Edwards, Hugh

Abstract

Sent to Hugh and Wanda Edwards with a cover letter from Perry Gillum, july 29, 1983 [18 typewritten pages]

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of business and personal items belonging to members of the Tomlinson family spanning the years 1900 to 2015. The items have been divided into series according to family members, and organized chronologically within each series. The first series contains photographs, papers, books, and artifacts relating to the patriarch of the family, Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson. These items trace Tomlinson’s early work in the Church of God and the birth of the Church of...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of business and personal items belonging to members of the Tomlinson family spanning the years 1900 to 2015. The items have been divided into series according to family members, and organized chronologically within each series. The first series contains photographs, papers, books, and artifacts relating to the patriarch of the family, Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson. These items trace Tomlinson’s early work in the Church of God and the birth of the Church of...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The third series holds items relating to the elder son of A.J. Tomlinson, Homer Tomlinson. This series includes five campaign buttons from Homer’s candidacy for President of the United States. There is also a photograph of Homer in front of the Jamaica Church of God in New York, as well as research notes gathered by Bill Snell in 2001, with information regarding Homer Tomlinson and The Church of God in Queens, New York, and a The Church of God flag that Homer Tomlinson flew in New York’s...