COMPTON, MARTHA LUMPKIN, 1827-1917.
Martha Lumpkin Compton scrapbooks, 1832-1919

Restrictions on Access

Unrestricted access.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

Source

Purchase, 2007, with subsequent additions.

Citation

[after identification of item(s)], Martha Lumpkin Compton scrapbooks, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.

Processing

Laura L. Carroll, October 2008.

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Biographical Note

Martha Atalanta Wilson Lumpkin Compton (1827-1917), was an Athens, Georgia, native and youngest daughter of Governor Wilson Lumpkin. The origin of the name of Atlanta, as well as Marthasville, Atlanta's previous name, was in her honor. She married Thomas M. Compton in 1878. She is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia, in a plot donated by the city.

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of nine scrapbooks kept by Martha Lumpkin Compton. The scrapbooks mostly consist of newspaper clippings. One scrapbook contains autograph signatures and some handwritten correspondence, including that of her father Wilson Lumpkin. Other scrapbooks contain some writings by Compton in addition to newspaper clippings. The writings are handwritten recipes, personal musings, comments on the clippings in the scrapbook, and poetry and prose. Compton comments on national events, literary figures, family members, books, and family history. The collection also contains an account book listing various expenditures and includes pasted receipts from 1866-1877. The collection also includes four folders of loose newspaper clippings, recipes, financial records, legal documents, and family correspondence from 1832-1919. The legal documents include a carbon copy of Martha Lumpkin Compton's will, in addition to an indenture, dated 1866, between Compton and her father in which he deeded to her 160 acres of land in Athens.

Arrangement Note

Arranged in chronological order.