This collection contains a number of ephemeral items having to do with performances by William Henry Thompson. School books owned and acquired by him are also here. The books represent the type of education Mr. Thompson received as a boy. Box 3 contains materials for William's son Billy or Bill Thompson, who was featured on the radio in the 1930s and 1940s and was a prominent voice actor in the 1950s and 1960s. Sheet music that arrived with this collection has been moved into an aggregate music collection, Sheet Music Collection, MsC873.