Margaret Walker Center Archives and Records Division Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers Page 1 of 244 MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION Collec
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Margaret Walker Center Archives and Records Division Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION Collection Title: Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers Dates Covered: ca. 1968-2007, n.d. Collection Number: AF040 Creator: Dr. Julius Eric Thompson, 1946-2007 Volume: Approximately 165 linear feet Language: In English Original (x) Duplicate (x) Microcopy(x) Photocopy (x) Provenance: This Collection was donated to the Margaret Walker Center by Ms. Lee Ethel Thompson, sister of the late Dr. Julius Eric Thompson, on January 23, 2008. Summary: The Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers contains, letters, manuscripts, personal items, newspaper clippings, books, teaching material, research material and other items that document the life and work of scholar, teacher, poet, Dr. Julius Eric Thompson. Information Regarding Access: This collection is open for research. The collection is located on the first floor of the Margaret Walker Center in Ayer Hall, Jackson State University. Ownership & Copyright Copyright Warning: This Material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U. S. Code) The Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers are the physical property of the Margaret Walker Center and copyright to Dr. Thompson’s original work belongs to the Margaret Walker Center. Literary rights, including copyright, to the creative works of others contained in the Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, contact the appropriate author or estate. Cite As Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers, Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University Page 1 of 244 Margaret Walker Center Archives and Records Division Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers DR. JULIUS ERIC THOMPSON (1946-2007) Creator History: Will replace Weems bio with bio prepared by Alex Morphew Excerpted from Robert Weems’ tribute to Dr. Julius Eric Thompson in the American Historical Association’s In Memoriam column of the April 2008 issue of Perspectives on History. http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2008/0804/0804mem2.cfm Julius Eric Thompson, professor of history and director of the Black Studies Program at the University of Missouri at Columbia, died of complications after a serious head trauma on October 26, 2007. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 15, 1946, Thompson attended elementary and high school in Natchez, Mississippi, and received his BA in history from Alcorn State University (1969). He subsequently earned his MA (1971) and PhD (1973) in American history at Princeton University where his adviser was James M. McPherson. During the course of his career, Julius E. Thompson taught at a variety of institutions including Jackson State University (1973–80), Florida Memorial College (1981–83), the State University of New York at Albany (1983–88), the University of Rochester (1988– 89), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (1989–96), and the University of Missouri at Columbia (1996–2007). In addition, he served as a program officer for the Lilly Foundation, coordinating their grants program for historically black institutions (1980–81) and received a Fulbright Program Award to conduct research and lecture at the University of Zimbabwe (fall 1987). Beginning with his PhD dissertation on Hiram R. Revels, one of two African Americans who represented Mississippi in the U.S. Senate during the early days of Reconstruction, Thompson's research agenda included several works related to his home state. Besides his work on Revels, published in 1982, Thompson's other early books focused on the African American press in Mississippi. In fact, The Black Press in Mississippi, 1865–1985: A Directory (1988), The Black Press in Mississippi, 1865–1985 (1993), and Percy Greene and the Jackson Advocate: The Life and Times of a Radical Conservative Black Newspaperman, 1897–1977 (1994) contributed to Thompson's reputation as one the country's leading experts on the African American press. Besides his works related the black press in Mississippi, Thompson's other books related to the African American experience in the Magnolia State were Black Life in Mississippi: Essays on Political, Social, and Cultural Studies in a Deep South State (2001) and Lynching in Mississippi: A History, 1865–1965 (2006). Along with being a respected historian, Julius E. Thompson was also a respected poet. His published poetry included three books: Hopes Tied up in Promises (1970); Blues Said: Walk On (1977); and Mississippi Witness: Poems (2001). Moreover, he edited The Anthology of Black Mississippi Poets (1988). Seemingly based upon his proficiency both as a historian and a poet, Julius Thompson's research agenda also included works that melded