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1. Waddy Thompson papers, 1826-1882

   100 items. 1 container. .2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. representative from South Carolina, lawyer, and diplomat. Chiefly correspondence relating to nullification, relations with Mexico, plantation life, slavery, and South Carolina and national politics. Includes family papers.

2. Florence Owens Thompson papers, 1977-1995

   475 items. 2 containers. 0.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Migrant worker and subject of "The Migrant Mother" photograph by Dorothea Lange. Correspondence, clippings, and printed material related to Thompson's illness and death in 1983.

3. Ambrose W. Thompson papers, 1847-1960

   12,000 items. 53 containers plus 2 oversize. 26 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Businessman. Business and family correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, reports, statistical tables, patent papers, stocks and bonds, drawings, maps, and printed matter and miscellaneous material relating to Thompson's career as a businessman.