an arm of the Quaker church, in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service operated the camps in which Thompson was stationed (1942-1943 at Camp Buck Creek, CPS #19, Marion, North Carolina and at Camp Antelope, CPS #37, Coleville, California during 1943-1944). WWII created a critical shortage of workers in psychiatric hospitals and as a result Thompson was sent to work at a mental institution, the Eastern State Hospital at Charlottesville, Virginia in 1944. He returned to civilian life in April, 1946.
- After the war he served as an instructor/professor of French at Appalachian State Teachers College (1946), the University of Kansas City (1947-1948), and at Guilford College (1948-1979). Eugene H. Thompson, Jr. married Lucille Hope Newton (1916- ) of Lexington in 1951.
- Scope and Content
- The Eugene H. Thompson, Jr. papers (dated 1868-1965, 1910-1965; 10.24 cubic feet; 9 record storage boxes, 3 document boxes, 1 oversize box, 9 photograph boxes) comprises correspondence, newspaper clippings, papers, and publications that detail the Civilian Public Service during World War II, the pacifism movement in the United States, language studies, and Eugene Thompson's family. During the period that Thompson served with the Civilian Public Service (1941-1946) there is extensive correspondence between Thompson and his parents, his friends, and with acquaintances from other camps including incoming letters and carbon copies of outgoing communications. There are also runs of camp literature including the CPS Newsletter (1943-1945), and newsletters from several camps such as Castner, Puerto Rico (Camp #43), Powellsville, Maryland (Camp #52), Gorham, New Hampshire (Camp #53), Trenton, North Dakota (Camp #94), State Hospital, Cherokee, Iowa (Camp #131), and Minersville, California (Camp #148) in addition to newsletters from Thompson's own camps numbers 19 and 37. The collection also contains U.S. Forest Service literature. Finally, there are copies of several statements or letters written by men who became disillusioned with CPS and who left the camps to spend the remainder of the war in prison. Thompson's tenure in Virginia is represented by issues of The Attendant; a report of an investigation at the hospital, which resulted in substantial changes in its administration (1943); and hospital literature outlining standard operating procedures, basic philosophy of care and treatment, and standards of professional conduct.
- Beyond the Civilian Public Service, the collection includes publications and other literature on the peace movement, pacifism, on war resistance, on conscientious objectors, on conscription, and on religion. Major organizations include the American Friends Service Committee and the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The papers contain range of documents and publications that focus on Thompson's language studies, predominantely focusing on Esperanto but also includes French, Spanish, and German. In addition, there are several files of correspondence to and from Thompson for the period 1946-1960 including a run of letters (1947-1949) from his future wife Lucille Newton about post-war events at the University of Kentucky. The collection contains four photographs of Buck Creek Camp. The majority of the photographs consist of unidentified family photographs. Finally, the collection also contains the business records of Eugene H. Thompson, Sr. and records of Mrs. Louise Thompson's personal correspondence.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Biographical, 1868, 1890, 1910-1965, undated
Eugene H. Thompson, Jr., 1868, 1925-1950
Biographical information, 1938, undated
Eugene Thompson, Jr. personal materials, 1945-1950
Theological studies, 1943, undated
Theological exams completed by Eugene Thompson, Jr., 1949, undated
"A Revision of the Syllabus for Theological Studies", undated
History assignments and exams, 1937-1938
University of Kentucky memos, letters, and publications, 1935-1939, 1946, undated
Handwritten notes, undated
Handwritten notes on reason(s) for being a pacifist, undated
Civil Service translator application, 1943
Eugene Thompson, Jr. CPS absence permissions, 1944, undated
Planner and stamp books, 1868, 1925, 1929
Stamps, undated
Parents, 1890, 1910-1926, 1954-1965, undated
Louise Thompson personal materials, 1962-1965
Eugene Thompson, Sr and Louise Thompson Europe travels, 1959-1960