these two areas. His 1999 book, Dudley Randall, Broadside Press, and the Black Arts Movement in Detroit, 1960–95 represents a pioneering study of arguably the leading independent black publisher associated with the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. Along a similar vein, the manuscript he completed Page 2 of 244 Margaret Walker Center Archives and Records Division Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers shortly before his death, Hoyt W. Fuller (1927–81): A Life in Black Literature and Journalism will make a significant contribution to African American historiography and literary studies. Fuller was the influential editor of Negro Digest, later renamed Black World, during the 1960s and 70s. Robert E. Weems Jr. University of Missouri at Columbia Copyright © American Historical Association Scope and Content: This collection included correspondence, financial documentation, printed materials, miscellany subject files, books, journals and newspapers by and about Africa, Africans and African Americans focusing primarily on experiences in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Selected Access/Search Terms Personal Names Brooks, Gwendolyn Clark, Colia Clarke, John Henrik Conyers, James Fuller, Hoyt W. Greene, Percy Holbrook, Wendell Hughes, Langston Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee) Randall, Dudley Revels, Hiram Thompson, Josephine Thompson, Julius Eric Thompson, Lee Ethel Thompson, Patrick Thompson Family Walker, Margaret Ward, Jerry Corporate Names Alcorn State University Jackson State University Florida Memorial College Princeton University Southern Illinois University-Carbondale State University of New York-Albany University of Missouri-Columbia University of Rochester Page 3 of 244 Margaret Walker Center Archives and Records Division Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers Topical Terms African American authors --20th century African American gays. African American Intellectuals--Interviews African American Intellectuals--Biography African-American Literature--20th century. African-Americans--Bibliography African Americans -- Civil Rights African Americans Education Higher African-Americans--History --Slavery-- United States African-Americans --Race Identity African-Americans--Sources--Racism African-Americans in Mass Media African History African Studies Afrocentrism Alpha Phi Alpha Authors Black Faculty Black Fraternities and Sororities Black nationalism--United States--History--20th century Blacks Race Identity Black Arts Movement Black Power--United States Black Studies Civil Rights--United States Discrimination in Criminal Justice Administration United States History Lynching Mass Media and Race Relations Poetry Poets, American --20th century Political activists--United States--Interviews Political activists--United States--Biography United States--Race Relations--History Form/Genre Terms Academic theses Authorized biographies Biographical notes Biographical sketches Clippings Conference materials Conference papers and proceedings Course materials Creative nonfiction Page 4 of 244 Margaret Walker Center Archives and Records Division Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers Doctoral dissertations Email, Personal Ephemera Essays Examinations Histories, Life Informational works Instructional materials Lectures Life histories Manuscripts for Publication Master's theses Outlines and syllabi Periodicals Personal correspondence Personal narratives Ph. D. dissertations Ph. D. theses Professional correspondence Programs (Publications) Reference works Reviews Senior projects Senior theses Serial publications Sketches, Biographical Study guides Teaching materials Textbooks Theses, Academic Undergraduate theses Unauthorized biographies Occupation Historian. Poet. Writer. This collection has been arranged into the following series: Series I: Personal Correspondence Series II: Professional Correspondence Series III: Email Correspondence Series IV: Outgoing Correspondence Page 5 of 244 Margaret Walker Center Archives and Records Division Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers Series V: General Writings Series VI: Poems written by Julius Eric Thompson Series VII: Creative Works by Others Series VIII: Subject Files Series IX: Reading Files Series X: Books and Periodicals Series XI: Miscellany Page 6 of 244 Margaret Walker Center Archives and Records Division Dr. Julius Eric Thompson Papers Container List Series I: Personal Correspondence (Family) Box 1 Folder 1: Lenora Ruth Armon Folder 2: Curtis J. Franks Folder 3: Curtis J. Franks Folder 4: Namibia Franks Folder 5: Renee Hibler Folder 6: Willie M. Hibler Folder 7: Linda Hibler-Rogers Folder 8: Camille Jones Folder 9: Kenya Le Sure Folder 10: Nia Le Sure Folder 11: Evelyn Lucas Folder 12: Beatrice McNealy Folder 13: Pamela Pope Folder 14: Al Thompson Folder 15: Joan Thompson Folder 16: Johnnie Thompson Folder 17: Josie Thompson (mother) Folder 18: Laquisha Thompson Folder 19: Nikki Thompson Box 2 T-Z Folder 1: