Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of items relating to the Columbus area. These items include a variety of items relating to the Blackmar-Drake family; Columbus High School yearbooks (the Cohiscan); ledgers, daybooks and letterheads from several Columbus businesses; bound city annual reports including those from fire chiefs, school superintendents, police chiefs and voter registrations 1872-1899, photo albums, postcards and records of various social and civic groups.
Dates
- Creation: 1835 - 1953
Biographical / Historical
Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. was born in Columbus, Georgia. He graduated from Emory University with a degree in history and worked with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division/State Historic Preservation Office as an historian from 1973 until his retirement in 2006.
He wrote a weekly column on genealogy for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 1977 until 2024 when it ended. He has been an avid collector of postcards and Columbus-related material. He wrote two books published by Arcadia Publishing, Columbus, Georgia, in Vintage Postcards (2001) and Fort Benning, Images of America (2003).
Extent
2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
This collection was donated to the Columbus State University Archives by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. over a period of years from 1979 through 2003.
Separated Materials
The photographs and postcards have been removed from this collection and are housed with the Historic Photograph Collection. The bound City of Columbus annual reports are located in the Archives Research Room.
Source
- Thomas, Kenneth H., Jr. (Person)
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States