Newspaper clipping booklet by Louise Thompson, 1910-1921
Clippings on relatives of Thompson family, 1926, undated
Stolen bonds - Eugene Thompson, Sr, undated
Deed of sale, 1890
Travel journal of Louise Thompson [loose leaf], 1954
E.H. Thompson, Sr. ledger, 1956-1960
E.H. Thompson, Sr. new business record, 1923-1926
Correspondence, 1924-1961, undated
Personal, 1924-1961, undated
Undated
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1955
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
Professional, 1935-1950, undated
Undated
1935
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
Civilian Public Service [CPS], 1942-1946, undated
General, 1942-1946, undated
Mennonite CPS bulletin, 1943-1946
CPS Roundtable newsletter, 1944-1945
CPS letters to/from members of the camps, 1942-1946, undated
Funding and support, 1942-1944
Blank operating forms, undated
Questionnaires, undated
CPS memos, 1943-1945, undated
Civilian Public Service union, 1944-1946, undated
Report of the proceedings of the CPS California Regional Conference, 1943 May 29-30
Demobilization updates, undated
Camp member walk-out statements/announcements, 1943
Articles on CPS projects and camps, 1942-1943, undated
Diet/starvation study, undated
Statements made by CPS members, 1943, 1945, undated
Conscientious objectors and CPS, 1943-1945, undated
CPS Sea Water experimental unit, undated
Camp(s) operating memos and papers, 1943, undated
Mental Hygiene Program, 1943-1946, undated
CPS Camps, 1942-1946, undated
Camp no. 6 - Brethren Service Committee newsletter, undated
Camp no. 14 - work evaluation report, undated
Camp no. 19, 1942-1944, undated
Camp no. 21 - letters and memos to camp residents, 1942-1943
Camp no. 27 - letters and memos to camp residents, 1945
Camp no. 37, 1942-1946, undated
Whispers publication, 1943-1944
Newsletters: Sage O'Pinon and Year in the Mono, 1942-1945
Memos, letters, and operating materials, 1943-1946, undated
Eugene Thompson work reports, 1943
Camp no. 41, 1942-1946, undated
Camp no. 42 - urgent letter to camp residents, 1945 December 7
Camp no. 43 - Castaner newsletter, 1945
Camp no. 49 - Rhythms publication, undated
Camp no. 52 - The Dove Tale newsletter, 1945
Camp no. 53 - newsletters and member records, 1943
Camp no. 59 - Tap Root newsletter, undated
Camp no. 81 - letter to camp residents concerning a walk-out, undated
Camp no. 94 - newsletter and correspondence, 1943
Camp no. 103 - Smoke Jumper advertisement, 1944
Camp no. 108 - letter concerning land for no. 108, undated
Camp no. 131 - Release newsletter, 1945
Camp no. 135 - Germfask newsletter, 1945
Camp no. 148 - Germfask newsletter, 1945-1946
American Friends Service Committee [AFSC], 1939-1950, undated
Friends newsletters, 1945-1950
Pamphlets, 1940-1947, undated
Booklets, 1939-1949, undated
Background and handbooks, 1941-1945
"Planning for Peace" bibliographies, 1942
Student Peace Service, 1940, undated
AFSC Newsletter, 1945
AFSERCO news publication, 1940-1946
Memos, 1941-1946, undated
Minutes and reports, 1945
Letters and correspondence, 1943-1950
AFSC and Civilian Public Service, 1943, 1946, undated
American-Russian Relations: some considerations, 1949 July
CPS application for special service (mental hygiene), 1943
Unofficial British Peace Aims reprint, 1942
Penn Valley meeting house, 1947, 1950
Fellowship of Reconciliation [FOR], 1941-1950, undated
Booklets and publications, 1941-1950, undated
Race relations in the U.S., 1943, undated
Pamphlets on India, Asia, and "war victims", 1950, undated
Funding, membership, and housing, 1943-1949, undated
Letter and memos concerning CPS men and conscientious objectors, 1942-1945, undated
National Conference papers, 1941-1949, undated
Non-Violent Action news bulletin, 1943
CPS newsletter, 1942-1943
Facts and Figures newsletter, 1944
Peace Notes publications, 1949
Forerunner publication, 1943, undated
Fellowship publication, 1940-1950
A Manual for Pacifist Activity, undated
Pacifism, 1949, 1950, undated
Internes in Industry, 1949
Publications, 1942-1950, undated
Amerika Esperantisto [The American Esperantist], 1930-1947
The British Esperantist, 1938-1940
Columbian portfolio of photographs of the World Fair, undated
The Compass, 1944-1946
Congressional Record, 1942-1950
The Conscientious Objector, 1942-1944
The Conscientious Objector, 1943-1946
Conscription News, 1945-1950
Muusses - Esperanto Biblioteko, 1937
