Series I: Samuel Hall and Robert George Thompson Materials
Scope and Content Note
Series I contains a small portion of material related to Sylvia's first husband Samuel Hall such as a marriage certificate, photographs, Sylvia Hall Thompson's reminisces of her husband, and clippings related to Hall's activism and his death in 1954. Material related to Robert Thompson includes a marriage certificate, correspondence, and photographs.This series also contains several articles by Robert Thompson, which were published in Political Affairs and materials related to Sylvia Hall Thompson's involvement with the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
"New Apartment" [material relating to Samuel Hall including marriage certificate, death certificate and photographs], 1945-1988, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings, correspondence and writings pertaining to Robert Thompson and Arlington burial (includes Communist Party publications), 1968-1990, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Materials relating to Robert Thompson's invovlement in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (includes photographs and mandatory release form), 1943-1965, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Facsimiles of original material pertaining to Robert Thompson's life and death [possibly trial exhibits], 1943-1988, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FBI correspondence and excerpt of material Sylvia Thompson requested under FOIA, Apr 28, 1981, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Political Affairs, 1949-1965, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Marriage certificate (Sylvia and Robert Thompson) and death certificate of Robert Thompson, 1962, 1965, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs of Robert Thompson, Sylvia Thompson and others (includes Spanish Civil War songbook), 1943-1975, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Brief of Appellant Thompson v. McNamara and Robert Thompson letter to Chairman of Soviet War Veteran's Committee, 1965, 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Letters from Robert Thompson to Sylvia Thompson, 1958-1962, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
