Detroit Public Library
Finding Aid for Moses Stewart Thompson papers,
1896-1973
02566
02566
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library
- Creator
- Thompson, Moses Stewart, b. 1899
- Title
- Moses Stewart Thompson papers,
- ID
- 02566
- Date
- 1896-1973
- Extent
- 3.0 linear ft.
- General Physical Description note
- (6 boxes, 1 large manuscript)
- Abstract
- Papers relating to M. Stewart Thompson; and the banking and real estate industry.
Biographical/Historical note
Mr. Thompson, noted Detroit African-American banker and businessman was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on February 1, 1899. In 1906, the family moved to Detroit. He opened the first African-American accounting office in Detroit in 1937; this continued to 1963. After World War II, Mr. Thompson organized the Home Federal Savings and Loan, becoming its secretary and manager until 1954. He was president of the American Savings and Loan League, 1952-1953. In 1955, he became a realtor and in 1965 incorporated the Thompson Mortgage Company. After the 1967 Detroit riot, Mt. Thompson organized the African-American stock corporation, Our Supermarket, Inc. Mr. Thompson and his mother were founders of the Plymouth Congregational Church, 1920; a charter member and first president of Alpha Phi Alpha at Wayne State University, 1926-1927; president of the Booker T. Washington Trade Association, 1949-1950; and organizer and honorary member of the Cotillion Club; a life member of NAACP; a trustee of the Phyllis Wheatley Home for the Aged. (from MS/Thompson, M. Stewart) (blue index cards)
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library
Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Controlled Access Headings
Family Name(s)
- Thompson, Moses Stewart, -- b. 1899,
Genre(s)
- Biographies -- aat
- Business papers -- aat
- Certificates -- aat
- Clippings (information artifacts) -- aat
- Correspondence -- aat
- Genealogies -- aat
- Photographs -- aat
Subject(s)
- African American businesspeople.
- Banks and banking -- Michigan -- Detroit.
- Real estate business -- Michigan -- Detroit.
Other finding aids note
Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.
Collection Inventory
Original papers |
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Biography 1899-1970 |
1 | |||
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Genealogy 1894-1953 |
1 | |||
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Correspondence, personal, 1923-1958 |
1 | |||
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Works |
1 | |||
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Works - School papers 1906-1919 |
1 | |||
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Accountants 1920-1947 |
2 | |||
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Attucks Investment Company, 1925-1930 |
2 | |||
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Brooker T. Washington Trade Association, 1949-1965 |
2 | |||
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Crown Mortgage Company 1965 |
2 | |||
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Detroit Real Estate Brokers Assocation, 1956-1966 |
2 | |||
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Financial Forum 1966-1963 |
2 | |||
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Home Federal Savings and Loan Assocation, 1947-1956 |
2 | |||
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Mortgages - Real Estate, 1944-1967 |
2 | |||
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Motor City Beverage Company, Inc. 1948-1955 |
2 | |||
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Our Supermarket, 1968-1971 |
2 | |||
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Radio Station, Proposed, 1963 |
2 | |||
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Republic Trading Company, Inc., 1947-1967 |
2 | |||
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Rophelle Corporation, undated. |
2 | |||
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Thompson Mortgage Company, 1965-1972 |
3 | |||
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Vive Bon, 1967-1971 |
3 | |||
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Caribbean Fiests 1950 July 29 |
3 | |||
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Churches, 1918-1961 |
3 | |||
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Cotillion Club, 1949-1973 |
3 | |||
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Organizations, 1921-1969 |
3 | |||
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Alpha Phi Alpha, 1926-1966 |
3 | |||
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Miscellaneous |
4 | |||
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Miscellaneous, cards |
4 | |||
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Newspaper clippings |
4 | |||
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Photographs |
4 | |||
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Printed material |
4 | |||
| Box | ||||
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Alpha Phi Alpha |
4 | |||
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Printed materials |
5 | |||
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Notebooks |
5 | |||
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Personal Telephone Book |
5 | |||
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Plaque of appreciation from Booker T. Washington Trade Association, 1949-1950 |
5 | |||
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Cassettes: WGPR Radio interview, Urban Focus, 30 minutes, 08-31-1974 |
5 | |||
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Cuff links, inaugural ball, January 20, 1969 |
5 | |||
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Magicomb, bottle of hair condition |
5 | |||
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Certificate of Commission to the Detroit High Schools, 1913 |
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Certified Tax Consultant Membership Certificate |
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Commericial Law League of America Membership Certificate, 1945 |
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Cotillion Club, Inc., Honorary Member Certificate, 1950 |
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Jim Crow Notice, 1907, and postcards from father's trips |
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Newspapers |
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| LMS | ||||
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American Eagle, April 1, 1906 |
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Montgomery Messenger, January 2, 1926 |
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Order of Calanthe, Mrs. Carrie Thompson, 1907 |
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Photograph - National Negro Business League, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1950 |
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Pioneer Award, United Foundation Torch Drive, 1949 |
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Sheet music |
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Central High School Class song of January 1917 |
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Onward with Roosevelt, 1936 |
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Williams' Colored Singers |
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Sunday School Certificate, Sept. 1, 1914. |
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Additional papers |
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Autobiography |
1 | |||
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Affidavit to establish birthday on 1 February 1899, Montgomery, Ala. |
1 | |||
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Correspondence, 1933 |
1 | |||
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Awards and Certificates |
1 | |||
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Cotillion Club |
1 | |||
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Inner City Business Improvments Forum (ICBIF) |
1 | |||
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Miscellaneous |
1 | |||
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Photographs |
1 | |||
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Home Federal and Loan Assocation Plaque. |
1 | |||
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