Franca Esperantisto [The French Esperantist], 1937-1939
Heroldo de Esperanto newspaper, 1931-1932
Information vol. 1-3, 1943-1946
Information Service, 1945
The Living Church, 1937
The Methodist C.O., 1945-1946
Pacifica Studies on Conscientious Objection - no. I, 1942
Pacifica Studies on Conscientious Objection - no. II, undated
Pacifist Research Bureau publications, 1943-1948
Peacetime Conscription - Threat to Democracy by Grover L. Hartman, undated
The Porphyrian yearbook, 1940
The Porphyrian yearbook, 1941
The Reporter, 1942-1945, 1950
Scienca Gazeto - Esperanta [science magazine in Esperanto], 1932-1934
Study pamphlet on the War, the Transition Process, and the Peace, undated
UAW-CIO Education in Peace and War, undated
The United States in a New World - I. Relations with Britain, 1942 May
USDA Forest Service - Region 5 General Lubrication and Maintenance Instructions, undated
War and Peace Aims - International Student Service, 1942 January
War - What Does the Bible Say?, 1940
Why? A Bulletin of Free Inquiry, 1944-1946
The Witness, 1944-1950
Vocabulario Commune [common vocabulary] to Spanish, Italian, French, English, and German, 1915
Subject Files, 1908-1963, undated
Alpha Nu Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, 1938-1939
"Alternative" mail-out, 1948
American Church Union [ACU] News, 1948-1950
American Rooms in Miniature by Mrs. James Ward Thorne, 1941
Analysis newsletter, 1946
The Anglian and Eastern Churches Association publication, 1942-1946
Anti-Communist publications, 1951-1956, undated
Anti-NAACP pamphlet and "They Did Not Sing" excerpt, undated
Appalachian High School - High Life, senior edition, 1946 May 10
Appalachian State Teachers College, 1945-1946
Army Talk - Orientation Fact Sheet, War Department, 1945
Article on Possible U.S. Army take-over of Martinique, undated
Atomic energy/bomb publications, 1945-1946, undated
Atomic energy information, 1946-1948, undated
Blackfriars publication, 1948 January
Blue Ridge Parkway News, 1942
Booklets on pacifism, 1939-1944
Booklets on religion, 1922-1949, undated
Bulletin of the Jacksonville Junior College, 1945
Bulletins and Pamphlets, 1932-1950, undated
Campaign for World Government, 1944
The Cathedral Age publication, 1926-1945
The Catholic Worker newspaper, 1942-1946
The Chicago Conference on Social Action, 1943 April
Children in European Conflict, undated
Christian and Catholic church organizations and booklets, 1940-1950, undated
The Christian Century publication, 1941-1946
Christian Church - Poland Youth's Friend newsletter, 1945
Christian Church publications, 1937-1950, undated
The Christian East quarterly review devoted to the study of the Eastern Churches, 1932
Christkatholischer Hauskalender, 1949-1950
Church Committee reports, 1944, undated
Church hymnals and programs, 1943-1945, undated
The Church Times newspaper, 1945 October 19
Civilian Conservation Corps pamphlet, undated
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - department of education adult education courses information, 1944-1945
Commission on World Peace, 1944
Commission to Study the Organization of Peace publication, 1940-1942
Committee for Amnesty, undated
Community Service pamphlets, undated
Conscientious objectors and the Korean conflict, 1950, undated
Conscientious objector mail-outs and forms, 1944, undated
Cours Elementaire de Lague Chinoise [Translated from french: Elementary language course on Chinese], 1908
The Crusade for a New World Order - Methodist Church, 1945
Current History magazine, 1943
Debate on compulsory peacetime conscription, 1944-1945, undated
Discussion questions and answers, 1949, undated
Economics and wages publicatins, undated
Education booklets and newsletter, 1946-1947, undated
El Eco newspaper, 1944-1945
El Evangelista Cubano newspaper, 1944
Episcopal Church - Bruton parish, 1944-1946, undated
Episcopal Church bulletins, 1936-1959, undated
Episcopal Church clippings and notes, 1938, 1949, undated
Episcopal Church publications, 1938-1949, undated
Episcopal Church publications, 1940-1950, undated
Episcopal Pacifist Fellowship, 1938-1950, undated
Episcopal Pacifist Fellowship - Epistle newsletter, 1944-1945
Esperanto Association of America literature, 1942-1943
Esperanto Association of North America booklets, 1930, undated
Esperanto booklets/publications, 1907-1934, undated
Esperanto brochures, 1910, 1921-1944, undated
