b1348 Harry L. Thompson Papers, 1874-1940 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 2007 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 2007. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 1348 Harry L. Thompson Harry L. Thompson Papers, 1874-1940 .5 lin. ft. (1 box)

All items in the collection are originals.

 The collection includes correspondence, business papers, and pamphlets from the Harry L. Thompson family and their family business, Harvard Drug. Topics: Personal records Pharmacists--Salt Lake City (Utah) Persons: Thompson, Gertrude L. Thompson, Harry L. Thompson, Walter Eckert Places: Salt Lake City (Utah) Form or Genre: Correspondence, pamphlets, business documents, religious texts Background Background Note

The collection was created by Harry L. Thompson, the son of Walter Eckert Thompson and born sometime between 1889 and 1894 in Nebraska. He received his B.A. (1912) and A.M. (1914) from the University of Nebraska. Thompson moved to Utah around 1919 and was on the faculty of the University of Utah as Assistant Professor of Pharmacy for a short time in the 1920s. He married Gertrude L. Thompson sometime in the 1920s. Thompson opened his own pharmacy called Harvard Drug in the 1930s, located at 1083 S. State Street in Salt Lake City. The collection includes documents from the Thompson family and Harvard Drug.

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 Scope and Content

The collection includes correspondence, business papers, and pamphlets from the Harry L. Thompson family and their family business, Harvard Drug. Included in the personal papers are letters, cards, souvenirs, and family religious texts. The pamphlets are particularly interesting, as they were probably distributed through the family drugstore and provide a window to understanding common medical perceptions in the 1910s through the 1930s. They frankly cover a variety of topics, from common foot ailments and constipation to venereal diseases.

 Series Descriptions

Correspondence

Personal Papers

Business Papers

Pamphlets

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Harry L. Thompson Papers, 1874-1940, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Adrian Gerritsen, 2001.

 Restrictions on Use

The Harry L. Thompson Papers are the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information: Collection processed by Melissa Ferguson, 2007 Finding aid compiled by Melissa Ferguson, 2007 Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2007 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 2007. Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2007. Separations

Photographs have been removed and filed as Mss C 1348 .

 Container list Box Folder Contents Correspondence 1 1 Correspondence, 1922-1925 1 2 Correspondence, 1927-1928, 1930 1 3 Postcards from Utah and California; greeting cards, 1920s Personal Papers 1 4 Beneficiary Certificate, issued by the National Council of the Knights and Ladies of Security to Harry L. Thompson from Walter Eckert Thompson, 1913, 1918 1 5 Book of Common Prayer (Anglican Church), signed inside cover by M. A. Harris, 28 September 1874 1 6 The Four Gospels, a souvenir from the New York World Fair distributed by The American Bible Society, sent from H. L. Thompson to Gertrude L. Thompson, n.d. (1939?) 1 7 Images for school course, n.d. 1 8 Love (bound volume containing quotes, thoughts, scriptures), 1907. Signed inside cover by Harry L. Thompson, 1909 1 9 Miscellaneous, 1920s 1 10 Small painting of animals in a tree, n.d. Business Papers 1 11 Tax receipts for soft drinks, 1932, 1934 1 12 Tobacco licenses, Harvard Drug, 1932, 1935 Pamphlets 1 13 Biological Therapy, pamphlet, 1916 1 14 The Boy's Venereal Peril, pamphlet, 1924 1 15 First Aid in Emergencies: What to Do Till the Doctor Comes, pamphlet, 1943 1 16 Home Book on Sanitation, pamphlet, 1922 1 17 I See You Enjoy Smoking Cigarettes: Consider These Facts, pamphlet, 1939 1 18 The Inside Story of Constipation: What Causes It, How to Combat It, pamphlet, 1943 1 19 Keds Hand Book of Sports, pamphlet, ca. 1930s 1 20 Pamphlets regarding foot care, 1921, 1930 1 21 Pamphlets regarding home concerns, 1921, 1930s 1 22 Taylor Quality Compasses, pamphlet, 1920 1 23 Utah tourist pamphlets, 1932-1940 1 24 Weather Beacons of the Twentieth Century, pamphlet, 1919 1 25 Your Sex Questions Answered, pamphlet, 1934