Paul S. Thompson papersMS.0257Virginia Military Institute Archives

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Paul S. Thompson papers. Manuscript # 0257, Virginia Military Institute Archives

 Biographical / Historical

Paul Singer Thompson was born in 1940 in West Point, New York. He graduated from in 1961 and then received a PhD in history from the University of Virginia. After graduation he was a Professor of History at the University of University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Thompson died in 2017.

 Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the personal papers (1956-2008) of Paul S. Thompson. The collection includes extensive correspondence dating from his VMI cadetship (1957-1961), his years in graduate school at the University of Virginia (1961-1965), and his life in South Africa with his family.

The papers also include journals that contain:

  • Accounts of his visits to the United States
  • His dissertation
  • Photographs
  • Correspondence from his wife Earline to her parents
  • A scrapbook concerning his cadetship

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 Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1961 Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1950-1959 University of Virginia—Students South Africa -- Description and travel Correspondence Diaries Scrapbooks