Esperanto correspondence, 1946-1947
Esperanto dictionaries/translations, 1924-1930
Esperanto educational booklets, 1903, 1925-1936
Esperanto informational literature, 1938-1950, undated
Esperanto instructional sheets and essays, 1943, 1947, undated
Esperanto manuals and booklets, 1924-1945, undated
Esperanto and religion, 1919, 1946-1949, undated
European Student Relief Fund, 1945
Event Programs, 1944, undated
Examination for instructor position announcement, undated
Excerpts from thesis on Rene Bazin, undated
Excerpts from writings by various authors, undated
"A Fable for Our Fair City", undated
Farmer's Union information packets and newsletters, 1939-1946, undated
Foreign Policy Association - Headline Series publicaions, 1943, 1945
The Fort Belknap of Yesterday and Today, 1851-1963, 1963
"Forward - Day by Day" religious booklets, 1942-1950
France Forever newsletter, 1944-1946, undated
French clippings and essays, undated
French educational material and tests, 1938-1948, undated
French language exercises, tests, and materials, 1937-1939, undated
Friends Committee on National Legislation, 1943-1950, undated
German language sheets, undated
Gilde du Livre [Book Guild] bulletin, 1950
The Grapevine - Prison News Exchange Service, 1946
Human Events publications, 1944-1945
Hymn of Hate, undated
Institute of International Education, 1938-1943
International relations - Asia, undated
International relations - Europe, 1933-1946, undated
International relations - North and South America, 1944-1950, undated
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, undated
Japanese-Americans in World War Two, undated
Jarlibro de la Internacia Esperanto-Ligo [Yearbook of the International Esperanto League], 1937-1944
Kentucky Business magazine, 1961 May
Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1939-1946, undated
The Key Reporter the Phi Beta Kappa news magazine, 1943-1948
"Kongresa Libro" pamphlets, 1936-1937
La Jubilea Kongreso de Esperanto 1912 [The Jubilee Congress of Esperanto], 1937
La Semaine Sainte - liturgical album no. 4, undated
Labor and the Church, 1945, undated
Le Camp Francais mail-outs, 1943, 1947, undated
Le Circle Francais materials, undated
"Les Sources de Moliere" [Sources of Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin)], undated
Life in Nazi Germany, 1939-1940
Life magazine - article on CPS starvation study, 1945
Life magazine - article on mental health hospitals, 1946 May 6
Materials on peace and pacifism, 1942-1950, undated
Memorandum on National Legislation of Interest to Religious Groups, 1945-1950
Methodist Church organizations pamphlets and mail-outs, 1944-1950, undated
The Monthly Epistle of South-Central Friends newsletter, 1942-1946
Moravian church booklets, 1932-1947, undated
National Committee for Conscientious Objectors, 1944-1949
National Council Against Conscription, 1948, undated
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, undated
National Council for Prevention of War pamphlets, 1942, undated
National Council for Prevention of War - Peace Action newsletter, 1943-1950
National Council of Churches, 1942-1948
Natinoal Service Board for Religious Objectors, 1943-1950, undated
National youth organizations of the Episcopal Church, undated
"The New Star" by Tracy D. Mygatt, undated
The New Start - newspaper of the American Church Union, 1946 January
"New Tracts" for New Times publication, 1933-1934
News from Belgium and the Belgian Congo periodical, 1944-1945
Newsletter - Kentucky chapter of American Association of teachers of French [AATF], 1945
Newsletter on Economic problems, 1947
Newspaper clippings, 1948-1959
Newspapers/clippings on religious persons and organizations, 1945-1950, undated
Old Catholics publication/manuscript, undated
"One World" by Wendell L. Willkie, 1943
Pacifica Views publication, 1944
Pacifism clippings and papers, 1942-1950, undated
Pacifist Principle Fellowship, 1943
The Pacifist Research Bureau, 1944-1946
Pamphlets and programs, 1947-1948, undated
Pamphlets in Esperanto from various countries, 1923-1943, undated
Pamphlets on religion and pacifism, 1947-1950, undated
Paul Revere Messages newsletter from Committee for Constitutional Government, undated
Peace arguments, 1949, undated
The Peacemaker newsletter, 1950
Peacetime conscription, 1944-1948, undated
Pendle Hill publications, 1944-1950, undated
Phi Delta Kappa - Alpha Nu newsletter, 1942-1946, undated
