Thompson, James E. (Jim), 1881-1976

Scope and Contents Abby Crawford Milton Papers--include family material, some suffrage and temperance material. Originally recd. in 13 boxes (now in 11 boxes): 1. Abby Milton--her books, scrapbooks, clippings, certificates, 100th birthday. Boxes 2&3 contained oversize ca. WWII scrapbook and flat package of Q photographs were removed from their boxes. 4. Frances Milton Walker watercolor sketchbooks. 5. Milton Papers, 1880s-1940s. Scrapbooks-Mss. vols. VII. 6. Milton Family correspondence, 1890s-1940s. 7....

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First Christian Church, formerly Park Street Church, corner of Magnolia Avenue (formerly Park Street) and Gay Street, Knoxville, Tenn. At this location from 1884 until the church moved to Fifth Avenue. Taken by Thompson Photographer, Knoxville. [Taken ca. 1912.]

Scope and Contents About 420 pcs. Box 1: Copy negatives (from photographs in this collection). Descriptions of photographs and printed material about Great Smoky Mountains photographs. Box 2: Descriptions, 5"x7” photographs backed on linen, b&w postcards; 8"x10" b&w prints, one folder of hand tinted photographs. Box 3: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Leather bound album of mountains prints for sale. Backed on linen, descriptions on back of photograph. 12" x 10”. Also, loose oversize...

Scope and Contents Four albums of Thompson photographs, with b&w prints mounted on linen. Three albums of Great Smoky Mountains photographs and one of Knoxville scenes and businesses. These were rescued from the Thompsons building after a fire in the 1950s by Alva Harmon, a Knoxville Fire Dept. chief. The albums were slightly scorched and damaged by the fire and were given to Mr. Harmon by the Thompsons.Albums removed from binding and foldered in boxes by album. Box 1: Photographs of the...

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Album of photographs taken by James E. Thompson, ca. 1904-1905, of the construction of streetcar tracks in Knoxville and Knox County, Tenn. 1 album (90 leaves, 720 photographs). Backs of photographs are identified with job number, date, job location.

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Jim Thompson Oversize Mounted Photographs: His Traveling Exhibit Material 3 boxes of Jim Thompson oversize photographs. All were originally mounted on heavy mat board and were a part of a traveling display that he used during his talks. Photographs are numbered and several have captions attached. A list is available in Box 1. A second list, John S. Van Gilder’s list of identifications for the “Panorama of Knoxville in 1865” (in 4 sections) is also in Box 1. Knoxville subjects.

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Knoxville High School Band. No date. Thompson Photograph. 7x11”.

Scope and Contents Panorama photograph of the “First Annual Christmas Dinner and Dance, Employees of the Goodall Company, December 18, 1936.” Photograph by J. E. Thompson. Gift of Connie Rist, ca. 2009. Goodall Company, a clothing manufacturer, was established on Gay Street in 1932. The manufacturing plant on Baxter Ave. was established in 1934. The company was known as the Goodall Company until 1949 and afterwards as Palm Beach. The donor’s mother is in the photograph. Gift was originally taped between glass...

Scope and Contents Schockel (photographer?): 4 rolled photographs by James E. Thompson mounted on linen, marble quarries; Cataloged as SPC 2005.003 in CS 05-08 Photograph Box 6: 13 B&W photographs with ID (some on postcard backing) (Holston River near Jefferson City, Tenn; Camp Beacon Knob, 1912; Pinnacle Marble Quarry, Knoxville; Townsend Lumber Camp above Elkmont; Little River RR , loading logs above Elkmont; snaking logs above Elkmont; WCTU Settlement School, Hindman, Ky.; canal on s. edge of campus;...

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Solid Train Marble from Knoxville, Tenn. to New York City via Southern RY & B.B.O. Ry. 1913 panoramic photograph by James E. Thompson. . Compliments of Southern RY. 1 pc. 55 x 9” In QFL 12.

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Boxes filled with varied sizes of glass plate negatives by Jim Thompson, including 4”x5”, 5”x7”, 7”x11”, and oversized. Approximately 1400 negatives. These negatives are some of the oldest surviving work of James (Jim) Thompson. The earliest known date is 1907.

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Prints done from glass plate negatives in the Thompson Photograph Collection in the 1980’s by David Verrico on RC (resin coated) paper.

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Unidentified pottery int. Shows workers at tables with molds, kilns along right wall. 8x10” B&W (sepia). Thompsons A993-A1. [ca. Feb.-March 1937].

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Unidentified scene. Men, women and children standing on and near building ruins. (A Church fire?). Partially damaged houses in background. Power pole in foreground. Taken by Thompson Photographer, Knoxville. [ca. 1910?] . 9.5x7.5” sepia print mounted on 14x12” mount.