May Ringo Thompson papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- May Ringo Thompson papers
- Date
- 1780-1940 (inclusive)
- 1816-1918 (bulk)
- Creator
- Thompson, May Ringo, 1868-1940
- Extent
- 0.23 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Photoprints.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.Arrangement is chronological.
- Preferred Citation
- 47M83: [identification of item], May Ringo Thompson papers, 1780-1940, bulk 816-1918, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Hospital superintendent, club member. May Ringo Thompson was born in Fleming County, Ky. and attended what became the University of Kentucky. After receiving medical training at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, she served as superintendent of Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Ky. Thompson also served as an officer in the Lexington, state, and national organizations of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
- Scope and Content
- The May Ringo Thompson papers (dated 1780-1940, bulk 1816-1918; 0.23 cubic feet; 1 box and 1 folder) consist of the genealogical papers of May Ringo Thompson and her family. The earliest papers belonged to the Ringo family and include deeds, land grants, stock certificates, fragments of court cases, the will of Jonathan Pollitt (1816), bills, and receipts. Correspondence from family members discussing family life, social activities, slaves, and state politics is included. Prominent among the letters are those from Robert J. Lewis, a state legislator and member of the 1851 state constitutional convention. Thompson's personal papers include programs from DAR meetings, photographs of DAR members, and a papers prepared by Thompson about the first Kentucky legislature.
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
1780-1834
1841-1849
1851-1890
1911-1918
1922-1940
Undated
Notes, undated
Photographs and reproductions, undated
Daughters of the American Republic (DAR) ribbons, undated
Land grant and certificates, 1849, 1911-1915
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