Poland Fights bulletin, undated
"The Polish National Catholic Church in the United States" thesis by J. Dorszynski, 1937 December 20
"The Polish Jews Behind the Nazi Ghetto Walls" by S. Mendelsohn, 1942
The Polish Review, 1945
Political clippings, booklets, and pamphlets, 1939-1945
Post-War America's Crucial Question, undated
Prayer reminder cards, undated
Probe quarterly magazine, 1945-1946
Public Assistance in Jackson County, 1946
Public schools and education promotions, undated
Publications compiled by Kansas City Public Library, undated
Publications from Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 1946, undated
Religion-in-Life Conference list of speakers, 1939 February 8
Religious articles and clippings, 1939-1948, 1961, undated
Religious booklets, 1916, 1935-1957, undated
Religious booklets, 1944-1949, undated
Religious booklets - North Carolina diocese, 1946-1954
Religious pacifism, 1931-1935, 1944-1950, undated
Religious pacifism clippings, 1949-1950
Religious pamphlets and bulletins, 1933-1959, undated
Religious research, 1959-1962, undated
Research projects in higher education by faculty in Kentucky colleges, undated
Resistance and Reconstruction - French Railroads, undated
Retort quarterly publication, 1942, 1945
The Saturday Review article clipping, 1945 March 31
The Saturday Review of Literature, 1944-1945
School bulletins - Montverde and Elgin Academy, 1946, undated
Socialism/the socialist party literature, newsletters, and publications, 1942-1946, undated
The Southern Churchman publication, 1944-1946
Spanish language tests, 1948
Student Christian group and Christian studies - Kansas City University, undated
Student essays and reports, undated
Student Partisan publication of the Politics Club at the University of Chicago, 1949
Summary report of Seminar on Conscription, Coercion, and Disarmament, 1943 October 16-22
Summer Skywriter magazine, 1937
"A system to win this war and win the peace to come" by Ely Culbertson, 1943
Teaching Spanish in elementary schools, 1938-1940, undated
The Texaco Star magazine, 1950
Thompson family research/correspondence, 1961-1962, undated
Time magazine, 1950 March 6
Travel magazine, 1945 December
Tutmonda Adresaro de la Esperantistoj [Global Directory of Esperanto Speakers], 1938
UAW-CIO pamphlets concerning economics/unions, undated
United Lutheran Church mission, 1946 January 7
The United Nations Charter as Declaration and Constitution, 1945 June 26
The United Nations Charter - speech of Burton K. Wheeler, 1945 July 24
United States and foreign affairs, 1944-1945, undated
United States and Japanese residents/refugees, 1944, undated
U.S. News and World Report magazine, 1957
Universal military training, 1948, undated
University of Kansas City, 1946-1950, undated
University of Kansas City events and resolutions, undated
Various book lists and bibliographies, 1937-1938, 1943-1950, undated
Various mailing address lists, undated
Various religious informational papers, 1936-1945, undated
Vocabulaire Francais-Esperanto dictionary, 1903
Voici magazine, 1940
The War Resisters League, 1943-1950, undated
"Was Edmund Rostand a Plagiarist" by Hobart Ryland - advertisement, undated
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, undated
World Alliance Newsletter, 1945
World Citizen's Cooperative, 1943-1948
World Federalist Movement pamphlets, 1949-1950, undated
World Government News mail-outs, 1946, undated
World Peace newsletter, 1944-1945
World Peace - "World Federation now" the campaign for world government, 1944
World War II clippings and propaganda, undated
Photographic Materials, 1943, undated
Group of unidentified men on a car frame at Buck Creek Camp, 1943 March 25
Unidentified men around another in a cot at Buck Creek Camp, 1943 March 28
Unidentified men on a camp building deck at Buck Creek Camp, 1943 March 28
Unidentified group of men at Buck Creek Camp, 1943 March 28
Unidentified family, undated
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- Biographical, 1868, 1890, 1910-1965, undated
- Correspondence, 1924-1961, undated
- Civilian Public Service [CPS], 1942-1946, undated
- American Friends Service Committee [AFSC], 1939-1950, undated
- Fellowship of Reconciliation [FOR], 1941-1950, undated
- Publications, 1942-1950, undated
- Subject Files, 1908-1963, undated
- Photographic Materials, 1943, undated
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